04 Aug 1875
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1875
Page
1
In a playful verse Scribner’s August issue presents Minerva drawing her awful book Ameriés to spark a new battle of lexicon. The poem depicts fierce word war as six syllables and two syllables puzzle participants while learning sits enthroned.
A London column parodies news of Queen Elizabeths death with mock solemnity and grotesque detail. It ridicules royal pageantry in Kensington and the news war between press agencies, weaving satire about Horace Greeley and George Train as it recalls a twilight royal procession through Ken sigton with Princesses, Princes, and the Tecks in a fantastical tableau.
A crowd gathers in the park as a red liveried party moves past in a plain carriage. Two elegant sisters sit inside in black and white striped silks with pink and blue bonnets. The elder is named Dagmar, the Czarovna resembles her sister, while Alexandra radiates gentility and grace as she bows and smiles.
The piece recalls how steamboat races captivated the Mississippi Valley once laws limited boiler pressure and engineers kept vigilant. It contrasts cautious, skilled hulls with careless, crowded boats, recounting famous rival Eclipse and A. L. Shotwell and legends of race preparations.
The text describes careful loading to a precise position on a vessel and notes few passengers due to weight and stability concerns. It contrasts passenger behavior with a steamboatman who stays centered, joking about balancing the boat and using a spirit level, referencing Twain in an August Al.
A New York Times inspired notice notes upscale Hudson Valley estates once valued at 100000 now sold for 80000 or mortgaged, with three near Newburgh and other mansions owned by diplomats and prominent figures remaining unsold or unleased. The piece highlights lavish but financially failing properties from Duchess County to interior New York, many rendered worthless by upkeep costs and lack of buyers.
The Madrid Gaceta notes the death of a Carlist priest who led partisan bands in central Spain. Arrested during private business in Madrid, he was sent to Havana, exchanged, and later returned under safe conduct. Refusing surrender at Roda he was killed with most of his thirty followers while attempting to break through Republican lines.
In the August Atlantic, Mark Twain humorously critiques geology by calculating the Mississippi’s shrinking length from Cairo to New Orleans over 176 years. He notes that the river shortened 242 miles, averaging over one mile per year, and foresees a future length of about 1.75 miles in 742 years.
Incomplete OCR excerpt mentions Cairo New Orleans and a shared street layout under a single mayor and four mutual aldermen. Alludes to science as fascinating and to wholesale returns from conjecture in a trifling statement of fact. The fragmentary text limits clarity.
The Rev James M Whiton recounts the first college regatta in the United States held on Lake Winnipesaukee in August 1852. Yale and Harvard competed with Yale boats Undine Shawmut and Atlantic and Harvard Oneida. Atlantic was ruled out, Harvard entered Oneida and won two miles against the breeze with Yale four lengths back and Undine at the rear. Notables in attendance included George W Smalley Dist Atty B K Phelps and Whiton himself.
The Brooklyn Review reports Frank Moulton spoke en route to Narragansett about a “square issue” with Henry Ward Beecher. He predicts one of them will be convicted of perjury and imprisoned, claiming he will press for indictment despite poor prospects. Beecher spoke in his pulpit last night and is set to preach again tomorrow.
Barnum's great Hippodrome tours Western New York for a single day on Thursday August 12 presenting two grand shows along with races balloon ascension and glittering pageantry. Prominent praise from papers and readers predicts the largest ever city outpouring as the entire establishment makes a rare stop before moving on to Eng next fall. Mark Twain lauds the venture as one of the most astonishing shows ever imagined with the Great Hippodrome promising sensational spectacle.
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