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Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1867

Page

3

Nashwell Convention Urged to Oppose Nigger Suffrage

A Nashwell convention is urged to define a Democratic platform opposing nigger suffrage. The text argues for a formal manifesto and clear lines, contending that the party must justify its stance, reject inferiority claims, and present a united front. It satirically condemns rival views and calls for a measured, public argument.

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Beholden white supremacy debate in the pews

Petroleum V Naspy, P. M., records a heated stump talk defending racial purity and white supremacy. He mocks mixed heritage, calls Black suffrage a danger, critiques interracial marriage, and urges a convention to push a banner reading America for white men with eternal hostility to Animal Suffrage.

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Glass Eyes and the Art of Artificial Orbs

A New York piece reports about seven thousand people wearing false eyes with two to three makers in the city. It describes the handmade process from glass optic to iris color, the painless insertion, and maintenance like nightly removal. it also notes distant patients can obtain eyes and the London Queen's drawing rooms. It adds a side tidbit about Buckingham Palace breakfasts and a large menacing shark caught near Raritan Bay.

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Singular Sunday Occupations in Benevolent Blunders

A Good Works piece narrates a tale about religious life hurdles. A visitor meets a railway stoker and his wife who keeps him clean by sand suds and scrubbing on Sundays. The wife quips that those seeking religion should not marry a stoker.

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