This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1878
Page
8
A jumble of brief items and jests from American and British sources. It includes social quips about invitations and manners, notes on public figures, a statement on water cisterns, observations on milk trade practices, and short vignettes about racing, crime, and court cases. The tone is periodical miscellany with stray anecdotes and proverbs.
A kitchen guide covers cake mixing, oven care, and keeping cakes fresh in a tin box. Recipes include Delicious Cake, Fruit Cake, and Sponge Cake with detailed ingredient lists and steps. It also advises pest control with kerosene, horax powder, and soap suds, and discusses fish preparation, boiling, and flavoring through court bouillon and seasonings.
Eminent physiologist M Claude Bernard shows ether anesthesia affects plants and yeasts as it does animals. Germination and ferment activity halt under ether, resuming when exposure ends. Bert’s oxygen studies note distinction between provoked and spontaneous movements, with ether stopping only the former.
The article reflects on facial expressions and their meanings while noting the rapid rinderpest outbreak in Turkey. It reports the disease spreading from European provinces to Asiatic regions, with thousands of cattle dying weekly in Smyrna and Nadvendighiar, and warns of meat scarcity in the capital if authorities do not act.
A collection of curious snippets and home remedies from a historic page. It riffs on pins saving lives by not swallowing them, a humorous dialect anecdote about a church liberal, bell ringing for swarming bees, and saltpetre solutions to kill garden pests and boost bean growth with no apparent harm to vegetables.
Mr. Anthoni of Delaware recounts illness from leg ulcer two years and great relief after thirteen bottles of Vegetine. He paid four hundred dollars to doctors and medicines before trying the product, sleeps better, returns to business, and recommends it to others. Impure blood signs described and urging use of Vegetine as superior for blood cleansing.
Freeport departures include passenger at 3 45 am Mondays and 4 25 pm Sundays excepted bound for Sioux City with through cars. Freight departures at 7 35 am Sundays and 1 45 am Sundays excepted. Passenger and freight times vary with miscellaneous notes and officials listed.
Trains depart Freeport eastbound for Chicago with day and night passes. Westbound trains leave Chicago for Freeport with day passes and night services. Document revised December 1, 1877 by R H Holder and W H Stannett, ticket agents and general pass agents.
Freight and Accommodation details appear mixed but indicate a passenger and mail service schedule. Times listed include 1:00 am and 8:00 am departures with day and night excursions. Routes mention Rockford Rock Island and connections with Western Union Railroad lines under Gen. Managers signatures.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.