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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1880
Page
8
A mosaic of brief items and quips on population, economics, fashion, travel, and oddities. Notes on Alabama and other states show varied counts and comparisons. anecdotes range from a Newport swells scene to a curious sea salt remark, a California suicide note, and a Colorado gorge tale.
A wartime-tinged chant urging loyal citizens to rally for the Union, defend the old banner, and uphold rights for all men. The verse contrasts loyal and disloyal factions, pledging to meet the South with Union resolve and to honor national heroes while rejecting traitors.
An 19th century sketch describes Indian reactions to a Western dinner. A young chief sobs at an imagined loss for his father while tasting mustard. An elder questions his tears, and a teasing reply follows about dying with his father. Naukum, a curious interpreter, endures pepper and peppers a steamship scene with humor. He declares not stood by a white man’s fire on his meat.
Camden New Jersey grows with Newton township joining in 1871. City population rose from 754? to 41 741 after the annexation, with prior figures listed for 1850 9 479 and 1860 14 868 and 1870 20 045. Miners in the Sutro tunnel report rats in headers and bats at branch junctions disrupting operations.
The piece argues that luck is earned through hard work, frugality, and character. It cites Vanderbilts Astors and Addison to claim fortunes arise from labor, economy, honesty, and perseverance rather than chance. Persistent effort and proper conduct attract favorable outcomes in business and life.
In 1879 the total visitors to Vichy reached 33 305 with Americans contributing 517 entrants. The town life proceeded with clockwork regularity.
Jacob H Bloomer of Virgine New York reports Dr Thomas Oil cured his son's swollen neck and sore throat in forty eight hours after one application. He adds the oil relieved a very sore toe and his wife's inflamed foot within twenty four hours.
A Washington Republic profile depicts Admiral Porter as a private, disciplined officer. He serves as Inspector General with a daily staff, rarely raises himself in public, and favors quiet home life, horses, dinners, and casual society. He stands about five feet nine inches, weighs 180 pounds, and is described as thoughtful with a history-writing project about the wartime navy.
Describes Governor’s Island as Gen Hancock’s headquarters area with the Atlantic cutter daily service, views of Castle William, landing at the northern end, and a row of officer dwellings. Hancock’s house is a large frame building with a piazza, parlor painting of Mrs. Hancock, and proximity to the landing. island offers cooler summers but battles mosquitoes.
California cone seed previously sold abroad for 100 to 125 dollars per four pound lot. Over twenty five years seeds were sent to England and Europe where millions of trees now grow. Many trees are now bearing seed reducing demand for California seeds.
Countess Karolyi, famed for multiple liaisons, tied to 1848 Hungarian politics. Her daughter married into scandal. Count Thelechy faced execution while she secured pardons with blank signatures. Banished from Vienna, she lived with Prince Bathiany in Florence and Geneva. Her eldest son becomes Austria's London ambassador despite disinheritance.
A short exhortation on the value of doing small tasks well to form good habits and advance. It cites a lawyer who rose by steady, quality work and urges workers and youths in adversity to persevere in every craft. Attention to business lifts one higher, even in unglamorous labor.
From Martinique comes word of an antiquarian find the anchor of Columbus third voyage. Senor Agostino unearthed a 1100 pound anchor in his Point Arenas garden misdated to 1497 by stock marking. Geological analysis suggests it is not Phoenician and may be Columbus relic but evidence remains debated.
A correspondent sketches a diminutive woman in blue rag flannel seen at the shore. She appears a matronly but pretty figure with a motherly air, stepping into the surf with comic dignity before being drenched by the waves. She ends up looking better than many larger women after the mishap.
A female Californian writer contends women struggle with sharpening pencils. She mocks fear of cutting fingers and reliance on male relatives for sharpening. She notes men dull and mock the result, and cites an extreme case of a woman using a carving knife to sharpen a pencil.
A quip about mourning a dead mule leads to a plug for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil. The speaker claims a quick use of the remedy is best when a live mule threatens with a sudden shove, reflecting period satire or advertising tone.
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