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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1875
Page
8
A garbled compilation of quips and vignettes from a periodical column. It references a roll call, jokes about teachers, counterfeits, Weasel anecdotes, a Montana justice, domestic advice, and a Centen nial hotels bee. The text is riddled with misspellings and fragmented phrases.
A collage of aphorisms on character, patience, gentleness, and action from authors like Quarles Bruyere Longfellow Ruskin Coleridge Goethe and others. It emphasizes self mastery, steady focus, benevolence, and living by knowledge through decisive action.
A New York correspondent recalls a chaotic scene near Cottage Place where five women witnessed a sedate man open a gate and a small book, while multiple figures accused of strangling Mrs. Dancer and choking Mrs. Mayer triggered a loud chorus of cries. The man was assaulted with improvised weapons before rescue by a churchman living on the block.
A private Sheffield letter reports a crew member aboard the iron ship Glance going mad aloft armed with a chisel. He injured a boatswain and was fatally shot after the Jesse Osborne captain deemed it necessary for safety. The event ended with the man’s body thrown overboard. Also notes churches using unfermented wine with method from Journal of Applied Chemistry.
The writer condemns Bourbon papers for sympathy toward those hanged for aiding whisky fraud and questions Democratic taxpayers’ view of such action. The piece accuses the Bourbon press of hypocrisy on economy and government as it shields distillers and attacks anti fraud efforts in the state.
The Worcester Gazette notes Thurman and his allies will appear at the National Democratic Convention but asserts he has no real path to the presidency. Cincinnati Commercial warns Thurman’s friends restrain him as inflationists threaten his position, while New York papers blast Mansfield’s speech calling it cowardly and feeble.
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