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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1872
Page
6
A verbose critique targets the Democratic Party and its leaders, accusing them of debauchery and hypocrisy. It cites Horace Greeley and mentions Ku Klux actions and temperance opposition, urging stricter laws and moral reform amid partisan strife.
A letter from August 1879 notes Oregon’s booming economy with Portland and Salem brick blocks rising and new Willamette bridges planned. It describes rail expansion toward Oakland, crops steady though corn fails, and a mild climate aided by Pacific systems and pine forests. It also offers broad, biased observations on Chinese people and Indians, including stereotypes, work on railroads, and cultural notes. The letter ends with a New York Central railroad safety innovation at crossings.
Travellers learn the best routes for comfort between East and West, highlighting Michigan Central and Great Western Railways. Advertises palatial and ordinary coaches, warm stoves, Miller Couplings, and superior track. Notes London G W R express trains stop 20 minutes for lavish meals. Tickets should read via Niagara and the Suspension Bridge.
The Carroll County Gazette discusses Greeley politics in the district. It notes William Shannon as a persistent promoter of Greeley and mocks his stories while reporting substantial support for Greeley in Ogle County, Rochelle, and Freeport. The Rocheller Register cites 30 Republicans voting for Greeley east of Rock River, with Democrats largely backing Grant.
An American traveler in depan extols a remote inland lake, claiming its views surpass Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, the Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence routes, the Rocky Mountain passes, the Columbia, and Puget Sound. He likens local scenery to Loch Lomond and Katrine, Geneve Lake, Westmoreland, and Killarney, noting artful hills and forests tended by foresters since sapling days, with interlocking branches forming a vast green belt.
The article describes Agurmer’s claimed invention to calm infants. It details placing a sleepy baby propped with a pillow, applying treacle to its fingers, and inserting about six feathers for the child to pick, allegedly leading to sleep and quiet. Upon waking, repeating treacle and feather insertion purportedly yields continued silence.
The idea that people judge us by deeds rather than faith is explored, stressing that actions reveal character and shape perception, not beliefs alone.
A harsh rebuttal claims Greeley supporters spread lies about a $200,000 public-fund expenditure to influence North Carolina elections. It outlines how deferring the Deficiency Bill affected court operations, marshals’ funding, and oversight through Attorney General and Treasury review, dismissing the allegations as baseless.
The Fulton Journal report states Horatio C. Burchard was unanimously renominated for Congress by the Republican Convention at Polo on July 23. It praises his service on the Ways and Means Committee and asserts the party’s strength with Grant, Wilson, and Oglesby leads to a likely victory. It also notes favorable corn and pork market conditions boosting farm prospects and meat prices.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue decided not to establish any more stamp agencies. With the exception of stamps on bank checks, the stamp tax expires on October 1.
Fragmentary text shows Dr Page, described as a life long Democrat of Racing, delivering a speech at a Crant meeting. The readable lines show garbled phrasing and missing portions, leaving the core claim and context unclear.
The department of our paper invites farmers of Stephenson County to submit articles on topics connected with farming in the county. Write plainly, on one side of the paper, for publication.
A farmer’s wife shares practical steps for raising turkeys. Choose a good breed in autumn or early winter, confine nests before laying, collect eggs daily and store cool, hatchlings fed warm bread and milk with eggs or cornmeal, and note rising poultry appeal versus butter and cheese work.
A quip notes that while not all Greeley men are horse thieves, all horse thieves are Greeley men, using a playful aside about language and regional sayings.
An administrator petitions the county court to authorize sale of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty three, township no. 10 north of range 8 east, in Phensan County Illinois, to pay debts. The case, filed on the 25th day of 1872, sets for the third Monday in August for court action in Breeport.
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