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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1880
Page
8
A collage of short items includes a boastful English gambler, a New York magnate’s cottage, a clerical wage plan in Cobb County, a Norwich Bible Bible dispute, social gibes about women driving nails, a pirate of manners in Liver pool, and a German athlete Leona famed for feats of strength.
The article reviews lace usage in trims for dresses bonnets and frills, notes popularity of Breton and Languedoc materials for jabots and fichus, and discusses Indian embroidery as durable for muslin. It outlines Caspren's children's fashions with short skirts, waist construction, and parent styles, plus hat trends and hair styling cues.
Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil billed as a universal remedy for coughs colds sore throats asthma croup and breathing ailments. Advertisers claim it relieves soreness back and contracted muscles and treats various sores and hurts.
Liverpool in the early 1800s grew from about 4000 to 12000 people and became a city with a bishopric. The name derives from a river bird seen on the Mersey and depicted on the corporate seal from a portrait 600 years old. The bird’s ancient presence links to a city once by a river dwelling in Lancashire.
The Norwich newspaper describes a cow being milked by a snake in a field. A watcher spied a large adder near the animal and saw the reptile latch on to milk the cow. The monster snake, four to five feet long, was dispatched after the odd scene.
The article discusses the beauty of the night sky, focusing on Sirius the Dog Star. It explains stellar motions, precession, and the fixed yet moving nature of stars, then recounts how Mrs. John Bartlett of Blue Hill discovered the commercial value of menhaden oil.
The piece contrasts July 14 symbolism in France with July 4 in America, tracing liberty from 1789 through the Reign of Terror to Napoleon and onward. It notes Laf ayette’s humane ideals, the guillotine’s violence, and France’s path to a secure republic, praising liberty and law as intertwined.
A widow in St Petersburg, penniless, disguised as a man to seek work, stayed employed for years. She then married a young woman she hoped to protect from abuse, revealing her sex later. The couple were arrested and the case sent to the Senate for decision amid confusion.
Mr. Rivington of Babbicombe Torquay was traveling with his wife and family on the Chamounix road when a horse within the first carriage became restive, kicked its traces, and upset the vehicle over a precipice. The wife was killed and the father injured with both wrists broken.
A Georgia man dressed as a bear to amuse himself. The locals, with dogs, chased him four miles across rough country before he proved he was not a bear. They threatened tar and feathering for scaring women and ordered him to leave the county for three days. He will not play bear again.
Col Gordon famed for China bravery is described as honest clever and eccentric. On a recent England visit he declined a royal dinner with the Prince of Wales citing a mountain of reasons and an early bedtime.
A Sacramento girl ran away with her disreputable lover the same day her mother was confined to the house for three days. The mother faced a strict confinement and then learned of the elopement, leaving communities appalled by the tale of deceit and flight.
A buxom widow who has buried three husbands visits graves with a longtime suitor. She sighs that, had he shown more nerve in youth, he might now lie in that row with her departed spouses.
The British Museum acquires inscribed terra cotta tablets from Babylonian origin, expanding the legend of creation in their cuneiform collection. The newly acquired tablets enhance the corpus of Mesopotamian creation narratives and provide additional scholarly material for study.
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