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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1879
Page
6
Readable pieces reference vaccination tramps farmers milk colorings and Oneida movement. Mentions Egyptian obelisk, a Bethlehem editor, wages and education, and a rural land sale in Iowa Falls with sixty acres at ten dollars per acre. Overall shows unsettled, disjointed content from a period newspaper page.
A Detroit man, recently from Allegan County, hatches a comic ruse to win back a former love. He pretends life-long disfigurement from an explosion, sending a taunting tin-type with a mock letter to influence his beloved’s response. The scene blends sly humor and deception in a single comic postcard tale.
In a city hall scene a couple fantasizes about a simple life and modest comforts. They plan to buy affordable clocks, eggs, sugar, flour, and butter while imagining savings, a bank account, a coachman, a piano, and decorative improvements to their home.
A London Lancet statement argues increased opium consumption among the working classes over the last two years is more due to harsh times than the early closing of pubs. It cautions against assuming narcotic use will be curbed by restricting sales and notes opium’s lower cost and milder early effects. It urges action to curb narcotics if the trend continues.
The Wool monument at Vinalhaven Maine will rise 75 feet with a 60 foot shaft of a single stone weighing 100 tons. It is claimed to be the largest such stone cut in 8,000 years while Cleopstra's needle is nine feet longer.
A historic note discusses egg production limits stating the ovary has 600 eggs and a hen cannot lay more than 600 in nine years. It cites Geyelin and Prof. Miles and notes breed variation affects averages.
India faces strain from a population around 250 million with food production lagging. Bengal bears heavy subsistence pressure even in good years, while cattle losses and seed grain consumption worsen farming prospects for years ahead.
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