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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1878
Page
8
The page blends science notes with odd anecdotes, including a London cannibal tale, rail law implications in Pennsylvania, European travel woes, and curious quips about fashion calico supplies, winds, and fermentation. It cites philosophers, Dumas, and Lord George Bentinck in a mosaic of trivia.
A collection of breakfast muffins, apple shortcake, lemon toast, pea pancakes, complexion advice, and chicken dressing tips. Includes muffin batters with milk eggs and yeast, shortcake with apple sauce, lemon toast with egg yolks and sugar, pea pancakes with pea jam, and cosmetic cautions about lead in cosmetics.
The article notes Joseph Jenks of Lynn Massachusetts received patents in 1646 and 1655 for scythes and edged tools. Innovations included a stronger thinner blade and a welded iron back bar, marking a shift from the older English clumsy scythe. Production remained localized in Essex and Plymouth counties amid plentiful bog ore.
A comic list defines signs of maidenly celibacy with examples such as a dog trotting after a woman, tea without sugar, reading love stories in bed, and scoffing at suitors. It escalates to critiquing men as dreadful, presenting an exaggerated social satire on courtship and female independence.
The article cites the London Lancet on how warm baths increase skin circulation and body heat while cold baths quicken pulse and respiration. It notes warm baths relieve stiffness, reduce fatigue, and both baths can be equally effective at moderate temperatures. It also quotes Dr. Albert Day on inebriety as a hereditary, treatable nervous-system disease.
A Philadelphia group pursued colonization in Virginia by securing land and sending an advance guard. A member recently returned noting settlers in good health and spirits with a large crop and a new chapel. The colony has about 100 members and has claimed most of the 7000 acres purchased.
A 1877 letter from H R Stevens of Delaware testifies that Vegetine cured a long leg ulcer after prior doctors and a Columbus physician offered no relief. He bought thirteen bottles, paid about four hundred dollars previously, and now reports good health and continued use.
Trains run north from Freeport to Sioux City and east to Chicago with listed schedules. Through cars available to Sioux City. day passes and freight trains shown. Revised December 1, 1877 by H Holder and W A Strexnette, ticket agent and general pass agent.
Eastbound trains depart from Rock Island and Freeport with passenger, freight, and day and night services. Connections with W. A. R. R. trains at Gxo Skinner and Penfield govern schedules toward Morris Rochelle Forreston and Oregon, with multiple daily arrivals and departures listed.
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