30 Aug 1871
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1871
Page
1
A collection of practical tips for farmers in Stephenson County including aging horses by wrinkles, preserving meat and fish with sugar, remedies for heaves and eye ailments in cattle, and promoting modern farming methods. It urges readers to share knowledge with Harms and write on one side of the paper, reflecting period tone and county focus.
A long discussion argues that sleep preserves brain and mind by reducing oxygen demand and allowing bodily tissues to remodel. It links cerebral waste to oxygen supply, notes nervous functions require rest, and explains why mental manifestation ceases during sleep. A second piece recounts a street scene where a motherly offer to a newsboy ends with the boy’s blunt refusal and a satirical exchange.
A collage of snippets, quotes, and quips from various eras, including weather board terms, Irish porter chatter, travel banter, life insurance jests, and witticisms from Horace Greeley to Dean Ramsay. The text blends jokes about trains, ponies, and missing sermons with anecdotes about stagecoaches, Baltimore excursions, and Scottish clerics in lively, era-tinged sentiment.
Kate Field recalls an Eastern observer praising a young Philadelphian to a Chicago merchant. The man extols the family line, while the Chicago respondent questions status and asks about the man himself. Field suggests the term daddyism may become a noted Americanism.
An 1871 Freeport Illinois advertisement touts Tambling's Self Adjusting Curtain Fixture by Col W H Tambling of Eleroy Stephenson Co It claims simplest cheapest most durable curtain raise device with three top rings and weighted tassel capable of fixing curtain at any position It requires little capital to manufacture and suits paper cloth and mixed curtains merchants endorse it as economical durable and superior to rival fixtures
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.