31 Aug 1881
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1881
Page
1
A speaker recalls a vanished summer romance with a Spanish mistress, recounting evenings, a golden necklace, and a quarrel. He warns that love may be found again elsewhere as time moves on, and bids farewell to his beloved as spring fades.
In a late Victorian drawing room drama, Miss Delorme appears cold yet kind as she pays for a damaged toy, saving Ellen Carter from ruin. Gerald Dering admires her, confesses love, and later reconciles, while Lord Fane muses on the change in him and the couple’s charitable life together.
The desert hosts sparse plant life with bunch grass, nearly black dwarf evergreens, and scattered cacti, no trees. Cactus varieties vary from mitten shaped spiny forms to vine like runners, with a notable grove near Tucson featuring telegraph-pole like stalks up to two feet thick and twelve to eighteen feet tall, bearing small flowers at the tips. The Spanish bayonet spreads across thousands of acres, its young spires branching then shedding, leaving a mid band that resembles straw bundles ready for harvest.
The Philadelphia Mint processed vast bullion and coin operations over the last year with gold bullion receipts totaling 62.9 million dollars and silver receipts 6.5 million dollars. bullion wrought through metal totals reached 177.7 million dollars, wastage remained modest at 23 thousand dollars, and 132 tons of metal were coined into 88.8 million minor coins. Accounts balance to the cent with 30.0 million dollars in coin and bullion in superintendent hands.
Lieut W Moore was struck in the eye by a snapped cherry pit at Creedmore while at lunch. The pit damaged the optic nerve causing paralysis and brain congestion. He fell unconscious but later recovered.
A long read mixing advice on cooling summer drinks and food balance, notes on beer and wine use, and cautions about overindulgence. It then moves to observations on Indian railway costs, Japanese bathing practices and manners, Shanghai Hong Kong and Saigon cleanliness, Asian city architecture, and a light mock dialogue aboutOrthodoxy in journalism.
The article traces the best man custom to Saxon times noting weddings were held at the groom's house. Relatives and friends feasted, the groom rode with armed attendants led by a foremist to escort the bride to the home of the groom. The bride was guarded by male relatives and bridesmaids evolved from brideswoman.
Arthur Lefroy, 21, accused of murdering Mr. Gold on the Brighton to England railway, is said to come from a good family and may be insane. His sister notes strange conduct in recent times. Lefroy has lived with cousins the Claytons since infancy, had delicate health, and was educated privately with the aim of pursuing law, spending spare money on law books.
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a well-dressed man on Jefferson and Woodward who asks for a lost twenty-dollar gold piece. He notes several locals nearby have lost similar coins and plans a citywide tally, aiming to reach two hundred before City Hall.
In a twilight encounter on Lafayette street east a woman asks a boy if he saw police arrest a drunken man nearby. The boy hedges, confirms the man wore a plug hat and black coat, and the two discuss fate, wealth, and family with wary humor as the scene shifts to a vacant yard.
A Chicago rail offeral report claims Hop Bitters cured a man of insatiable liquor thirst, easing his nerves and restoring steadiness. The Times cites multiple others said cured, noting two years sobriety and no relapse.
Former London works commissioner Mr Ayrton gained the rare honor of an office at St Paul’s Cathedral during his lifetime. A dispute with sculptor Alfred Stevens of the Wellington monument led to the artist carving a face in the work to resemble Ayrton, a depiction described as a savage pleasure in falsehood.
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