03 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1879
Page
1
Public notice announces a special election in Freeport Minoia First Ward to fill the unexpired term of Augustus T Irvin. The Tremont Tronse will host polling from 8 AM to 7 PM on Monday December 15 1879. City Clerk Wo Tremnon signs the notice dated December 3 1879.
In Freeport Illinois Mayor Cronkrite orders a special election in the First Ward to fill the unexpired term of Alder man Augustus T Irvin. The vote will be held at the Tremont house on Monday December 15 1879 from 8 AM to 7 PM.
The Journal Office is now located in the basement of the new Post Office with entrance on Van Buren Street opposite the Court House.
The Journal defends the existing currency and argues against President Hayes in Congress advocating retirement of legal tender notes. It praises the greenback as parallel to gold and warns that removing it could disrupt the nation on the eve of the presidential election. It asserts Northwest support for the current system and trusts Congress to block any drastic move.
Two years after offering JourNAT at 1.50 yearly to encourage prepaying patrons several paid up, but delinquent readers remained unconverted. Last year Chicago papers were added at low cost with little gain. Now prices rise for print paper and ink, and the paper will not repeat the previous offer. The JourNan upholds Republican principles and seeks wider county readership with Republican support.
A small boy climbs an apple tree and encounters a large dog at the base. He discovers the apples are spoiled and his wounded feelings surface as he faces this awkward moment.
A fragmentary line mentions something about a pull and a neck with unclear context. The wording is garbled and names or locations are not identifiable. Further readable details are needed for a precise summary.
A fragment notes basement location for the new Post Office on the site of the Court House. The text shows a construction reference with focus on the building's basement level and the site choice near the Court House.
A copper medal issued by Russian revolutionists marks April 2 1879 the day Solovieff tried to kill the Czar. One side shows the Czar with a revolver and the inscription Down with autocracy. The reverse depicts Liberty giving bread and salt to peasants and the words for Liberty and the people. The medal was oddly distributed to the lowest police ranks who could not read, explained as commemorating the Emperor's deliverance from the assassin.
The article recounts how England delayed royal favor to writers until George IV awarded a baronetcy to Sir Walter Scott for Waverley, a rare popular act. It contrasts earlier honors given to painters Rubens Van Dyck Lely Reynolds, and notes Carlyle’s reputed refusals and Delane’s journalism baronetcy offer.
A Wine and Fruit Reporter writer offers practical grape growing tips. He advocates using one ounce of sulfur per gallon of water to spray vines at nightfall to kill insects and mildew with minimal residue. He cautions against powdered sulfur due to unwanted effects but notes sulfur as a specific remedy when used properly. He also mentions salt with gypsum or plaster of Paris to stimulate loamy clay and sandy loam soils.
A wife tells her husband she fears a still neck, and he jokes he has long seen signs of it since their marriage. The light exchange captures domestic humor with playful take on a minor ailment.
A witty aphorism compares a near-sighted woman glimpsing a shop window in two minutes with a long-sighted man using a telephone who takes twenty days, highlighting humorous contrasts in perception and time.
The piece urges young farmers to embrace labor, study nature, and act with integrity. It praises farming as a noble vocation, warns against self deceit, and advises practical improvements like road maintenance, hedges, shade trees, and gates to enhance homes and farms while staying within income. It frames farming as a divine, lifelong education.
Denver Tribune recounts Governor McCook dismissing Colorow as chief after a tense encounter. Colorow, drunk and armed, challenged the governor, who restrained him, toppled him on the stairs, mocked him to the gathered Utes, and the next day Colorow was deposed by his band.
Tierbert Spencer explains evolution as a move from indefiniteness and incoherence to coherence and heterogeneity through differentiation and integration. Kirkman reformulates similarly, describing a shift from uniformity to varied likeness via continuous othering and unifying processes.
A mention notes a society in London called the QConditional Immortality Association.
A German inventor Dr Chr Weinzarlng of Frankfurt introduces an improved tanning method claiming leather is stronger and cheaper by 20 to 26 percent and requires 6 to 8 days instead of months. The process uses sour chromates or alumina solutions with zinc preconditioning and ferrocyanide additives for uppers, followed by fixation in barium or lead compounds and fat or solvent treatments.
The piece urges self reliance and hard work to achieve fortune fame and love. It warns against seeking favors and being dragged by ambitious friends noting that success comes from starting with little and steadily climbing. It emphasizes personal effort over assistance and persistence to conquer goals.
In 1867 France faced a severe harvest and Angouleme bakers raised bread to fifty centimes per kilo. Local leaders formed an economic bakery with $2,400 capital to supply quality bread cheaply. About 400 families joined, paying $1.25 each. The scheme reduced prices by 20 percent for subscribers. The fund was repaid and a bakery worth $8,000 built. Now 1100 families obtain daily bread from this cooperative.
At the Montpelier meeting of the French Agricultural Society scientific section a majority of proprietors whose vineyards are ruined by phylloxera favored introducing American vine stocks. Experiments show some American vines resist thespread, especially with thick root tissues, though success may vary by region. The wine crop collapse mirrors losses in English agriculture as 300 000 hectares under vines vanish in Lerault.
A Georgia colored debating society recently discussed whether laborers should work for wages or share in the crop. An elder member summed up the sentiment saying that the best outcome is achieved only if both options can be brought together somehow.
The report notes Rove was the belle at the first garden party and contrasts her presence with the absence of a plates graph in the show windows. No additional context is provided about the event or its participants.
Edward Hing recounts a dramatic alpine storm above the Oberland near Berne. Rain, thunder, and lightning sweep the Alps, then part to reveal rose-tinted summits and clear skies. The scene evokes Manfred and a transcendent, divine beauty of the Alps.
The article contrasts European and American Archeology, noting a reversed order of cultural succession. Europe shows a progression from cave hunters to builders like Etruscans, while America’s sequence starts with more civilized peoples moving outward before the mound builders and Red Indians, leaving Esquimaux as the last survivors.
An elderly man committed suicide before the Northern Express in England. In his lodgings police found a curious flying machine model and an electricity powered locomotive model with notes. Other mechanical contraptions included a safety lamp, an air gun, and a transformable bed chair table or box. The Emperor Napoleon once encouraged him, but his downfall ended his pursuits and the relics remain with his landlady for long arrears.
An OCR fragment discusses German and Austrian women’s labor roles, noting women help in hay, stacking, market and industrial tasks alongside men. Mentions women trampling streets, hauling wood, and working in glass and iron, with emphasis on matriarchal presence in factories and barracks amid wartime or civic strain.
In a tense exchange during the Franco German conflict, the emperor faces his loyal cook who vows to resign rather than endure more quarrels. The chef, longtime imperial servant, cites irk and patriotism as reasons to depart if love and peace cannot coexist. The emperor agrees, acknowledging the strain in the relationship.
The nutmeg tree grows near the equator, raised in nurseries for five years before bearing. Trees are planted in diamond-shaped rows and begin fruiting in the eighth year, yielding a long, profitable harvest. Buds, blossoms and fruit appear year round, with glossy shells and bright red mace after maturity, making the plant strikingly attractive.
Historic notes describe shifting away from banking celery plants as they grow due to rust and dew causing damaged stems. Growers now sometimes stop swelling plants, bundle and firm them, and cover to protect from frost while aiming to bleach during moist warm weather. The timing spans days to weeks as weather conditions dictate the process.
A laconic report from ee News describes a shocking event in Switzerland where a flash killed a farmer during a cow milking scene. No details on milk curdling or related outcomes are provided.
A Cincinnati Advertiser note claims a hen swallowed a diamond and that about a hundred hens died after the gem was found. The item hints at financial concerns tied to moving crops, reflecting local talk on costs and trade.
An old clipping recalls Clara and Henry Ritazman at Bunker Hill with a sentimental Sabbath scene and a grave flower funeral. The piece transitions to an endorsement by George G Sickles of a headache and neuralgia remedy sold by Emmert & Burrell with trial sizes and drugstore availability.
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