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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1848
Page
2
Poem urging fair work for fair wages across mills for English workers. It extols honest toil, prudent saving, and mutual duty between master and man, condemns intemperance, poverty, and waste, and praises labor as wealth and health. It appeals to Providence and moral conduct to uplift the working class.
The passage laments how few value the mind’s inward worth and divine potential. It contrasts outward wealth and status with the mind’s eternal dignity, urging recognition of inner worth amid poverty, luxury, and worldly vanity. It argues true treasure lies within the soul, not in possessions or appearances.
A historical discussion on instinct and innate behavior compares animal and insect actions to human involuntary impulses. It cites bees, birds, beavers, quails, dogs, jackdaws, and a provincial note on William Stadden's death, plus canal boat activity and Gen Taylor’s command status as observed items in the era.
A meditation on piety and virtue as inner mighty works. The speaker extolls a single thought as divine, claiming it outshines outward splendor and holds the keys to the universe, linking virtue, heaven, and immortality to the illuminated mind.
A frontier party fleeing Indians in Burke County North Carolina sought shelter in a dense interior settlement. Soldiers formed a hollow square while women and children marched center. A raid broke the line with heavy rifle fire and tomahawks. A powder supply ran low until a woman shared her apron full of powder to the defenders. The Indians were driven off and the survivors celebrated. The woman remained kneeling in prayer at a nearby tree as rescue came.
A distraught politician laments ungrateful republics and ruined fortunes while recounting years of public service, broken windows, and unpaid earnings. He longs only to be cared for and to talk, with both parties seen as alike and offering nothing in return. Also noted is a Scottish churchyard skeleton find and Cass’s likely stance on the Wilmot proviso.
KNIGHT & Co. announces a vast stock in Martin's Brick Block Freeport Illinois with dry goods groceries and a thousand other items. The ad promises Jamaica molasses Porto Rico sugar Rio Java tea pepper and spices plus queensware and cutlery. They invite exchange of country produce for goods and claim unmatched value and large stock. Freeport Oct 20 1848.
D A Knowlton asserts that all debts due to him will be collected with strict attention. He declares that no opelacy is needed and warns debtors to settle promptly, promising diligent effort this Pall and Winter.
R D Jayne announces annual Frynes Medical Almanac, med GUIDE TO HEALTH, published for gratuitous distribution by him and all his agents. The notice emphasizes free delivery of the almanac to the public.
The second series, conducted by Silliman and colleagues, begins January 1646 with six numbers yearly, each 140 to 150 pages, totaling two volumes annually. Price is five dollars, with liberal agent discounts and broad continental distribution. Complete first series of fifty volumes remains available from Sil lman in New Haven.
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