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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1880
Page
12
A collage of clipped items references Poland wheat trade, church donations, a fatal accident, public meetings, and social vignettes. It mentions a Wells death, Palestine purchase talk, a Swedish pastor count, a church census, and Bedouin market scenes. The tone is restless, observing daily life through brief, disjointed snippets.
A historical note describes packing apples for shipment to America and London using salicylic acid treated paper to prevent bruising and decay. It details wrapping with multiple folds of salted paper, protective tissue, and careful placement to minimize movement during transit.
The London Daily notes a Camp Ghazni message dated April 22 reporting an attack on British troops where the enemy suffered. It explains heliograph use its 10 inch mirror reflecting sun rays up to fifty miles, enabling two trained operators to communicate over distant lines with high ground advantage.
During a Liverpool to New York voyage the White Star steamer Germanic found a land bird about a thousand miles from Qu eans town. Dr Wy Gott of New York retrieved the creature when it flew into his hands and it was presented to Central Park. The whimbrel resembles a curlew and is noted for its long bill and awkward sea flight. The earlier owl Kate Field, captured mid Atlantic aboard Celtic, remains at Central Park and honors her name.
The American Baptist Missionary Union plans to start mission activity in Siberia this year aiming to establish eventually a full mission in the interior.
A prose piece argues women should be trained to balance power at home and in society, praising marriage as protection and urging moral discipline. It also reports American locomotives for Japan, noting H. K. Porter builds engines with Mogul design and a 30 inch gauge variant for Arizona shipments.
At the 1881 Industrial Exhibition of Milan the leather sector will be strongly represented with products from across Italy. Prof Guido Susovy offers a 600 lire prize for best upper leather. Milan hosts the exhibition office. Tronte and Verous lead Italian tanning, Monaco supplies tanning materials, Genoa imports raw hides, Rome handles calfskins from Chile, Leghorn imports from Africa and the Orient.
A fragmentary tale describes a wooden bed said to be preserved as a relic. It recounts a thief’s secret stash beneath the bed and a manor house owner who later rose to mayor, with the bed eventually passing to Leicester and then Abingtons, still kept as a curiosity.
A dying father asks his son to choose a fitting profession. The son rules out medicine for nerves, law for street life, stage for fear of being fired, and church for croquet disapproval. He finally opts for a professional path that aligns with his desires yet fits his conscience. He plans to keep his promise and do nothing his conscience forbids.
A Brooklyn preacher brands pastoral visits as lazy gossip and spreads immorality, arguing ministers overstep bounds by probing families and businesses. Meanwhile, Bradford workers unearth cannon balls from Fort Bedford site, and France reports a poor 1879 vintage blamed on wet spring and phylloxera affecting claret vineyards.
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