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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1880

Page

4

An Historical Dubber and Other Magazine Features

The December issue of Lippiné et Vs. Magazine includes An Historical Dubber by George Nay and Our Grandfathers Tamples by Charles Richardson. It covers oldest worship sites, civil service reform debate, Froufrou connections to Bernhardt, Gas-Burning implications, Spanish chivalry, automatism, Shakespeare studies, and a dramatic ending to Adam and Eve. It also features vivid Edinburgh street-life sketches, the Monthly Gossip, and announces a January reissue with a reduced price and broader appeal.

Lippiné Wits Bigahd George Nay Charles’¥. Richardson J Brander Matthews Sra T Fane Hcood James D Butler Edinburgh

Peterson's Magazine December issue features engravings and patterns

Peterson's Magazine for December maintains its high character with two beautiful engravings including a title page and portraits of contributors, a superb colored steel fashion plate, and a Lamb erquin pattern worth fifty cents as a Christmas gift to subscribers. A touching tale Two Christmases is illustrated, plus a supplement pattern for a Dolman Ulster. The magazine, priced at two dollars a year, offers club rates with premiums. Specimens are sent gratis to those wishing to form clubs. Address Charles J. Peterson Philadelphia.

Peterson's Peterson Dolman Ulster Ann Stephens Jane G. Austin Frank Lee Benedict Rebecca Harding Davis Josiah Allen Yorktown Chas. J. Peterson Chestnut St Philadelphia Pai

Eclectric Magazine December number highlights and contents

The December issue features a steel-engraved portrait of Mr. Thomas Hughes and a varied table of contents including A Century of English Poetry by Swinbourne, travel pieces on Central Asia, biographies, essays, and sketches. Editorials promise lively literary notices and varied science and art topics.

Thomas Hughes Algeronon Charles Swimburne Earl of Dunraven Central Asia Louis Duke of Argyll India F. Kinghton Gellert Austin Dobson William Black Wm. Downs M. A Ticonderoga Dean Stanly John Milne John Dangerfield Ruckert

The Prairie Farmer Editorial Excellence and Practical Value

The Prairie Farmer has a handsome new dress and strong editorial pages by top writers. Articles cover tariffs railroads politics and current news beyond agriculture. For forty years it has informed Western farmers with timely practical data in agriculture horticulture pomology and related fields.

Scribner December issue highlights art and culture

The December Scribner continues to blend art, essays, and fiction. Alfred Sensier profiles Millet while Glimpses of Parisian Art surveys contemporary painters with sketches by Detaille and others. Amusements cover Sheridan’s family debates, drama social aspects, conjuring tricks, and literary notes. Included are hunting pieces, travel essays, public questions, new inventions, and children’s books previews.

Jean-Francois Millet Alfred Sensier Detaille Drew Mallprop Grace Greenwood London Henry Ratton B.E. Robinson John Burroughs Archibald Forbes Kate Field Civil Service Reform Publication Society Kansas Alessandro Gavazzi Peter the Great Montenegro F. G. Fairfield Julia Schayer H. H. Boyesen Gustav Kobb

Ballou's Magazine December subscription appeal

December issue showcases literary pieces and stories such as Marian's Old Aunt and Bianca's Revenge. Thames & Talbot publish at 1.60 per year postpaid. sample copy 10 cents. Readership urged to subscribe as a gift, with issues available from news depots at 16 cents each.

Ballou’s Scotland Marian Marian Howard Bianca Blanche Rilo Christman Ruthven Nota Thames& Talbot Hawley St Boston Mass

St Nicholas December issue to include new features

St Nicholas magazine plans a December issue with a wintry cover and 105000 copies to meet Santa orders. It will feature an operetta Land of Nod with six sleepy-heads, music by Reiff and Sherwin, Frank R Stockton fairy tale, Washington Gladden piece on A Christmas Dinner with the Man in the Moon, and a Treasure-box of Literature reprising Nathaniel Hawthorne's David Swan and Thackeray's King Canute with illustrations.

St. Nicholas Santa Claus Land of Nod Anthony Reiff W. S. Sherwin Frank R. Stockton Washington Gladden Nathaniel Sawthorne David Swan Thackeray King Canute

December Nur sery magazine promises new attractions

The December issue of the Nur sery emphasizes a brighter, more appealing edition with a new cover, improved pictures, charming stories, and better paper and type. It invites households with young readers to subscribe at $1.50 a year in advance from Nur sery Publishing Co. 3 Bromfield St., Boston.

Nursery Publishing Co Bromfield St Boston

Oscoda man praises Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for horses

M Sheehan of Oscoda Michigan writes that Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil has treated various horse ailments and consistently performed well. He calls it the best oil for horses he has ever used and endorses the product based on his experience.

M. Sheehan Oscoda, Mich Thomas

Puzzle of the table players and a medical cure

Four people sat at a table all night and into the next day. They played without cheating and when they woke up each was a winner with a guide. The tale hints at a riddle and a sought remedy, where exhaustion gave way to relief after using a Feld electric device and medical care.

Christian worldwide church membership milestones from AC statement

Sharon Turner presents a century by century tally of Christian adherents ranging from 500000 in the first century to 200000000 in the eighteenth. She notes that in the present century the church has doubled its communicants.

Sharon Turner

That Sterling juvenile Golden Hours extended circulation

The periodical Golden Hours offers an extended circulation plan for Sterling juvenile readers. It promises delightful reading with stories for amusement and instruction, sketches of biography and travel, and English history pieces running through the last year. Subscriptions are $1.60 per year, postage paid, through Walden & Stowe publishers in Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis.

Sterling Golden Hours Walden & Stowe, Publishers Chicago Cincinnati St Louis

Providence Woman Finds Lost Ring in Glove After Year

A Providence woman bought gloves, misplaced a valuable gold ring from her finger, and after searches failed she returned nearly a year later. In the first pair she tried on, she found the long lost ring still on her finger after removing the glove.

Providence Asi

Latent Force and Oil Healing in 19th Century Discourse

A Victorian-era note discusses a universal latent force and electricity as a medical aid. It cites Thomas Eclectric Oil easing neuralgia rheumatic pain and throat and lung issues with heating effects. Provost Campbell of Greenock, presiding over a Free Church meeting, speaks on public toast toasts and personal conscience while abstaining from alcohol, only drinking water.

Campbell Greenock Edinburgh Free Church of Scotland Total Abstinence Society Hhe Nnaama

Endorsement for Spring Blossom Remedy

A missionary Reverend Horsford reports relief after using Spring Blossom, stating it cured his affliction after doctors warned he might never recover. He notes he used nearly three bottles and asks about bulk pricing at one dollar and fifty cents per quantity. Also cited: UK malt consumption for year ending Sept 30, 187_, shows 55,079,786 bushels, a 5.1% drop from 58,068,273, with England Wales down 4.4, Scotland 28, and Ireland slightly up.

Horsford United Kingdom England Wales Scotland Ireland

Remarkable Kidney Pad Remedy Gains Medical Credence

Day's Kidney Pad is praised as a valuable remedy for kidney disease with strong medical and patient support. Its reliability and curative power earn broad confidence among physicians and sufferers alike. The article also notes plans to move Russian Black Sea fleet headquarters from Nicolaief to Sebastopol, with the floating dock and factory machinery shifting in stages next months.

Sciences of Medicine and Chemistry Black Sea Nicolaieff Sebastopol Nicolaieff Dockyard

Too Communistic Happiness Sells Spring Blossom Remedy

Philosophers boast that true happiness lies in equal wealth division but the column deems it too radical. A bottle of Spring Blossom is offered as cure all, priced at 1 dollar and 50 cents.

Stranger asks who died as hearse stands by

A passerby sees a hearse near the churchyard and asks the sexton who is dead. The sexton replies there is no complaint, every body is satisfied.

Fragmentary ledger note on grazing field funds

A garbled OCR excerpt mentions money, a field, grazing, fence repairs, and sums like 68 dollars and 500 dollars. It references coins or receipts, a Redyes, and a Peake, indicating a rough financial or accounting note tied to a grazing area and fencing costs.

Ray Peake

Pacificator advertisement with cryptic pricing

A fragmentary advertisement mentions a device called the Pacificator with phrases about adding a bed and a box, plus references to family fever and fish, then lists prices of one dollar and fifty cents.

Billidus

Fragmented text on demographics and regulations in Germany

The readable fragments discuss statistics about drunkards in Germany and compare numbers with Norway. It mentions a director and a national index, but details are unclear and some words are garbled. The piece hints at age groups and regulatory measures without clear dates or outcomes.

Debtalfti Nai Germany

England to issue small postoffice notes for daily sums

The postoffice will introduce short notes in England for sums from half a crown to £1. The move replaces unproductive ordinary postoffice orders with paper notes. The public may welcome the change, but questions arise about risks in substituting paper for small metallic currency.

England

Black Tip Shoes Ad Claims Enhanced Beauty and Comfort

Advertisers claim the 8.2. Co Black Tip children’s shoes add beauty while increasing wear value. Parents testified to the product’s appeal and practicality, stating the shoes enhance appearance and durability for daily use.

Old Hartford Man Recalls Great Grandfather Born 1699

Frederick Tyler of Hartford, Connecticut recalls meeting a man born in 1699, his own grandfather who lived through the entire eighteenth century from birth in 1699 to death in 1800. The 85 year old notes the remarkable longevity and fair health as he remembers the distant ancestor.

Frederick Tyler Hartford Conn Mr. Tyler

Senator Edmunds Opposes Stream Improvement Over Trout

Senator Edmunds blocks an appropriation to improve a mountain stream citing trout protection. He is an avid fisherman, a longtime visitor to salmon rivers in Quebec and New Brunswick.

Edmunds Congress Quebec New Brunswick

Col Delaney Kane Sells Twenty Three Tally-Ho Horses

Col Delaney Kane sold twenty three tally-ho horses for 6252 dollars. Purchasers were members of the New York Sporting club.

Delaney Kane The New York Sporting Club

Conan Surplus Fund Directors Named and Listed

Surplus fund details name directors Thompson Wilcoxon Jacob Kroren W. Hance David Neidigh and others. The item lists multiple individuals associated with the fund.

Conan Thompson Wilcoxon Jacob Kroren W. Hance David. Neidigh

Weexiy JOURNAL General Newspaper Overview

The Weexiy JOURNAL is a weekly Wednesday edition described as a large, well-filled general newspaper. It emphasizes coverage for homes, offices, and workshops.

Weexiy Journal UOME

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