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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1874
Page
6
A garbled compilation of anecdotes and fragments from newspapers and letters. It mentions a farmer’s misfortunes, a humorist Samuel, a Postmaster in Oregon, and stray vignettes about people and mishaps. Notes on social scenes and street humor appear amid jagged phrases and scattered quotes.
At a Boston stockholders meeting two aged gentlemen recalled a story of a boy in a hardware shop earning seventy five dollars a year. A heavy wheelbarrow load, a passing Irishman, and a later $500 clerkship show how zeal and labor can lead to wealth and position.
Rural New Yorker recounts Uncle Jonas’s fame with his waterfowl flock including a tame wild goose captured by a cord snare near a pond. The tale describes the geese’ behavior, the children’s caution, and a note on their plumage plus a promise to tell about Wood Ducks in a future piece.
The Living Age, now absorbing Kevery Saturday, claims national leadership as the premier eclectic weekly. It touts extensive current literature from Max Muller to Tennyson, offering economy and breadth for readers seeking home and foreign works in one volume. The prospectus promises timely advances and favorable club options, with January issues and gratis samples. Also notes President’s stance on New Orleans troop deployment and remarks that no Chinese ever became a book agent.
A reflective excerpt argues liberty fuels initiative and national productivity but warns against abandoning social discipline. It contends government should be capable and steady, acting as a weather vane that guides social health rather than relying on freedom alone.
Rail timetable details list departures and arrivals for Freeport Rock Island St Louis and Chicago connections. Notes include north south routes to and from Freeport Rock Island and the St Louis corridor with freight and passenger trains and daily Sunday exceptions.
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