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Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1879

Page

6

Real Estate Sales From Frepeort Land Office

January 80 1879 sales include John Gillett to Wn Gisler 160 acres at West Point for 5000. Valentine Stoskopf to W B Mitchell 80 acres Buckeye for 3400. to H and gokermeier 20 acres Rock Run for 685. Green trustee to Fred Besemeier 180 acres Erie for 5700. Miller trustee to M P Mitchell 1 lot Dakota. Conrad Edler to Adolph Schieranberg Powell Waddell's addition Freeport 3760. Rush to Melissa Chaney Oneco 700. Stoskopf master to Aaron Wolf Rock Run 11780. Heirs of J J Fye to A H Wise 80 acres Harlem 2100. Nathanel Martin to J S Hodge Winslow 5000. Edward Chaney to B F Reish Oneco 700.

Frepeort Land Office Ince John Gillett Wn. Gisler Nwli West Point Valentine Stoskopf W. B. Mitchell Buckeye Green Fred. Besemeier Erie Miller M. P. Mitchell Dakota Conrad Edler Adolph Schieranberg Powell & Waddell’s Freeport P. F. Rush Melissa Chaney Oneco Stoskopf Master Aaron Wolf Rock Run J. J. Fye A. H. Wise Wiggv Iarlem Nathanel Martin J. 8. Hodge Et al Winslow Edward Chaney B. F. Reish Eres

Practical Household Tips From Old Recipes

A collection of kitchen and home remedies including milk flavoring with horseradish cream, methods to sweeten rancid butter using lime water, label pasting with muriatic acid, chapped hands treated with cider vinegar, and leather boot-holders. Also includes cleaning brass with sour milk, repairing smoky marble, and multiple recipes for meat loaf potato cakes caramel cake quince preserves and related preserves and syrups.

Careful estimate on corn to pork conversion method

A conservative calculation converts corn to pork by a standard ratio. It assumes one bushel of corn weighing seventy pounds yields ten pounds of pork with costs and prices ranging from 4 to 60 cents per pound, and various per bushel figures, to equate pork value with corn input. The text outlines reverse processing where pork value per pound is matched to per bushel and per pound rates to determine breakeven points.

Temperance Group Membership During 1949 Declines Report

The Canadian Goods Newplars report 8,194 new members joined and 2,869 net loss for 1949. Violations totaled 98 with 879 excused for drinking and 75 suspended. 3 expelled for non payment. 2,707 withdrew. 97 died. Ribbon movements cited as affecting member numbers across temperance groups.

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Speed of Trains and the Fastest Locomotives Noted

The English Engineer cites authentic speed records of several locomotives. The Bru nel Courier class reached 78 mph by 13 miles in 10 minutes, Patrick Stirling’s Great Northern hauled 16 carriages 16 miles in 12 minutes at 75 mph, and Great Western broad gauge engines ran four to five carriages Paddington to Didcot in 471 1 minutes at 66 mph. Midland express engines reached 68 to 72 mph, while the 10 am Great Northern Leeds express was logged at 69.2 mph with Stirling outside cylinder bogie engines drawing 10 carriages.

Brunel Courier Patrick Stirling Great Northern Great Britain Lord of the Isles Iron Duke Great Western Paddington Didcot Midland Leeds Mr.Stirlings

Easy Chairs Across Cultures From A Medical Note

A Nature article surveys how different races rest, noting Hindoo sits with knees drawn up while Turk sits cross legged and European sits on a chair. It praises bamboo chairs from India shaped like a sprawling W for optimal muscle relaxation and blood flow.

India

Mysterious Death Reveals Essex Widow’s Hidden Past

The death of Sarah Coffin in Essex Vermont uncovers a tale from Waterbury twenty years past. She wed a dissipated man named Williams against her parents wishes, was deserted, vanished, then lived in solitude in Essex until death, keeping the secret of her origins.

Sarah Coffin Essex Waterbury Williams

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