12 Feb 1879
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1879
Page
1
A reflective verse urges avoiding judging others and starting self perfection at home. It emphasizes looking inward for defects before criticizing others and warns that even familiar sins can rebound to us. The poem frames temperate speech about friends foes and communal restraint.
In vain men fall before time Old loves and memories persist beyond the year. A muse bears wreath and honor gathered long ago and woven through ages. Such love and praise endure without sun or shower, beyond frost or thunder, surviving as an unpriced treasure of power and pleasure.
Mr Podgers a well to do farmer leads a family move to Cantelope Corners to avoid town borrowing. The plan triggers selling stock tools and goods while neighbors swarm the street seeking milk and household items. A painted sign labeled Borkow ens Now Wastep Hern helps deter further requests.
An old Barking Abbey record records an agreement between the vicar Mr. Greenland and the Lady Abbess. It details a harsh rule for fraternization with the ring, including loss of diet for a week after one admonition, nine months after a second, and lifetime exclusion unless the Abbess grants pardon.
The Gentleman's Magazine contrasts alcohol intoxication with nitrous oxide. Sir Humphry Davy experiments with wine reactions and later inhales gas, describing vivid perceptual changes, new ideas, and a transformed sense of self. He notes a compelling urge to breathe the gas and reports profound mental shifts during the experience.
A reminiscence recalls Charles Spurgeon as a boy preacher in the country. The aged mentor resents the intrusion yet the boy’s reading of Proverbs leads to a humorous clash over wisdom and civility. The episode ends with praise for the saucy lad.
A Paris physician unveils a soporific he says is inoffensive and time controlled. Doses operate within ten minutes of the predicted duration, allowing a traveler two hours or more before departure to feel safe. Inventor frames doses as units and tests report agreeable taste with chartreuse notes.
A speaker warns against mince pies as a vice molding youth, telling a grim tale of a young man drawn to alcohol and ruin after indulgence. The sermon urges licensing of pie makers and avoidance of the pastry, describing it as a gateway to sin and crime with vivid, cautionary imagery.
A London Queen-like bride imagines a wedding life free of duty, pain, and aging. The piece contrasts her hopeful fairy tale view with the looming reality of marriage, debt to truth, and eventual disappointment as life returns to normal.
Australian engineers devise a system that sends an electric current along telegraph poles to deter natives who tamper with wires. The live poles deter interference and maintain long distance communication, keeping watchers unnecessary.
An 19th century health critique links venous disease to poor hygiene and ventilation. It notes varicose ulcers arise from distended veins and faulty valves, worsened by tight garters and improper bandning below the knee, urging non elastic supports and safer dress for workers and children.
In DuPage county Illinois Judge Blodgett recalls a 19th century incident in Downers Grove. Pierce Downer drove hogs from his cornfield after a neighbor taunted him about lard oil plans. The neighbor Taylor watched passively. Downer thrashed him. Justice Walker declared the law of the court requires help driving out the hogs or be threshed.
The convention adopted provisions making banks and corporations jointly liable for acts of fraud embezzlement or mismanagement affecting stockholders and depositors during their term. A new arrears law restricts imprisonment in civil actions to cases of fraud, marking a sweeping change in civil procedure.
A collection of household tips and simple recipes including poaching eggs with ring shapes, a lemon apple pie recipe, rich cookie and white biscuit instructions, and methods to prevent mould in leather and ink. Also notes on frost bite care, carpet moths, and using oils to preserve books, with practical steps and cautions.
The writer ridicules bold assertions from claimants who deny established science. He mocks a supposed ocean swallowing and calls for caution toward new mechanical and chemical theories without evidence. He warns against ungrounded inventions harming society and urges prudent scrutiny of bright inventors.
An interview with Chas. Fratigs Adams details a shark’s relentless hunger and massive digestive system. The creature’s liver spleen and bile produce constant juices that fuel appetite, while parasitic irritants worsen digestion and drive the shark to roam the seas in search of prey.
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