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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1882
Page
3
A man named Jones feigns illness to skip a charity sermon then roams the countryside. He is chased by a dog, bull, and a ram, loses coat tails and hat, tumbles into a stream, ends up muddy and exhausted, returns home to a frantic kitchen scene and a collapse of family plans.
A fragmentary line from a solemn vow repeats a firm pledge to never shirk a charity sermon again. The odd phrasing suggests a distressed speaker insisting on continuing their charitable duties.
A historical text notes how figures like John Adams, Andrew Jackson, James Polk, Millard Fillmore, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses Grant, and James Garfield emerged from humble origins. It then explains the simple, detailed process of producing silver thimbles from coin silver, including melting, rolling, stamping, shaping, polishing, and decorating before packaging for trade.
An Iowa farmer fattened thirty one year old hogs. Twenty days on shelled corn yielded 83 bushels eaten and 827 pounds gained. Fourteen days on dry corn meal produced 47 bushels and 635 pounds gain. Fourteen days on corn meal and water mix consumed 554 bushels for 781 pounds gain. Fourteen days on cooked corn meal consumed 45 bushels and gained 709 pounds.
Residents in crowded cities seek multiuse furniture. A writing desk becomes a wash stand, an etagere serves as bed or wardrobe, a chair doubles as a foot-tub, and common items like a chrome or pitcher hide towels and brushes. The piece ponders making the piano perform two roles.
The water telescope is a tube three or four feet long with an eye-piece at one end. The open end is placed in the water over the boat edge. with practice observers spot objects at depths of ten to fifteen fathoms. Fishermen locate shoals unseen before, signal, and their crews haul in remarkable catches in unlikely places.
Cincinnati reader reports relief from chronic dysentery contracted in the army after using IL W. Warner & Co. Safe Kidney and Liver Cura. The letter is from Josern H. Thornton dated September 2, 1881, addressed to the company.
The piece profiles Colonel Robert Ingersoll, praising his oratory and public role while noting his attacks on Christianity. It describes his origins, appearance, and eloquence, and urges Christian readers to withstand his bold unbelief rather than fear it.
Mrs Lonefellow, wife of Abbott Lawrence's kin, died in a fatal fire caused by a candle and sealing wax while making toys for her children. General Lew Wallace, a politician and author, is also an artist who painted a portrait of his father and a historically themed study titled The Conspirators, showing men in an old Washington yard who plotted to kill Lincoln.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes recruiting posters demand recruits speak English properly, a requirement the writer views as a narrow standard that limits officer eligibility and overall army size during recruitment. The piece critiques the selective language requirement as misaligned with true military needs.
At the debating society last evening two members wrangled over who had the floor. In a few minutes both held it by turns with the chairman serving as referee.
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