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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1879
Page
6
Fragmentary text recounts a old fashioned wedding lyric with repeated lines about two lovers. It references a bonny bride and a hopeful life together with affectionate phrasing and poetic imagery. The piece evokes a rustic rural mood and calls for celebration of union amid whimsical misspellings and garbled lines.
General Garfield argues newspapers should educate and uplift the community by presenting trustworthy factual reporting. He praises papers that earn reader trust through accuracy and cautions against sensational or irrelevant content while urging editors to apply intelligent observation to current events.
A physician argues rest is essential and harder to obtain than food. Sleep improves temper, vigor, and brain function, aiding depression and sorrow. He urges clean beds, gentle exercise, wholesome activity, good air, and avoidance of stimulants for overworked, sleepless individuals to extend life and improve well being.
M Pollacci examined if grapes separated with plants ripen after harvest. Seven unripe grape bunches were cut, cut into three portions, and sugar and acid measured immediately and after ten to twelve days in shade and sun. Results show grapes ripen more in sunlight than in shade.
Official figures show 4 600 acres promoted to fruit culture with 12 000 000 apple trees 28 000 000 pear trees 112 270 000 peach trees and 141 1 000 grapevines. Full crop value statewide tallies 18 216 700 dollars about half the 1883 wheat crop. Apples contribute 59 000 000 pears 14 180 000 peaches 46 135 000 grapes 2 118 000 blueberries 5 000 000 and other fruit 102 000.
The registrar’s last annual report for sixteen years ending 1876 shows 696 marks of divorced men and women. Seventy seven and a half percent involve divorced men and spinster or single women, while twenty point five percent are divorced men with widows or divorced women and widowers. The number of pairings appears rising. eight years earlier a total of 225, by 1876 rising to 471 marriages.
A collection of short items covering railway nostalgia, a wage inquiry on shirt makers in New York receiving 35 cents per dozen, a remark on life and labor, a Sunday school lyric, England’s coal savings from electric lighting, a quip about button-holes, chimpanzee grief at Philadelphia Zoo, ex Empress Eugene’s real estate sale, Washington Territory property value rise, Declaration signers, Philadelphia gambling, shadows and false friends, Marquis of Bath rent cuts, and a quip about the Marquis of Lorne’s allegiance.
Harger's Weekly stands atop illustrated papers with high literary merit and fine woodcuts. It showcases varied subjects and artistic treatment, praised by Zion's Herald and the Livening Express as a strong promoter of correct political principles and against shams. Volumes begin each January. if no time is stated, order starts with the next issue after receipt.
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A catalog notice listing subscription options for Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weekly as one year bundles priced at ten dollars for the trio.
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