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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1881
Page
2
A fragment from a sermon or poem reflecting on evangelical duty and the tension between salvation efforts and personal doubt. The speaker laments lost souls, recalls Jennie Willig and others, and weighs the cost of preaching while fearing failure, with heaven ever in view.
A Contemporary Review essay argues Eliot rejected intellectual aristocracy and valued humdrum work and ordinary humanity. It notes her reverence for faithful love over exceptional gifts, praising her portraits of everyday people while critiquing missed opportunities to depict a historical figure as a fully realized character.
The piece recalls a celebrated author whose life balanced humility with immense literary power. It notes her disdain for vanity, reverence for human bonds, and consistent charity toward the needy. Her words, more than actions, shaped public perception and offered a quiet, steadfast example of resignation and moral duty.
The passage suggests that fame brings both advantages and dangers, noting that pursuit of recognition may propel individuals forward while exposing them to risk or harm. It frames fame as something earned through creed and effort, yet coupled with cost.
The article visits a Dutch Albany home at day’s end around 8 o’clock. It portrays the vast kitchen with roasting fires, iron pots, and a family gathering around a glowing hearth while parlor fires and brass Hodgden-like fire-dogs guard the fires.
The 1881 Year Book reports 4 609 000 church members and 23 400 000 Methodist population. It lists nineteen bishops, twelve active in the North and six in the South. It notes no bishops for British Canadian Wesleyans, a publishing house net capital of 1 650 000 dollars, forty four years profits over 3 000 000 dollars, and daily output of 1 000 books. It cites 60 North and 150 total Methodism periodicals, 778 000 mission funds for 1881, about half for home work. It lists 30 000 itinerant and 85 000 local preachers, multiple academies and colleges including Boston University, Wesleyan University at Middletown, and a Syracuse university campus in growth.
A tall gaunt Western woman followed a young man into Pittsburg station and aimed a silver mounted pistol at him. The man surrendered his baggage and argued with her before boarding the train. She claimed to be his wife and prevented him from running away. They sat together in quiet after a prior quarrel and a plan to desert her in Valparaiso is mentioned.
A Chicago Journal excerpt laments the decline in deep literary work among readers, warns against cheap primers and superficial studies, and criticizes America’s fire risky building practices despite abundant materials. The piece cites Keats, Shelley, and a general drift toward rapid reading and showmanship.
A man named Rufus Robineon from Nundi New York claims Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil restored his whispering voice after five years of silence. The account appears as a testimonial in a regional publication.
An advertisement touts fixes for writing and multiple illnesses. It promotes Spring Blossom trial bottles at 10 cents and Carter's Little Liver Pills as superior for dyspepsia bile headache constipation and related complaints, sold by Emmert and Burrell.
A Chemnut Commercial correspondent questions the national money supply. Estimates range from 241 million in 1854 to 800 million in 1881, with New York Chamber of Commerce figures placing coin at 438 million. Including bank notes and legal tender, total circulation tops 1.1 billion. Importing coin from Europe boosted circulation and lowered interest rates.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific connect at Florida Point New Mexico completing a route to San Francisco. Junction lies 70 miles northwest of El Paso and 50 miles southwest of Fort Thorn on the Rio Grande. New lines planned to Albuquerque to San Francisco and Florida Point to Guaymas Mexico and to Mexico City will form the world’s longest single managed track system.
A traveler notes a bachelor staying at a married friend's house being kept awake for five or six hours by a cross baby. He jokes that all crying babies need Trop Bitters to calm them, and he warns young men to remember this.
The Cologne Cathedral, finished after six centuries, was dedicated with national and religious significance. The piece notes Catholic absence at dedication, questions Kaiser Wilhelm's role, and contrasts German enterprise with history, praising the monument as a major Gothic landmark and shrine. It cites the London World on a masquerade dinner as light entertainment.
Advertiser says a woman on Division Street was induced to try Rp Blosgom and reports her skin cleared after using one bottle. The notice lists trial bottles at 10 cents and full bottles at 60 cents, with claims of rapid improvement after many years of pimples.
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