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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1873
Page
6
Freeport Journal notes a severe snow storm in New York last week costing $20000 to clear Broadway. Warns of a deadly year with train wrecks house fires and shipwrecks causing numerous deaths and vast losses across cities from Goose Creek Corry and Boston to Memphis and New York.
Professor Tyndall proposes a controlled test of prayer’s efficacy by selecting parallel patient groups in a hospital and treating them identically while some receive targeted prayer and others do not. The idea has met fierce opposition from Methodist ministers who denounce it as infidel and wicked, yet biblical verses about prayer are cited to defend faith in healing. The passage questions whether lack of faith blocks such experiments and cites past instances of divine power as a counterpoint.
Readers are urged to study Freeport city charter against the Illinois statute’s city provisions. The piece warns about centralization of power, officers to be elected or appointed, and broader city control. It notes the impending vote, Cuba unrest, Spanish actions, and a potential resignation of Secretary Boutwell.
The Masonic installation of officers occurred in Masonic Hall with Balluff's Band. About two hundred attendees heard speeches by L. I. Munn and others. A banquet at Brewster House featured abundant oysters and cake, followed by toasts on Masonry, Scottish Rite, and home brethren. Remarks emphasized Masonry as morality and charity, with tributes to deceased comrades and references to Washington.
A letter from Indiana dated December 9 1874 discusses requests for government positions in Washington. The writer notes the department is flooded with applicants and advises the correspondent to avoid Washington, citing moral warnings and legal concerns observed locally. He mentions other applicants and quotes philosophy from Plato about observing laws.
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