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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1877
Page
3
A lively piece describes the Littlerales store now open offering brown and white sugar, sand, pebbles, and an abundance of goods. Shoppers fill the scene as little hands bundle purchases while summer music and birds set a cheerful mood. Children’s outfits and smiling faces brighten the scene as day winds down and Cooper leads the nursery section.
A Boston boy repaired a wrong by confessing to the homeowner and giving his father’s name after breaking a window. A Danbury youth repeats the lesson by attempting to stone a dog, but reconsidering after reading the tale and choosing to confess rather than flee.
A humorous vignette recounts small slips in daily life from misplacing a ring before a wedding to forgetting names and lyrics. It notes Dr. Charles Judge recalling a classmate Bishop Juli n and a joke about clothing in a Virginia setting, ending with a line about a colt without father or mother.
Washington December 22 no information confirms the reported massacre of Maj Randall and his party by Crazy Horse’s band. A dispatch from Boseman says Randall, with Crow scouts, was attacked near Old Fort Reno after gathering men for Crook’s winter campaign. Sheridan denies the reports as untrue in a December 22 dispatch.
In 1876 a Western Union executive declines to hand over telegram transcripts to congressional inquiries. President Orton argues subpoenas target officials and imply spying on citizens. He urges protecting telegraph secrecy until Congress approves subpoenas and clarifies boundaries between parties.
In New Orleans on December 15, William Orton, president of the Western Union Telegraph Co., responds to a House of Representatives demand for information. He states he has no responsibility for motives but will act to enforce process, expressing regret at the refusal to provide necessary information. The letter is signed by Morrison as Wat. 2.
In Ward No 6 a respected citizen challenged a night policeman about a loud piano aria. The officer, hearing a singer, noted the disturbance but learned it was a young lady at a piano. The pair then headed to a saloon, with the officer keeping silent.
The piece opens with a satirical guide on daily comportment and grooming, urging neat dress and polite conduct. It then presents correspondence between South Carolina governors Wade Hampton and D H Chamberlain over the state seal, followed by a humorous anecdote about Dr Kitchener’s dog scare method and a Camden man injured in a failed experiment.
The piece surveys royal deaths from excess and misfortune, noting William the Conqueror’s demise by fat and vice, Henry I by gluttony, Henry II by a broken heart, and Richard I by an arrow. It adds a tale of a country boy in a gentleman’s home who visits the kitchen to light the lamps after twelve upstairs were unable to ignite them.
A compact retrospective notes Fulton's steamboat patent in 1807 and early Atlantic steamship trips in 1838, gas lighting in 1815 London, the first US railroad circa 1832, Daguerre photography in 1840, and other innovations including the sewing machine patent in 1846 and first telegram in 1844. The piece also covers dripping for cooking and a Lafayette meteor sighting with a witty anecdote about wine.
An advertisement extols Vegetine as a natural remedy extracted from barks roots and herbs. It claims to nourish and strengthen the body quiet the nervous system and improve sleep. The text asserts it purifies blood relieves diseases from impure blood and has cured thousands with pleasant taste and wide use among children and the elderly.
A two year Providence testimonial from Rev O T Walker former Bowdoin Square Church pastor Boston now in Rhode Island praising VEGETINE as invaluable for nervous debility and an invigorating renovating tonic for his family. Walker signs his name endorsing the remedy.
Rev E S Best of Natick Massachusetts urges physicians and patients with the same disease as his son to consider Vegetine as a curative treatment. He asserts strong testimony and confidence in the remedy’s power.
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