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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1870
Page
3
A serialized tale follows Nellie Gordon as she clashes with a future stepmother and later discovers maternal kindness. The narrative shifts from fashion and wealth to a heartwarming reconciliation, showing prejudice against stepmothers fading through forgiveness and family unity. Also included is an English language game called Verbarium, a parlor pastime that sparks laughter and learning among players.
A lyric meditation on a mother’s aging hands, described as neither white nor small yet treasured as the most beautiful. The speaker recalls childhood, notes time's toll, and envisions a afterlife where her hands endure in victory and reunion beyond sorrow.
A letter writer abroad praises American beauty wit and audacity from New York to New Orleans. He contrasts American girls with restrained European norms, noting how Americans speak freely, defy chaperones, and charm German towns, boosting views of the United States and immigration.
A Louisville Courier-Journal Chattanooga correspondent recalls the Pot whirlpool on the Upper Tennessee, a high water danger that tormented flat boats. A humorous tale follows a reckless flat-boatman who drifted all night through a lively string of log cabins before discovering Marion County Tennessee was the correct locale.
A Squire complains to a friend about no meat as his wife serves a single dish of lettuce. She recalls his misheard request and later demands payment for the carpet, while the Squire settles the bill and orders peace with a lavish dinner. The wife later prepares for an anticipated supper, while the husband explains he was awaiting a summons to supper.
Lewenboeck describes tiny life unseen by eye noting a mite scale of twenty seven million to one. Sand grains house diverse insects mould looks like a forest with trees leaves and fruit. Hairs are hollow and skin scales cover many pores. Sweat exits through narrow openings. Mites move rapidly. Stagnant water teems with animated life. Each leaf hosts insect colonies.
Edward Everett, newly minted graduate, was invited to speak in Salem. Judge Story teased that fame follows Everett wherever he goes, prompting Everett to quip that members of the legal profession can never rise higher than one Story.
Secretary Boutwell prepares a bill to fund the public debt. The plan includes a new 1.2 billion loan with 4.4 percent interest, payable semi annually in coin to European holders at Paris London and Frankfort. Bonds are tax exempt and 5 20 bonds may be exchanged, with aims to reduce bonded debt to about 1.45 billion this year and leave 250 million 5 20 bonds outstanding. Foreign capitalists oppose compulsory exchange while national banks resist a 4.4 percent bond.
A French authority cites historical frosts to warn of severe winters, while a Des Moines real estate buyer skips the abstract and loses 1,600 dollars after discovering a defective title. The piece links weather prognostications to practical folly and financial risk.
The Bath Maine paper describes a Gardiner resident who is constructing an unusual house styled as a freak of architecture. Observers compare its silhouette to an albbrells struck by lightning and debate whether it resembles age eat velocipede or a game of base, reflecting local fascination with the bizarre structure.
Fragmentary verse depicts a mother's memory of children and angels, with faint lyric lines about little feet pattering, bright eyes, and quiet singing. The piece evokes nostalgia and the gentle stir of distant memories, blending innocence with spiritual imagery.
A child narrator recounts infantile rights and neglect within a crowded household. Bridget, a bridge between care and cruelty, controls meals and care while the author longs for gentler treatment, a mother, and a dignified life as a lady’s child. A memory of a Wall Street father hints at better prospects if nurtured rather than crushed. The piece shifts to a tale of a boy at a tavern resolving to drink water, not ale, shaping a future from restraint.
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