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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1879
Page
2
The Journal launches a weekly condensed telegraphic news feature covering world events up to twenty four hours before press. It comments on Burchard’s wank bill and postmaster Atkins noting unlikely passage, erasures, and interlineations seen in a recess copy.
Readers recall a dramatic fire at a New York school where 1810 pupils exited in orderly single file after the alarm. A fainted child was helped by a peer. the building emptied in three minutes with no serious harm reported.
The 1878 mint output totaled 22,754,889 coins with detailed figures for each denomination including double eagles 545,645 eagles 72,8005 half eagles 131,740 three dollars 82 824 quarter eagles 386,260 gold dollars 21,200 silver dollars 10,509,550 trade dollars 0 half dollars 1,378,400 quarter dollars 2,260,800 twenty cent pieces 600 dimes 1,678,800 five cent pieces 9,350 three cent pieces 2 2450 cents 5,793,850.
A man asserts he will remove the scant material from his body before misusing the Buzzayily news. The statement hints at self harm or drastic action amid controversy over content theft.
A sprawling summary notes global events from England’s thaw and Oldham strike to Russian exhibitions and Turkish money woes. It reports American incidents including a Hulman and Farbanks distillery explosion killing two, a Lansing Capitol dedication, large Chicago fire, and Grant’s reception in Dublin.
The Chicago produce and commission business shows 1878 receipts for flour 3 130 000 pounds wheat 3 000 000 bushels corn 63 000 000 oats 18 000 000 hogs 6 345 000 cattle 1 088 000. Receipts for 1877 were flour 2 691 000 pounds wheat 14 000 000 bushels corn 4 800 000 oats 18 500 000 bushels hogs 1 025 000. Bank clearings were 77 300 000 million less in 1878 than in 1877. The Persians seek hair dye from powdered hen leaf plates with hot water.
A fragment reports that Poxaa has executed eight moricress in sixteen months, while Judge Lynchh has done some good works on the fonc er.
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