10 Jan 1872
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1872
Page
1
A reflective verse urging strength and laughter to dispel fear. It argues that memory sharpens sorrow yet time dulls it, and that courage comes from facing present grief rather than succumbing to future anxieties. It counsels living now, letting despair fade as life remains brief.
A verse from Harper's Magazine January portrays a winter wedding scene. A speaker reflects on friendship and the bride’s departure as the stars fade from the sunlit sky.
A struggling artist narrator laments torn pantaloons and patched knees while courting favor with Miss Follett. Gamboge urges bold pursuit of a patroness, promising access to a refined circle and art purchases. The narrator prepares outfits, endures social scrutiny, and enters Miss Follett’s shadowed salon where wealth and grace starkly contrast his attic life.
Mrs Lovell recalls a windy Niagara mishap where her chignon is torn away and lost over a cliff. Mr Grimes rescues the head-dress and returns it in front of amused onlookers, sparking mortified laughter and a daring retreat to the hotel.
The Freeport News notes a new beet sugar enterprise near the city by Charles H. Rosenstein with Jacob Burn and J. J. Case. Machinery from Europe, cost over $200,000, aims to produce sugar from beets two miles east. A smaller Wisconsin plant already reports 1600 barrels. The piece cites Amherst college findings and French beet ideals, and also reviews Hawthorne’s posthumous story Septimius Felton with editorial tone.
The Freeport News notes that on Monday last New Years calling was widely observed with men visiting ladies’ homes despite the custom’s decline. A group led by Shaffer, Clayton, Breed, Sunderland, Hermans and Rose Brugh recorded 165 calls, a record heavy calling event that year.
A devotional reflection urges mothers to guard the history they imprint on their children. It compares writing in sand to the lasting imprint of virtue and error on a child’s mind, urging careful, prayerful, faithful maternal training for heaven and immortality. The piece emphasizes the indelible impact of a mother’s conduct over time and eternity.
The quotation argues that youth often lacks foresight as daily choices shape future fortune. It contrasts careless youth with the idea that only on a deathbed might one be truly free from duty, yet even then nothing should be left undone. It critiques indulgent attitudes toward youth and urges mindful action across life.
A rail line extends from Chicago to Freeport with intermediate stops including Baileyville Forreston Hi Polo Woosung Dixon Amboy Sub Mendota Meriden Hal Leland Lomont Sandwich Plano Bristol Oswead gomery West Aurora Aurora Nepe Lisie Downer's Grove Hinsdale ons Riverside Hawthorne Ohiose TM tance thus 148 miles and estimated travel time of 7 hours.
A dingy Meriden Hartford road saloon sits opposite the town burying-ground and offers benzine drinks at five cents each. The grim scene is described as a grim joke to passersby, with a sign hastily reading Key cemetery within.
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