11 Jan 1882
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1882
Page
1
A tribute to a national loss, addressing Emerson to hear the mournful cry of a beloved, untimely death. The speaker laments silence around noble praise, urging the poet to recognize the dead sailor and his voyage beyond the sea’s horizon.
In late 19th century New York Eleanor and Robert Inglis confront a forged will plot and a ruined marriage. Eleanor confesses she burned the will to spare Robert from poverty, while he trials passion with doubt and forgiveness. A later will restores Robert as sole heir, declaring his wife a worthy match beyond social censure.
Brother Gardner opens a Detroit meeting with a fiery critique of charity. He claims many recipients abuse aid, lists types of alleged frauds, and argues true support should help the working poor without fostering laziness or vice. He contends generous gifts can enable loafing and undermine work.
A correspondent reports a dramatic encounter at the Royal Aquarium London between a keeper and the wild man of the woods known as the ourang outang. The beast wrestled the keeper, who, after a five minute struggle, overpowered it and dispatched it to Paris-bound quarters. the keeper suffered a bite to the left hand.
Germany is declared to be the first nation of the world in the number of her special asylums for the relief and cure of the afflicted. For deaf mutes she has 31 asylums, for the blind 81, for lunatics 89, and for epileptics 13, total 176. France follows with 70, England with 65. Russia had only 1.
The Inter Ocean notes Frota, Ohio, never had a Speaker until Gen. J W Keifer. It lists the long line of Speakers from Muhlenberg to Keifer, detailing states of origin and congresses served, highlighting Ohio finally gaining a first speaker.
Bartow Informant reports the death of Chipco, chief of a remnant Tallahassee band, aged about 100. He avoided the 1830s massacres, aided by his band’s mobility near Kissimmee and Catfish lakes, and his mantle passes to his son Tustenuggee Tahusky. Remaining bands shrink as U.S. government efforts fail.
The article surveys ten year averages for U S corn production at 1 184 486 954 bushels across 43 741 981 acres with value 504 571 048 and average per acre 27 bushels and price 48 9 delta 11 77. It cites wheat field estimates for 1881 between 850 000 000 and 400 000 000 bushels, noting crops are large but short of last year. It details prize awards for corn yields, insect remedies trials, and dairy byproducts potential, plus cost comparisons of potatoes and flours and overall food value.
A curious spectacle at Mr. P. C. Clevers livery stable in Lebanon Kentucky shows a small spider constructing a web from wall to floor and hoisting a young mouse by its tail. The mouse struggles as the spider slowly raises it and observers report the scene to be remarkable and credibly attested.
A narrative describes a camp scuffle at Cherry Creek where a negro cook grabbed the disputed pot and fought with knives and axes. He fled into the woods after a brutal exchange, then returned to camp once the hunger eased and the conflict cooled. The piece also notes a proposed Isthmus of Kraw canal shortening the India to China route by about 600 miles, through a mineral rich peninsula.
The Director of the Minta lt Appearatet reports a year of record coinage with receipts surpassing any prior year by more than 60 percent. Gold coinage amounted to 78,738,864 dollars while silver coinage reached 27,637,955 standard dollars with 12,011.76 in subsidiary coins. Refineries produced 1,395,? ounces of standard gold and 9,794,730 of standard silver, and bars of gold and silver totaling 100,750,649 and 6,542,282 respectively were manufactured for use. The report also notes total silver dollars coined since passage of the act reaching 90,672,705, most of which are not in active circulation. World production and consumption of gold and silver for 1880 are given, along with global circulation estimates totaling about 9.4 billion in specie and related paper and bank totals.
In reflective prose the piece extols simple courtesies and home life as heavenly symbols. It contrasts wealth with heartfelt gratitude and laments the weariness of laboring women as night falls over a happy home.
The passage notes rural girls craving city clerical and bookkeeping roles with salaries around nine hundred to fifteen hundred dollars yearly, highlighting realistic pay in New York about eight dollars weekly and nine to twelve for top earners, plus costs for boarding and commuting. It warns of dim offices and draining work conditions, suggesting staying at home. It also states Erie Railroad earnings for the last fiscal year topped about four million dollars.
Samuel Laurence responds to a Jury Magazine piece about his George Eliot portrait. He denies Lewes commissioned him in 1861 and asserts Evans consented to sit. Laurence explains the exhibition leave was withdrawn and John Blackwood bought the drawing, now with his widow. He notes the portrait is three quarters view and hopes it may be exhibited.
A peddler cannot sell tins and brooms because Billy the horse won t budge despite pleas. The master pretends to whip with a pail of meal and Billy sees it, eats, then resumes the journey. The meal proves kinder than the whip in this moral tale from the Folks Reader.
A St Louis woman earned national reputation as a maker of boxing gloves, showcasing skill and influence in the craft. She built a reputation through years of work, contributing to the boxing equipment industry and inspiring aspiring glove makers.
An old advertisement extols Dr Frazier’s Magic Ointment curing skin diseases Pimples black heads erup tions and rashes including Itch barber’s Itch salt rheum tetter ringworm scald head chapped hands and sore lips It also cites a Cleveland patient F Drake claiming a dramatic recovery after failed medical care The ad claims the ointment as the first positive cure and notes Henry & Co as sole proof providers and Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment as a cure with price one dollar via mail and druggists selling locally.
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