14 Jan 1880
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1880
Page
1
In Edinboro area, John Fenwick and Catherine Rayne reunite after years apart. A resolved lovers quarrel, a Treasury clerkship for Catherine, and hardship shape their lives until a public return of affection and a long dormant engagement are renewed when Fenwick returns with a ring.
The passage portrays a tired scene in a dim room with a woman named Catherine Hayne at a desk. An air of weariness colors the afternoon as thoughts drift and a symbolic wreath of coylness appears to revive mood.
A survey of famed Arctic voyagers and their fates from Vitus Behring to Sir John Franklin. The text links explorers like Battin, Mall, Willoughby, Tudson, Gosnold, Gook, Rusaa, and Lane to harsh polar ends, and ends with a question about the Jeannette and its crew.
A radical confronts a meek priest and delivers a harsh rebuke to which the priest replies with a cautionary note on turning the other cheek. The exchange emphasizes restraint and the limits of scripture in guiding personal conduct.
The Living Age enters its 144th volume in January with new serials by Mrs Parr and Mrs Oliphant. It promises fresh literary work from noted authors and upcoming foreign literature. The issue outlines 1880 plans, articles from leading writers, and subscription offers from Littell & Co.
The January Wide Awake issue opens with Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Us Boys and the other Boy and includes Sara H E Chester Dear Jane with four illustrations by Miss Lathbury. Eleanor Putnam Bob's Breaking In and Louise Stockton The Christmas Thorn follow, plus Rum pelstiltskin by Clara Doty Bates with six full page illustrations. Other features cover Our American Artists on J. S. Hartley, Five Little Peppera by Margaret Sidney, The Two Homesteaders, Miltiades Peterkin Paul as an astronomer, and various poems and stories. Subscription $2.00 a year or 20 cents per issue. Farman, editor. 32 Franklin Street, Boston.
The January issue presents Sargent's Rodes illustrated by J. M. Osbourne, followed by Summerland Sketches by Felix DT Oswald and other notable pieces. It includes Onide, Umilta, Forty Years Ago, From the Farm to the Shop by Mary Dan, a new serial Adam and ye, and Charlotte Adams short story A Little Piece of Heaven. Prof. Wi Allen discusses International Copyright. editorial content is strong. monthly aims for every family.
A Gouwell professor lecturing on forest effects described lone travel in western woods where logs bound and twisted blocked paths. He said travelers often went around such log barriers when a mule could not climb over.
The January Relectic issue starts a new volume with steel engravings and a Mezzotint portrait of Sir Walter Scott, plus Max Mueller on education and various literary topics. The January Atlantic expands with teen extra pages, opening chapters of The Un discovered Country, poems by Holmes and Story, and a wide range of literary, scientific, and cultural articles and notices.
January Peterson's Magazine highlights A Message from the Sea and The Runaway Pair as standout engravings, with a premium colored fashion plate and an Art needlework pattern. It features Mrs Anne Stephenson's Lost and other stories by Mrs Garnett and Josiah Allen's Wife, priced at two dollars a year with club deals and premiums.
A young woman afflicted with a vague ailment uses flannel trunks as chest protection. The item is described as a makeshift shield, reflecting practical wartime or medical improvisation in daily life.
Ritlow's Monthly January shows improved appearance with new type and headlines and a serial story The Druid's Prophecy. Ballou for the year promises to stay strong as an excellent family magazine. Also notes Little Folks' Pearl for public schools and Nursery monthly for young readers with Christmas stories and pictures. Subscriptions available from Boston publishers with annual prices.
The January issue of Demorest's Monthly includes a splendid steel engraving of Mozart and emphasizes extensive coverage of reading matter fashion and household topics, aiming to be a leading magazine in literature and style.
Vick's Floral Guide praises the five cent publication from James Vick of Rochester NY, highlighting its choice paper fine illustrations and colored plate. The January issue features Merryman on Lifesaving service Bishop on Young Artists in New York Roe on small fruits Cable's The Grandissimes and various articles on arms farming and literature.
The late Bishop Whittingham’s library contains about 15 000 volumes assembled during his life. It is regarded as one of the finest private theological collections in the country, holding nearly all major works by noted theologians of the era. The estimated cost ranges from 15 000 to 20 000 dollars.
An Anishinaabe woman from An Towa administered morphine to her husband to stop him from chewing tobacco. The dose cured the habit but she turns to her own corn husking work, indicating domestic routines continue alongside the incident.
A fragmentary diary like passage portrays a young Portland writer recalling a robe and stars of glory while a distant hoofbeat echoes along a fakeyus avenue. The text blends dreamlike scenes with mild descriptions as a horse and stadiums appear in the narrator’s mind.
Fragmentary note reports a transfer of 110000 by Solu Quincy to his son, mentioning the late Charles Fringis and a widow of wealth. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or dates.
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