22 Jan 1879
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1879
Page
1
A fragile poem depicts a poor man near a window where light is scarce. He tends a lone flower, cherishing memories and nature’s small glimmers as seasons pass. Hidden dreams rise as frost fades, suggesting hope and a yearning to break earthly bounds through beauty.
A destitute widow, Mrs. Ray, receives an anonymous Christmas gift of a turkey and, with help from Mason friends, hosts a warm holiday dinner. Captain Howard, her long lost son, arrives to reveal his return and a mortgage relief funded by the lodge, uniting mother and son in gratitude as neighbors note unseen benevolence.
An officer recounts a near-collision with the Gen Meare and a daring escape from the Marmion. He describes leaping to a passing vessel, the ship sinking, boats smashed, crew panic, and the instinct to save life overriding fear. He notes his own return to salvage efforts and the crew's resolve to reach safety.
The Sunday Afternoon laments the fading respect for elders and authorities in modern America. It urges reviving traditional manners and the core principles of honor to restore stable public sentiment and curb social decay.
In Paris at the Anthropological Contrast Lebon reports on cranium volume linking to intelligence. Observations among crania from Parisian and other groups show higher volumes in the most capable individuals and in more civilised races. He notes gender differences and race-related variation, with curves predicting brain weight from head measurements.
A narrator recounts a nighttime carriage ride into a vice district likened to Dante’s Inferno. He decries cheap paintings, red upholstery, crackly music, and opulence masking sin. He argues true richness lies in virtue and urges a return to moral music by wary distribution of reform-era ideas.
The article explores how Shakespeare drew on Robert Green's Pandosto for The Winter's Tale, noting Green's uncertain authorship and Green's novel’s plot involving Dorastus and Fawnia. It discusses the shift of Bohemia to a seafaring land in Shakespeare's version and mentions Hamner Garlick and Kean editions proposing Bithynia as substitute.
The text discusses how Providence shapes a artist's path, focusing on Hiram Powers. It recounts Powers dreaming of a white woman on a riverbank and a pillar, a vision described as prophetic and influential before he began sculpture. A January 28 1851 letter confirms the recurring dream and its convergence with his future work.
The piece describes digestion problems in horses and mules caused by acidity. It advises improving stomach function with sound feed, regular meals, time for digestion, and moderate work after meals. Include root vegetables, regular water, chalk for relief, and tonics such as iron oxide, calcined magnesia, and herbal mixtures to restore mineral balance and digestive tone.
A late 19th century newspaper tale sketches Thomas Edison amid youthful invention and a budding romance. It recalls his private laboratory, a clever perforating mechanism for paper, and a shy young woman who helps test the machine while Edison reflects on marriage and work. The piece blends anecdote with period tone about Edison’s genius and domestic life at Menlo Park.
A collage of aphorisms from Arrowsmith Duclos Swetchine South Richter Moerlen Bishop Ha and others. The fragments reflect on virtue resignation religion reputation and providence, linking personal conduct to happiness and inner strength through quiet duty and temperate judgment.
A fragment notes a Paris auction featuring rare wines and art collecting. It mentions a wine jury, a dealer’s tasting, and a buyer’s interest in high quality items. The text reflects 19th or early 20th century European collecting culture with references to gold weight and curious soups.
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