25 Jan 1882
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1882
Page
1
A poem by Whittier titled Valuation is printed in a fair journal from the Fair and Festival and Brooklyn Industrial School Association. The exchange features Deacon and Deaconess talking of wealth and worth as the Deacon suggests swapping pounds for shillings and peace, with light humor and common sense.
Dora Glade, a nineteen year old teacher, meets Larry Farnsworth a handsome but ignorant yet earnest student who helps her calm unruly pupils. Over months she grows fond, wonders about intellect and love, and in a surprise ending learns he is not the ignoramus after all. They confess love and plan marriage as sunset fades over the rustic schoolhouse.
A saloon keeper bets a farmer that his dog will approach a chained lion. the dog dives at the lion, fights, and both animals end up in a tangle. The crowd, police, and owner dispute blame as the farmer pays, admitting the stunt was a bad joke and seeking the culprit.
Dr Myers city physician of Paterson was summoned to treat a woman who believed she swallowed a set of sixteen false teeth. Neighbors searched the house. the teeth were finally found hidden inside a pie case under the pillow. The patient’s pains disappeared once the teeth were recovered.
The London Fishing Gazette describes a three foot high iron device with four hooked blades used by Belgian trawlers. The hooks are sharpened inside and hung from the bow to cut English nets, letting fish into Belgian nets. A recent Ostend trawler loss shows such a device captured in an English net, risking breaches of peace between English and Belgian fishermen.
A recent Pennsylvania colliery fire demonstrated that steam, when properly applied, extinguishes coal mine fires more effectively than any other known method.
An observer describes an evening in Damascus with Arabs under poplars, fountains, and starry tunes. Old plant trees listen to Caliph stories while a dragoman explains a love song about longing and fading beloveds. The mood is solemn, humor scarce, and the narrator prefers a donkey’s bray to the music’s harsh cadence.
A London Record letter describes Jerusalem as hosting Americans awaiting the second coming, a grave-clothes Englishman dying of fever, a self styled bride of Christ who left for the Jordan and died, and a Jew claiming to be the Messiah. It notes Bulgarian and Russian Jewish arrivals, poverty, and autonomous Jewish legal practices under their Chief Rabbi.
a string of maxims from john ploughmate spurgeon warning that lack of capital hinders enterprise and progress. ao metaphors compare trading without capital to building without bricks and a journey without feathers, urging patience, savings, and prudent growth before risky moves.
Practical home guide notes using walnut juice for hair, vinegar and oils for furniture spots, ammonia for discolored fabrics, skim milk glue for rusty fabrics, salt and bran to refresh carpets, whiting benzoin and ammonia cleaners for marble and walls, and celery as a remedy for rheumatism and smallpox. Includes makeshift cements from plaster and glue, and recipes to whiten walls with white vitriol and whiting.
Two men in Salt Lake City were caught with a bear carcass and meat outside Pat Lannan’s butcher shop. After being detained by passing citizens, the trio were turned over to Lannan. The men claimed mountain prospecting days yielded mule meat and bear stories. They were discharged and invited to eat.
A Cleveland Leader quip about education and progress. A feisty kitchen conversation contrasts modern learning with ancient lore through playful dish names and a Roman theme. The cook Biddy follows instructions to set the table as if in the Senate.
1840 Concord residents appear affected by a garbled report about cars and numbers, with many words unintelligible. The fragment lacks clear action, date, or organization. No distinct outcome can be confirmed from the unreadable text.
The San Francisco Bulletin surveys Russian society, noting a population split between peasants still bound by bondage and powerful hereditary nobles. It argues reforms threaten noble interests while leaving peasants largely unskilled, raising fears of a backlash against modernization.
A Courier feature recounts a Boston millionaire rail magnate known for a prominent nose and a hard of hearing brother. While dining in New York he endured loud chatter from two young women and kept silent until one speaker’s remark about his nose prompted another quip, prompting the lad to reveal the lie about being deaf.
An advertisement touts Dr Frazier s Magic Ointment as a cure for skin diseases including pimples black heads blotches and erythems plus itching ringworm scald head chapped hands and other sores It cites a testimonial from F Drake Cleveland Ohio and asserts the product is the first positive cure It also promotes Williams Indian Pile Ointment for piles priced at 1 00 by mail and sold by druggists
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