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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1881
Page
16
A collage of vignettes features church preachers, ballroom chatter, fashion fixes, love intrigues, and mirrored mischief. Snippets touch on German drink trade, Carter's pills for nerves, marriages, dream guidance, and a ride of bottled air research plus river depths and frozen curiosities.
Black Cochins are described as highly profitable among Cochin varieties. They are smaller than Buff or Partridge types but produce fine table fowl. Cocks reach 10 to 12 pounds at 18 months, hens about 7, with active nature and strong disease resistance. They are black with a medium single comb and glossy hackles.
A jumble of literary fragments describes tales of donkeys foxes and glow worms alongside a portrait of Eugenie in a villa at Bigraz. The piece mentions a boy of 12 at the Emperor’s desk with ink stains and a memorandum for a future small expedition with his attendant.
Offenbach, adored by Parisians, drew crowds as he visited Etretat for a concert. Friends recount a grand, operatic reception with halberdiers, cannons, drums, and costumes, ending with his touchingly moved reaction and tears.
A boy offers a kitten to a clergy man saying he wants a well raised pet. The man hesitates then asks the boy to recall the kitten. The boy replies that the same kitten has opened its eyes and is now an Episcopal kitten.
The Home Journal presents literary and society content including editorials, romances, portraits of American life, reviews of arts and sciences, letters from capitals, book notices, and European excerpts. Subscriptions offered by Morris Phillips & Co at Park Place New York with various copy options.
The Journal remains the favorite Republican family newspaper of the county with wide circulation across towns and many states. It notes subscription prices of $1.50 in advance and $2 at year end, and offers a handsome illustrated Journal annual for subscribers who pay arrears and a year in advance, including calendar and readers’ material.
A note listing subscription prices for The Journal and Weekly New York Tribune. The JOURNAL and ANNUAL are included in the pricing to readers seeking Chicago or New York papers.
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