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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1879
Page
3
A reflective poem in which Andrew Ryan recalls his homeland and mother. He laments distance from family, memory of his mother’s grave, and his own approaching decay while pondering reunion in heaven and peace with God. The verses blend nostalgia with pensive faith.
An 1879 prospectus from Epior Freeport Journal describes Hamilton County Nebraska as inland, midway between major rail lines, with Aurora as the county seat and a growing town of about two hundred. It notes diverse settlers from Illinois and other states, good schools, and available land from Union Pacific holdings priced at 1.50 to 10.00 per acre, with 10 years credit or 10 percent cash discount, but no rail line within the county yet.
A local speaker touts Hamilton County as a prime site for settlement, noting two rail routes near Grand Island and a Midland Pacific extension through Hamilton County. He urges newcomers to visit without railroad agents, praising county farming and shipping advantages and recommending Mr Gardiner as a desirable local lecturer.
The Presbyterian society in Winslow held an evening in Turnbull Hall with local and distant attendees. L. M. Cox presided. Rev. A. S. Gardiner spoke on The Pilgrim Fathers Rise Exile and Settlement, followed by a band concert and an oyster supper, all praised as a complete social and financial success.
A Cedarville letter notes renewed public notices and social stir in 1879. It praises the Dramatic Club's Jan 16 performance Lonya the Pauper and critiques the M E Church’s protracted effort with limited success. The author urges temperance missionaries to focus on Freeport’s temptations at home before seeking reform abroad, urging charitable action and family devotion.
Mrs. Sarah I. Ankeny wife of Gen. R. V. Ankeny died at her daughter Mrs. Hattie Conger’s home in Dexter on a Sabbath morning after a long illness. She was about 44, with four children, two grown, two in early childhood. A sister of Tom Irvine and Mrs. J. R. Hammond of Chicago, she lived in Millersburg Ohio Freeport Illinois and Des Moines before moving to Colorado for health and finally Dexter. Surrounded by family, she passed serenely, praised as gentle, dutiful, and Christian. Her life is described as noble, affectionate, and worthy of honor.
Remains brought to Des Moines last night and the funeral held this afternoon from the late General Joseph Ankeny’s residence at Tenth and Locust. Large turnout of relatives and friends attended the service.
The Boston Transcript notes a string of pointed questions about fashion behavior and listening habits. Inquiry covers lace colors on dresses and necklines, patchwork on children’s pants, concert chatter during piano solos, and the confusing language used by music writers.
A jumble of short items on oatmeal and skin myths, Hawaiian labor plans, Chinese immigration, clerical matrimony jokes, Lord Chesterfield’s last words, Tennyson dinner banter, tobacco monopoly across Europe, and a Mexico City police theft incident. The passage threads disparate curiosities, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper style.
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