07 Jul 1880
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1880
Page
1
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In Wilmington after Brandywine, Nancy Hanson aids Captain Bellach and Colonel Tilton as British troops occupy the town. Disguised as a sick man, Tilton is hidden in a coach resuming a river escape with Nancy and a doctor. A river crossing, a scow rescue, and pursuit by Fortescue end with safe arrival in Dover and a celebrated, if perilous, victory.
A reflective admonition urges calm living over wealth chasing. In Iowa a Knoxville man, D. T. Taylor, visits Paris Linn county, injured by a mad dog, and undergoes a seven hour mad stone treatment to draw out poison. The report notes his relief and lingering fear as the stone detaches.
A fossil sea serpent Pythonomorpha jaw and part of vertebrae were found in a Marlborough marl pit New Jersey. Professor Lockwood estimates the living length at 40 to 60 feet, smaller than a prior 80 foot specimen. Tooth-marks suggest a feast on ancient fishes. A dramatic line notes the monster’s vast demise. San Francisco plans four new livestock shipments to the Baudwich islands.
A detailed early science note on bee anatomy describes the head's antennal and compound eyes for distant and near vision, stemmata for close view, mandibles as tools, tongue for nectar, thorax legs and wings, wax production from the abdomen, and the bee’s unique respiratory system via spiracles and a single blood vessel, with nerves projecting to all organs.
A Rochester England shipment to Wadsworth Nevada introduces road locomotives and wagon trains for mineral and general freight on far West routes. Each 7 ton engine delivers 12 to 14 hp, with horizontal boilers and water tanks for several hours, capable of turning fixed machinery. Wheels measure 7 ft driving and 4 ft front, with optional rail wheels and a winding drum for rope hoisting. One engineer and two laborers can run a train, hauling 10 to 12 tons at about 8 mph on moderate grades, with two to three wagons attached, all following the locomotive precisely along curves.
An Oil City man nicknames his wife the red white and blue for her red hair white teeth and blue eyes. The tale notes that when her head appears at a window at midnight he recognizes it as a signal of danger.
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