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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1873
Page
8
The article offers practical tips on haymaking to prevent loss from rain and dew, advising quick drying, minimal disturbance, and proper turning. It also covers ripe strawberries handling, cooling, washing limits, and using selected varieties for flavor. Additional notes discuss orchard care and a farmer’s cabbage fertilization, highlighting costs and yields.
In a Niagara lecture Professor Gunning argues the falls recede slowly at about six inches per year and may be around 200,000 years old. He uses sections from Lewiston to the falls and notes multiple river beds and a former barrier across the plateau explaining the Niagara drainage into the Mississippi.
A New York Herald representative interviews Weadert Phillips on the political race. He backs Grant over Greeley and warns against Greeley as a secession candidate tied to Jeff Davis, urging Southern loyalists to oppose his election with vigilance. Phillips praises Grant for protecting the negroes and aiding workingmen.
A gentleman reports to the government tax collector that his income for the previous year totaled two thousand dollars. A meddling neighbor questions the size, and the reply explains he earns one thousand dollars by his own work and another thousand by tending to others’ business.
The passage urges speaking kindly in the morning to ease daily cares and smooth affairs, and at night to seek forgiveness before a loved one’s passing so regrets may be avoided. It emphasizes kindness as a daily discipline with moral weight.
The Macon telegraph and Danbury News quote a string of humorous quips and anecdotes from various sources. Jokes touch on fashion, manners, language misunderstandings, and cultural stereotypes, while a note mentions Mrs Morse and the Period magazine starting a new year with improved format.
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