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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1878
Page
8
A thirsty tramp bursts into a Catreet saloon at about ten in the morning and demands a drink before meals. He argues the policy, disputes the lunch table rule, and retreats as a punchline about changing hands and diplomatic rations unfolds.
The American Cultivator notes plum crops suffer from curculio pests that puncture fruit and lay eggs. It recommends inserting short thick iron rods into trunks and branches and striking with an axe to jar and kill insects as they lay eggs, catching them on cotton under trees. Continuous daily jarring is advised while curculios remain.
A reader writes that a man who is polite to women in public but coarse at home is no gentleman. The piece contrasts false appearances with genuine manners beginning at home and praises honest men who honor their wives and children.
A fragment describes lemon verbena used as tea decoction with water and sugar as a tonic, claimed to prevent illness and be delicious. It also notes a French banker sending peas from Touraine and a carrier pigeon note requesting fresh green peas by express for a January meal.
The Melbourne Leader notes that before 1870 cheese from Britain and America dominated Victoria but local cheese now ships in large quantities domestically and abroad. It urges teaching farmers the Cheddar method to raise quality, establish factories, and boost exports to New South Wales and India, with profits per cow highlighted.
A New York Herald interview with Cohoes manufacturer Mr. Root notes America’s rise in knitting. By 1855 US output matches England in fine knits and surpasses in cheaper grades, with Cohoes alone producing half the nation’s merit shirts and drawers. English imports decline as US textile innovation expands women’s wear.
A humorous anecdote from the Indianapolis Herald tells of a polite ragged boy accepting pardon with humor after a collision with a courteous girl. A Pittsburgh woman and baby were injured when a bull tossed her from a bridge. a damages suit failed for lack of measurable loss. Jane Grey Swisshelm criticizes the outcome. London cab accidents are blamed on horses wearing extremely thin shoes.
A German Parliament debate highlights rising shortsightedness among students from 23 percent in first year to 75 percent by ninth grade. Poor lighting and ill ventilated study rooms are blamed. Paris housing expansion is contrasted with historical growth from 12 000 houses in Henry II era to 75 274 by 1878.
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