13 Jul 1881
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1881
Page
1
The New York World describes May in Ife with memories of spring’s joy. A farmer greets the season, hale and hearty yet lingering cough hints at winter. horses, cows, wagons, and plows mark the land’s renewed vigor as fields feel fresh after months.
Edgar Fitzgerald loves Kathleen Fawcetts amid an ancient feud. Fire engulfs the Fawcetts home. Edgar saves Kathleen’s father and retrieves Kathleen from the flames. A ladder rescue leads to blindness but a vow to wed and bury the feud, ending in their marriage.
The article notes that at least ninety percent of women and five percent of men use some form of hair enhancements. It highlights trends in wigs, wefts, bangs, and waves, and cites a substantial import flow from France England and Germany. It discusses blondes gray hair dyeing and the growing hair industry in the United States.
The author extols farming as the true national wealth and credit, arguing agriculture sustains America and outlasts business crashes. He notes farmers as a durable, prudent class, urges young men to embrace farming for steady independence and a peaceful life.
The piece argues the British rough acts from misguided humor rather than cruelty. It cites a fire incident told by a street loafer where he urged an old man to jump, causing death, as evidence of the heartless mindset of such malefactors who find amusement in suffering.
A reader counsels against using poverty as an excuse for not marrying citing railroad magnate Thomas A. Scott and journalist Charles A. Dana as examples of success despite small starting salaries. The text notes marriage was not their sole path to achievement.
Nye's Boomerang reports a letter lamenting male passengers traveling solo in sleeping cars. It describes fear of harassment from female passengers, conductor indifference, and the threat to male safety and dignity, urging separate sleeping cars for the sexes.
A wartime letter to Punch extols Archibald Forbes for aiding Afghan war victims under fire while denouncing calls for a Victoria Cross. The writer, Thomas Atkins, laments insult to Forbes, notes dispatches, and declares himself unfit at times yet proud of service, signing with a shaky X.
In East Baltimore during a rain storm a large flock of swallows descended on police officer Wolff’s house. The birds filled the room when the fireboard was removed, doors and windows opened, and they exited after a lengthy commotion. A fashion note remarks on a bonnet named Dickens, likened to an Old Curiosity Shop character.
A collage of aphorisms and quotes on wisdom reputation and virtue from Sehlegel to Shakespeare. The musings cover moderation happiness and ambition, urging concise speech and steadfast integrity, with reflections from Longfellow Lamb Hugo Eliot and others.
A Fort Street tailor heated a goose and priced it at twenty five cents, prompting a comical dispute with an elderly man. They fought outside the shop, were jailed briefly, and the judge fined the pair. The tailor paid eight dollars and left.
Old Uncle Mose visits Levi Schaumburg’s store on Austin avenue to buy silk, learning silk prices due to a worm disease. He jokes a tape price, blaming worms for high costs. A statue model of Mr. Gladstone in East London, nine feet high, shows him addressing a large crowd.
A dinner party tests James T. Fields memory by asking which Southey lines he wrote. Fields replies that only early or late periods could fit, joking that during obstetric measles or near the end of life his brain would be softened, and the lines belong to the “measles period” while revealing idiocy.
A fragmentary anecdote contrasts scaffolding for beheading and later for erecting a statue. It notes a street scene where people question the purpose of the scaffold, then later see a statue being raised for the same person who once had his head cut off.
The Gloflish high court of chancery decides the estate of Sir Charles Hedges valued at 25 million dollars belongs to the American Hedges, with Westfield, Massachusetts descendants set to inherit. A separate verse notes a playful exchange as Reuben kisses Mary Jane and is rebuked.
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