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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1879

Page

6

Fragmented Echoes of Public Oratory and Royal Taste

The draft reads like a collage of observations on speech in the Reichstag and on royal theater life. It notes the nervous cadence of an orator, the audience’s tense listening, and the stylistic shifts from hesitation to a clear raising of voice. It then shifts to Ludwig of Bavaria’s theater preferences, art patronage, and the splendor of royal performances. The piece closes with references to fire apparatus debates and an agriculture department budgeting item.

Ang Yan Reichstag Berlin Tagblatts Ywig Pune Ludwig of Bavaria Globe Munich von Perfull Jungfrau von Orleans Rheims Ludwig

Manure Storage Causes Heat and Value Loss

A farmer warns that storing manure in cellars or sheds to avoid rain leads to heating and fire damage. He notes horse and cattle manure mixed with bedding can dry out, lose moisture, become light, and become less valuable, preferring disposal in hog pens.

Habit drives trains to wind watches near North Bridgeport

A Bridgeport Standard report notes a conductor on the Housatonic road habitually winds his watch at a fixed point near North Bridgeport as trains approach. The behavior occurs even during conversations and is mirrored by locomotive engineers who sound whistles at the same spots without deliberate thought.

Housstonic Bridgeport Ron Cheat River Alleghany Mountains Potomac Valley Harper's Ferry Shenandoah Potomac Philadelphia New York

Odd Prairie Dog Skull Story At Cheyenne

A Cheyenne crowd witnessed the head of outlaw band leader Frank Tolles carried into town and buried in a prairie. G. P. Clark later saw a moving skull, then a prairie dog emerged from Tolles’s head, hopping back to its burrow, shocking observers.

Frank Tolles Cheyenne Wyoming G. P. Clark

Severe Punishment in a Local Anecdote

A mock dialogue portrays a janitor Jaseur evaluating extreme punishments for an imaginary offender. The exchange features reporters pressing options from life imprisonment to the pillory, ending with a nontraditional verdict about keeping the man at home during house cleaning.

Jaseur Derrick

His Own Executioner

A lynching in Cheyenne Wyoming ended with Dug Reed choosing to hang himself after being allowed to select the method of death. He climbed a telegraph pole, formed a noose, and jumped to his death after a brief farewell to the crowd. The crowd’s role in the extrajudicial act is noted as complicating.

Cheyenne Wyoming Dug Reed Reed

Connecticut Breeder Creates New White-Black Penciled Poultry

Connecticut breeder Mr Sutcliffe developed a new fowl by crossing West Jusites with similar Waite Leghorns. The birds have white plumage with black splashes and spearpoint penciling on the hackle and saddle. They resemble Brahmas and Cochins, with feathered legs and small pea combs. They are hardy and climate adapted, suitable for sitters and mothers.

Connecticut Sutcliffe Ile

Elevator ride leaves old man unimpressed in Detroit

A 60 year old rural resident visits Detroit and experiences an elevator at Mechanic's Block. He reaches the fourth floor and back, comments that there is nothing to brag about and jokes that stairs offer more chances to borrow tobacco.

Detroit Free Press

Area church schedules listed for multiple denominations

The page lists church names, addresses, pastors, and service times. Evangelical and German churches show morning and evening services with Sunday School times, including Emanuel Oak Street, St John Union Street, Williame Street, and others with pastors Hoffmeister Wernley Jewett Hiller Jenkins.

Emanuel Oak Street Pleasant Huelster St. John’s Union Street Corner State Rodd. Hey CG. Hoffmeister Williame Atreet Corner Union Wernley Methodist Episcopal Chicago St Corner Spring Hiller

County Officials and Education Board Directory

The list names JF Bleckner County Clerk W W Hutchison treasurer Danl Brewster Pecorder J R Leigh Sheriff and the Board of Education with F Bartlett president William O Wright and W G Barnes superintendent Charles C Snyder. Offices are in the Court House and High School building with office hours from 7:30 to 9:60 a.m.

E. L. Cronkrite Cronkrite Stephenson Street WM. Trembor Fry's H. Ratz Barne A. T. Irvin J. A. Crane D. Kuehner I. 8. Zartman H. J. Porter J. R. Wagner Bleckner W. W. Hutchison Treaguer Dan’l Brewster Pecorder J. R. Leigh Court House

Trains Schedule Fragments Across Cities and Times

A fragmented timetable lists day passes departure and arrival times for Freeport Racine Milwaukee Chicago and Altive with freight and passenger services. It notes trains going west and south and east with varied times and daily exclusions.

Chicago Freeport

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