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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1875
Page
8
A Worcester period piece compiles sermons and reflections on faith, duty, and church life. It discusses the Presbyterians, Church of Scotland, and Irish Episcopacy, with parables on humility, trials, and the role of ministers in modern religious debates.
Readers in Stephenson County are urged to send letters for the Farmers column. The Farmers Granges and Clubs welcome proceedings and discussions on any agricultural or related topic. Include name and post office address with each submission for good faith. information not public unless requested.
A traveler reports J. J. Armstrong of Jefferson Green Co. Wis. cleaned bark lice by boring a hole in the tree with a gimlet and inserting ten grains of calomel and five grains of flour of sulphur, then plugging the hole. The note is published with limited faith in the method.
The article discusses using ashes as manure, noting nitrogen and potash benefits and the chemistry of leached versus unleached ashes. It also recounts the Broderick will case, detailing David C. Broderick’s rise, duel death in California politics, and the Supreme Court’s decision validating his will amid heirs disputes.
From the New York Times section titled Our Colored Cadet, Flipper of the Third Class stands among eighty five cadets at West Point. Supportive officers and professors believe merit will be rewarded and that he may graduate with honor despite doubts. Flipper is Georgia born and keeps to himself as James Smith from South Carolina failed to graduate due to chemistry struggles.
An 1870s promotional text extols VEGETINE as the best medicine for kidney complaints and blood purification. It includes patient testimonials from Josiah H. Sherman and J. M. Grune asserting cure and relief after using VEGETINE, with claims of invigoration and widespread benefits. Several notes mention Boston and Cincinnati endorsements, dated 1871 and 1872.
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