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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1881
Page
3
A distressed mother pleads with her son John to avoid drinking and town temptations. She warns that lingering away from home risks ruin of the family farm, a drunkard’s fate, and spiritual harm, urging him to stay, seek guidance, and return to the farm before it’s too late. She recalls her prayers and foresees a hard future if he disobeys.
The piece recounts how Longfellow’s Evangeline sprang from the 1755 Acadian exile in Nova Scotia, detailing General Wilson’s Boston expedition, Monkton’s martial law, and the mass imprisonment at Grand Pre. It notes the poem’s basis in historical events and the writer’s use of Hawthorne’s dinner anecdote to spark the idea.
The passage praises the author whose pure conception embodies immortality of thought. It lauds the loveliest and noblest character of fiction as expressed across numerous sources, highlighting widespread esteem for this enduring literary achievement.
In Carpsbairn Scotland three Free Masons held a lodge in a lonely cottage. A mason named Dan eases superstition by consulting a devilish prediction about a thief. Janet, the old crone, is told to keep the secret, but it leaks through the village. Janet’s web is later found damaged at her door.
Preliminary Census Office findings compare glass making in the United States for the year ended May 31 1880 with 1870. It lists establishments workers capital wages materials used and value of product, noting the study covers only works producing glass from crude materials, excluding painted and stained glass and mirrors.
The No 10 engine, called the long legged loco, goes like a bird and rides like a rocking chair. It has tall driving wheels, two drivers forged by Krupp, and can cover 180 miles burning 12,000 pounds of coal with a 3,000 gallon water tank. It can run a mile in fifty seven seconds without overheating. Ten similar engines to be built at Altoona this summer.
A New Haven Palladium excerpt quotes a woman who prioritizes her family’s health over fashion. She urges early use of Hop Bitters at first signs of illness to prevent costly sickness and worry, urging all women to exercise this wisdom.
A new detective camera allows street portraits without awareness, designed to provoke fear among celebrities opposed to being photographed. It appears as a book or small box, promising discrete images amid vivid sirens scenes. A farmer's runaway wagon ends in wreckage as Snogglethorpe quips about shipping the old truck for its token value.
Col. Forney recounts J. T. Raymond in London explaining that in the phrase I go in for the American flag and an appropriation the term meant a parliamentary grant. After inquiries, the meaning became clear to the puzzled readers.
A Brooklyn man Mr. Morgan learns his wife died in a street car crash and plans to drop damages after discussing with a city editor. He considers burying her, avoiding public fuss, and asks for a quiet settlement with the streetcar company. The dialogue blurs fault and responsibility as he leaves to check theater posters.
Denver with under 50 000 population hosts six men worth 1 to 5 million dollars each, twenty worth 500 000, and two hundred representing 250 000 each. In mining, fortunes often vanish as dividends mask principal payments. Six widows together hold 3 million, while Lord Beaconsfield is noted for youth style with lavish dress and jewels.
Mrs. Washington, a relative of Gen. Washington, writes to Secretary Blaine asserting the monument location for Washingtons birthplace is distant from the house where he was born. She claims knowledge of the exact spot and has placed the letter before the secretary.
An 1800s style listing features Burdock Blood Bitters with price and trial size, followed by Beaconsfield handwriting notes. Personal quips about Labouchere and a Whig lady appear, then a brief dialect exchange about landlords and rioters, reflecting era-sinclair satire.
John Hays credits Thomas Helectric Oil with curing nine months of shoulder lameness after failing to raise his hand to his head. The Breakfast Table comments on a London daily joke and notes Nathan Spinney, a War of 1812 veteran who died at 90 in York County Maine after never needing a physician until his final illness, and working daily for 65 years.
A Frenchman residing in Nevada owns a herd of forty camels, with thirty seven born in the state. The animals will be employed this summer to haul goods from the Carson and Colorado railroad terminus to remote camps in the wilderness.
The death of one of China's two reigning Empresses during the young king's minority removes a major obstacle to opening China to foreign trade and missionary activity. Her advisers formed an anti foreign faction favoring war with Russia and Japan, and her influence pushed adoption of foreign ideas. Her passing may ease the push toward modernization and external engagement.
The Hub notes Hop Bitters as a tonic with real intrinsic value for the market. It is pitched as the cheapest and best remedy to stimulate appetite and purify blood, especially in season when the stomach needs an aid and health risks rise. An ounce of prevention, the article asserts, is worth a pound of cure.
Eastbound trains depart Freeport at 4.00 am 4.25 pm 7.40 am 11.10 am with connections to Chicago Milwaukee Racine and Freeport freight and night services listed. Westbound trains leave Freeport at 2.15 pm and night freight times while noting Sundays and Saturdays exceptions and connections at Beloit Janesville Lanark Junction. J A Cotton, Agt.
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