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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1874
Page
1
A fragmentary 1873 reminiscence set in Geneva. The speaker recalls an Alpine night by the Rhone and Mont Blanc, invokes Rousseau and Voltaire, and envisions Hannibal as a symbolic visitor. Two cocktails are shared in a shaded, classical setting under moonlit peaks.
In a Verona garden young Bianca and Filippo tease Beatrice and Dante Alighieri, while the exiled poet binds their fates with stories of heaven and hell. The tale follows Beatrice’s memory, court life, and Dante’s aging farewell as Bianca’s wedding to Filippo unfolds. Dante’s blessing marks parting, with Ravenna awaiting his funeral and Florence looming in elegiac memory.
A perfectly contented man was found on the California Peninsula near San Diego by hunters. He wore few clothes and worked at breaking wood without an axe, insisting he did not want money, food, matches, or conversation. Locals fear efforts to clothe him or place him in a town, yet he remains unconvinced that anything is missing.
The piece argues for universal civil equality, praising Sumner’s proposal and Frelinghuysen’s explanations. It explains that the bill targets legal discrimination while preserving public institutions, and notes the Fourteenth Amendment’s expansion of national citizenship over state sovereignty. It cites Tennessee’s fear of mixed schools and underscores the need to end separate facilities for any class of citizens.
Harper's Weekly discusses the Geneva Award and Senate defiance of law and equity. The piece argues underwriters gain ownership rights after paying losses and should be heard, citing treaty practice and arbitration at Geneva. It asserts national loss concerns and urges hearing for underwriters' claims.
Fragmentary lines place poetry’s memory in Ravenna with reflective tone. It hints at reverence for ashes and the contrast between praise and blame in art and memory.
In a May 28 discussion, Sengto and Conkling defend a bill widening equal protection against assault and prejudice. They argue hate fuels lawless prejudice and harms civilization, urging protection for all classes, and lament Sumner’s absence to hear Conkling’s powerful statements.
Lanark Gazette reprints a skeptical dream vision about a Granger dying and facing gates of heaven and hell. In the afterlife dialogue a figure refuses admission for secret society ties, then another gate tenter offers to buy brimstone and start a hellish venture with agents. The piece satirizes secret societies and commerce in the hereafter.
A proposed railway from Nop to the crater of Vesuvius would shorten travel to about one hour. It is claimed that passenger safety would be secured even during an eruption.
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