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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1873
Page
3
Poem urges Katie to govern her will and passions wisely. Praise and rebuke mix as a schoolhouse prayer, calling for virtuous deeds and holy thoughts. The speaker asks that, through daily acts of goodness, a better crown and heavenly reward await Katie the queen.
Freddy Barlow treasured his pony Bijou who performed clever tricks like bowing and shaking right hoof and even smiling. Sold with the family’s home as they traveled, Freddy later found Bijou again at a country seat, where the owner invited him to visit and ride weekly. Freddy and Bijou now share joyful rides during holidays.
The largest bell in Russia sits in Moscow and is known as The King of Bells. Nearly twenty feet high, sixty feet around, two feet thick, it weighs four hundred thousand pounds. A twelve-man team rings it, and the tongue is fourteen feet long. Gold and silver were placed with the metal during its casting.
The text notes Washington seldom spoke at the Constitutional Convention, serving as chair in Committee of the Whole and delivering only two brief speeches. Jefferson likewise never spoke in public, while Napoleon valued deed over spoken words, preferring reserve with age and experience. The piece argues enduring leadership stems from influence, not length of speeches.
The June Phrenological Journal is at hand with fresh and entertaining content. Reading highlights promise stimulating material, as promoted by S KR at Wells 8 9 Broadway New York.
Literary notices hail Whittaker's Milwaukee Monthly Magazine for June. M J Gilmore, the proprietor, presents a timely issue with feature illustrations, a June number of Golden Hours, and well told stories. The issue includes poems and a full page of music, plus the Editor's Port Folio.
Publishers showcase an engraving The First Move a child with a kitten from Merry's Museum. The magazine promotes Rhoda and other juvenile content including stories poetry puzzles games and more for young readers.
The June 1 issue features Constance Woolson’s opening story Weighed in the Balance, a chapter of Lady Sweet Apple by N S Dodge, The Ark and the Dove by J Carpenter, Cardinal Magazine from the French Sainte Brave, Rossie the Communist, Washington Market Characters, Across the Sea by William Richards, Berlin by Raye Willson, a Paul Hayne song, and sections Table Talk Art Notes Miscellany Foreign Items Varieties and the Museum with fine illustrations.
Home and Health for June is praised as a valuable number with superior literature and diverse articles for the family. Departments include Health Culture Home Entertainment Humorous Incidents and Current Events, billed as the most valuable and cheapest family magazine, available from Newsdealer or DePuy Lyon & Co New York. Single copies are 15 cents and 1.50 per year.
Closing number of the eighth volume notes the issue mirrors previous ones with western flavor in fiction and articles on California sheep farming. It highlights Patty Cree School marm It Occurred at Tucson and The Omens, praises poetry like A Parable of Nature and Sub Rosa, and reviews books. Subscribers urged to govern themselves.
The Atlantic Monthly volume previews Hawthorne's Romance Septimus Felton concluding in August and continuing other works through the year. The July issue will feature Bollergs on post rebellion history, Aldrich story in three chapters, Stedman papers, Parkman Jesuit NY chapter, DeForest stories, I James Jr romances, Baker sketches, Lenowens Siamese tales, Fiske mythology paper, and poetry by Trowbridge Whittier Lowell, with many other pieces.
The Eclectic Magazine's June number presents a steel portrait of Senator Carl Schurz as a key highlight. It includes leading articles on Sir Henry Holland's Recollections, The Portuguese in Africa, Wanderings in Japan, and other topics. Editor details and pricing are listed: $5 per year, two copies $9, single issue 45 cents.
Hearth and Home presents a selection of illustrations including Friday Morning in a Fish Market by F. Beard and A Florida Coast Scene by Woodward. It highlights The Leisurely Saunterer on Castle Building, Mr. Eggleston’s The End of the World, Lucreatia P. Wale’s Pure Cold, and household hints plus content for Our Boys and Girls.
The June issue of Sharper introduces Emilio Castelar's Republican Movement in Europe and promises ten to twelve numbers exploring republican development among Latin, Slavonic, Germanic, and Saxon peoples. It features Browne on German gambling centers, a Hebrew Exodus illustrated piece, Nordhoff on California, Merighi's Venice poem, Wesley and times, and editorials with ample illustrations.
The Aldine June showcases three full page forest scenes by Moran Nehlig and Hows shining in primitive, colonial and Adirondack woods. It includes poems by Sears Bradley and others, essays on Charlotte Bronte and Ireland, and editorials. Published by James Sutton & Co. at 43 Liberty Street New York, price three dollars with oil chrome.
The June issue of Old and New completes Volume V with a mixed set of features. It covers the Six of One by Half a Dozen of the Other ending, a dramatic Chicago conflagration scene, an account of the Brahmo Samaj, a continuation of the Vicar's Daughter, Living in Germany, and a provocative introduction by Hale on indirect damages linked to the Alabama claims.
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