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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1877
Page
1
A lyrical poem by G Whittier celebrates May entering the year with lush nature imagery. It traces buds, streams, birds, and violets as May transforms landscapes from beech roots to meadows, calling forth sunshine, flowering, and bright anticipation across the countryside.
Senator Morton argues that Kellogg’s Louisiana seat depends on adjournment credentials, condemns Democratic violence and postwar rule as illegitimate, and urges Northern Republicans to maintain a united party to uphold reconstruction through civil rights laws and the Army when necessary. He cites Packard’s governorship, Kellogg’s claim, and the need for equal rights and durable peace.
A playful theatrical vignette from Earule Marble in Appleton's Journal. The speaker worries about discovery and propriety as flirtatious banter and mock seduction play out by the window. The piece mocks dainty manners and parlor scrutiny while teasing advancing romance.
A speech urges bearing hardship with faith urging readers to endure trials as a test and training of character. It cites biblical figures, asks whether they were always used well, and promotes inner resolve over running from hardship. It suggests using spiritual armor and benedictions as guidance.
A Lewiston Journal item recounts a husband who pretended to weigh his wife by weighing the team without her aboard. At Mr. Dorman’s store the team was weighed secretly, then again without the wife to compute her weight. Neighbors say Caleb will regret the stunt.
The passage argues fretting by a beloved person worsens gloom and strains family harmony. It notes fretting is seen as a minor fault or mere weakness, with drunkenness as a rarer vice that completely destroys home peace, urging restraint and supportive presence.
A quotation on mind as divinity within flesh, noting it can bless both slaves and princes. It speaks of heavenly origin and return, and of a pure virtuous mind as a form of earthly felicity.
A reader’s reminiscence describes stockings through history from plain cloth to silk hose favored by royalty. It recounts Henry VIII, Prince Edward, and Elizabeth I anecdotes, noting royal fashion shifts and a fond affection for silk stockings as depicted in a St. Nicholas tale.
Mrs Mary Webb from Chillicothe Ohio and her children settled on college grounds, helping pioneer women students at the university. Miss Webb studied there before finishing at Wesleyan Female College in Cincinnati. She later married Rutherford B Hayes, who would become a U.S. president.
The piece muses that wealth is a burden and notes rarity of voluntarily relinquishing riches. It cites biblical charity urging burden bearing and hints at relieving over-rich men as they prepare for a moral needle eye effort. The dialogue adds a quip about a boy’s appearance and virtue in family banter.
A son remarks on expensive cigars and abundance while a historical voice cites faith and divine supply in times of difficulty. A young woman sends a poem to a British paper with an editor’s cautious opinion, while many people are judged by their openness to God.
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