11 Jun 1879
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1879
Page
1
A poem in which the speaker notes that no matter where we sail a storm may wreck us a bitter wind may check the quest for unknown lands and cast us on the sands. The verse evokes peril on travel and the enduring pull of exploration.
In a farcical domestic tale Mr Turvytop attempts to sew a coat button with his daughter Matilda’s help. After failed threads, misplaced needles, and a missing button, he ends with the button sewn on the inside. The lesson ends with pride tempered by humorous mishap and a vow not to sew again.
A city youth long known for small faults abstains for months but drinks after a slip. A hungry ragged girl begs in a hotel reading room and gains aid from the man who had insulted her. He blushes and, moved by her plea, raises over $40 to help her, then distributes the money to others in need.
Dr Seguin outlines a five component meal and digestion basics for workers. He notes meats as most digestible and nourishing, tripe easiest, pork hardest, rice and boiled cabbage extremes, fried foods hard to digest, milk as all sufficient, and warns infants under two should avoid starch. He cites daily meat bread butter and water needs and cautions lead exposure with alcohol.
Athens dispatch notes Greek ironmaking stalled due to coal shortage though brown coal is plentiful. German iron makers could buy Seriphos iron ores including brown hematite red hematite and specular ore at about 10 francs per ton. A deposit estimated at 500000 tons boosts Iron Island prospect.
A London Garden writer notes an Agave American aloe twenty feet four inches high with thirty six blooming branches and no fewer than eight thousand buds. Fears rise that buds may not fully expand as the plant nears its hundred year mark after about two months forming the looming stem. The writer has known it 46 years. in that period it aged from 40 to 50 years. Americans claim blooms at 380 to 40 years and often reach 50 or 60 feet in height in this country.
The Vatican lifts restrictions on studying in the Raphael rooms and Sixtine Chapel. From December, the Stanze and Loggie will be open to visitors and students from 9 am to 3 pm, excluding feast days and Saturdays.
The article traces the history and global spread of wall paper from East to Europe and beyond. It highlights France as a stylistic leader, England catching up, and Germany and Belgium offering cheaper options. It details diverse types and prices from six dollars a roll to twelve dollars, including satin faced gilded grounds, embossed leathers, Japanese papers, and porcelain like tile imitations, all enabling richly styled rooms.
An English lady recounts a Kurban Bayram reception at the Khedive’s palace detailing the harem’s attire and the ceremony. She notes six slave girls singing with instruments, the chief wife greeting guests, and the mingling of coffee and cigarettes. She comments on costumes, French influence, limited jewels, and perceived cultural dullness among the women.
Prof W R Brooks explains a simple smoking setup using a barrel trench and stove pipe for ham shoulders and bacon. A pan of smoking cobs sits in a larger excavation while dense smoke fills the barrel through a connected pipe, with meat suspended and covered tight. Boston allocates 10000 dollars for July Fourth celebration.
The article extols Japan’s rapid modernization since 1871 including its postal system expansion, banking growth with 292 postal savings banks and $208,944 deposits, rising mail volumes from 10.8 million to 86 million letters and 2 million to over 10 million postal cards, a foreign mail rise to 158,203, modest theft losses, and a treasury income of $45,283 while praising government honesty amid isolation.
In Russian villages the sighting of gypsies sparks panic as men bring in horses and women cover poultry while valuables are hidden. Gypsy women are respected for fortune telling yet watched, while gypsy men are accused of arson and women of witchcraft.
A London journal reports Americans beating Britain in cotton goods. A New York Mills cloth now sells in England cheaper and of better quality than local Lancashire products. The piece urges English manufacturers to raise effort, noting delays in Times coverage and warning of economic danger from American competition.
A fragmented note describes summer life slipping by as domestic scenes unfold beyond the reader’s window. It hints at how the lives of people next door pass by in quiet, ordinary moments under the sun.
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