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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1879
Page
3
A traveler returns from a foreign land with sunburned face and weary steps. Gwenda guides his way as tollman Reholg fails to recognize him. A brief welcome follows, but Betrothed Maiden does not know him, while a tear marks his reunion with a mother who instantly sees through the disguise.
The piece argues the King’s Caucus power waned, replaced by a Bourbon triad in Congress who push party unity. It warns of opposition to a silver bill and notes southern threats, plus the North’s resolve to curb the South by 1880. It also reports on the four percent certificate sales, bondholders, and no real currency contraction based on bank reserves.
Citizens of Baileyville and nearby areas gathered at the M E Church on May 30 to honor fallen Union defenders. A cross ten feet high was erected at Scott's cemetery with wreaths and flags, and Dr Carpenter delivered a half hour oration after prayers by Rev Hueston.
Cincinnati readies an autumn exhibition of industrial and fine arts with two large wings added to Springer Music Hall creating a 400 feet square complex. City grounds donate space and about 1,000,000 dollars have been pledged to guarantee success, with loans for the fine art department aiming to surpass any similar event in the nation.
The remains of Eben C Ingersoll were buried at Oak Hill Cemetery after a Washington funeral held at his residence. Colonel Robert G Ingersoll delivered a moving oration praising the deceased, a friend of liberty and the oppressed, as distinguished guests and pallbearers attended the ceremony.
The June Popular Science Monthly surveys its role as a thoughtful, public welfare focused periodical. It features W K Brooks on the woman question from a zoological view, Trowbridge on physics in schools, Brackett on science and literature, Lifesaving Service, Wilson on Whales, and Ex plosions in Coal Mines prevention. It also covers Remsen on chemistry in medicine, Tylor on games, Allen on human hair evolution, a Clifford portrait, and editorials on Freeman and Spiritualism. New York publishers Appleton. Fifty cents per number, five dollars per year.
A fragment notes that the practice of whipping carpets is recommended to develop muscle. It warns against letting a wife perform the task, suggesting she might outpace you in development.
The essay advises permissive limits with play for children and consistent, kept promises. It urges teaching obedience gently, using brief punishments for repeated disobedience, and contrasts extremes of parental labor and indulgence. It stresses politeness, companionship with children, and modeling good conduct to prevent future misconduct.
Costa Rican magistrates can turn over all vagrants under 50 to department authorities who will assign them to the State railroad superintendent for use in constructing the Costa Rica railroad.
A fragment shows a rural family lamenting a broken well and droughtlike conditions. The speaker, voice of a child or narrator, notes no water for cleansing and cites the father's worry about an extended washless period.
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