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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1872
Page
3
A long, fragmentary miscellany of quips, puns, notices, and social reflection from a historical periodical. It mingles jokes about poets, handcuffs and guidebooks, sea sickness, fashion, and manners with brief humorous verse and moral reflections. The tone is archival, with names like Barnum, Lincoln, and Punch style quips threaded through scattered observations.
Vinton Iowa June 6 1872 a severe rainstorm and a wall like water swept down the creek near Big Grove Friday night and Saturday morning carrying bridges fences hogs and livestock up to ten miles. Bridges were washed away and a freight train damaged. Four bridges west of the area failed and Cedar River tributaries rose higher than ever. A large memorial parade and ceremonies honored fallen Union soldiers in Cedar Rapids and Vinton with bands processions and a lengthy cemetery decoration.
The discussion centers on Horace Greeley's stance that public lands must be reserved for cultivators and not squandered on railroad projects. The text argues this reflects eastern pressure against land grants while noting Greeley's mixed signals to westward settlers and his Colorado experience.
The church plans to raise episcopal ranks from nine to thirteen. Five bishops were recently elected, three on the first ballot. Notables include Thomas Bowman president of Asbury University and W L Harris central Ohio missionary secretary. Other new bishops include R S Foster I W Wiley S M Merrill Gilbert Haven and E Andrews. Jesse Truesdell Peck, born 1911, is noted as a prolific author and church leader.
The author links beauty to the Supreme Being as the first fair and good, arguing that nature reflects divine ideas. He urges renewed study of beauty in spring, from leaves and flowers to clouds, to lift minds toward the All BeautIFUL and rebalance attention from human artifice to nature's glory.
A concise Arabic poem compares a woman to a mirage, noting that while a mirage’s illusion is brief, a woman’s love is a longer deception. The verse emphasizes enduring enchantment and the enduring pull of affection beyond mere appearance.
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