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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1873
Page
3
A long, mixed trove of quips and witticisms ranging from wordplay on law and labor to society fashion and travel gossip. It gathers jokes about poets, handcuffs, seasickness, and horse racing with references to Philadelphia and fashion hubs, plus a parade of puns about ministers, matrons, and a nation’s mood.
Letter recounts a major rainstorm around Vinton on June 1 1872 with a wall like water flowing down a creek ripping fences bridges and livestock. Bridges washed away stock lost and rail line damage followed by extensive repairs. The piece also notes Decoration Day ceremonies in Cedar Rapids with bands and veterans paying tribute to the fallen.
Yankton Prose argues Greeley’s stance on public lands favors preservation for cultivators and warns against railroad land grants. The piece critiques his Colorado Creeley colony remarks and claims his Eastward appeal undermines western needs, predicting political blowback as he hedges positions to please eastern allies.
The article notes the Methodist Episcopal Church plans to raise the number of bishops from nine to thirteen. It details the status of current bishops, five active, some in ill health, and profiles newly elected bishops including Thomas Bowman, W L Harris, R Foster, I W Wiley, and S M Merrill. Also mentioned are Gilbert Haven E G Andrews and Rev Jesse Truesdell Peck, with Peck’s family clerical prominence and California coast pastorate.
A devotional meditation on beauty as a reflection of the Supreme Being. The piece urges readers to notice nature’s signs from blossoms to clouds, arguing that every season reveals divine loveliness and invites contemplation of the All-Beautiful. It laments neglect of nature’s charm in favor of human artifice.
An Arabic poem compares a woman to a mirage, noting the mirage’s brief deceit while claiming a woman’s love deceives forever. The verse contrasts illusion with enduring passion, highlighting timeless longing and the peril of desire.
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