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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1871
Page
6
Blanche, a plain youngest sister mocked for her looks, attends a palace masquerade after a mysterious old woman grants her three magical dresses. Each night she captivates the King until unmasked, and the final reveal crowns her queen while the fairy godmother departs leaving three priceless gowns as dower.
A writer lists sixteen reasons grounded in religion and common sense for total abstinence. He notes alcohol deranges the body, harms health, leads to sin and poverty, wastes time and resources, destroys grain and wealth, hinders civilization, and urges personal example and parental instruction.
William Watkins was convicted last week in Paoli for the murder of Jaynes W. Foss ter in Newton Stewart Orange county in August. A motion for a new trial was overruled and he was sentenced to imprisonment.
In a southern city neighborhood a deaf elderly woman hosts two young men who use a ruse to slip the men into a parlor. Hidden behind a lounge they fear exposure as the sisters and mother return with lamps. The lamp goes out and the ruse collapses. The old woman helps, and the men flee before discovery.
An 19th century anecdote recounts a contraband in North Carolina during the Civil War who, when questioned by a Federal officer, insists he is simply Sam with no other names or relatives. The piece uses mockery of temperance and social satire through a Florida scene of mocking birds imitating men.
Fragmentary religious reminiscence recounts a celebrated divine whose preaching style shifted from passive to bold and impassioned. A fellow minister asks what prompted the change as the speaker recalls earlier fears of striking thunder and later choosing to thunder and lighten more.
A fragment describes Rev. Drs Tyng and an emigrant family on a wagon train. A jug with a bottom knocked out is labeled a Taylor jug. The tale ties General Taylor’s army in Mexico to carrying a whisky jug with a hole, praised as a great invention for hard drinkers.
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