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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1880
Page
3
The Advocate office in Batavia recounts a village legend about Mr Morgan, a printer who exposed goat misdeeds in a book and later vanished after a dramatic confrontation with a wheeled and protesting goat. The tale blends rumor, lodge mystique, and frontier humor in a playful cautionary chronicle.
Colonel Bagshot races home from New York to confront a rogue assistant editor who turned the Union into a scurrilous sheet. The townsfolk read digs at Deacon Marsh Major Blim Parker and Miss Cooley, while an incriminating note hints the rogue editor fled to Sing Sing.
A fragment from the Little Rock Gazette describes population estimates for Sunderland and a bizarre Roman shrine shipment to Cincinnati. It recounts an examination by seizure-room officials who nearly opened the shrine to weigh wax, Governor Noble intervening, and a physician and dying man episode with comic, opaque details.
A city tale recounts a cruel prank where a fresh hat was slimed with limburger cheese. The victim, a worried man with health anxieties, suffers fear and near collapse as rumors of smallpox swirl. A doctor and wife stage a postmortem of the hat, revealing the ruse and mischief’s grim consequences.
First merchant asks what is fresh as the second notes improvement in the economy with people regaining strength and walking instead of riding. The exchange ends with a cheerful ta ta and a punchy sign of renewed activity.
The capital employed in railway undertakings in Great Britain and Ireland is £560,000,000. That employed in America is £1,200,000,000, in Germany £200,000,000, and in France £240,000,000.
Naples correspondent reports a new railway station at the rim of Vesuvius crater with American double rope rail, two counterbalancing carriages, and steep 40 to 63 degree inclines. The line aims to cut ascent to eight to ten minutes, features water cisterns fed by snow and rain, and includes a 100 seat cafe with terrace views over the Gulf of Naples Gaeta and Caserta plains and distant Appennines.
The text outlines Burmah in three divisions Northern Burmah Burmah proper and the Eastern Shan with inhabitants of Mongoloid stock. It notes short heads broad faces black hair dark skin and a mono syllabic language. It describes dress smoking feasting and interests including boxing rowing and buffalo fighting. Buddhism is dominant and the government is hereditary and despotic with a noble council.
A Villeville man over fifty, visiting Providence to deposit 9000 dollars, was diverted into a gambling spree. He lost about 6000 dollars before police rescued him from gamblers, following a perilous encounter. A Centre hardware merchant was involved in the narrative.
A brief adage noting that intoxication or heavy drinking often leads to unruly behavior and trouble for the person and those nearby. It reflects a cautionary stance on drinking and personal conduct.
In Mansfield Pennsylvania on May 28 1878 a jeweler testifies to the longevity of Boss patent cases. He notes a customer who has used a Boss case fifteen years and still finds it sound for ten more. The case claims two plates of solid gold with a written warranty, distinguishing it from electro gilding.
The JOURNAL proclaims itself a trustworthy local record and staunch Republican advocate. It pledges fearless candor on evils and corrupt men, rejects cloaked bias, and commits to cleansing itself through power. After thirty years in Stephenson County, it promises to play a full role in an intensely political year.
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