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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1874
Page
8
In a Buckeye farmer letter, Harrias criticizes wait‑until‑the‑last‑minute premium chasing at agricultural fairs. He urges farmers to start now with plowing seed and tending crops, arguing earnest effort yields praise and progress whether or not the prize is won. He also offers poultry and feed tips for laying hens in cold weather.
The article discusses reducing cutworm pests by attracting their enemies such as owls and blackbirds to fields during plowing. It also covers seed treatment with pine tar and plaster, waste land reclamation to lower taxes, and farm storage and bale-topping practices for hay to improve quality and airflow.
A reflection on religion as an universal human instinct and the role of prayer. It argues belief is natural, it fuels law and culture, and prayer yields tangible responses. The text cites Blackwood's Magazine and argues skeptics should try praying to gain credence, urging personal experience over philosophy.
In Noble county Ohio a long gap without dram shops yields few drunks and little crime. With a population around 20 000 only three were drunk in a year and jailed six men in three years. Criminal costs drop from 2000 to 500 annually, the piece argues cause and effect favoring license laws.
The venerable Dr Mason aged seventy five, senior foreign missionary for American Baptists, spent over forty years in Asia chiefly within Burma. He translated the Old and New Testaments into the Karens, learned printing at sixty to supervise Scripture production, and wrote works on Burmah and an autobiography The History of a Working Man's Life.
In Brussels Father Hyacinthe extols Pius IX praising his sovereignty and crowns of sorrow and virtue while urging imitation of Christ through selfless love. He quotes Beecher on ransom for many and notes modern pulpits and zeal often neglect charity.
A dialogue excerpt shows Mangum urged toward sobriety and public office, with talk of becoming Chief Justice or President. Separately, Stevens battery of New Jersey slated for auction with $2.5 million spent and $300k more needed. sale overseen by state, buyers from foreign powers considered. Detroit item notes private credit as wealth and public honor as security.
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