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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1879
Page
6
A reader letter critiques Doctor Cooley s stand on infant baptism. The writer cites biblical precedent and historical figures to defend the practice and rebuke anti baptism rhetoric. The article notes newspapers and books shift in public culture while urging peacemaking among Christians.
A Federal court report warns that urgent funds for the judiciary may be scarce if Congress does not pass a new appropriation. Judge Blodgett may discharge a petit jury today due to fiscal shortfalls, with salaries and government witnesses at risk amid a pending injunction of the fiscal year.
Habermann reports progress in preparing a near colorless crystallized form from licorice constituent glycyrrhizin sold by Trommsdorff. The compound dissolves in water and strong alcohol, tastes intensely sweet with an irritating aftertaste, and forms precipitates with calcium chloride and sugar of lead. Habermann continues examining this substance and its derivatives.
Dr. Fleming argues hot shoeing avoids drawbacks of cold shoeing by shaping to the hoof and preserving horn properties. He notes brief burning suffices and cautions against black heat while describing how caloric softens horn for nail entry and clip embedding. Also mentions fashionable London ladies collecting old watches repurposed as bottle stoppers.
Gladstone argued a hero acts for ends beyond himself using legitimate means and without distorting his nature. He praised balance between power and virtue, noting even lesser powers can create a consummate hero if guided by humane ideals. He cited a ship captain who sacrificed himself to save women and children in a Channel disaster.
A short American Agra note uses Mr Spurgeon anecdote about mud on pantaloons to urge restraint when facing false accusations. It counsels letting mud dry before brushing to avoid worsening stains and applying cautions against haste in judging or spreading scandal.
The guide advises regular water for work horses, allowing consumption when the water is good and temperate. Do not permit rapid drinking in very thirsty horses, but offer several small draughts. In hot weather, provide water in the field and split drinking across mornings and afternoons, with oat or corn meal stirred in to improve palatability. keep vessels clean to avoid souring.
Prof Sintha introduces a non battery nickel plating process using a dilute zinc chloride bath with nickel sulfate to yield a green tinted solution. Objects are cleaned, immersed 30 to 60 minutes in boiling bath, then washed dried and polished. Cobalt salt may replace nickel for a similar coating.
Brooklyn inventor Mr Gracie St Roberts proposes economizing on costly case hardening by masking areas with a yellow prissiate of potash coating before applying multiple coats for varying hardness. Boneblack provides a lighter effect and the coated article is heated in charcoal to red heat, then hardened and tempered as usual.
Prof Montegagga analyzes 1 249 skulls including 844 from highly civilized races and 227 from modern inferior Traces, plus 128 ancient Roman Etruscan Phoenician and other nations, confirming Darwin's suggestion that posterior teeth grow rudimentary in civilized man.
Mills arrive at Freeport Post Office with detailed schedule of arrivals and departures for multiple routes including Chicago and Dubuque via various lines. The notice lists closing times, special holiday hours, and staff initials SMITH D ATKINS P M.
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