26 Jun 1872
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1872
Page
1
A lyrical piece imagining a far brighter era where elephants and hyenas blossom among trees, tamarinds and potatoes cease their roar, and a great Republic spreads westward. The speaker longs for harvests of plums, potatoes, tomatoes, and silk, while weary of present labor and recalling vanished childhood joys amidst rural imagery and fruiting vines.
In a London drawing room Agatha Seymour and Stephen Ellsmore face pressure to marry for wealth. Miss Merritt, an old-fashioned aunt, counsels love over money, while Sir Garth Marlborough proposes, tests heart and fortune, and a dramatic glove triggers a fatal jump to tragedy.
A dying man, believing death near, asks for spiritual guidance and a neighbor summons a fire insurance agent. The passage mocks scarecrow inventions and crows guarding coins. An old lady scolds a seven year old granddaughter for street play. A libel suit for divorce ends in divorce due to cruelty. A Cincinnati Enquirer death notice notes a woman weighing over nine hundred pounds. A Boston Yankee reports a whistling school in San Francisco teaching Yankee Doodle to Pagans with celestial flair.
Senator Logan denounces a harsh attack on the President, defends the Administration, and argues against adjournment. He asserts the need to complete public business and accuses Massachusetts and Missouri colleagues of orchestrating political attacks to force a called session. He vows a forthcoming committee reply defending the President and criticizes partisan strategy.
A fragmentary report discusses a clergyman who wrote and sent sermons through intermediaries to a printer in England. The letters describe dramatic biblical themes, the Resurrection, and contrasts between apostles and modern church leaders, aiming for glowing, forceful language.
A stylized monologue in the voice of Josh Billings extols the joy and flood of affection for babies. The speaker imagines preferring a world full of babies, describes the warmth they bring, and laments the difficulty of kissing every infant while noting the universal love parents shower on their children.
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