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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1871
Page
6
A brave boy named Flum seeks work with a miller who doubts he will stay. Flum accepts three shillings a day, rooms in the mill, and confronts an imagined midnight danger. He discovers six gray intruders, outwits them, and earns the miller’s trust as a loyal helper.
A boy named Flum releases six gray cats from a long bag at a mill. The miller laughs and rewards Flum with gold and a plan to expel the cats with a playful switch. Flum speaks, the cats depart, and years later he rises to partner the miller, ending his fears.
Long dispatches note massive debts in francs and a war bonuses plan in thalers. Exiled leaders cluster in London as Napoleon’s adherents watch bold moves. Rhode Island court fees a $40,660.80 verdict against Jay Gould over an Erie note. Senator Paralyzed yet stubbornly serving eyes a Hot Springs trip. Industrial Exhibition group reports major NY stock, eight story building and 23 acre site.
A Jamaica Bay dispute between New Jersey oystermen and Long Island farmers escalated to an armed seizure. At 4 am a Jamaica town flotilla of about fifty boats, led by Commodore Briggs, seized 800 bushels of oysters planted by Jersey men. Officials promise patrols and arrests as both sides threaten further violence.
A fragmentary meditation invites readers to imagine a slow, ceremonial death offered as a grand, public honor. The speaker contrasts a living person’s dignity with a future robed in ornate display, iron heart valves, and rising crowds that will bow to the resurrected notion of glory.
A Ruskin quotation warns that all pursue power and wealth at the expense of the soul. It questions whether people would accept death for worldly gain and argues true progress comes from a softer heart, warmer blood, and a living peace.
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