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Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1882

Page

3

Polar Sea Explorations From Cabot to Jeannette Record

A historical survey chronicles northern expeditions from Sebastian Cabot in 1406 to the Jeannette tragedy of 1881. It traces northwest passages, Arctic winters, and key figures like Hudson, Parry, Franklin, and De Long, noting discoveries, routes, and the shifting belief that the North Pole might be reachable.

G. W. DE Long Jeannette Lena North Pole England John Cabot Bristol Sebastian Cabot Henry , VII India Cape of Good Hope Hal Robert Thorne Henry VII Cabot Samson Mary Newfoundland William Barents Holland Sea Kars Novaya Zemlya Davis’s John Davis Baffin Northwest Passage Muscovy Company Poly Hudson’s Bay Canada Grosselier Hudson's Bay Hudson’s Bay Territory Prince Rupert Charles I Hudson’s Bay Company Peter the Great Behring Siberia New World Hudson’s Strait Phipps Lord Mulgrave Trafalgar Cook Pacific Atlantic Sandwich Islands Owhyhee Clarke America Asia Scoresby Buchan Franklin Ross Parry Baffin’s Bay North Lancaster Sound Barrow Strait Melville Island Coppermine River Jury Hecla Southampton Island Spitzbergen Ige Ole Stith Sound Stlth’s ‘Sound Atella Weyprecht Paget Theorthwest Passage Novaya Zemlya Sibérian Tegelhofft Wilczek Land Franz Josef Land Norway Markham Arctic Gulf of Boothia Discovery Nares Smith Leigh Smith Hira Franz Josef William Barents H.van Broekhuysen Orange Islands Hammerfest Siberian Washington Herald Hoffman United States St. Petersburg O. S.1 Melville de Long Department of State Pandora James Gordon Bennet San Francisco Micolonk Station Oonalaska St. Lawrence Bay Russia Polar Basin

Epidemic on Bank Cashiers Triggers Odd Treatments

The New York Sun reports a banking epidemic causing cashiers to misplace ownership of funds. Newark method uses court bail and reeducation. Kansas method advocates forceful, lethal intervention with a noose. A correspondent from Zionsville, Indiana cites veterinary use of spavin cure for horses, seeking agent pricing. The note preserves period humor and distant dates.

New York Sun Newark Kansas Zionsville Ind B. J. Kenball

One and three wheels defy simple naming rules

A Science American note observes that naming by wheel count is imperfect. It points out that a one wheeled thing is not necessarily an icicle, and humorously cites a four wheelbarrow as counterexample.

Denver letter from 1882 on dust, building boom, and crime

A Denver letter reviews an Indian summer, dust and dry air, rapid construction including circle railroad and opera house, and a new Episcopal cathedral. It notes the Guiteau trial waning in interest and Stickney’s Chicago case in local courts, with mining stock caution and family news from Freeport residents.

Colorado Denver Enittok Freeport New Circle Railroad Tabor New York Boston Guiteau Stickney Chicago Champau Léonard Swett H. C. Hutchinson Smythe Mr. Hicks Alonte

Story With a Moral Read Your Bible

The Syracuse Herald notes a county treasurer report since 1874 showing four thousand dollars in unpaid bonds. Hidden by a famed Baldwinsville businessman Payn Bigelow, the bonds were found tucked in the leaves of his Bible last July. The tale emphasizes the moral: much can be lost by not reading the Bible.

Syracuse Payn Bigelow Baldwinsville Bigelow

Fraud Suspicion Over Potspaner Attache Poses as Official

A reader warns against a man claiming to be a Potspaner attache, labeling him a fraud. The note contrasts with regular reporters and editors, who are described as practical and capable of work, implying the impostor lacks credibility.

Ex-Mayor Endorses Follows Syrup for Chest Ailments

Earle Jr M D former mayor of St John New Brunswick states there is no hesitation in declaring Follows Syrup of Hypophosphites as foremost among remedies for incipient phthisis chronic bronchitis and other chest affections.

Earle St. John, N. B

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