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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1882
Page
6
A fragmented page compiles stray quotes and snippets from newspapers including the New Orleans Picayune Boston Post and Norristown Herald. It jumps from jokes about policemen to conjurors and a humorous Windham Connecticut anecdote about a hat found in a pasture.
The piece argues Ireland’s 2,830,000 acres of bogs can be transformed into rich pasture or corn land through drainage and soil reconditioning. It advocates labor over capital, even suggesting convict labor under scientific direction, to reclaim swamps and generate national gain. It also promotes farm bookkeeping to assess profitability and guide management decisions.
A speaker urges boys to finish tasks promptly and return home, condemns street corner slang and smoking, and promotes safe, earnest games. He envisions a spacious town playground with grass trees fountains and room to run and play suitable plays for boys. He pledges to give the playground to the boys.
An anonymous admonition warns boys against loitering on streets and corners and in stables and saloons. It contrasts a disciplined, shipshape life with idleness, urging lads to keep ready and alert for action when the call comes.
A Frisco man falls for a street phantom offering a brass imitation nugget valued as gold. The con artist asks for 10 dollars, but the victim pays 4.50 after hesitation, learning the piece is brass and worth far less. The incident ends with the man swearing off buying from strangers.
The Earl Fitzwilliam, among England's wealthiest nobles, summons tenants for rent in arrears at Wentworth House. His wealth includes about 1.2 million dollars yearly, with a third from coal. His Wicklow estate in Ireland yields roughly 200 thousand dollars annually, and he hosts vast public entertainments while supporting liberal causes.
J Van Wie reports three painted caves at Paint ed Cave on Devil's River in Texas. The figures show buffalos bears Indians and squaws, aged but well preserved. Van Wie uses one cave as kitchen and dining room, another for storage, a third extends into the bluff for 160 feet.
The article notes carbolic acid is essential for vegetation reduction yet scarce in the atmosphere. It estimates the atmosphere contains 400 billion tons of carbonic acid at full altitude, equating to about twenty eight tons per acre of Earth’s surface.
The piece mocks Tyndal's heat theory by comparing strikes on iron and a man to heat generation and boiling. It notes an exception with a warm friend loan, then jokes about rubbing a bald head with onions to grow hair. The Philadelphia News tone lampoons flawed science and quack remedies.
An advertisement promotes Frasier’s Root Bitters and Wrazier’s Root Bittery as medicinal tonics for dizziness dyspepsia and general debility. It claims to cleanse the blood, regulate bowels, and aid kidneys. A customer Mrs. M. Martin Testifies the product improved her health after two bottles. Sold by Emmaerts Burrell in Cleveland Ohio at $1 per bottle.
Trains to the east depart on the new schedule effective November 6. The timetable includes Day Passenger Night Passenger and Freight services with connections to Freeport Milwaukee and Belvidere. R. H. Holder is the railway agent in Chicago.
Evangelical Pleasant street service times and Sunday school listed. Emanuel German Evangelical on Oak street details pastor Huelster. City officials include Mayor James McNamara and City Clerk Warren Clark with offices in Fry's Block, City Treasurer D B Breed, City Attorney J O Kean, City Marshal E Chamberlin, Street Commissioner W Kmpschild, Surveyor F E Josef, and Aldermen across three wards with paired names.
Listing of county offices and officers including clerk treasurer recorder surveyor and others with names provided as chief officials and located in the courthouse.
William O Wright president W G Barnes and H J Porter board members and Chas O Snyder superintendent list office in High School building with hours from 7 80 to 9 00 o'clock a m.
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