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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1880

Page

3

Tile Club Afloat and Scribner topics in March issue

Scribner for March presents Tile Club Afloat a canal boat tour from New York to Lake Champlain with thirty-nine illustrations. It previews Schuler’s Peter the Great, Cham caricatures by Whiting and Roe on berries, and previews Burnett’s Louisiana with Louisianny’s father. It notes Christened pieces on art, literature, and the adherent papers in the magazine.

Scribner Tile Club New York Lake Champlain Abbey Chase Gifford Reinhart Weir Jatfan Dielman Hopkinson Smith Quartley Sar Peter Richard Whiting Cham Assemblee Nationale Comique Charivari Lamartine Louis Blanc Deroux Lamennais Montalembert Felix Pyat Ingo Girardin Monnier Joseph Prudhomme Ceam I. P. Roe Wome Gibson Kappes Riordan Taber Mrs. Burnett Louisiana Louisianny Rogers New Orleans Naploleon Prince Metternich Mme. de Bermusat New Sharon Ilenry King Ixing Tf. H United States Journal of Tenry J Quincey Mass Madison Square Theatre Francis Lathrop Eric-a-Brac Irwin Russell Austin Dobson EF. C. Stedman

Portrait of Charles Reade Featured in Eclectic Magazine

Eclectic Magazine's March issue presents a steel engraving of Charles Reade, a rare American appearance after long elusion by photographers. The issue includes varied literary content such as Nihilism translations, New World impressions by the Duke of Ar evil, and reviews, poems, and notices, with price details and subscription terms.

Eclectic Magazine Evclecti Charles Reade Pritz Conlitte-Owen New World Duke O of Arevil W. B. Richardson Christendom Robert Buchnan Alfred Russel Wallace Fighting Fitzgerald Willian Blick Prince Metternich Science E.R. Pelton Bond Street New York

Lippincott's Magazine March offerings preview

Lippincotts Magazine for March opens with Lakes of Minnesota healthful resorts and Northern tourism. It includes Oswalds Summerland Sketches on Yucatan and Kings Old and New Rouen, plus The American Suez canal debate with maps, Ute Matter from Colorado, At the Foot of the Sierras life in the West, Van Rensselaers Decorative Art and Dogsmas, new Adam and Eve, A Mothers Vision by Kellogg, Playing a Part by Matthews, Italian Sketch, poetry by Hayne and Glyndon, and Monthly Gossip and Literature of the Day.

Lippinecott Minnesota Oswald Yucatan Edward King Rouen Gulf of Mexico Pacific Ocean Colorado Congress Sierras West M. G. van Rensselaer

St Nicholas for March Includes Tennyson Child Songs

Almanac style issue highlighting Alfred Tennyson pieces Child Song Minnie and Winnie and Mrs Tennyson revised score For The City Child. Also features The Disadvantages of City Boys by Washington Gladden Out-Door Paper Kite Time by Daniel C Beard and various short stories serials riddles and illustrations including Louisa M Alcott Jack and Jill and William O Stoddards Among the Lakes Plus travel and astronomy notes and decorative portraits Babie Stuart engraving Vandyck painting and young contributor sections.

Alfred Tennyson Minnie and Winnie St. Nicholas Washington Gladden Daniel C. Beard Chu Lung Laura E. Richards A.C. Redwood New England Louisa M. Alcott Dielman William O. Stoddard Taber U.S. Navy R. Riordan Caputchouc Nicaragua John Keiler China San Francisco Babie Stuart Chase Muller Vandyck

Atlantic March issue teems with fiction essays and poetry

The March Atlantic highlights Howell’s serial The Undicovered Country growing in interest and poised to surpass The Lady of Aroos. Charles Dudley Warner contributes a biographical essay on Washington Irving. It includes two short stories Accidently Overheard by Horace E. Scudder and Mannah Duanstan's Child by Lucy Joe Pleasants, plus Reminiscences of Washington Part II and essays by Francis J. Underwood on Egypt, and Richard Grant White on English usage. Poems appear from Aldrich, Celia Thaxter, Oscar Laighton, and others. New cooks and Contributors' Club pieces round out a strong issue.

Mr Howell Aroostook Charles Dudley Warner Washington Irving Irving Warner Horace E. Scudder Mannah Duanstan Lucy Joe Pleasants Washington John Quincy Adaim Francis J. Underwood Egypt Rachard Grant White England I. 13 Aldrich Sarah G. Jewett Wetress Deephaven Celia Thaxter Oscar Laighton Louise Chandler Moulton Club E Sterling

Nursery section teems with stories and poems

Ilere comes the Mouweh number of the Varsord welcoming spring to children. Frontispiece shows Great Bargains, Goat and the Monkey, All Aboard, Edith's Ride a true story, Fishing for Trout. Poems by Josephine Pollard George Cooper and Mary D Braine charm readers. Subscribe for the Nursery from John L Shorey Boston.

Ilere Edith Josephine Pollard George Cooper Mary D. Braine John L. Shorey Boston

Sockery Kadahent's Little Cat and the Odorous Mishap

Sockery Kadahcut recounts a crude misadventure involving a barnyard cat, a skunk, and a strong skunky smell. A frantic escape leads to the village crowd and a humiliating return home for Katrina’s disapproval. The narrator ends confessing weariness and the urge to leave.

February is the month that puts a new song in our mouths

The Menomonee Herald editor LA. O Fifield reflects on February as a cold, clear month that deepens winter yet brings a mixed note of sadness and triumph. He imagines frost as jewels on bare branches and hints at longer days to come.

Katrina Atrina Barty Nefer Limburger Yooman Shildren Yart Dick Klaus Ixadahcut Sockery Kadahcut Menomonee Herald LA. O. Fifield Pen

Private travelers barred from first class carriages

A Fi garo writer recalls a poor man denied a ticket on an express train because of class. Passengers later showed sympathy, sharing civilian clothes from their valises so he could pass to see his dying mother.

The Figaro

Umbrella Offer Leads to Polite Rejection in Conversation

A brief exchange shows Madan asking for an umbrella and the woman turning him down with wit. She rejects carrying an old cotton umbrella and suggests a practical alternative, requesting a dollar instead and a phone call for a coupe.

Madan

Quotation Draws Parallel Between Mosquito and Woman

A New Haven Register snippet compares a mosquito’s long soliloquy about where it settles to bite with a woman’s attention to a new bonnet. The remark suggests the clerk cannot predict when she will buy, reflecting social mores of the era.

New Haven Register

Harvard Student Sued Over Steamboat Fare Dispute

A Boston to Newport traveler bought a cheap New York ticket for one dollar while Newport fare stood at one dollar sixty. In Newport steamboat officers refused his disembarkation until paying the extra sixty cents. He sued the company and lost the case.

Harvard Boston Newport New York

A New Kind of Watch Case

A 1878 report extols Boss patent watch cases of two solid gold plates, claiming long wear and protection. It cites endorsements from Manefield Pennsylvania and Olney Jeweler, notes the written guarantee, and urges readers to ask jewelers for the illustrated catalogue.

Manefield, PA RE E OLNEY Jeweler Jas Boss

City Directory Church Listings in Pleasant Exchange Area

Directory of churches with pastors and service times across Evangelical German and other denominations. Includes locations on Pleasant, Exchange, Oak, Union, Williams, Stephenson, and Cherry streets with Sunday school times and evening services.

Evangelical St. John’s—Union St. Cor State Road C Hoffmeister Williams St. Comer Union Wernley Pister LA Sites Methodist Episcopal Embury Willisins Rey Washburne Luwe Stephenson St Northwest Cor Cherry Rey • E Mandeville Standay Schoool Chicagzo St. Cor Spring Rey Hiller Presbyterian—First Stephenson St. Cor Walnut Key Jenkins Presbyterian—Second—Exchange Presbyterian—Second—Exchange St. § W Vor Pleasant J Gilsen Presbyterian—Third—German—Exchange Cor Pleasant E Abifeld Uuiiand St. Joseph Williams $T West of Exchange L Kalvelage St Mary’s Irish—Union Sor Mary Mangsn

City Officials Listed for Mayoral and Clerk Roles

A garbled listing shows Cronkrite as mayor in a Cronkrite grocery store office on Stephenson street. City Clerk W ut Lrembor is in Council Rooms Fry's Block. Treasurer Ratz sits opposite Barnes' warehouse. City Attorney J C Kean in Fry's tik. City Marshal Chamberlin and Street Commissioner Rogers are named. Surveyor F E Josel works at Court House. Aldermen include A T Irvin and Crane Second Ward D Kuehner and J area ek rird W HJ Porter and J weer.

Mayvor Cronkrite Stephennson St W Ut. Lrembor Fry’s Block Ciry Treasureach Ratz Barnes’ Warehouse J C Kean Fry’s Tik Chamberlin JS Rogers F E Josel A T Irvin Wn Crane D Kuehner J & Area HJ Porter J Weer

County Officials Assembly in Court House

The treasurer W W Hutchison recorder Dan Brewster sheriff J B Leigh and surveyor Itwin Shows are listed among county officers meeting in the Court House. All county offices are gathered for the session.

Board of Education Announces Superintendent and Office Hours

President F Bartlett presides with William O Wright and W G Karnes as board members. Charles Snnyder named superintendent. Office located at the High School building with hours from 8 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m.

Journal of Stephenson County Eyes Busy Political Year

For over thirty years the people of Stephenson County have read the Journal. The coming year promises intense political interest and importance as the Journal expands facilities in its new quarter to take a full hand in county affairs.

Stephenson County

Mail routes and schedules at Preeport Post Office

Postal notices list arrival and departure times for routes to Chicago Northern Southern Eastern Western and several Wisconsin towns. Several towns are named including Monroe Cedarville Orangeville Oneco Waterman s Mills Loran Kent Plum River Yankee Hale and Ward s Grove. Office hours vary by season with special holiday openings noted.

Chicago Tren Wise C & NS Southern Dubuque WCURR Western WOU Rune Monroe Wis Cedarville Orangeville Oneco Aidshuey's Buena Vista Damascus McConnell's Grove Smith D Atkins PLN

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