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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1850
Page
3
A long historical piece surveys pioneers from Franklin and Morse to magnetism and phrenology, endorsing scientific progress. It recounts a rail meeting conflict with a wealthy stockholder and offers observations on prairie geology and vegetation shifts from grasslands to forests, plus a humorous hotel boot-black joke.
An excerpt recounts legends of the Merrimack frontier including a ghostly Spectre Hunter seen by traders and Osage, and the 1774 Diego shop mystery in St Louis. It also follows Don Manuel and Isabella at a Spanish fortress, with life amid frontier trade and danger.
A chaotic passage riffs on kings and rulers from Old King Cole to modern leaders, naming tyrants and jokey labels. It also recounts a Parliament remark about Lord John Russell and widowhood, plus a Cairo street vignette contrasting a Turk speaking to his son with a Parisian city image.
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