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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1873
Page
6
In a rustic tale, brothers George and Harry plan to check muskrat traps after frosts, with their sister Mary and narrator joining. They debate mornings versus Sunday restrictions, endure cold mornings, and persevere to explore beaver houses and curious swamp installations by moonlight without fully skinning prior catches.
A young narrator recounts a rural river outing with friends, building a trap and discovering muskrat dwellings under marsh flags. They trek along creeks and nets, observe musquash, and return home after a brief, chilly expedition, recalling school and a playful muskrat tale.
March issue features Jefferson Hamilton quarrel discussion by H James and a paper on The Madonna of the Future. It includes reminiscences of Robert Owen at New Lanark, Life under Glass on quacks, a winter garden appeal for invalids, Howell’s Chance Acquaintance installment, poetry by Hudson Hillard Terry Thaxter Taylor, book criticism in accent literature, Lucrezia Lucco criticism in music, and critique of railroad management politics.
The issue features Manor of Rensselaerwick illustrated by T B Thorpe The Great Stone Statue and The Lover's Leap by George S Jones Reminiscences of Bulwer Lytton second paper by George M Towle Chapter II and V of Bressant by Julian Hawthorne The Green Mountains illustrated Snow in a Street A Silent Dinner Party A Great Physical Parallel Miscellany Minor Mention Literary Notes Scientific Notes Home and Foreign Notes and the Record.
A customer endorses Peter Henderson Spring Datalogue of rare plants. They note years of orders, accurate naming, healthy growth, careful packing, and extra plants often sent, exceeding express charges in value. They commend Henderson to friends for conservatory or garden decoration at No. 86 Cortland Street, New York.
The item lists Moore's Rural and Family Journal notes and ads for subscriptions at eight dollars yearly. It promotes Gov ernors Lady's Book for March and praises Godey’s Magazine as timeless, with high regard for its long readership. The piece also touts seeds from Geo Haskell of Rockford and highlights The Young Folks Rural and Golden Hours for March with stories, puzzles, poems, and illustrations.
The March issue of the Nursery features appealing stories and pictures for children plus a full page of music to accompany the nursery rhyme Timothy Tippens, inviting young readers to enjoy fresh content at home.
The issue features M Trowbridge's Doing His Best with Jack Hazard and schoolmaster Dinks, Gardette's fairy tale The Ugly Old Toad, Florinda by Diaz, Talk About Electricity with key facts, and Augustus Holmes's sketch of Young Abe Lincoln. It includes engaging illustrations, poems, and several contributor pieces.
Rev E P Roe’s tale follows a young man with ten dollars who rises from porter in an art shop to success after shoveling snow. He falls for the proprietor’s cold German daughter as Chicago’s great fire tests their barriers, in a dramatic, popular-volume romance.
The California magazine maintains high standards with pieces by Mulford Emery and Bartlett. Read Twenty years from home The House on the Hill and The Gossip of Gold Hill for strong sketches. plus San Francisco visit 1816 Civilized Peace and more. Poets Joaquin Miller Ina D Coolbrith Esmeralda Boyle contribute pieces. Bierstadt Donner Like from the Summit and Hill Royal Arches Yosemite illustrated. Four dollars yearly from John H Carming & Co publishers San Francisco.
Notice of guardian sale of wards John B Shaffer Wilhelm Shaffer and Mary W Shaffer in Stephenson County Illinois to be held March 10 1873 at 11 am at the front door of the Courthouse Freeport. Describes two tracts of land in section 36 township 27 range 7 with detailed boundaries. Lands offered not less than one third cash, balance in annual installments over three years with mortgage security. Dated Freeport February 16 1873 Orlando B Bidwell Guardian.
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