06 Mar 1878
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1878
Page
1
Young Jemmy and Sessy engage in playful banter about a kiss and a word, with Tommy declaring a vow in old time speech. Sessy responds she does not want to hurt him, noting his slowness and warning that a kiss requires boldness or a goose may be sent to a beau.
A poetic excerpt appears from The Galaxy May issue, weaving themes of beauty, love, nature, and memory across seven sections. The verses praise daisies roses and wild grace, imagining love enduring through time, seas, mountains, and seasons.
A narrator, invited to Sir Thomas Winton's country house, becomes entangled in a private theatrical project with Ada Dart. Amid romance and rivalries, he undergoes a comic whisker removal turning Fortescue into a shaved figure, while Ada's interest shifts to the Irish suitor Paddy O’Brien and the project ends with wedding plans for him.
A letter cites Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll’s temperance speech from the Bunn trial in Chicago. He argues alcohol demoralizes all who touch it, detailing social wrecks and calling the liquor trade a “stream of death.” The piece blends his critique with a description of an ornate throne and jewels attributed to a Persian conquest in 1739.
Delhi correspondence recounts Beresford's Delhi describing a noble reception building, a white marble pavilion with gilded inlays and a four foot terrace. The Maharrattas reportedly melted the silver roof trim after capturing the city in 1799, valued near 4 million dollars. A bizarre tale from Indiana follows about a skull injury and a horsebrain transplant, ending with a French critic and various periodical mentions.
A passenger stopped the conductor on a railway and asked why the train runs faster. The conductor replied it runs fast enough, else the passenger would have to get off and walk. The passenger said he would, but his friends would not come for him until the train arrives, and he did not want to wait at the station for hours.
A small magazine entry for Baby Land includes poems with illustration such as Handsome, Three Lit Kings, Washing Day, Snow Man, and A Letter from Rosebud Texas. Published by D. Lothrop & Co of Boston, the periodical costs 50 cents a year and targets Baby-Land dwellers.
The Nation issue lists editorials on Fathers 4 their Dollar Louisiana affairs and political topics plus correspondence on food adulterations and wood duties. It notes literary items including The Bride of Rhine and architectural sketches, humorous travel notes by Charles Dudley Warner and remarks on attacks verified in March Allan.
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