08 Mar 1882
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1882
Page
1
A Chicago Tribune poem describes a young woman lost in the snow, her life a martyr crowned by death. The scene moves from the storm outside to a serene vision of peace as she rests, with death seen as a sacred triumph and a path toward her father's door.
Mr Elsley, a near sighted parish clergyman, seeks Miss Rexford to grant a Sunday school picnic at Deep Hollow. After a comic misreading with a scarecrow bull, he meets Miss Rexford, who agrees to host the gathering. The reconciliation leads to a lasting match as Elsley wins her favor and plans a future pew at church.
A new rural district congressman hires a private secretary who writes his tariff speech. He scolds the secretary for dictating his views but discovers the draft speech reflects well the secretary's pen. A veteran confirms the discharge was mistaken as the secretary had secretly helped the speech.
A fragment from Altoona Tribune notes Darwin praising himself after a joke about a cat’s unique trait. The cat’s witty answer “Kittens” is quoted as the punchline, illustrating humor in a playful exchange.
A fragmentary reminiscence discusses chloroform risks and wartime medical ethics. It contrasts the death of an elderly man from gas exposure with the less painful use of ether, argues for animal experimentation to advance knowledge, and criticizes anti vivisection activists while noting supporters cite ignorance and misstatements about cruelty.
A 9 or 10 year old girl bought tea with a nickel at a combined bakery saloon. While she slept a group of men pooled $65, replacing her nickel with a dollar bill. The child awoke, believing an angel sent wealth to her mother, and spoke of a heavenly clerk in their grocery.
The article reviews aging Earth's cooling, water loss, and atmosphere thinning with quotes from Newton and the Duke of Argyll, predicting a future when life cannot survive. It contrasts this with a quip about Bronson Alcott and a briefly raised joke about a mother and a $20 bill during a city shopping trip.
A Appleton Gazette writer argues farmers should abandon wood hauling and build hay stoves. He notes hay or straw can heat large spaces efficiently, with cylinders of hay replacing wood, and claims straw and prairie grass burn hot and long. He cites an example of raked grass yielding three tons for heating.
Pall Mall Gazette reports Brudenell Carter at a Health Congress urging action to halt the eye’s decline caused by modern life. He calls for school vision education, distant-vision testing by volunteers, and unions pressuring factories to improve lighting.
A text argues that modest purchases allow poor households to create a pleasant, refined room with engravings cretonne knicknacks a growing plant and an open fire. It extols wood fire as healthful cheerful and comforting noting it cheapens quarrels and morbid speculation though scarce in many homes while camel coal in cities partly substitutes it.
A Halifax letter to a London editor says lobsters are plentiful and cheap there, as low as a half-penny each. An Irish officer, misled by this, sent his servant to buy a cartload to serve guests, only to be astonished at the shipment awaiting him. The anecdote ends with a quip about a housewife’s absurd halibut order.
A store owner in the countryside faced a wood chopper named Jones behind on weekly settlements. After enforcing payment for future goods he proposes a settlement plan offering four dollars a day credit to repay the old debt, with Jones agreeing to work for half cash.
A scene unfolds with Grace and George as he fumbles a skate pedal and muses on deeper thoughts. He voices a fragmented, abstract reflection about love and life, while the couple’s mood shifts toward a symbolic, ethereal pivot in the Brooklyn setting.
A strange frog variety from Paris-inspired breeders is welcomed by frog farms. The amphibian, larger than Seine inhabitants, is expected to enhance pond stocks through careful feeding and care. Prospective cooks in Paris are reported to anticipate its flavor and market appeal.
A long readable piece discusses rising perils and warnings amid a social scene. It notes a public court fine of $10 for a man named Mr Yeo following demonstrative criticism in a police court the next morning.
An advertisement touts Dr Frazier's magic ointment as a cure for pimples black heads blotches and rashes claiming miraculous results. It cites a Cleveland case of severe skin disease cured after other doctors failed and promotes Henry & Co as Cleveland sole agents. It also advertises Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment as a sure cure for various piles priced at 1.00 and sold by Koanifee Se Boniel.
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