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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1881
Page
6
Strands of text reveal fragmentary notes and names, suggesting an OCR page segment with partial words. The legible bits include scattered terms like Open Pheir, Ly, WA, BOCask, and dates or prices embedded in an unreadable mix.
A fragmentary column recounts a seance with the Old Man's Ghost in Little Rock featuring a violent man as a supposed guest and a Brooklyn style sharp confrontation. another anecdote shows a well dressed magnate challenged by a street hustler aboard a Sound steamer. The page also includes a note onBlizzard etymology and Hungarians resisting Germanized names with a tongue in cheek ad for a cure-all.
Insects on plants should be destroyed at once with tobacco water or soap solution. Plants deteriorate if neglected. prompt action and perseverance are key. Climbers like English ivy German ivy add to greenhouse or window appeal. Hang baskets need bright light and daily turning if light comes from one side. Proper drainage with broken pot pieces or oyster shells reduces over watering risk. Watering should wet thoroughly rather than surface dampness. avoid sudden indoor-outdoor changes and cold air drafts.
Croizette of the Comedie Francais draws attention for a lavish Parisian lifestyle and three children from former liaisons. Once famed as a Truth model, she now hosts weekly receptions and maintains a 25,000 franc salary while her past is recalled with humor and envy. In Cincinnati, David W. Vanderen filed then withdrew a warrant over a backstage altercation with a Grand Opera House employee after a dispute on a stool.
Massive floods devastate Holland as eighty year old dykes fail, flooding hundreds of thousands of acres and ninety thousand people amid cold and hunger. The piece notes government neglect of dykes and cites a Berlin anti Jewish meeting where a worker promotes religious liberty. also lists Franco German war casualties and wartime costs.
A vintage ad promises Carter's Little Nerve Pills relieve nervousness and dyspepsia both caused by each other. Sold by Emimert and Burrell.
A promotional 19th century medical ad claims neglecting a hacking cough risks consumption. It extols Dr. Thomas Eclectic as a safeguard and declares the remedy effective for rheumatism piles soreness and related ailments.
An 1881 end of world prediction from Mother Shipton’s tale raised a religious stir in Tuscarawas County Ohio as a German girl Vandermucker converts a crowd, while a Brooklyn couple’s diphtheria tragedy and Pittsburg praise for Annie Cary’s singing unfold in scattered local notices.
Mr E tison nearly completes a dynamo electric machine with three field magnets six and a half feet long and an armature weighing one and a half tons. The armature connects directly to a Porter Allen engine of 100 horsepower. Both devices rest on a large iron bed. The generator aims to outperform sixteen smaller machines in steadiness and economy.
A four year old incident in Monroe County Indiana where a schoolboy threw a dead rattlesnake around a girl's neck has left her permanently insane. She has not recognized anyone since, spending days with a slate and repeating the same figures from her school lesson while crying out for the snake to be removed.
A Boston woman quips over boiled coffee as she loses a servant. A Napa clergyman’s daughter survives expulsion for sinful amusements. A tenant and landlord quarrel over all night dancing. George Eliot book demand soars in London with new editions planned. A surprise visit at Mrs Jones’s ends well. Harlem river depots planned with 26 acres bought for 166000 and 8.5 acres sold for 76000.
A thin old man with a rag bag collects small whitebone pieces scattered on a street. The peculiar deposit prompts a passerby to ask the cause, and the man in a squeaky voice speculates no more than that some unfortunate female was wrecked nearby.
A compact listing of churches with addresses, pastors, and service times. It includes Evangelical German and English services, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Zion Episcopal, Baptist, Free Methodist, and related Sunday schools and class meetings with respective locations around Pleasant and Stephenson streets, Walnut, and Wilson avenues.
Mayoral and city posts are noted with incumbents E L Cronkite and D e Breed. Council and board offices appear in Cronkrite, Journal, Neff Stearns, and Court House settings with roles for City Attorney City Marshal and Street Commissioner. Aldermen are listed for three wards with names H Dorman I S Zartman J Brown Taylor C R Wagner and H J Porter.
County offices are in the Court House with Clerk I F Kieckner as clerk treasurer W W Hutchison recorder Dana Brewster and sheriff J R Leigh and surveyor Hiram Shons serving AX County.
Public Schools Board of Education with President Wm C Wright and members W G Barnes and H J Porter. Superintendent Chas G Snyder maintains office in the High School building with offices hours from 7 30 to 6 clock a m.
Westbound trains run passenger and freight services at specified early and late times with connections to Freeport and Milwaukee. Eastbound schedules include morning departures from Freeport and arrivals at Chicago, with night freights and through services. Milwaukee line notes Belvidere passenger routes and live stock freight, plus detailed through schedules for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Agent listed as R. H. Holder.
In Waterville Maine strict prohibitory laws impede college professors from obtaining alcohol for scientific experiments, highlighting enforcement challenges in the area.
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