19 Mar 1879
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1879
Page
1
The poem “Song of the Camp” referenced by ex Minister Vierrepont at a Delmonico banquet recalls Mr. Taylor’s earlier lyric work. Soldiers in Crimea sing of Annie Laurie amid bombardment, while memories of love soften bravest hearts, linking battlefield grit with tender affection.
A young couple on a beach exchange vows and farewell pledges as waves murmur. George Arthurs leaves Annie after a deep romance, her beauty and social world drawing him away. Years later she recalls a life of passion, betrayal, and mourning as she endures loneliness and faded happiness.
In a tale of heartbreak and forgiveness, Annie, once cold and prideful, forgives George Arthurs after years apart. He seeks reconciliation before marching to the front. she restrains him and they part. Later, wounded George returns, and a rekindled love leads to marriage and a hopeful future.
A New Haven woman filed for divorce citing her husband’s lack of style though he was otherwise decent. The move reflects domestic strains during the period and underscores personal standards of conduct in marriage.
The New York Lime details a government dormitory for railway mail service clerks in the city. It notes fifty spring iron cot bedsteads, bedding, and a janitor with a call book to awaken workers before train runs, preventing delays and missed departures.
A New York Churchman warns that legal bans fail to curb cheap reading material. He argues dealers, not publishers, are reachable and urges moral action to deprive local stands of sales. Withholding purchases from dealers who stock such material could push it to obscure outlets, protecting youths.
The piece argues enthusiasm fuels progress by giving a clear vision of the future. It warns that dull or indolent minds lag unless sparked by fervor and cites a proverb that one who has outlived enthusiasm is aged indeed.
This piece urges farm families to enrich evenings with books and newspapers for children, flowers for mothers, and art. It argues life includes soul, beauty, and nature beyond labor, warning that neglecting culture harms the afterlife and harvest of a child’s character.
The piece argues elephants have been over hunted in India Africa and Ceylon. Col Gordon Pasha attempted to acclimate Indian elephants to equatorial Africa to aid locomotion. A herd of fifty five yielded about £4000 profit after expenses, urging government to curb indiscriminate slaughter. It notes elephants’ height about ten feet and claims lifespans up to 150 years, with many dying by non natural causes.
The male ostrich stands seven feet tall with black back feathers and vivid plumes under the wings. Females are grayish and less striking. Ostriches can kill with a single leg strike and their plucking is painful, done after blindfolding. A pair costs about £30, five birds yield roughly £60 yearly in Cape Town.
A New Jersey man is credited with discovering a process that tans the hides of bullocks calves and sheep in twenty to forty minutes, a method expected to speed up leather production.
The London Times notes autographic telegraphy as a historic study, tracing F C Bakewell’s 1850 invention that used gummy ink on metallic paper to record messages via electric currents. The method produced facsimiles at distant receivers but proved too slow for public utility, though adapted for military use in France and fortresses.
Texas produced more cotton than any state with 735000 bales in 1876 7, compared to Mississippi 639000 and Arkansas 590000. The piece notes vast untapped cotton land and argues about land use and production costs, stating only five percent of cotton lands are sown and outlining the national supply context.
A detailed 19th century account traces match production from Hudson Bay forest timber to finished boxes. Timber flows by raft to mills, is seasoned for up to two years, cut into splints, rolled into bundles, dipped in sulphur and phosphorus, dried, cut into matches, packed by women into boxes, stamped for revenue, then shipped nationwide and abroad.
A historical guide explains patching with rectangular patches set in rather than laid on. It details careful trimming, precise edge turning, matching patterns, and fine stitches to produce an invisible mend, noting exceptions for striped fabrics and heavy woolen garments.
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