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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1872
Page
6
A nostalgic poem recalls golden meadows and childhood perditions, with images of violets, willows, and rivers. It laments loss and longing, mentioning distant hills, bells, crickets, and the guiding hand of God as memory traverses halls of time.
A Cedarville teachers institute convened Saturday March 9 1872 under Supt Kleckner despite stormy weather. H Taessner led prayer L W Piteau of Freeport gave a lecture on resources. Sessions covered fractions spelling methods map drawing grammar and classroom management with discussions on oral versus written spelling and school governance.
A Virginia writer argues that postwar immigration failed to deliver promised prosperity. Mismanagement, social prejudice, and ignorance hindered new settlers, with Virginia needing capital, spread among many small owners, to transform vast plantations into smaller farms and revive agriculture.
The article praises teacher institutes for sharing ideas and improving school work. It notes enthusiasm from patrons and educators, with many contributing time and thoughts to assemblies. It urges continued support to ensure successful institutes next winter and broad benefits for attendees.
A passage from Z A Pollard reflects on rail travel and its impact on farmers. He notes that Virginian shipments require far more power to move produce than those from New England or Pennsylvania. The text contrasts slow, rustic transport with faster luxury cars and calls the rail system an especial nuisance to farmers.
A polite official meets a new consul and directs him to study the manual and despatches. He reassures the newcomer that Treasury work and long stays are unnecessary, invites questions at specific times, and emphasizes relying on the consular manual for instructions. From the Atlantic Monthly for March.
A proposal urges local men to form a Sporting Club uniting hunting and fishing enthusiasts. The group would share knowledge, plan collective trips, and create attractive hunting and fishing resorts, inviting friends and ladies for extended picnics and social outings.
William Singleton, a saw mill worker at Shellmound on the Nashville & Chattanooga line, was shot by T. T. Johnson from Geneva Illinois. Johnson said he came 500 miles to avenge alleged wrong to his wife, firing five shots, two hitting Singleton in the chest and one in the thigh. Singleton died or neared death as inflammation set in, Johnson jailed in Chattanooga.
A mosaic of oddities and jokes features references to a wedding article, a locomotive, a regal conveyance, trials and courts, musical quips, weather digs, and moral puns. It includes remarks on Switzerland ships, King Arthur, Cape Cod, and a NY man who dozed in a rocking chair while drinking whiskey, framed in a fragmentary newspaper style.
An old advertisement claims Ayer's Ague Cure and other tonics are potent medicines. The phrasing markets the remedy as a universal cure with a bold statement of enduring global effectiveness and a price tag of one hundred dollars per bottle.
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