26 Mar 1879
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1879
Page
1
The verse tribute recounts General John A. Logan presenting the flag of the Thirty First Illinois Infantry in 1868. It honors fallen soldiers, recalls Fort Sumter, courage in battle, and Logan's steadfast leadership, urging the living to remember brave deeds and endure with pride.
Margaret, a troubled daughter in a modest farmhouse, longs for art and books, music and beauty. Her brother Tom and father Farmer Selden help her by funding a home makeover, easing her sense of confinement and elevating her spirits as they transform the house and deepen family bonds.
A compilation of home treatment and cooking tips. The excerpt covers whitewash preparation, sheep head and trotters cleaning, patent-leather polish, china repair, linen mildew remedies, veal loaf recipe, homemade soap method, and a simple yeast formula. Includes detailed measurements and step by step instructions for each item.
The Boston Herald outlines practical guidance for healthy walking: balance baths and cleanliness, frequent clothing changes, and keep muscles active. It advises correct arm swing, chest position, and controlled gait to promote circulation, avoid fatigue, and maintain stomach comfort with frequent light meals.
A meditation on memory and parting through scenes of childhood, travel, and loss. The poem traces looking back across springs, sea journeys, graves, and aging, contrasting earthly farewells with heavenly assurance as angels gaze on the King.
The New York Times notes Popocatapetl lies about ten miles southwest of Mexico City, a 17,720 foot cone linked to Iztaccihuatl. Cortez failed to summit due to snow in 1519, but Francisco Montana descended by rope. The peak, once active near conquest, still smokes with periodic crater eruptions observed by US Army officers.
The beaked chietodon of Sri Lankan shores shoots water to knock resting flies from twigs or grasses above water. The fish bobs most of its body, nose barely above surface, and releases a precise water jet that dislodges the insect, which the fish then snaps up.
The party describes Lake Yellowstone mood shifts from placid to stormy, shore variations with chalcedony sands, and hot springs. They note near southeast the region’s highest peak, a thousand foot cliff, two ascentists, a one day round trip, and altitude measurements yielding lake height about eight thousand three hundred feet.
The Chicopee National Bank president, noted as a philosopher, once advised a wounded veteran in a New Haven suburb. He said the veteran would avoid future trouble by not indorsing another man's note, a quip sparked by their exchange on a horse-car.
The Golden Rule champions practical wisdom for youth and professionals. It warns that half of life’s failures come from taking things for granted and relying on luck, not on preparation, honest work, calculation, and foresight across business, profession, farming, or daily life.
About 3000 pounds of slag are produced per ton of pig iron making waste valuable. England uses slag for breakwaters at Tees mouth bricks paving sets concrete and more. Three million slag bricks are made annually, mostly for London. Glass works in Northamptonshire now run slag directly from furnaces into glass furnaces to create bottle glass.
At the Royal Society, Prof. Parker reports on embryo work in British lizards suggesting the skulls of lizards are highly specialized and closer to birds than to crocodiles or turtles. He argues lizards, including New Zealand battaria and chameleon, show minimal skull modification from ancestors, with serpents possibly representing older, more degraded forms without limbs.
A Boston Journal note highlights sculptor Valentine and his struggle to recruit black models. Colored sitters resist after seeing studio paraphernalia, preferring street appearance. One man left to tend cattle, promising to return, illustrating the humor and challenges in depicting everyday Black life in art.
State Senator Bailey notes in Wisconsin that wolf-raising has grown, with hunters in aging counties rearing cubs and selling scalps to authorities for ten dollars each, creating a profitable trade within the wolf protection system.
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