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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1879
Page
8
A collage of curiosities and missives notes from various locales. Demographic tallies for Richmond and Nesces county Texas, musings on electricity in silk making and locomotives, art purchases, a Prague synagogue, and odd social vignettes from Atlantic cities.
The piece condemns parental indifference to developing a child’s mental individuality, especially among farming families. It argues education and guided cultivation of talents over mere economic toil, warning that neglect leads to aimlessness, dependency, and wasted potential, urging parents to nurture intrinsic tastes and abilities.
This piece explains horse shoeing aims to protect feet on paved roads, urging natural hoof care. It advises examining the foot, leaving the frog, braces, and sole intact, and shaping a light toe with heels to prevent lameness and injuries. It warns against bar shoes and rasping the outer wall, labeling such acts cruel.
A dialogue unfolds as a father questions a suitor about fortune and prospects. The suitor responds he is unembarrassed by wealth, free from business cares, and driven by hopeful future, asserting this is the moment to devote himself to the daughter and claim the affluence tied to marriage.
An earnest reflection on sowing and reaping in both natural and moral realms. It warns youth that deeds shape future destiny, noting risks of overwork, excess, sensuality, and alcohol. It stresses accountability as consequences emerge in later life and urges prudent choices.
A Boston Journal of Chemistry guide describes dry, well ventilated fruit rooms with controlled air flow. A farmer recalls building a two room cellar under a barn with an inner frostproof chamber for December storage and an outer, cooler autumn space. Apples from last season stayed fresh into winter and impressed at fairs.
An eastern exchange writer argues that early breeding and overfeeding corn cause hog cholera. He urges delaying breeding, allowing sows to nurse long, and using roots with corn only in severe weather. He claims choosing roots over corn improves health, growth, and profits, reducing disease and boosting fall pork weight.
Berlin Extrablatt reports orders to furnish Beaconsfield’s Kaiserhof room with two beds. The widower Premier, in fragile health, slept in one bed then moved to the other due to heat. Staff watched and wagered which bed he used. A maid observed he occupied both beds.
A lecture at Wigan Mining and Mechanical School by Mr Gerard Finch showed electricity driving a saw bench via a Siemens dynamo. A large audience including Lord Lindsay and mining proprietors watched timber up to five inches thick cut into strips. Proponents see electricity as a viable underground power, with costs lower than compressed air and easy distribution through wires.
The article explains how water immersion affects breathing painlessness and timing. It cites theater acts in New York where performers stay submerged in a crystal tank and hold breath for up to two minutes or more. It also notes ocean swimmers like Johnson, who reportedly held breath for three minutes and twenty seconds before surfacing. Unconsciousness follows if the head remains underwater without holding breath, typically within one to two minutes.
A Yale Seminary talk recounts Abraham Lincoln’s honesty and tact under wartime pressure. A New York committee pressed for Burnside’s fleet destination. Lincoln offered a guarded, public whispered response, signaling discretion and restraint in high stakes.
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