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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1872
Page
8
Breeders Urged to Rethink Stallion Selections and Defects
An editorial argues against rigid legislation on horse breeding and urges farmers to adopt voluntary reforms. It emphasizes transmissible defects like spavin and blind ness, calls for education through veterinary schools, and notes the need to avoid penny wise, pound foolish choices in selecting sires and dams for future foals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
German method for planting turf and worm-infested pigeons
A writer outlines a turfing process using half a pound of lawn weed mixed with six cubic feet of soil to form a mortar like paste for slopes. The method requires daily watering until a green carpet covers the incline in eight to fourteen days. A cited editor notes contagious worm infections in pigeons and recalls a tumbler with many worms found after death.
Why a horse is the most curious feeder in the world
A humorous line notes a horse eats beat when there is nothing in its mouth. The quip hinges on a pun about being fed and bit presence.
Final Salvation Debate and the Question of Free Will
A discussion critiques C. B. L. on final redemption through a mystical system. The author argues the view denies individual responsibility by claiming predetermined actions, while Scriptures affirm human free will, accountability for sin, and salvation through repentance and faith in Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
C. B.L
God
CO. A. L
Christ
Lacroix
Maiden Lane
Albany
N. Y
Northern Line Packet Company Appointments List
Official list of season appointments for Northern Line steamers with captains and clerks. Names include Clinton Captain B A Congar and First Clerk A Hawlin, Lake Superior Captain Jones Worden and First Clerk H T Tatum, Red Wing Captain W P Hight and First Clerk 8 Grennel, Minneapolis Captain Jerry Wood and First Clerk C C Mather, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Robinson
Savannah
Northern Line Packet Company
Clinton
B. A. Congar
A. Hawlin
George Dodge
Lake Superior
Jones Worden
H. T. Tatum
Theodore Jones
Red Wing
W. P. Hight
8. Grennel
George Lemmen
Religious murders and personal crises across the nation
The article recounts multiple suicides and familicide triggered by religious zeal. It cites incidents in New York Maine and Ohio including a devout Catholic widow, a mother killing her infant, a man and wife killing children, and a father confessing. The piece notes such events are spread nationwide, contrasting with Freeport. A man mocks patent flame guard mash-shinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maine
Ohio
Freeport
Sabbath School Teachers Under Fire in Aberdeen Address
The Aberdeen Fourth Scottish Sabbath-school Convention reports Chief Magistrate Lord Provost Leslie presiding at a public breakfast where David Dickson of Edinburgh criticizes easy going Sabbath teachers. He warns such teachers lack discipline and study, compares them to a tree with wounded branches, and urges steadfast moral faith amid life’s tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Provost Leslie
David Dickson
Edinburg
Daybreak resolve to spread happiness to others
Sidney Smith’s excerpt urges starting each day with a quiet resolve to help others. A simple leftoff garment or kind word can lift sorrow and spark effort, creating a ripple that totals 14 000 happinesses over forty years. Each day’s act matters for the journey toward time and eternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Smith
Davison
Brinkles Orange
Mammoth
P. Manny
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Facmary
Licensing Stallions
Northern Line Steamers
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Jerry Wood
C. C. Mather
H. McMaster
Dubuque
T. B. Hill
Charles D. Carrell
O. Gregg
Muscatine
M. Green
George C. Blish
Jd. R. Robinson
Minnesota
D. C. Smith
D. W. Dawley
Dawley
Davenport
W. W. Wells
Lee Wells
Savanna
Robt
Melvill
M. B. Pierce
Bill Henderson
J. Praw
A. Jones
Dan Hine
Farris
Gilbert Suttoh
Areeport, Illinois
JOHN &#. ADDAMS
Second National Bank
A. H. Wise
William Young
Stephenson Co
C. Burchard
Congress
Walter P Hunt
Thompson Wilcoxon
Ill
Michael Sawyer
John R. Lemon
James M. Smith
Buena Vista T.D. Wilcoxon
John H. Addams
Walter P. Hunt
L. T. Lemon
R.M. Buckman
T. D. Wilcoxon
Republic
JH. OC. Burchard
G. J. Bliss
C. B. Bidwell
F. W. Hanch
Farmers Fire Insurance Company
Coxon Opera Building
Mall Register
Pel
Rytvad
Pepee i
Watterman's
Smith Datkiy
Illinois
Henry
Hartman
Frederick Hartman
J.P. Byfaly
Great Western
West Side
Canal Street
Chicago
Canal and
Madison Streets
Stephenson Street
Freeport,llinois
Daniel Adamson
Sparks Randal
Freeport, Ill
Stephenson 8&T
Court House
2ZAPE
Stephenson ST
Asl
Baltimore
BE. Zapf
Be, Spencer & Co
Pelton & Bigler
Jewelers
Opticians
Lena
W. E. Bowker & CO
West
Schuyler Streat
Burt Howard
H. M. Buckman &Co
Billiard
Buckman’s Billiard Room
Stephenson, Street
Preeport
Smnola
Fry
Forreston
Pullman’s Palace
New Briggs House
New Sherman House
Board of Trade
Paralee’s Omnibus Line
Great Central Depot
Lake Street
Andy P.M
Wentworth
Cien's Pass
Cent
Yaves Ry
Job Moses
Sir James Clarke
Jed Moses
Sir Jeemes Glarke
Jor Moses
N. Orls
Wil
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