30 Mar 1881
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1881
Page
1
The narrator recalls a tumultuous inner moment with Gretchen, pondering which beloved to keep as he faces loss. Emphasizing the tragic tension between affection and fear, the scene blends imagined tenderness with a looming ache.
A stranger hears the tale of Pearl and Hiram Goldby, lovers separated by ten years at sea. Pearl clung to hope while a tombstone bore the lost man's name, and a stranger reveals a Pacific shipwreck survivor who returns to win Pearl’s heart at Monkton.
A reforming ticket agent recalls a Melbourne era scam on a Chicago to New York through line opposed by Vanderbilt. Horace Greeley, mis-ticketed to Cleveland, learns of the scheme in a Chicago hotel reading room. The agent offers the correct ticket and warns against rough dealing as Greeley urges to “Go West, young man.”
TM Admiiral Euthesia, a distinguished officer, retired after years as consulting naval officer to India's government. He was found at sea as an infant, nicknamed By-the-Sea by ship officers, and later educated at a naval school. He earned the Victoria Cross with the Guthgy order.
A old newspaper recounts a teen named Charles McKenna who saved his baby sister, and two younger brothers, from a blazing room. He calmed his injured brother, threw the infant to waiting helpers, then carried the mother’s other child to safety before escaping through the window.
A New York firm selling pictures and mottoes recalls a Jersey dealer who praised the original motto What is home without a mother and ordered a hundred. Sales boomed briefly with lawsuits and divorces. the dealer sought a refined scene and urged trying Washington crossing the Delaware and Daniels in the Lion's Den for a change.
A historical remedy outlines steps to treat corns using borax water, white felt plaster, and nightly applications with lemon pulp, plus daily soaking and careful scraping. It advises keeping feet clean, wearing soft boots, and applying leather padding with enrollment plaster and nitric acid if needed. It includes a personal note from L. Irwin of Colfax, New Mexico, claiming his wife was cured of a 30 year cough by using One Ling Pads.
A Boston merchant's death left debt notes on a list of forgiveness. An aged Cape Cod man, who had scrimped and saved, paid the long overdue debt with interest, restored by a nephew's disclosure of their father's guidance to release such debts. He thanked the brothers, then departed to tell his wife at home.
In a Galveston court scene Jim laments his wife Belinda ran after a policeman during a domestic dispute. The Recorder fines him ten dollars for violence as the husband blames the wife for wrecking the family by pursuing the officer.
The article presents quirky household hacks and DIY projects for saving money. It suggests repurposing items like tomato cans into garden vases or hanging baskets, using lobster cans for decoration, and crafting pin cushions from kerosene tins. It lampoons frugal excess and ends with a note on how penny-pinching habits can accumulate to cover larger household needs.
A dialogue recalls a 17 year old anecdote about a pork shipment to Washington. A depot count misread 1000 barrels, forcing a quick fix by swapping ten barrels of lard and later a chain of small thefts. The beef supplier, vinegar, crackers, and apples are cited in a comic misdeal leading to a court judgment.
The Courant notes women heavily endorse Mop Bitters as a universal remedy for chills fever indigestion liver disorders sick headaches back kidney pain and fatigue. It claims women express profound gratitude and recommend the tonic for a wide range of ailments.
Beaton police department projected cost exceeds 900000 for next year, about 40000 more than this year, due to an increased force. The plan reflects staffing expansion and higher operational expenses.
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