05 May 1875
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1875
Page
1
Fragmented verse from John James Pratt published in The Galaxy May issue. The lines describe a book whose leaves hold flowers and faces as treasured bookmarks, awakening memories and a longing kiss restrained by time. The imagery blends imprisonment and resurrection within a poetic reflection on love and memory.
Poetic vignette of a child awaiting the farmer’s return at dusk. A parent’s homeward steps bring relief as the child’s eager gaze and eyes long for the moment when daily cares are left behind. The scene contrasts nightfall, rural life, and a simple homebound joy.
A dispatch describes a young street car conductor in New York who falls for a pale sixteen year old passenger, pursues her across Brooklyn and Manhattan by foot, ferry, and carriage, and fashions an earnest confession note. After a cautious courtship including meeting her mother, the pair are promised a cozy home, with Nora teaching and two grandmothers sewing by the fire, as the narrator reflects on love and moral testing.
A diary style account recalls a note torn from a letter by a girl named Alice, exposing a broken engagement and claimed deceit. The scene shifts to a somber morning at the Mountain Seminary where a student’s attempted suicide shocks the campus and tests the school’s moral reflections.
A Scribner's Monthly reader shares how she and her husband survived on eight hundred dollars a year in a rented two room setup. They paid cash, trimmed costs, grew health and happiness through simple living, and valued a home of their own with modest comfort. The piece ends by linking frugal family life to broader moral duties toward children, framed by a contrasting bandit sermon cited from Syracuse Journal.
A historical piece notes Tibercio Vasquez, California bandit and confessed killer, who met execution after a life of crime. It recalls his reputed delicate craft, claims of a gentler side, and his final essay addressed to parents and children facing the unknown beyond death.
A Toledo Blade piece narrates a young couple who married to board briefly but then the groom quietly bought a charming house as a surprise. He leads his wife to see a warm parlor and announces she is mistress of all contents, prompting tears, kisses and a happy denouement.
An improvised elephant scene at a leading theatre ends with the performer crashing into the orchestra pit. After the mishap two gin bottles labeled Bininger's Old London Dock Gin are recovered behind the scenes, arranged as the elephant's eyes, revealing a reckless improvisation. The incident disrupts the show and shocks the audience.
A method to resuscitate drown victims involves placing the patient on their back with arms extended and a cloth roll under the ribs. The operator kneels, uses thumb pressure on the ribs, and leverages body weight to move the diaphragm, then lifts to draw in air. An assistant holds the tongue as rhythmic chest and diaphragm movements sustain artificial respiration.
A tale recounts Charles Dickens visiting a blind asylum where the Old Curiosity Shop is printed in raised type for blind students. The blind boy Benny reads by finger tracing, while the children discuss Dickens’s appeal and the idea of a new edition for the blind.
A reader laments a new funeral fashion of kissing the deceased as a final gesture saying the practice mocks reverence. The piece questions decorum and suggests absurd add-ons like a gold mouth-piece, urging better care and respect in farewells.
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