Lick legacy prompt raising mock donations and moral critique
A narrator critiques the donations of Mr. Lick as self serving and absurd in tone. The piece notes gifts to orphanages and a Lake Tahoe telescope, then mocks insisting wills and grand philanthropy. The spoof ends with imagined gifts to animal protection, a court house telescope, ocean wave song printing, and a university to mind people’s business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intak
Mati
Califor
Tfon
Thomas
Lake Taho
Key
Mr. Lick
Calinian
Society For the Prevention of
Brooklyn Court House
Moral test for a book by Southey warns against harmful influence
The speaker asks if a book corrupts mind or morals by urging distrust of authority, diminishing reverence for good, inflaming vanity or selfishness, or delighting in monstrous images. If so, dispose of it at once by burning or removing the entire set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southey
Fillows
The Essence of Religion Versus Hellenism
A comparison of religion as union of the finite and infinite with Hellenism as religion of beauty. The Christian faith reveals the bond between divine and human through the Mediator, contrasting with pagan theologies seen as imaginary. Persecutions and grace under Jesus Christ are central themes.
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Reece
Francis de
How to bed potatoes using manure heat and sand
The article details making a hot bed from fresh horse manure and leaves, then forming a bed one foot larger than the frame. It covers heating to about 100 degrees, cooling to 85, adding soil, planting potatoes, using sand or leaf mold, and providing moisture and air. It also covers topping and transplanting tips and the two to four crops possible from one bed per season.
The Genesis to Adam's Image and Human Morality
A dense theological overview argues that humanity developed individuality and social ideas over long ages, not a preexisting moral good. It posits Adam as a later stage, with law arising from external conscience, and credits the Lord's humanity with bringing order to human disorder. The article then shifts to Stephenson street commerce, listing major blocks, mills, factories, churches, schools, and the city’s strong financials and industries in Freeport.
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Paul
Adam
C. H.L
Basillene
Stephenson Street
W.G
W. Barhes
Hettinger
Second National Bank
Farmers’nsurance Company
Munn
Odd Fellows Hall
First National Bank
Stephenson
Joliet
Galena Street
Turner Hall
Taravelln
D. Kuehner
Thertiat
First
St.Mary’s
Illinois
Freeport
H. Woodmanse
Northwest
Jere Pattison
Jacob’ Kline
Jno. Wertman
Wm. Huber
J. S. Lehman
A. P. Goddard and
Webster & Rhodes Iron Foundries
Geo
A. Stiles and Hazen & Morgan
Snyder & Upp
Court House
Salting Butter For Proper Texture And Purity
The article explains how excess salt and moisture in butter cause a salty crust as brine dries. Pure salt resists moisture and should be used. impure salt containing calcium chloride craves damp air, forming brine droplets that later leave salt granules. Use salt that stays dry in damp weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Freerogg's Chicago Times sketch of Freerogg progress
The piece argues Freerogg Illinois has grown since 1850 to a population of 12 000 to 15 000 with New England and foreign settlers shaping a vigorous economy and solid civic progress. It notes urban development and perceptions of the city along the railroad corridor.
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Chicago Times
Freerogg
Ill
New England
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Ineceayy
Pvudilo
A. D. Knowlton & Sons
Jas, Mitchell & Co
German Savings Bank
Stephenson County
Hllinois
Swarts & Stocking
J. B. Snyder
Brewster House
Giehoses
Snyder
New York
A. G. Herrick
Soldiers' Monument
Stephenson and Exchange Streets
Ays
St. Louis Flo
Corn Meal Wood
Willo
Atarahad
Valencia
London
A. G. Herbick
Ranklin
Busi Peak
McQurdy & Co
Ziegler & McCurdy
Fourth St
Cinccinnati
Fifth Avenue
Adama Street
Chicago
Olive Street
St. Louis
N. B
People’s
Advertiser
Havin
Aalia
Charles P. Maeshalt
Freeport Journal
Book & Job Printing Office
Journal Block
Freeport, Ill
Proprietors
Blanks
Dodgers
Buffal
Lawye
Dling
Cole
Breed & Haws
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