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Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1873

Page

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Bob's Bargain Gone Bad In A London Stable Yard

In a crowded stable yard Sam tempts Bob with a cheap pair of patent leather boots. Bob, tight on funds from six shillings weekly and three shillings rent, buys the boots with his scant savings only to have them split and ruined as he struggles to fit them, learning that a bargain can be worse than it seems. The tale closes with a courtroom aside about a witness’s tale and a judge’s quip on a wife’s claim.

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Forrest City Yellow Nine Shows Unbeatable Spring Trial

A humorous preview of Forrest City’s baseball club notes their summer 1872 practice, describing pitchers who throw balls so fast they blaze and ash. fielders lift weights with pig iron, hammers, and velocipedes. positions praised for toughness and odd superlatives. club manager praised and a brag of treasury-backed challenge.

March issue of Slackwood's Magazine reviewed

Slackwood's Magazine for March republished by Leonard Scott Publishing Company of New York features a Life of General Lee sketch and a critique of his character and career. It includes Cornelius O'Dowd's The American Revoke and other pieces in the Blackwood style. Contents listed: A True Reformer Voltaire Maid of Sker Part VIII Autumnal Manoeuvres The Manchester Nonconformists and Political Philosophy General Lee Cornelius O'Dowd The American Reyuke Ministers before Parliament.

Slackwood Leonard Scott Publishing Company New York Lee Cornelius O'Dowd Voltaire Manchester General Lee Reyuke

Prayerful Self-Examination Across A Day In Faith

A reflective devotional piece questions my daily service to Jesus. It asks how I spent hours with devotion, how I treated neighbors and family, and whether I kept purity of heart and zeal for God. The prayer ends by asking if I am ready to meet the Heavenly Father tonight.

Kingdom of Heaven and Eskimo Bible Mission Note

A Berlin anecdote about King Frederick William IV praising a child for recognizing kingdoms and a bereaved father’s comforting reply on the kingdom of heaven are shared. The piece then notes the completion of Eskimo Bible translation by the British and I vign Society, praising Moravian Mission work in Labrador for uplifting the Eskimo people through divine knowledge.

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