12 May 1880
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1880
Page
1
A reflective verse recounts a musician’s memory triggered by soft piano. A bereaved speaker recalls a son Manget and a mother’s grace, then reflects on sorrow, nature, and renewed strength from grief as memories surface.
A man, obsessed with a vivid ideal of a perfect wife, travels to Newport to meet Widow Armsby, only to chase a false lead through hotel desks, post offices, and shops. He misidentifies a young Chicago widow and, after a comic mix up, discovers the widow may not be the one he expected, leaving him ambiguously hopeful yet misled.
The Nashville American laments the rising buggy culture among farm boys. It argues for returning to horseback riding to promote health and economy, urging breeding of versatile saddle horses and colts. It highlights English markets and higher value for well bred horses over roadsters.
A Detroit Free Press item defends a quick thinking boy who spots a hay load and smoke near Woodward Avenue. The boy shouts Fire and avoids danger, while commentators label the youth jealous or a slummix. The piece argues his alertness, not heedless mischief, saved a wary farmer and passersby.
Dr Kedzie reports at a Michigan sanitary convention that borax added to starching fluid, a teaspoonful per pint, prevents cotton garments from catching fire. Experiments show muslins and tarletans treated with borax starch resist burning. widespread use could save lives, despite warning of scams offering asbestos starch for profit. A side vignette depicts a scientist hearing footsteps and locking his door to write to the Athenaeum.
A young man employed in four cigar stores on Singsirent Toronto planned a bold ruse presenting boots priced five dollars with a receipted eight five bill. A girl, convinced of the deception, swapped them for a four dollar pair and got one dollar back. The boot seller billed the man the difference, who paid it, while the girl’s shrewdness leaves him wary.
The Neue Freie Presse lists per country school totals and pupil attendance. Germany 60,000 schools and 6,000,000 pupils. Great Britain and Ireland 58,000 schools and 3,000,000 pupils. Austria Hungary 30,000 schools and 3,000,000 pupils. France 71,000 schools and 4,700,000 pupils. Spain 20,000 schools and 1,600,000 pupils. Italy 47,000 schools and 1,900,000 pupils. Russia 32,000 schools and 1,100,000 pupils.
Ashes, whether undiluted or as a top dressing or with a compost, serve as a valuable orchard fertilizer rich in potash. The finely divided ashes aid root uptake and are as valuable as ground bone, worth about forty cents per bushel. For an orchardist, ashes are worth two to three times what soap factories pay.
A poplar tree about eighteen inches in diameter in Troy, Alabama stood upright ten years ago, fell, and lay on the ground for a long period. Part of the top was cut for fuel, no one interfered with it, and now the tree stands erect and is growing well.
A rider jokes with a book seller beside the table, noting a bundle of works by Bulwer Lytton Thackeray Emerson Bennett Ned Buntline and more. A passenger asks for Dickona and the Life of Davy Crockett in one volume priced at 60 cents and orders two copies to tide him over until Texas.
A Manchester mother, abandoned by her husband, attempted to drown herself and her child by leaping into the canal. The child surfaced and rode the water, while the mother was rescued. She faced a police court with a story of distress and pleaded exceptions to the natural laws.
A Montana gentleman reports a low mountain pass suitable for a direct wagon road from Bozeman to Mammoth Hot Springs at a few thousand dollars cost. The Brooklyn widow wins 4361 from a life insurer after proving her husband’s death by his own hand while temporarily insane. An Irish friend triggers a quip about knowing him and life knowledge. A Yale student nails slippers high on a wall and drags a sechauam.
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