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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1880
Page
8
In the July Zeitschrift, Klebs and Tommasi report a study in Rome on marsh fever. They found a movable spore fungus in soil and, after filtrating the fluid and injecting residuum under dogs, observed fever in the animals. They name the organism Bacillus malaria as the disease’s real cause.
The article cites Scientific American figures placing U S fire losses in 1879 at 77 703 700 with uninsured losses pushing near 100 million. It notes vast blazes destroying hotels churches and schools from 1875 to 1887 and comments on Sir George Jessel a leading English jurist famed for caustic judgments and satire directed at Cairns.
The Swedish postal authorities publish a list of 816 titles, 92 in Stockholm. Gothenburg has 20, Upsala 14, Malmo 9, Gefle and Jonkoping 8 each. About one third are newspapers with 10 dailies: five in Stockholm, two in Gothenburg, and one each in Nordkoping Malmo and Helsing org.
A brusque old Chef de Bureau at the Ministry of Finance worships Madame Recamier. He reads aloud to her after offering help reading to her when she loses sight, then secretly attends a reading master to improve his voice and pronunciation, overcoming a lifelong fault.
Alphonse Karr recalls Au guste Bomieu’s pranks in Paris, including a watch shop joke about watches and winding. The Harnessing of Electricity notes W H Barlow on telegraph growth, Morse relay use, and Siemens findings enabling power transmission and remote operation of machinery and locomotives at distance.
M. P. contends the British empire is vast with people always sitting down to breakfast unless dying of hunger as quoted in an intel publication. The remark critiques imperial reach and living conditions amid scarcity.
An 1878 testimonial from Mansfeldt Pennsylvania extols Ross Patent Cases noting long life and solid gold two plate construction. Jeweler R. B. Cliny reports customers keeping cases for years with extended durability, urging readers to seek the illustrated catalogue and guaranteed warranty from Jas. Boss.
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