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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1869
Page
12
A Moscow correspondent describes the immense bells of the Kremlin area, their weight, history, and ritual use. He paints the clangor as a universal hymn, linking bells to worship and national identity, with the grand carillon stirring crowds and pilgrims as the city glows at sunset.
A satirical guide on bicycles covers choosing a velocipede, wheel safety, mounting, and seating. It advises color choices, proper stance, and carrying a post for support, with humorous cautions about ages, attire, and risky stunts. Also notes early inventors and odd velocipede experiments including ice, water, and marine designs.
The column surveys scams in old feather beds and feather renovators, warns of widow thefts by feather sharks, cites arsenic complexion myths, bed bug remedies with quicksilver eggs, and a mix of rural anecdotes from Maine to Indiana plus stock reports and weather notes.
Advertises 60 square miles of farms near rail line south of a road in New Jersey. Describes 20 acre and larger parcels from 160 to 860 dollars per acre with four year terms, and 10 acre lots up to 860 dollars. Promotes soil for wheat, corn, fruit and vegetables, cites climate benefits and proximity to New York and Philadelphia markets. Notes rapid town growth, schools, churches, and civic improvements, with measures to protect settlers from speculators and liquor sales bans shaping community life.
The narrative extols a settlement near Philadelphia as ideal for manufacturing with a large surrounding population creating a strong market. It argues the area offers beauty and suitability for settlers, easy access to cities, and lower initial costs, encouraging growth and prosperity as a growing country. It emphasizes transportation as a safeguard for business and notes the appeal of New England and Mid-Atlantic connections.
The letter describes Vineland as a highly productive land area with hundreds of orchards and vineyards. Prospective settlers are promised easy land setup, favorable crops, and transport by carriage to inspect farms. The promoter CHA LANDIS offers timber or land purchases, indisputable title, and prompt replies with route information and reports from Solon Robinson and Dr. Chas. Jackson.
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