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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1880
Page
6
Magazine criticizes American eating habits recounting a European traveler who returns to the United States and plans to depart again after six months. She laments a jumble of incongruous foods and constant social pressure to accept more fare, noting the lack of conversation and intrusive inquiries about meals.
Bouton the importer at 706 Broadway offers an unusually illustrated Boydell edition based Shakspere set. The collection includes 35 volumes with over 4,400 plates from original parts, plus proof engravings and mounted vignettes. Also discusses historical changes in crafts and trades with excerpts from The Scientific American.
The article explains winter grafting for grapes as the preferred time, noting sap flow directions and safe junctions. It details a proven graft method by Samuel Miller that yields a tight stock graft, and argues grafting boosts Concord and Clinton cuttings and may elevate French wine quality in years ahead.
A Baptist preacher in Little Rock confronts a colored man over a stolen saddle. The exchange centers on predestination with the man claiming inevitability. the preacher insists on truth and arrest if lied. The tale blends religious rhetoric with colloquial dialect and a moral twist on blame.
A Washington dinner tale recalls Senator McDougal of California laughing at ice and punch while noting music tastes. A country cousin’s ice cream remark follows, then a shifting column on Germany boosting wood carving schools to two hundred and prizes. An ad jokes about a restaurant seeking godly men and staff.
Freeport post office lists mail arrivals and closing times for daily service. The notice includes specific cutoff hours and the period of operation for incoming and outgoing mail processing.
Directory page lists numerous churches with pastors and service times across denominations including German Evangelical, German Reform, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Zion Episcopal, Baptist, and Free Methodist. It also notes city and county officials such as mayor, treasurer, marshal, commissioners, clerk, sheriff, and school board with names and office locations.
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