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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1880
Page
8
A collage of vintage clippings describes distant travels and obscure events alongside household tips. It touches on politics, poetry, a baroque mix of portraits, a Hungarian baron, and odd anecdotes, then shifts to practical kitchen recipes and liniments for common ailments.
The Constellation launched at Baltimore on December 7, 1797, served in the Mediterranean and Decatur Squadron, was rebuilt in 1812, lengthened, and later used as a school ship in Annapolis. It voyaged to Paris exposition in 1879, aided Mediterranean relief in 1879, and was dismantled after returning to the United States.
Mary Steck starved herself to death at Alleghany Pennsylvania believing God commanded her to abstain from eating. She was kept alive in hospital with forced nourishment but refused food at home and died after prolonged fasting.
Fragmentary price line shows multiple per pound rates such as 50c, 68c, and a note of 2 per likely indicating bulk or item pricing amid incomplete OCR. No clear item or date provided.
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