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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1868
Page
3
An 18th century style verse notes how newspapers mix world news art and advertisements to entertain educate and inform readers. It highlights editors pieces statistics reviews and witty critiques of society theater and state matters for educated readers seeking variety.
From Our Special Correspondent in Chicago on May 20 1868 the National Republican Convention dominates the scene while the Soldiers and Sailors’ Convention presses support for Grant Wade Colfax and impeachment debates stir party lines. The Tribune quarrel and editor abuse color politics as strangers flood Chicago seeking beds and news.
A May 18 1868 letter from Cleveland Tennessee shares Republican leanings of locals, criticizes a church incident at Dakota, notes Northern figures, and portrays Bradley County as a thriving farming area with several institutions and churches. Weather described as wet and cold but crops promising, wheat flowering as spring continues.
Illinois representative Mr Washburne is praised for opposing the purchase of Russian America. The House Foreign Affairs Committee reported a 600,000 coin expenditure, with a minority report condemning the deal as folly. The piece argues the Alaska purchase yields no real value in agriculture minerals timber or fisheries and warns of future costs.
An eye twisting optical demonstration uses a pasteboard tube to create a hole illusion while two eyes view through different objects. The piece notes Colonel Hazard, the Connecticut powder man, leaves about 2 million dollars, with a Hartford and New Haven railroad stake and three daughters, one widow, one married to Massachusetts Governor Bullock, and one unmarried, plus a deceased son from a powder blast years ago.
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