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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1874
Page
6
A rambled, humorous column weaves many quirky vignettes from a small town. A boy wrestles unruly pigs and escaped cows, endures a soaked hunt through mud and gate, then reports the need for a deacon who keeps stock in order.
A rural family tale follows Lutie Gray who longs for Pearl Chester’s city luxuries. A visiting fairy shows the consequences of envy, revealing Pearl’s lonely, frail condition and a costly party illusion. The mother attributes the moral to Contentment.
Eight Connecticut young ladies have entered the religious life taking the veil. The ceremony marks a significant step in their commitment to vows and service within their communities and the church.
Literary Notices note Queen of the Lady's Books on the table for November with a beautiful principal engraving "Buy my Lilies" and Mammoth color steel fashion plate. It highlights copyright novelettes, and sells for two dollars a year with postage prepaid. Prospectus for 1875 published. address Charles J. Peterson 806 Chestnut Street Philadelphia.
The November number features Thanksgiving stories, a California tale, a sea yarn, several domestic tales and poetry, plus a continuation of the Will She Marry Him? serial on spiritualism. Available at news depots nationwide. Subscriptions $1.65 with chrome gift to subscribers. Thames & Talbot, 86 Bromfield Street, Boston.
The October issue from Leonard Scott Publishing Co lists features such as Alice Lorraine Part VIII, The Abode of Snow Part II Simla and its Celebrities II, Sir Banastre Tarleton portrait, International Vanities No VII Alien Laws VI Army Control, The Story of Valentine and his Brother Part IX, School Board Religion, Horatian Lyrics and three translated odes, The Founders of Modern Liberalism. The issue includes profiles and literary pieces across history and politics with noted titles.
The November issue is available at book and newsdealers for 35 cents. Contents include Mr Howell’s new novel A Foregone Conclusion, Eugene Pickering, Miss Guernsey’s Husband, personal sketches by Mr St James Jr, How I Came to Study Spiritual Phenomena, A True Story by Mark Twain, Reb el’s Recollections by George Cary Eggleston, A Little Brief Authority, Sketch of Professor Jeffries Wyman by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Behind the Scenes by Charles Warren Stoddard, Athenian and American Life by John Fiske, Whittier and Thaxter poetry, and critique pieces on Parkman’s Histories and Education. Published by Houghton & Co Boston and Hurd & Houghton New York.
The Eclectic for November features entertainment and serious content including Fing er Rings Professor Tyndall’s Belfast address Woman Suffrage and a review of Montalembert by the Duc d Aumale Also items on A Roman Funeral and Sumner In Memoriam plus chapters from Far from the Madding Crowd and two portraits The issue is published by E R Pelton 108 Fulton Street New York Terme 5 a year two copies 9 single issue 45 cents.
The issue features illustrated plates headed Dinner Time and Rescues at Sea, among others like Normandy Cattle and Alhambra views. A new editorial voice appears with American's Example and a potential Lost Lillian Bracy continuation, plus Mrs H G Rowe’s The Eagle in the Sea and an essay on Rescues at Sea.
The Aldine Company outlines an Art Union like the English model with six thousand subscriber series. Premiums valued at 2500 dollars will be distributed per series of subscribers. Subscription tickets cost six dollars, granting one year of The Aldine, a new chromo, and a premium lottery entry.
The November Overland Monthly presents about fifteen pieces including John Muir on Post-glacial Denudation, Billy's Wife by Mrs. Baker, Guizot criticism, Miss Coolbrith’s poetry, and Browne’s Kaspar Lauser note. It also includes Meade Lake Pompeii scene, Tokio New Year’s Eve, a new poem A Dream of Doubt, and two part love story by Miss Kinnen, with Zoe’s Father and a Netherlands travel sketch. Subscription note announces January start and prepaid postage.
The November number introduces a new volume with Florida illustrations and fruit climate notes, plus Lourdes imagery, J Trowbridge portrait and poem, a Dr Holland illustration, Verne and Wagner pieces, short stories by Boyesen and Stockton, Charles Sumner recollections, clergy and women debate, and a new serial by Dr Holland with forthcoming travel and farmer features.
The Illinois Schoolmaster endorses Prof. W. B. Powell for Superintendent of Public Instruction, praising his experience as a practical teacher and school manager. It argues a teacher vote for Powell across the state to influence legislators to improve schools, despite a convention’s political ring.
A notice circulated by mail to Louisville manufacturers condemns employing African American firemen. It threatens action if plants rely on Black workers and claims white workers will occupy such posts within three weeks unless insured.
A fragmented quotation attributed to John Newtik warns that temptation grows from small beginnings. The speaker suggests that a green log and a candle may be left together safely, but adding shavings and sticks gradually leads to the log becoming ashes.
A puzzling case centers on a man seen in a misty setting while investigators search for a woman described as four separate mysteries. No arrests or identities released as authorities urge witnesses to come forward.
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