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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1873
Page
1
A lyric fragment praising Jeannie with repeated appeals to love. The speaker vows devotion even unto death, picturing a twilight kiss and a solitary grove where hands meet and affection deepens. It presents a romantic, archaic poetic voice and imagery of farewell and enduring heart.
Poetic exhortation urging children to kneel and pray at dawn and dusk. It ties daily scenes of nature to devout reflection, urges prayer to God to resist temptation, comfort sorrow, and seek Jesus for eternal life, ending with hopeful praise.
In Brussels Elizabeth recalls a shared nightmare of mesmerism and a terrifying figure with a prominent sharp nose seen beside their bed, while her husband laughs at the fear as they debate their travels. They resolve to avoid grim sights and seek happier paths on their continued honeymoon voyage.
Locke and Jones of Toledo Ohio announce Locke s Dollar Monthly a new forty eight page literary magazine to rival four dollar publications in quality editing by D R Locke Nasby. It carries poetry sketches and stories from top authors with politics ignored and will mail at one dollar per year. Subscriptions received before November 16 earn two years for one dollar.
The New York Evening Post reports Littell's Living Age, published by Littell & Gray in Boston, has flourished so long that many families recall a time when it did not arrive weekly, and its thousands of readers view it as part of the country’s civilization alongside schools and holidays.
The Atlantic (Boston) offers Dr Holmes eleventh sitting at Breakfast Table as a top entry. It praises A Dinner Party and James Parton’s Jefferson sketch on his 1789 return from France. It notes Part II of Guest's Confession, John Fiske on mythology, and ongoing chapters of A Comedy of Terrors. Prodigal in Tahiti and current literature, art, wars, and politics are editorials.
A November issue opens with Northern Russia and St. Petersburg by Edna Dean Proctor and includes Rossetti’s Days of Vanity, I. H.'s The Singer's Friends, and new serial Arthur Bonnicastle. Hawthorne's Last Bequest by T. W. Higginson plus stories Kate Parkman's Wedding Days and The Tidtorn Deficit accompany poetry by Thaxter Whitney and Allen. Other departments cover Topics of the Time and Culture and Progress.
The November Eclectic features a steel-engraved portrait of James Anthony Froude and an excellent biographical sketch of the late William Henry Seward from the New York Tribune. It includes seventeen articles with essays on Japan, a voyage to the ringed planet, George Eliot, Paris secrets, and stories plus poems. Published by E. R. Pelton at 108 Fulton Street New York. Terms: $5 yearly, two copies $9, single issue 45 cents.
Nast illustrations showcase Mr Greeley tied to a tobacco merchant dummy as a hindrance to his political ascent. A full page previews Tribune’s November 6 issue with Greeley borne home from Chappaqua. Also features Taking the Waters at Baden The Last Sitting of the Geneva Court of Arbitration and serials Middlemarch and Little Kate Kirby.
D Appleton New York presents Fenimore Cooper s Prairie as the final issue in the illustrated Leather Stocking Folio series. The five novels Deerslayer Mohicans Pathfinder Pioneers Prairie feature new Darley illustrations and are priced at seventy five cents, said to be the neatest cheapest edition of these celebrated American literary works.
A Minnesota paper notes a bold line about sixty four fine looking unmarried girls at Brainerd, implying real estate buyers or sellers used a provocative phrase to attract attention. The item reveals era era sensationalism in small town advertising.
The proclamation of the President awakens a national wish for the fast arrival of Thanksgiving Day. The past year saw drought and famine, fires, and ruin, while this year brings abundant harvests from coast to coast. Prosperity in farms and churches grows, and missionary work advances. Peaceful arbitration at Geneva is cited, and the piece urges gratitude and prayer to God for blessings.
The piece argues that Christian anger can be good when it defends justice and opposes sin, but warns against malice and vindictive habits. It cites Isaac Taylor and compares uncontrolled rage to wearing armor. true defense requires timely, proportional action and lawful safeguards, not constant hostility.
A religious reflection on liberty and Christian virtue citing Brainard and Dr. Chalmers. It argues liberty rests on benevolence and love to God and man, and describes the Christian journey as recognizing sin and seeking growth. Beecher’s sentiment frames cultivation of virtue as akin to tilling soil and awaiting harvest.
A collection of pithy, satirical lines and anecdotes from a Western editor. Jests touch on infancy, balloons, curses of ceremony, a Chinese murder case in San Francisco, and moral quips about justice, manners, and village life. Notable bits include a riddle about a table with legs, a yarn about a Georgia Dolly Varden, and remarks on gardens and irrigation.
A garbled OCR passage appears to record an Irishman in a store with a muddled exchange about faith and misheard requests. The text is jumbled, containing phrases like faith, male, and a preacher, ending with a remark about lighting and darkness. No coherent event or names are recoverable.
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