09 Nov 1881
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1881
Page
1
A childlike monologue reveals a family scene with a distressed caregiver describing a noisy toddler, repeated mishaps, and household chaos. The speaker laments the boy’s clumsy antics, mischief, and stubborn behavior, ending with a vivid, fragmented image of daily life and care.
In Podville a freckled boy reports nothing arriving for the Miss Hopkinses, and the five sisters lament their hats. Cousin Sallie Ann vows to sew a sunbonnet from Swiss fabric as the family scrambles for a last minute solution before church.
At a Sabbath gathering in Podville, sisters and friends jockey for a fashionable hat and parasol. Geneva wins the lace trimmed straw bonnet after a playful bargain, while Sallie Ann hesitates between vanity and generosity. A young couple, Eustace and Mrs. Simpson, banter about love found at church, culminating in a joke about Sallie Ann’s sun bonnet and a new út.
A bride and groom married in the morning board a car for a honeymoon trip to San Francisco. Passengers notice the couple kissing in the tunnel and laughter erupts as the train returns to daylight. A man jokes about going back to the tunnel while the conductor responds to the unexpected scene.
The text describes lions as a danger between Zanzibar and the great lakes, noting they hunt in small packs, avoid adult elephants and buffalo, and rarely attack caravans. Lions may attack a lone traveler at night, especially near beasts of burden, but are deterred by closed wells and palisades. The primary danger arises when camps are unprotected or people venture outside.
An old Detroit Free Press tale recalls a county race and a warning to an editor. Carson and kin stormed the office with horsewhips, the editor defied them, asserting the press’s power to move or break parties. Carson vowed to retaliate, and the editor offered publication elsewhere, ending with a grim boast of continued broadsides.
A Parisian scene unfolds with Jules Sandeau and writers discussing literature’s impact. A suspended priest seeks aid, then Theophile Gautier claims a book ruined a man’s career. The trio react, recognizing the power and limits of fiction.
A Milwaukee man in Chicago sent a bouquet to a Wisconsin relative. It arrived four days late, wilted, and dead. A railroad man blamed overburdened express service and joked about a depot agent with many roles. The sender apologized for heated remarks, noting the country needs diverse industries.
A collection of rustic recipes and home experiments. Recipes describe Tomato Soup and Cabbage dishes with butter cream and soda, griddle cakes, succotash, blackberry wine, and a playful Old Harry cake. Also detailing carrot parsley and cucumber stuffed methods. The section shifts to a technical note on how tacks are made, from iron sheets to spinning heads and rapid machine speeds, with contrasts to early methods and nail production rates.
A fragment mentions a woman extinguishing a taper with her own hand and Freudenstadt attempting to shoot his wife, then being locked up. It references the Ladies Benevolent Association distributing twenty pairs of shoes to ease sorrow, and a coffee table encounter with a gentle voice tapping a friend on the shoulder.
In Hamilton county New York Edward Earl, found guilty of murdering his wife, faced a blunt judicial exchange. He expressed acceptance of the verdict and argued his act was compelled, while the judge ordered that Earl be hanged on October 14 after confined in jail awaiting the execution.
A famed Parisian expert uses his dog to expose counterfeit coins. Dealers bring mixed good and bad pieces, but the poodle noses and knocks away the false coins, convincing crowds and even courting honorary society respect. The trick relies on the dog detecting coins touched by the master and separating the fakes from the genuine articles.
The description paints a night street scene in a Spanish city with lamps torches lanterns and bright crowds in cafes. It notes lovers young and old enjoying drinks and games while politicians perform and beggars roam. It ladles a colorful spectacle of society and music likened to Arabian Nights.
Customer from Rochester New York reports long kidney illness preventing work. After using Burdock Blood Jitters for under half a bottle relief came, with plans to continue. Trial size priced at 10 cents.
The Christian Advocate publishes late Bishop FE Haven's meditation on death written before his passing. He argues fear at death is natural but optional, noting some steadiness in extremis, cites English and Roman reflections, and urges Christians to remain unmoved and accept the summons to heavenly joys.
An advertisement touts Dr Frazier s Magic Ointment as a cure for skin diseases including pimples blotches and ringworm and promises relief for Itch salt rheum tetter scald head and other conditions. It cites a Cleveland case of severe skin disease cured after failing other doctors and notes Henry Co selling Proor s Cleveland products. It also promotes Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment for piles with a $1.00 price by mail or at druggists.
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