13 Nov 1872
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1872
Page
1
A dramatic depiction of a worn woman sewing through hunger and dirt. The narrator contrasts Christian duty with slave-like labor. The poem laments high bread costs and cheap human life while invoking calls to workers and men with sisters and wives.
A husband recounts a Rhine boat journey with Elizabeth, storms, and vivid scenes, then at Wiesbaden she vanishes after a mysterious man with a peculiar nose is seen. Years later he still searches Lucerne for clues, never finding Elizabeth who disappeared twelve days after their departure.
Correspondent reports arduous progress across desert routes from Salt Lake to Beaver Utah amid rough wagon trains and infantry support. He details camps at Minersville Rush Lake Warm Branch and Cedar City descriptive notes on geography, miners, local towns, and interactions with Mormon society including polygamy. He lists personnel, supplies, and movements for the expedition toward Toquerville and the Canons, ending with a sign-off from Mepipian.
A bereaved mother recalls fearing for her child as he grows, until the fatal news comes that he has drowned at sea. She narrates the moment she holds him, the haunting prayers, and the shift to faith, with the father’s God near and the Savior as brother. The speaker finds solace in heavenly trust.
A midnight attempt by unknown thieves to enter Emanuel Trille's clothing store failed. They cut a round opening in a south front side light with a diamond, broke glass during the escape, waking Adolph Hilb. Loss limited to window glass valued at five to ten dollars per Rochelle Register.
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