13 Nov 1873
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1873
Page
1
The excerpt presents a worn woman sewing in rags, voice heavy with sorrow as she endures endless work. She repeats work phrases while imagining a shroud and laments the Christian duty ignored by society. She questions death’s chill as famine and cheap flesh haunt her.
A poem in which a mother fears for her child despite the child’s zeal and joy. She recalls a drowning scare and her belief that the father walked with God at sea. The speaker reassures her, citing faith in the father’s God and a wish to join him rather than fear. The mother prays to never again fear for the child as she entrusts him to Heaven.
The narrator and Elizabeth sail the Rhine on a crowded day. A ghostly figure with a peculiar nose appears in Wiesbaden, and Elizabeth falls unconscious. They flee to Lucerne where Elizabeth vanishes with a mysterious dark gentleman. The narrator raids hotels, questions staff, and hires detectives, but after twenty years remains unable to find her.
In a letter from Camp at Beaver Utah Territory during September 1872, Lieut Dinwiddie recounts hardship and progress of mapping the desolate Great Desert region. He describes rendezvous points in Beaver City and Toquerville, daily marches, and gatherings with Lieuts Hoxie Marshall Mott Wheeler. The narrative covers harsh mornings, supply details, and observations at Cedar City and Harmony, including local views on Mormon society and the iron works at Iron City. The party, aided by Beaver Post officers, pushes toward Toquerville with a scientific team and wagon train, noting terrain, flora, fauna, and mineral prospects along the Colorado basin frontier.
A burglar attempt occurred at Emanuel Field clothing store around midnight Wednesday. A round opening was cut in the south front window light with a diamond tool to admit a man but failed as glass broke during removal. Adolph Lille woke, alarmed the thieves, who fled. Only glass loss estimated at five to ten dollars.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.