13 Nov 1878
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1878
Page
1
A fragmentary verse describes a snowbound moonlit midnight by a damp grave where Mary weeps beside her lover. A warm tear freezes into ice, then is found by an angel who places the frozen drop in her diadem, hinting at pity from another realm.
A reflective poem recalling Maggie at seventeen as the speaker recalls being one and twenty. It contrasts youth and aging, describing her brown hair blue eyes and soft voice, and notes that time changes much but not the heart she gave.
A frontier tale unfolds in a western settlement where the Border Scourge terrorized travelers. Tom Abbott, a California miner turned farmer, awaits the return of his daughter Edith Abbott, promised to join him after a long separation. Captain Oscar Mowbray’s cavalry escort arrives with Edith, drawing the wary attention of settlers and the infamous robber.
In a western frontier tale, Edith Abbott is rescued as the Border Scourge abducts her. Captain Oscar Mowbray pursues the outlaw, fights off his band, and uncovers Edith’s location with aid from an Indian scout. The climactic confrontation ends with the outlaw slain by an allied chief, and Edith’s marriage to Oscar follows at the fort.
A Parisian thief in durance vile received hair and a book leaf as a coded message from his intended bride. The leaf, a common novel page, held twenty six lines. Hair lengths mapped to letters forming a slang sentence warning of a rescue plot. The governor used the device in reverse, catching the rescuers in their own trap.
Dean Ramsay narrates a tale of a youth seated opposite a clergyman who, after a late night, had stashed a pack of cards. He pulls a handkerchief, cards scatter, and the amused minister quips in Scots about the Psalm buik being ill bought.
The Chicago Tribune reports deep concern over England's cotton industry. North Lancashire faces a worsening trade, with cautious London notes and no hopeful signals. Firms sell at sacrifices as shorter hours and wage cuts loom, while workers resist. Export and import values fall, with cotton goods down 4.44 percent in quantity and 7 percent in value, and iron and steel also down. England’s export trade grows bleak, financing strains rise, and government costs, including Beaconsfield’s era, add to the gloom. The piece notes European and American competition, and outlines a broader industrial malaise across Britain, contrasted with U S debtor concerns.
An essay extols ugly little women over tall beauties, arguing their vitality, selflessness, and homely charm surpass superficial looks. It claims beauty often brings trouble, while ugliness embodies devotion, sincerity, and solace in home life, urging society to value their quiet contributions.
A Valley Farmer reports a field treated with sawdust from yard work, spread before plowing and sowed with oats. On sandy loam soil the dressed area yielded oats about half the weight of untreated parts, with tops of grain drooping like terraces, suggesting sawdust applied green injures soil crops.
The article extols moral progress and heroism during the South’s darkest hours. It lauds nurses who faced fever and death, leaving home comforts to aid the afflicted, alongside universal praise for civilian self-denial and charitable giving in depression. It asserts such courage proves human nobility and civic vitality.
Instructions from the Ohio Farmer describe early ring installation for bulls with a six to seven month window, detailing tools, steps, and handling tips. It covers nerve, patience, and safety, noting dairy stock use and claims of no cruelty, with emphasis on securing, guiding, and finishing the procedure.
The Industrie Progressive notes metals can be rapidly colored by a thin sulphuric acid layer. Depending on layer thickness and exposure, tints range from gold to carmine to reddish white. Prepolished surfaces remain bright. Lead acetate in water at 88–90 degrees yields black lead sulfide deposits, coloring objects by deposit thickness. Bronze can show red or green hues with similar acid use. Marble-like finishes possible by applying lead gum tragacanth before heating to 100 degrees and exposing to the precipitate.
An eight year old son greets his father home. The boy assures safety and good behavior, saying Jennie is all right and nothing has happened. The exchange ends with the father asking about the family and the boy replying with a humorous self praise.
A collage of kitchen tips and home remedies covers salad dressing with vinegar and coconut icing, whipping icing with sugar, and preserving flowers. It also offers guidance on rust removal, stain treatment, vine training ideas, and general household chores. The tone mirrors an outdated domestic advice column with practical steps and tips for everyday care.
A beam technology note describes cutting rails at nearly white hot temperature using dark glass to judge cooling. Rails are viewed through blue or orange yellow glass until glow vanishes, then cut to equal length. The method aims for identical final lengths after cooling.
A large hog raiser describes a 40 foot long hog house with six foot high stone walls and an eight foot frame, central feed entry, side pens eight by ten feet, slat troughs for feeding and water, small 12 inch doors to outdoor pens for cleanliness, six by ten foot outside pens, a 12 by 24 slave house attached, steamer stop tanks granaries, potential smoke house, suggestion to add a hen house, warning about hen lice, and a pump piping system to deliver feed from a well connected by pipes.
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