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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1878
Page
3
A nostalgic verse describes a moonless night walk with a lover. Stars shine through mist as the narrator guides and holds the beloved’s wrist toward a garden gate. The couple share a kiss under a sky bright with starlight.
From Fort Benton to Helena, an 1878 explorer chronicles Montana’s Sun River Basin. He notes Silver Creek and Penobscot mines, thriving Silver City farms, vast canyon scenery, coal near Dearborn, Bird Tale Divide rock formations, and a fertile Sun River Valley with 75 settlers, abundant cattle, sheep, and horses. High-quality horse ranches, large harvests, and irrigation potential mark a land of potential for settlers and investors.
The article surveys Bear Paw and Fort Benton scenes. It notes over 8000 head of bear steers marketed locally, the Sun River to Fort Benton prairie, and buffalo still near telegraph poles. It depicts rail and river transport challenges and the approaching Utah & Northern Railroad. It describes Fort Benton’s fur trade, exports near 6 million in 15 years, and a 500-man workforce across boats and wagons. It also portrays river craft, including the Colonel MacLeod steamer, mackinaws, and renewed town growth toward Great Falls.
The article explains that body humors and acids resemble those of baser metals and tarnish or dissolve jewelry. It notes some wearers tolerate cheap brass ear wires, while others develop sore ears after brief use. It cites cases where jewelry below eighteen carats tarnishes quickly due to body chemistry, attributing issues to wearer constitution rather than poor goods.
A tale set at Pewee station features Captain Jase Phillips and a bold negro who rides a train called the cow-snatcher. The cow is struck by the engine, tumbling into a cornfield, and the rider limps back later, joking that the cow rode off and there was no room for both at the depot. He vows to ride only on safer parts of the wagon-hitch next time.
A German paper notes green foods vary in nutritive value and decline as clover and lucerne age. Feeders should mix dry matter or hay to offset deterioration. Dry fodder offers saccharine content not present in green forms, while green fodder becomes more woody with maturity.
A Scientific American based tip urges tapping the wound with a small instrument to induce bleeding and numbness, then protect with a clean cloth and cerate. The method, claimed to prevent inflammation, cites punctures from a coal rake, pig bite, burns, and rusty nails as examples.
The text prescribes cold linseed poultices on the hoof and heels when navicular lameness is in early stages. Apply one poultice daily for three to four days, then wash the foot with soap and water. Keep a vinegar and water mix to moisten as it dries. After four days, apply a blister at the coronet. prognosis noted as poor if caries is present.
An aging judge, fond of the fair sex, boards a train car and sits beside a stunningly modest woman. He offers peaches and asks questions, claiming they’ve met before. She retorts that he had her jailed for thirty days last year and has judged her thirteen times, then fled.
Emilio Castelar the Spanish Republican delivers a toast in Tarbes France praising French companions for a government strong yet not arbitrary order, liberty without license, democracy without radicalism, a republic without utopias, stability without reaction and progress without haste.
An inventive German inventor Otto Frank enau has devised a purse with a built in five chamber revolver loaded with five millimetre cartridges. The pistol sits in the left side of the frame and is released by a spring trap door aligning the muzzle for near instant firing. The device aims to deter robbery by allowing the bearer to shoot a thief while appearing to comply. The mechanism is simple and safe for legitimate use, requiring a strong pull on the trigger to fire.
An Irish gentleman at Long Branch quips that the lady is very disagreeable at table and that if he lived in the same house with her she would be the only one in it. The remark reflects social humor of the era.
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