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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1870
Page
6
A humorous reminiscence recalls Bittle Lolks and a grandpa misplacing his spectacles. A child’s pictorial dialogue describes the chase, with playful lines about heaven, a Bible, and a ghostly fear turning into laughter at a messy scene.
Fragmentary verse recalls two little darlings welcoming a parent at night. The playful tones describe tiny creatures in a wide world, cheered by merriment and bedtime stories meant to comfort and inspire faith and hope.
A crumbling fairy tale world unfolds with Zitella discovering a white kitten that transforms into Loriel the lost princess. Loriel explains a curse by a jealous fairy queen and a murder of Gobbelawlus, culminating in a royal reawakening as Loriel regains the throne and Zitella’s place as heroine.
The piece catalogs insects and related critters eaten worldwide from locusts to spiders, noting Arab, Indian, Chinese, and colonial tastes. It cites explorers and scientists to illustrate insects as a survival food, arguing humans may rely on them in extremis.
A humorous tale recounts a speaker's bet to coerce his wife's stingy father to invite him to dinner. He narrates his scheme and the moment he approaches the house at one o'clock, promising to describe how the plan unfolds and the result of the audacious challenge.
Rev. D Jebb argues the alphabet originated as a divine gift, contrasting ancient scripts and suggesting Moses brought the first alphabetic system to Israel. He questions Chinese writing and predates all other theories, positing the decalogue as connected to the first document written.
A White Pine News item suggests dry Rocky Mountain lands were once sea floor. A 100 mile distant plateau reportedly yields marine shells and fish fossils, plus a massive petrified creature of whale like form with antennae. It weighs about ten tons and hints at an ancient leviathan.
The Atlantic Monthly excerpt recounts Fechter’s 1830s encounter with Madame George Sand during Claudie at Porte Saint Martin. Boccage offered the lead old man role but Fechter declined saying he preferred the plowboy part, challenging the casting dynamic.
A gloomy visitor offers lodging and breakfast in Alleghany and pledges to kill all the rats for one dollar. The plan collapses when Bepler discovers the man's threat to use a hoop iron and vanishes, leaving the tenant to seek other rat-hunting assignments.
A fragmentary verse by Joh Billings laments lost simplicity and moral rigor of past years. It contrasts austere ministers and honest politics with modern excess while recalling rustic foods and industrious couples. The Tribune notes Democratic papers urging voters amid anticipated trouble from armed repeaters in New York on election day.
Genius returns are complete from Virginia counties except eleven and estimate 1960 population at 1,209,600, down about 1,000 since the last census. A Southern father praises his daughter saying she could paw ivory and howl and paw a washboard like a mule.
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