16 Nov 1881
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1881
Page
1
An archaic verse describes a perilous sea journey toward a distant coast. The speaker questions the gain and purpose of crossing turbulent waters, seeking a brighter day beyond fog and danger. The text invokes banners, courage, and collective effort to steer toward safety and knowledge.
Pollie a flirtatious nurse at Squire Ridgeway's treacherously woos Edgar Montmorency while engaged to Leonard Hopper. A July Fourth outing ends in scandal as the key to a safe is used, revealing Leonard's plot and Pollie's deception. After weeks of estrangement, Leonard forgives her and they plan to marry, with a modest settlement to furnish a home.
In Nevada two rival four team coaches race along. A New Yorker rides as sole passenger and jokes about scenery versus speed. The drivers bet on reaching Red Hill on time while dodging bumps and dangers. The trip ends with the New Yorker noting more scenery and fewer rough spots.
In southern cities boys as young as seven walk streets bearing heavy loads of polishing sand fish or fruit, showing unexpected steadiness and responsibility learned through work. A well in Chollas Valley California struck icy water with 10,000 gallon daily capacity, sparking talk of a local brewery.
A defense of selective art reading over scattered fiction. Advocates a systematic art literature plan, tracing from Salvator Rosa to Velazquez and English art history, urging study of creative outcomes, anecdotes, and critical pieces to inspire imagination and sustain serious work.
The Nartes correspondent notes Italy’s steady emigration to the New World, with 1,300,000 Italians leaving in ten years and about 80,000 annually, amid social unrest and revolver crime in towns. A vivid Dutch farmhouse scene at Sunset Cox’s visit to Amsterdam shows a pristine cow stable, cheese halls, and domestic rooms that reveal orderly, decorative rural life.
A housekeeper laments repeated meals and argues for daily variety to maintain health and appetite. She notes hunger, dull routines, and the telltale smell of mashed potatoes when meals stay unvaried. Boiled potatoes with skins are acceptable, but constant potato peeling becomes tiresome.
Lenn Dimes reports widespread opium use across western China from Hu Pei to Szehuen with open ceremonies and family rituals. Local growth dominates supply. Indian opium remains scarce in west but trafficked eastward. In California, about 2 000 merry goats killed on South Catalina Island for pelts selling at 27 cents a pound.
A reflective essay urging self respect cleanliness, generosity, and humility. It warns against avarice and vanity, notes how wealth invites advice yet rarely breeds gratitude, and stresses open honesty, charitable giving, and inner reform over outward appearance. The piece argues knowledge, truth, love, and virtue sustain life beyond mere wealth.
A reflective piece on the first year of marriage, stressing self restraint, mutual adaptation, and careful speech. It compares idealized love with everyday life, noting dangers of complacency and the need for ongoing devotion to keep the bond alive. It cites literature and social insight to underscore enduring duties.
An old sailor recalls a remarkable clam taught by coroner Eccles to respond to customers at his bar. The clamshell performs rapid opening and closing like lips, drinks offered, and fattening on whisky and brandy, with one finger prank causing a squeal. Eccles allegedly taught the creature many tricks but not dancing.
A compact quip collection attributes wit to experience and opinion. It notes people adapt to misfortune, warns against rigid belief, and mocks self importance. It contrasts two kinds of fools, praises practical doctors, and observes paradoxes in human nature and public virtue.
The article discusses marriage among older adults, arguing that unions based on mutual support and comfort can be as valid as love matches. It notes that schoolchildren view marriage as a joke, while mature pairs often form sincere partnerships aimed at companionship, stability, and mutual help in old age, reducing fear of divorce.
An advertisement touts Dr. Frazier's Magic Ointment as a universal cure for skin diseases including pimples, blotches, itch, salt rheum, and ulcers. It cites F. Drake of Cleveland who supposedly found relief after doctors failed, and promotes Henry & Co as sole distributors in Cleveland Ohio. It also markets Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointment for piles at a dollar by mail through druggists.
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