20 Nov 1878
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1878
Page
1
A fragment from a New York Graphic feature describes fall in vivid, charged imagery. It weaves seasonal scenes with ghostly beauty and social notes, mentioning Georgiana and Miss Mary Anne among aspirational vignettes. The piece blends nature, fashion, romance, and a hint of satire on politics.
Nellie tells how a flirtation with Clarence Devarges ends in heartbreak and a near betrayal of her fiancé Jack Holly. After a late train delays, Devarges tries to steal money from Nellie but is thwarted when Jack returns, revealing devotion and reconciliation.
Captain Roscoe Burke recounts a sinking on the Mississippi near St. Louis when the Henry Clay backed from a wood wharf. Passengers leaped overboard as a boiler failed. a 12 year old boy and his mother struggled in the waves. The boy refused救 rope to save himself, urging rescue for his mother instead. Both were saved, and the mother praised her heroic son.
Kollmer Holstein reports a diamond wedding celebration as the seventy fifth marriage anniversary of two of its 1,400 parishioners. Two more such occasions are nearing, and in the last fourteen years ten similar ceremonies have occurred.
A reflection comparing savagery and civilization argues most diseases arise from ignorance, mismanagement, filth, and poverty rather than Providence. It critiques quackery and emphasizes prevention, pure air and water, proper bathing, balanced eating, and avoiding overfeeding in hard times as key remedies.
The London Financial Reform Almanac shows royal allocations including £60,000 for the privy purse and £346,239 for the royal household. Individuals such as the Princess Royal £8,000, Prince of Wales £40,000, Princess of Wales £10,000, and others receive varying sums totaling about £2,000,000. The Queen’s private income runs near £100,000, and the Prince of Wales near £70,000 from the Duchy of Lancaster. Clergy costs and annuities push annual state outlays high, while Britain’s debt surpasses the U S by about 75 percent in 1875.
The Massachusetts Magazine in 1789 notes a northern Pennsylvania creek named Oil Creek feeding the Allegheny River. A spring yields oil resembling Barbadoes tar, with several gallons daily. troops guarding western posts bathed joints and drank the water for a mild purgative. Earlier references appear in Peter Kalm’s 1782 Travels in North America.
Dr. Hornstein of Prague Observatory reports wind observations from 1849 using Kreil’s anemometer. Data sent to the Vienna Academy show wind speed and direction vary with sunspot cycles, aligning with Wolf’s sunspot numbers and the aurora’s secular variation. Mean wind velocity rises from sunspot minimum to maximum, then falls as sunspot activity wanes. Wind direction shifts from westward to a more southerly trend during high sunspot periods, reversing as sunspots decline.
Flood the California millionaire plans a grand residence on 1600 acres of San Francisco Bay land. The 100 by 200 foot house resembles a French chateau with many gables and two 140 foot towers. Verandas surround, with a 100 foot dining room and large wine room. Completion is expected in five years, plus a city residence of similar splendor.
Dr Luke P Blackburn asserts yellow fever starts from infection and is preventable by strict quarantine. He says the fever came to New Orleans aboard the Russia from Havana and did not originate in Memphis or other ruined cities. He cites Union City Tenn and congressional quarantine efforts along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts as proof that ports can be protected.
The piece traces the rise and fall of gold speculation in New York from its 1862 recognition to a sharp decline by 1877. It notes the Gold Board’s former power and daily clearings near $100,000,000, then a drift to about $40,000,000 in 1876 and around a million in late years. Many operators left the business as gold premiums diminished.
Practical guidance on preserving frostbitten plants washing silk dresses and removing stains. Advice covers onion preparation fruit stain removal wine stains silk care and planting pelargoniums fuchsias and heliotropes for winter. Also muses on art decor carpets and hair washing for health and relief from headaches and colds.
A World correspondent writes of famine in China beginning in December 1876 with thousands dying as 100,000 refugees reached Yangchow. Rev Timothy Richards describes widespread hunger, reliance on bark and grass as locusts swarm, and abuses including selling women and children. Official records cite over 100,000 people sold in one district.
A conjurer requests a signet ring and selects a large oval seal ring. He mumbles Hindostanee phrases and, using cloth, makes the ring rise and move toward a rupee. The ring then returns to the conjurer and the coin is again within reach, both objects engaging in a dancing, jerking motion.
The Cairo and St Louis Railway pany issued tickets worth twenty five cents each that could be redeemed only for meals on the road. The notes resembled bank paper and bore large numbers. It was suspected the object was to circulate currency. The general manager is under a United States law prohibiting issuing notes or obligations intended to circulate as money.
A Lawrence priest arrived at a church for a wedding and found a young man and a young woman waiting. He started the ceremony before they could object, realizing his mistake as confusion ensued.
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