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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1869
Page
13
Fragments evoke a tender meditation on love and parenthood with poetic imagery of twilight, children’s voices, and a spectral breeze. The verses drift through memory and longing, naming distant lands and celestial harmonies as the heart recalls shared vows and constellated hope.
In Bordeaux a famed Comte de V- provokes a duel with a strawberry-eating stranger. The stranger, educated in England, rebukes the Count for cowardice and deceit, challenges him to a fair fight, and defeats him with skill and resolve. The Count’s final humiliation ends his dueling career.
A humorous tale finds a Squire annoyed by his wife who delays his visit by asking about dinner. The couple argues over meals leading to a joke about lettuce and a fifty dollar carpet debt. The friend laughs as dinner finally arrives and the Squire pays for the dispute.
A poem titled Mischief and Home recounts playful youths and pranks around the village. The verses praise a character named Mischief as a ringleader, detailing cheeky acts from opening garden gates to probing wells and disturbing chores.
Meriden baker Mr. Poncey faced pilfering of his loaves as boys stole fresh cakes. He sought reform rather than punishment and conspired with a village doctor to add a mild emetic to dough. The plan backfired when the youths fell ill and fled, leaving the baker’s show window shamelessly raided and parents alarmed.
A sprawling roundup of statistics and curiosities notes Alabama coal fields spanning 1000 miles, Indiana children ages 6 to 21 total 609305, and a London sermon denouncing corsets. It cites 110000 Mecca pilgrims, 26k more than 1808, $300 million for 1965 horses in 21 Northern states, and 430 hummingbird species confined to the Western continent.
The text describes a community upheaval where youths were targeted and a physician named Dosem remained calm. He reassured families at bedsides while convalescent youths recovered, with observers noting his skill and earning reputation as the lads improved and no further cases arose.
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