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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1879
Page
6
A catalog of new books includes Bayard Taylor on German literature with lectures and notes, Adams on railway accidents and data, a classical dictionary ready reference, and a painting guide. The piece also mentions a Texan town scene and a prehistoric discovery near Stramberg.
The Farwell Register describes two ancient forts along the Rifle River in Ogemaw County Michigan. The Upper Fort sits on a high riverbank with four gateways and a log rampart. the Lower Fort near the river features similar gateways and a high embankment. Dated tree rings indicate construction around 1641, predating English settlement, with fort walls about 600 feet in circumference and timber age up to 390 years.
A New York Herald letter describes Southerners who moved after the Civil War to Santarem on the Amazon in Brazil. The colony survives mainly on cachnea rum, with food and clothing very basic. Of 210 original settlers, 154 have died or left, 56 remain including 14 born there, and 42 of the original forty-two still survive in the colony.
In Washington Notes, the author contrasts hardship among poor whites with small northern farmers. A gravely injured man begs the doctor for money, saying his injury is severe and costly. An Irish girl soaks codfish with soap after being ordered to prepare dinner.
Sellers' Pronounced by ath to fe the trost Peasant and bleeds remedy now of use for the cure of Cons Cold s Croup Hoarseness etc. Sold by all druggists at 2a aunts per bottle. SELLERS LIVER PILLS recommended for liver complaints constipation and fever and ague. Sold by all druggists at 25 cents per box.
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