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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1871
Page
4
A miscellaneous Dubuque column notes Ralph Waldo Simerson lecturing next month, Thanksgiving turkey quips, winter weather, and local ads. It mentions Mt Carroll news, duck shooting, church costs, stray sarcasm about rail gauges, violet views on festivals, and a gossip of offices and printers amidst a collage of jokes and notices.
HOG Bhumway opens a banking house in Palo and earns high regard among Carroll and Whiteside county businessmen. Railway work advances on the Chicago and Stock River road Amboy to Rock Falls, with wrading finishing and rails laid. Lafayette and Bloomington railroad reaches Fora county with four acres bought in Bloomington for depot and shops. Gen S D Atkins to speak at Decne before the Mrnbury Literary Society on Sherman’s March to the Sea, with another program planned. Depot rebuilds for Chicago Rok Island and Pacific and Michigan Southern lines on Van Buren Street in Chicago are announced in the same style as a burned building.
Armatrong's Star Dramatic Company performed at Wilcoxon's Opera House with the Penk family, inviting all to hear them next Monday evening. A 2d National Bank director election elected Jacob Krohn, Esq. to replace Walter P. Hunt. The路 Niots river is nine inches low, alarming locals about inland town prospects for Peorians. The New York Chamber of Commerce relief fund for Chicago Wisconsin Michigan sufferers totals 906310.67 dollars. Grant County Herald notes a fence fight between farmers in Fennimore, unk and Schrieber, with injuries described, reflecting frequent fence disputes in Jo Daviess County.
A notice clarifies that Pelton and Bigler have not dissolved their business interests. The firm A. Pel ton & Co. continues to operate in jewelry and music instrument sales, maintaining full involvement in the music department as before.
A Concord village resident in Iroquoi county asked the Board for a $40 appropriation for a poor widow Jady who lost her husband in the army and has several small children. The petitioner is her daughter, recently indicted for keeping a traveling tippling house. The board properly denied pauper status for the widow.
The Michigan Central railroad extends toward New York as river tunnel excavation between Detroit and Windsor begins next week after lengthy opposition from Detroit old guard. Mark Twain guest at Boston Music Hall introduced Samuel Clemens with humor, claiming he is the parity.
The December 12 total eclipse will not be visible in the Western Hemisphere. The path of totality starts in the Indian Ocean near Mindostan and Bombay, then arcs east over Sumatra Java New Guinea and Pacific islands, ending on the equator mid ocean. Conjunction lasts 3 hours 23 minutes, with total obscurity at any single point lasting only minutes.
Ta Greay Christian Union edited by Rev Ward Beecher offers renewals and new subscriptions for 1872 with handsome chromes Wide Awake and Fast Asleep. Mrs Almira Brong canvassing agent in this city aims to expand subscriber list.
Miss Hulett of Rockford will lecture at Brown's Hall Saturday evening November 26 on the propriety of excluding women from professions. The piece notes her denial by the Illinois Supreme Court and praises her talent, education, and elocution, promising a crowded house.
Ministers of Freeport endorse a temperance bill and urge passage. The act imposes liability on sellers and owners of premises for intoxication damages, allows suits by injured persons or spouses, and includes penalties and lien terms. The measure targets sale or furnishing of liquor to intoxicated individuals and extends to leased properties where liquor is sold.
A Raleigh dispatch says nearly two hundred Ku-Klux will be tried at the term of court on the 27th instant. Most will confess with many making conflicting statements. One man claims a Methodist preacher swore him in and named political figures as leaders. The defense will argue the order is purely political.
Professor Upham describes the steamer captain as he notices inward resolve reshape outward posture. The scene centers on leadership and national symbols as the captain guides departures with dignity, while Upham argues true beauty comes from noble aims giving life purpose.
A moral exhortation urging parents to refrain from overbearing rules at meals. If a child spills, smashes a goblet, or misbehaves mildly, respond with patience and courtesy rather than anger. Advocate treating children with generosity and gentleness, aligning with a christic approach to mishaps.
A measured approach to discipline advised by Dr. Hall advocates addressing faults after a calm interval. Explain impropriety kindly, show the error, and appeal to self respect. If needed, harsher measures exist but are rare, aiming for equanimity and consistent guidance.
Seven weeks after a great fire, the south division shows over two hundred brick and stone buildings rising along a three and a half mile front. Temperatures ten degrees below freezing fail to slow carpenters and masons as fires keep mortars warm and hammers echo through blocked streets. The Field, Leiter & Co. dry goods house and other hotels stand among rapidly erected brick facades as Chicago presses on with reconstruction.
Reports from Salt Lake City and Helena describe severe snow slides and a brutal storm on the plains and Wasatch mining districts. Dozens feared dead or missing. cattle and buffalo perished. temperatures plummeted to 80 below and lower. several groups frozen, with horses and cattle lost, and deliveries halted as rescue efforts continue.
In Wisconsin at Praire Du Chien the Mississippi river is closed while three days of extreme cold and an inch of snow persist. The official statewide Republican majority is reported near ten thousand with Governor Fairchild returning from Green Bay to oversee relief for burnt district sufferers aided by about 250000 in relief funds. A railroad laborer at Merrimac survived a sixty five foot fall onto river ice with minor injuries.
Quote about inner grief and public perception: a world sees a man as cold when sadness hides within his heart.
A concise aphorism asserts truthfulness forms a sturdy foundation for character, warning that lax honesty in youth weakens the base of personal integrity. It emphasizes early moral discipline as essential to lifelong trust and credibility.
Reports from Central America and South America describe powerful offshore and onshore earthquakes. Panamanian and Honduran coasts felt tremors near Poniy ertad on the 16th, while Iquique and surrounding towns endured strong shocks on October 5. Panicked residents fled, many homes damaged, fires started, and railways blocked. several injuries reported but few lives lost.
At the convention fourteen states were replaced. Mrs Coulter of Illinois presided. Resolutions declare suffrage the primary objective and demand removal of legal industrial and educational disabilities. A call to Congress to establish woman suffrage in Territories was adopted along with other resolutions.
Terrible collision between two steamships near Alexandria results in many deaths. Aboard were passengers and pilgrims. seventy five or more reported drowned while attempting to swim to safety. The wreck provoked a frantic rescue effort as ships strained to render aid.
A fragment notes that some women pursue wealthy husbands through showy dress while acknowledging men balk at costly attire. It argues laboring under delusions about husbands’ worth tied to fashion follies, suggesting men fail to chase such trends. The piece reflects era attitudes on cost and taste in marriage.
A fragment from a medical dialogue shows a doctor asking if the patient has taken remedy. The patient admits uncertainty while mentioning having many physic. The readable lines reflect a historic interrogation over treatment and cures.
Fragmentary remark suggests speculation on future and human nature with a cryptic attribution to Landon. No clear event, date, or organization present in readable text.
In the excerpt from Lyttleton, wit is not sharply leveled but centered at the heart where cleanliness often causes a smile. The lines hint at a gentle moral or social reflection on appearances and virtue.
A schoolmaster recently informed pupils that the feminine gender is applied to all vessels and ships afloat including massiegmers and men-of-war, reflecting a linguistic stance on nautical terminology.
An enigmatic fragment presents a dialogue about self and age, with the speaker reflecting on being “a hundred years ago” and contrasting it with the present. The text hints at identity, memory, and perception across time in a cryptic exchange.
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