This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1876
Page
3
Religious reading prayer begs God to hear a sinner's plea. It asks for mercy through faith, comfort for distress, release from sinful thoughts, and a soul granted rest with the blessed. The speaker seeks divine grace for inner transformation and eternal peace.
An earnest spiritual reflection of a young woman seeking solace in faith, followed by a travel narrative from Denver August on the Kansas Pacific route. The writer details western towns, rail lines, colonies, and agricultural abundance along the route from Kansas City to Salina and beyond, praising settlement, industry, and future prosperity.
The piece argues for starting Sunday observance on Saturday night in New England. It praises Saturday as preparation time to bring order to attire and duties, avoid last moment rushes, and foster devotion. It notes misplaced Sunday preparation leads to confusion, with pins, buttons, polishing, and offerings all overdue.
The Bethany Mission of the Broad way Tabernacle Church celebrated its eight anniversary in the chapel at Ninth avenue and Thirty-sixth street. Notable features included addresses by Rey Dr Win Taylor and Rey Charles J Jones. The Sunday school grew from about thirty to nearly 1200 on its roll with seventy five teachers.
Mass Ploughman urges farmers and mechanics with young chickens to shelter fowls from drafts, provide warmth, ventilation, clean water, and varied food. Keep droppings tidy and offer shells. Regular care yields fresh eggs and healthy birds for the table.
Fragmentary OCR shows Freeport Post Office mail arrivals and departures with routes to Chicago via Northern Southern Western and other lines. It lists posted hours for year round and seasonal variations with opening times from early morning to early evening and holiday adjustments. Names Smilh D Atkins P.N. appear as signatories along with times 400 pm 800 am 7206 pm 640 am 600 pm.
Vegetine is described as a compound from barks roots and herbs touted as Nature’s Remedy. It claims to be harmless nourishing and strengthening and acts on the blood calming the nervous system and helping sleep. The advertisement says it purifies the blood relieves diseases of children and has cured thousands with pleasant tasting formula urging readers to try it and tell others.
Reliable evidence from Rev O T Walker formerly of Bowdoin Square Church Boston now in Providence credits VEGETINE as invaluable for two years use in his family. Providence Rhode Island testimonial notes invigoration and renovation value. C T Walker formerly pastor Bowdoin Square Church Boston also endorses the product.
A Natick Mass letter from Rev E S Best praises Vegetine as the cure for his son's scrofulous leg disease. The 17 year old used crutches, but after treatment he regained strength, resumed studies, and walks without aid though some discharge remains from the wound. The Best family signs the testimonial dated January 1, 1873.
Residents note most street shade trees in Westfield Massachusetts have decayed and been removed leaving few elms. Some blame tar from sidewalks others point to water and gas piping around roots as the cause.
An Ayrshire cow named Old Creamer, owned by D. Nungerford of Jefferson County New York, weighs 1080 pounds and produced 96 pounds or 45 quarts per day, averaging 4 pounds daily for June, cited as a champion cow in the American Agriculturist March 1874 record.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.