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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1878
Page
2
A farm expert argues against over cultivations and advocates proper crop rotation and soil-restoring plants like clover and alfalfa. He explains that excessive land use wastes labor, soil fertility, and fertilizer needs, while nature and strategic farming keep land productive and resilient through seasons.
The piece argues that agriculture offers the best solution to modern unrest, noting public lands occupation and New England farm rehabilitation as signs of a broader agricultural revival. It links farming to employment, rail and trade activity, and overall national prosperity, declaring the nation fundamentally agricultural and interdependent with industry. It also recounts a Bishop Harris anecdote and an aside on coin detection by J F Tandy.
An 18th century bequest by Benjamin Franklin envisioned a perpetual loan fund for Philadelphia artisans, with schemes to loan on weak security or to fund city projects. By 1837 and later, misused loans and depleted capital forced stricter controls, yet concerns about fraud persist as a City Trusts board governs the fund.
The speaker, a lifelong hands-on worker, argues that technical education equips those who pursue handicrafts. He asserts his own practical experience, pledging to assemble a watch while challenging a clockmaker to dissect a nerve, illustrating his claim with candid examples from craft and anatomy.
A 178 degree lava well project expands in Pesth with 40,000 pounds spent to secure unlimited municipal water and baths. Daily 176,000 gallons rise 36 feet, promising warm waters for city use and surrounding lands. Separately, crime trends show 60,000 inmates, Georgia to Mississippi report heavy convict labor costs and state prison earnings in 37 states.
During a typhoid surge at Gros-Cailleau Hospital Paris Dr Lieberman showed post mortem findings to a group of physicians. A French priest interrupted with a solemn protest saying defacing the body insults the divine image. The physician dismissed the cleric and continued the demonstration, stating the scientific and humanitarian purpose.
A lecturer defends using a live rabbit for a demonstration on a railway car and pays dog fare after a tortoise joke. London meat inspectors report weekly condemnations averaging two tons, with totals since inspections begun reaching over 1.5 million pounds, including diseased and putrid lots. A Mariners Church scene features a bride-to-be and a sailor, ending with a girl quipping about Becky. An anticipated Mennonite draft exemption shift in Russia is noted for 1881.
The piece argues that both rich and poor women bear duties. it critiques urban matronly leisure and calls for deliberate life choices aligned with skill and purpose. It contrasts female proper aims with male career selection, noting lack of guidance for girls and a routine through schooling and social duties.
A collage of small items notes a pious Boston lawyer misusing a Bible caption, a London photographer correcting an elderly model, a Kentuckian praising British science, mine gas behavior and a cautious mine air danger claim, 1877 iron and steel production gains, the Guinness family turning a Dublin space into a park, sparrow cruelty cases in Bristol, and Sir Cowasjee Jehan’s Bombay charities valued at $3.6 million.
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