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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1871
Page
6
A narrator describes awakening with a blue dew drop that speaks of purity and heaven. The dew drop explains staying on Earth until day breaks and Jesus gathers dew drops to Himself. The tale ends as the dew drop vanishes into the rising light.
The author suggests making potato characters with noses eyes and mouths using pins and fabric to create moving figures. Children behind a screen perform charades burlesques or tragedies as the potatoes act. The piece praises their friendly nature and notes occasional playful spats, claiming they surpass Punch and Judy in charm.
A garbled verse list asks questions and provides concise answers. It ponders equal heaven given shares, rumor’s effect, the loveliest flower, children as sweetest flowers, manners that please, tear overcoming austerity, the item that loses its color when borrowed, wealth’s decline, and finally Cleopatra’s action and Newton’s grip on gravity with the answer Apple.
Photographed fragment shows the board of education announcing the first prize result for Y. The text references scholastic production and a poem or dreamlike performance, with lines about being alone and sadness, tied to a homeward theme and a student’s presentation.
An extended meditation on Sunday as a day of rest and gratitude, praising its uplifting power for workers and a bishop’s secret to happiness: using one’s eyes rightly to aim heavenward, while acknowledging earthly limits. It contrasts labor's weight with spiritual calm and notes how impressions linger in the mind like a key’s specter in heat.
Bishop Taylor argues that true Christianity rests in interior grace and virtue rather than external rites. He quotes Clemens Alexandrinus that religion is the sum of mind and heart, with the heart as the king's court and the soul defining the man. External duties follow but do not define righteousness.
A fragment cites a Beecher reflection claiming the grave as heaven’s gate and a dawning life with sufficient sustenance to life's end. It notes that many men live too long, framing death as a threshold to a better state.
A Beecher quotation notes how wealth and class shape morals and priorities. A Brooklyn property owner, caring little for denomination, seeks a church and schoolhouse on his lots to raise value, claiming even dirt appreciates in such circumstances.
A speech extols national pride and the American republic. It urges upright governance, integrity in office, and moral public life. It warns about bribery, intoxication, and temptations facing youth, calling for voters and farmers to elevate society and sustain national strength.
A historic note reports the Erie railway system extended its reach across 1400 miles under a single management. The piece traces consolidation moves and the implications for operation, efficiency, and regional service delivery.
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