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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1874
Page
6
A collage of jokes and vignettes features a mocked bookmaker, a letter offer, city anecdotes, a hotel clerk’s wobble, and a debate over press power. It humorously sketches modern follies, social foibles, and a devil-haunted newsroom, ending with a fragment of verse.
A rambling reminiscence recounts a five year old nicknamed Squirrel who roams a room collecting odd trinkets while the storyteller weaves fairy tales from memory. The boy insists on future adventures, including a wedding trip, and gleefully parodies Mother Goose. the piece then shifts to a political sketch about Bob Toombs, Georgia figures, and partisan chatter on Governors and drunkenness.
The New York Express analyzes forty years of census data on U.S. manufacturing. From 1850 to 1870 the number of establishments rose from about 128 thousand to 262 thousand, hands employed from 957 thousand to over 2 million, and capital from roughly $538 million to $2.12 billion, led by New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts with rapid gains in Illinois Indiana Iowa Missouri and Ohio.
New York reports from a Wichita River camp say Maj. Lyman's supply train with infantry and cavalry was attacked by 400 to 500 Comanches and Kiowas on the 9th. After five days of fighting the Indians were repulsed with 25 to 80 killed. Lieut. Lewis was wounded and two troopers died with five wounded. Major Price's eighth cavalry defeated another Comanche party on the 15th, with several killed. Couriers defending supplies on the 12th endured a surprise by 125 Comanches, losing one man and wounding many before repelling the attack.
The Bunker Slill Gazette ridicules 8. M. Etter a reform candidate for State Superintendent as a “sloppist.” It notes his political wandering between Republican, Democratic, and reformist factions, calling him a perpetual “slop” and lampooning his shifting loyalties. The piece mocks his political instability and ends with a provocative “let him slop.”
The Christian at Work enters its second year under editor Dr Talmagr, expanding its liberal, nonsectarian tone and promising animated, powerful content. Notables like Spurgeon and Bonar join a strong contributor list as a premium gift offers a twelve gem portfolio by Hendschel with free postage after paying $3.25 for a year.
In New Orleans the Picayune defends Kellogg, arguing for a fair hearing amid charges of cowardice for abandoning the State House before an armed mob. It cites reactions in Washington and notes a Springfield dispatch condemning Gen John A McClernand and others for sympathizing with Louisiana rebels. The piece also mentions alleged rebel sympathizers in the Democratic camp and ends with a children’s egg anecdote about a nest egg.
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