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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1873

Page

6

State Fair at Cedar Rapids Captivates Iowa Attendees

A. P. H. reports Cedar City hosts the nineteenth Iowa State Fair from September 9 to 18 with an amphitheatre seating 7,000, the Hall of Fine Arts, and extensive premiums. Trotting purse of 1,080 drew entries. Rattler’s jockeying dispute led to a drive swap and Chicago won the final heat. Political remarks feature a joint Liberal and Radical discussion by John Irish and James Wilson before 800 attendees.

Iowa Vinton Cedar Hall of Fine Arts Vegeta Rattler Louis Chicago John Irish Congress Sre Jas. Wilson Court Uphall

Prolific New York Leads In Agricultural And Political Currents

Brookville notes a heated countywide interest in the current campaign with Grant and Wilson drawing solid crowds while opposition remains weak. Local Democrats and Republicans plan to vote straight party lines as fever and ailments rise. farmers report heavy rains easing and grain turning out well though frost threatens. Prockritte reports New York leads in cattle hogs and crops with state ranks and political forecasts describing enterprising politicking and rising population concerns.

Fele County Grant and Wilson Wilson Greeley Maud Wilson

The Lost Guide Christine Sees Pierre Return

Christine endures decades of memory and faith as her lost lover Pierre returns from the glacier. The body is identified with ceremony while Christine dies soon after, and their graves rest under Mont Blanc’s shadow through alpine rule. An insurance note follows about Andes in Cincinnati and Chicago fire losses.

Christine William Jacqueline Pierre Mnn Galistine Mont Blanc Andes Insurance Company Cincinnati Chicago Chicago Evening Mail Andes Triumph Amazon Liverpool London Globe

Dalhousie Propeller Burned on Lake Ontario

The lake propeller Dalhousie of the Montreal and Chicago line was burned on Lake Ontario Wednesday. She was en route from Montreal to Chicago with pig iron and merchandise. No lives were lost.

Dalhousie Montreal Chicago Ontario

Literary Notices on October Youth Publications

Hours at Home and The Nursery for October delight young readers with charming pictures and stories. Golden Hours by Hitchcock & Walden earns parent approval for varied content. Our Young Folks features A Chance for Himself by J G Trowbridge, with Our Little Woman upcoming. The Young Folks Rural is a novel concept among juvenile publications. Subscriptions at $1.50 yearly with club rates and chromaos gifts.

J. G. Trowbridge Elizabeth Stewart Phelps

Styles and Knits Featured in Harper's Bazar October 5

The issue presents new and standard styles for ladies and children's knitted and crochet jackets and fall wraps for ladies, plus under garments with illustrations. It also includes poetry and miscellany with a continuation of Farjeon's Serial London's Heart.

Harper’s Bazar Farjeon London’s Heart

October Little Corporal offers usual reading for youth

The Little Corporal для October presents standard content for boys and girls. The editor previews November as an anniversary issue with a brief summary of what one year has accomplished since the great fire.

Little Corporal

The Schoolmate October Issue Teases Serials and Subscriptions

The Schoolmate for October announces chapters of Mr. Algers Slow and Sure and other stories and poems. It promotes the 1873 serial Julius or The Street Boy Out West and urges subscriptions with a November deadline to receive 1872 pastage free. Joseph H. Allen, Boston.

Mr. Algers Julius Joseph H. Allen Boston

Hearth and Home Portraits and Pieces in New Issue

Hearth and Home presents Hawthorne and George Macdonald portraits, Coming Home from the Country, an Under Cover artist, and many illustrations for young readers. It also features The Miniature Yacht Club, Regatta at Prospect Park, excursions by The Leisurely Saunterer in West Chester, Living in Chambers at Gray's Inn by Charles Eyre Pascoe, Olive Thorne’s Watching for John, Edith Hale’s A Few Words to Visitors, plus many other articles in this issue.

Hawthorne George Macdonald Miniature Yacht Club Prospect Park Saunterer Westchester Charles Eyre Pascoe Chambers Gray’s Inn London Olive Thorne John Edith Hale

The Last of Summer and Other Features in Appletor's Journal

Appletor's Journal presents a frontis piece The Last of Summer by John Esten Quake plus graphic story The Cotton-Mouth and serials An Open Question and Lady Sweet apple. The Council of the Kaisers by Edmund About appears with two excellent illustrations Old Mill in the Housatonic Valley and City Characters The Curbstone Astronomer and The Chestnut Dealer also featured.

Appletor’’s Journal John Esten Quake England N.S. Dodge DeMille Lady Sweetapple Council of the Kaisers Edmund About Housatonic Valley Curbstone Chestnut Dealer

Harper's Weekly Cartoon and Illustrations Highlight Political Debates

The issue features a double page cartoon with Carl Schurz as campaign keynote and a scene of Horace Greeley refusing to clasp hands with Grant over the recent electoral split. A farmer’s question Is Greeley a Fool or a Knave? appears with portraits of Mr and Mrs Hyacinthe Layson and the Father’s letter to the Independent. Belfast riots are depicted among numerous editorials.

Harper’s Weekly Carl Schurz Greeley Grant Hyacinthe Layson Independent Belfast

October Repository Contents Highlight Variety

The October issue features Ancient and Modern Sisterhoods by Mrs. Sue M. D. Fry, a diabat ic style piece. It includes A Visit to Schiller's Birthplace, continued Mr. Rudd the Working-man, and lively sketches. The issue also presents The Woman's Rights Village satire and an illustrated poem A Reverie by Flora L. Best along with new Foreign and Art Notes sections.

Sue M. D. Fry Schiller Rudd Flora L. Best

October issue features Dana Hawthorne portraits and Danube sketches

Harper's richly illustrated October number reprints Richard B. Dana's Buccaneer with six illustrations including Hawthorne portrait. It offers a Danube travel paper with many cuts, Stoddard on Hawthorne, Emilio Castelai on the Republican Movement, Thorpe on E M Stanton, new Collins serial The New Magdalen, paths by Pathy and McCarthy, and poetry by Taylor Brine Woolson.

Harper Richard B. Dana Danube R. H. Stoddard Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne Emilio Castelai Col. Thorpe E. M. Stanton Miss Thackeray Old Kensington Charles Reade Wilkie Collins Pathy Madame Gertler Justin McCarthy Bayard Taylor M. D. Brine Constance F. Woolson

Aldine for October offers art, essays, and poems from notable names

Victor Nehlig illustrates a professional bravo and rival victim. Hollo and School Discipline by John S. Davis. Adirondacks scenes by Vance. Paul Dixon landscapes. Ernst Bosch serious works. Leb Hunt reminiscence by January Searle. literary essays by Hiram Rich and W. W. Bailey. stories Prince and Peasant and A Woman's Eternity. poems In the Woods by George W. Sears. The Two Lives by S. W. Duffield. editorials on School Children and Canova. subscription $5 with chrome. James Sutton & Co., 58 Maiden Lane, New York.

Aldine Victor Nehlig Hollo John S. Davis Vance Adirondacks Glen Preston Ponds Lake Henderson Paul Dixon New England Ernst Bosch Canova von Weber Gilbert Burling Leigh Hunt January Searle Hiram Rich W. W. Bailey Helen S. Conant Elizabeth D. Leonard Lolly Dinks George W. Sears W. Duffield Karl van Weber James Sutton & Co Maiden Lane New York

New Story from the Dutch in Littell's Living Age

The Sept 21 issue begins The Burgomaster's Family translated from the Dutch by Sir John Shaw Lefevre. It notes strong Dutch and English critic praise, promises ongoing publication, and highlights the issue's foreign literature, immortality series, and Off the Skelling by Dean Ingelow. Litell & Gay, Boston publishers.

Littell Christine Muller John Shaw Lefevre Dean Ingelow Charles James Lever Littell .& Gay Boston

Atlantic October number review preview

The October issue of The Atlantic begins Guest's Confessions by H. James Jr and includes Parton on Jefferson as American Minister to France. Hawthorne Last Romance review, Hester Glacier note, Mrs Lenowens piece, L ore story, Eugene Benson art critique, and poetry by Bayard Taylor, Lucy Larcom, and others. Editorials cover Literature Art Music Science and Politics.

the Atlantic Guest H. James, Jr Parton Jefferson France G. P. Lathrop Hawthorne Elizabeth C. Agassiz Straits of Magellan Mrs. Lenowens L’ore the Seuve Eugene Benson Penn Oalvyin Bayard Taylor Theralf and Synnov Higalmer Hjorth Phebe Ideal Lucy Larcom Constance F.woolson Marian Douglas

Scribners New Volume Features Major Authors Project

The new Scribner volume will start Dr. Holland’s Arthur Bonnicastle in November and run through the year with illustrations by Miss Hallack. Bret Harte, Saxefolm, Noah Brooks, Fannie RK, Hodgson and other leading writers feature stories. Stoddard will share poetry and Cooke will present essays on furniture and home decoration. Portraits of younger American authors are planned.

Scribner Dr. Holland Arthur Bonnicastle Miss Hallack Bret Harte Saxefolm Noah Brooks Fannie RK Hodgson R. 4 Stoddard Clarence Cooke

Ballou's Magazine Receives Wide Readership Appeal

Cool weather signals fall reading. Ballou's Magazine is praised as a serial for all ages. It is advertised as the cheapest and best publication of its kind in the country, with thousands of patrons. Subscription is $1.50 a year from Thames & Talbot in Boston.

Ballous Ballou Thames &Talbot Congress Street Boston

The Lady's Fieno rox Ocroser featured in Boston engraving sale

An alluring set of engravings includes The Wishing Well and On the Summit of the Jungfrau depicting a trio of tourists achievement. Two fashion illustrations accompany the collection with The Honeymoon Schottische as the featured music. Published by Deacon and Peterson in Boston.

Jungfrau Deacon & Peterson Boston

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