09 Oct 1878
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1878
Page
1
A lyrical reminiscence from a London World column recalls a river trip on the Thames to the Gardens of Kew. The poem traces courtship, marriage, and later wealth as the couple wanders the gardens and reflects on lasting love.
A handsome bachelor visits a Brighton hotel and is drawn into a comical chase involving a spirited pony and a fleeing horseman. A young widow and her mysterious companion intrigue Captain Champion as he obsesses over a lost romance and a villa rendezvous.
The captain dines with Mrs Leslie after a coquette widow charms him with a wary appeal. He stays for music and returns to the widow in a summer house, sharing a moonlit ride and a lingering romance that ends with a regretful but tender memory.
The October Scribner opens with a twenty page The Art School of New York feature by W C Browell and includes illustrations from the National Academy of Design Art Students League and Cooper Union. It surveys theater arts, Lincoln era sketches, Arctic sea legends, and politics with notes on social themes. The Atlantic Monthly October issue opens with a polemical piece on dangerous American life tendencies by an unnamed author, followed by Henry James Jr European novelette ending and Scudder's short story conclusion.
Mrs Stowe contributes The Parson's Horse Race among Sam Lawson reminiscences. A critical piece covers Poganue People and Other Novels. Home Life of the Brook Farm Association is begun from a former member. White's The Meaning of Mantle provokes discussion. Abuse of Taxation by Brooks Adams and The Relations of Labor and Capital are notable.
The excerpt reviews Littell's Living Age numbers ending Sept and Oct volume launch with contents from Catherine of Russia to French memoirs. It highlights publishers Little & Gay Boston and D. Lothrop & Co Boston as pricing 50 cents yearly and 10 50 dollars for year-long subscriptions. It also outlines Appleton's Journal October features including The Multitudinous Seas, new American novelette A Hidden Treasure, The Swanstream Match, Nora Perry poems and portraits of Brown and Woolson among others.
The October issue highlights The Marquesas Islands by the author of The Slayers Adventures detailing six weeks among the natives, their tattooing customs, and life. It is richly illustrated and joined by several domestic stories and poems including The Curse of Carnigle and The Moorhouse Tragedy.
A monthly periodical advertisement inviting subscriptions for Thames & Talbot's Boston publication. It lists feature works and sections including portraits and humorous illustrations, notes on life lessons and Mother figures, and promotes a yearly price of $1.60 postpaid.
The October table of contents lists nine teen titles across four Editorial Departments including essays on Ultramontanism in Germany by Von Schulte, Paris Exposition by Miss Edwards, Trollope on Iceland, Proctor on lunar craters, and poems such as A Reminiscence of Charlotte Gustiman and The Runie Stone.
The October 1948 St Nicholas issue opens with The Violin Village set in Tyrol following a goat-boy’s adventures. It includes Under the Lilaca and Dale Kinzer conclusions, Nimpo’s exploits, Parlor Magic directions, The French Alphabet with pictures, How to Keep a Journal, several humorous pieces, and lively sketches with various illustrations.
Sierrycott's Magazine for October presents George Kennan's Unwritten Literature of the Caucasia Mountaineers with vivid folklore. Edward H. Knight covers Paris Exposition exhibits, Kate Sanborn profiles Lady Morgan, and Octave Thanet paints life during the last strike.
The November Petersons Magazine is advertised as the cheapest and best ladies book on our table. The main steel engraving For Mothers Fire is described as beautiful and the moth colored fashion plate equally fine. A 1879 supplement will include full sized paper patterns for a lady or child dress.
An advertisement notes subscription options for Demorest Monthly, Frances Hodgson Burnett products, and other periodicals. It promotes two dollar yearly costs, two copies for 3.50 with a mezzotint, four copies for 6.40, and free specimen copies for promoters. It emphasizes fashion, engravings, stories, and home hints.
Heirs of J. G. Devore sell 80 acres near Freeport for 495 per acre. Eli Wilson to J L Neff 136 acres for 6000. Herman Hikmier to Henry Rinks 80 acres near Jefferson for 1800. Lands changed hands in Ridott Buckeye Harlem and Davis townships with various tract sizes and prices from 300 to 6400 dollars.
The excerpt cites Abba Goold Woolson urging loose dress to protect vital organs and lungs, favoring drapery from shoulders to hips while avoiding tightness over the ribcage. It notes New York dairy stats, cheese butter production, and milk yields by county.
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