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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1878
Page
3
Dora Read Goodale writes of October lighting cheeks and eyes as yellow maples and ash trees stand near a cottage. The hill hosts crimson banners while the season glows through the hills and fields.
The fragment presents a lyric vow about love free from duty and fear. It contrasts a desire for closeness with avoidant language about gate and wall imagery. Scribner for October hints at the periodical publication context.
A fragment from October Scribner's presents Edith inviting Mary Ellen into a dark parlor. The girl warns of a protective dog as she boasts a domineering tone, notes a piano left unpaid for a year, and hints at family tensions and mockery from locals.
Thomas Edison visited Virginia City and spent time in the Western Union office observing instruments and suggesting improvements. He joined the operators as one of them, displayed unpretentious attire, and demonstrated exceptional penmanship while handling a rapid four‑sheet dispatch.
The period of hardship has sharpened farmers focus on self reliance and learning. Agricultural output has surged since 1870 with land under cultivation up 84 percent and grain crops up dramatically. Livestock numbers rose about 25 million head, and exports for year ending June 30 1877 reached $632,980,080, signaling strong production despite debt pressures.
A reflective piece on Western farm life shows refined taste in homes and literature, with farmers subscribing to journals and reading Hawthorne and George Eliot aloud. It notes rustic humor, local journals shaping Western wit, and contrasts between rustic geniality and literary refinement.
The Louisiana Home Journal notes hogs devour sulphur sources such as coal and mustard. Hogs in winter may need carbon rich feeds while summer feeding emphasizes carbon content. Observations include hogs selecting pure coal lumps and fat hogs appearing untroubled by fuel intake.
A morning tale from the Free Press describes a husband’s charity and a wife’s suspicion. He hides a basket and a fish pole for an orphan gift while joking about a blue dress and neuralgia, but the wife doubts his honesty as dinner unfolds with chicken and pickles.
The narrator recalls Tom Flossofer as the queerest boy who never cried, noting his stoic courage after a kite loss and a broken leg. Freda's flowers, a pup, and a barn memory frame a gentle lesson in resilience and forgiveness.
The text argues poverty and wealth are apposites with moral implications. It contrasts life sustained by money versus labor, noting independence differs for rich and working individuals. It concludes moderate poverty shapes virtue, while excessive poverty is harmful but some blessings exist in restraint.
The Hartford Post notes the original Connecticut Charter once hidden in the Charter Oak and now in the Secretary of State’s office should be framed with care. It urges a prominent display and suggests relocating the Charter Box to the State Capitol for permanent preservation. The piece also touches on Worth the Parisian milliner, salaries of prominent editors, foreclosures of railroads, yellow fever history, and a quip about a harsh crosswalk whack.
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