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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1881
Page
6
A collage of jokes and vignettes recounts folk sayings, wry exchanges, and humorous observations. It includes quips about oysters, a jolly London dog, a widows and dowries, fence play with broomsticks, and a string of lighthearted anecdotes from American life.
The text prescribes regular meals with breakfast and dinner, emphasizes well cooked foods, and warns against partly raw items. For heavy work, a porridge drink is suggested, while alcohol is discouraged for youths. It cites Liebigs essence and hot beverages as fatigue aids, notes milk benefits for factory children, warns against hot food damaging teeth, and advises digestible, small meals for the elderly.
Former minister White reports from Paris on the electric exposition praising Edison as possibly the best exhibit. Siemens brothers of Berlin show a new Atlantic cable and a four mile Berlin road using underground power. He predicts a revolution in elevated railways, noting car mechanics and speeds of fifteen to twenty miles per hour.
A San Francisco Chronicle letter describes the term Jack Mormon as a Gentile who married a Mormon woman but avoids church ties or polygamy. The piece notes distrust from both Utah factions and traces the class’s emergence over fifteen years amid harsh clergy threats. Additional items warn of sensational stories in the press and an unrelated veterinary ad for Kendall's Spavin Cure.
The record recounts Sir Morton Peto hosting a lavish New York dinner for 100 prominent citizens, costing about $20,000 with $25 bottles, $1,000 for Clara Louise Kellogg, and a diamond bracelet as a gift. Critics praised its artistry and opulence, likening it to banquet excesses of old world gourmets.
An 19th century styled ad promises rewards for curing liver complaints and dyspepsia using West's Vegetable Liver Pills. It promotes sugar coated pills in large boxes of 30 for 25 cents, notes genuine manufacture by John C. West & Co in Chicago, and offers a free trial package by mail for a 3 cent stamp.
Pleasant street churches list services Sunday schools and pastors. City offices named including Mayor James McNamara City Clerk Warren Clark City Treasurer D S Breed City Attorney J C Kean Marshal and officials for wards with Aldermen listed Byers Huelster Hoffmeister Wernley Meredeth Ferris and local civic roles detailed
Clerk I F Kleckner Treasurer W W Hutchison Recorder Dan Brewster Sheriff Captain Stewart Surveyor Hiram Shons All county offices are in the Court House.
William C. Wright president W G Barnes and Jr J Porter board members Chas C Snyder is superintendent with an office in the High School building hours from 7 30 to 9 00 a m
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