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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1881
Page
8
A scanned excerpt lists recipes and instructions for cakes puddings puddings and desserts including cake mixtures with sugar flour butter and milk notes on nutmeg cream tartar and flavoring. It also covers corn fritters jelly of Irish moss flax seed lemonade and various chicken dishes with pie methods. The tone matches a 19th century home manuals field.
A humorous 19th century tale recalls Josiah Quincy meeting a bridal party on a Boston to New York trip. The bride asks whether Quincy ever kissed her sister, and the exchange leads to playful, historically noted gossip about Lafayette and a general’s kiss.
The article describes Green Lake in Colorado as the highest lake in the world with a surface at 10,262 feet above sea level. Surrounding pines and eternal snows crown Gray's Peak at 14,341 feet, with crystal clear water showing rock masses and a petrified forest at the bottom. Onion trout swim among white tree trunks and the lake depth is stated as about 200 feet.
A brief notice states small four seat coaches in Boston are marked with CH Tut on the streets and charge 25 cents for travel within the city limits.
In a Boston to New York trip via New Haven I and Daniel Webster stopped in a New Haven barroom for brandy. The bartender halted Webster when he reached for the decanter and replaced it with a bottle, prompting Webster to advise on making change. The barkeeper, moved, exclaimed that that man should be President.
A visiting Russian gentleman notes educated men and women struggle to find work. Trade is separate from education and graduates face slim options beyond teaching, clerical or government roles. Women fare worse as educated girls rely on marriage or charity, with teaching in private families the only respectable livelihood sometimes available.
Ancient finds include the largest papyri known and numerous royal mummies. Among them are likely King Thutmes III and King Ramses II, whose obelisk dedication linked to the Thames embankment is noted. The Boulak Museum houses their remains with mourners’ garlands around their faces.
In Cimarron New Mexico the outlaw Allison interrupted a court session by placing a navy revolver on the table and demanding justice. The sheriff tried to disarm him, the judge ordered a posse, and the court adjourned as Allison warned he would kill any mover.
The piece argues for empathy toward a child's individual traits and dress choices. It cites Lydia Maria Child on teasing and suggests allowing conformity to avoid humiliation, warning that flashy attire can invite cruelty while poverty in basic garments should not be mocked.
In the San Francisco mint probe Representative Page of California's Second District objected to General Barnes's remarks. Page protested a harsh criticism as unfit for decent society, noting the insult to him as drab and scullion while Barnes quoted Hamlet. A subscription was suggested to fund a Shakespeare edition for the Eagle of Liberty.
A compact reflection warns that assuming every man is against you destroys happiness. It urges constant vigilance over possessions, clinging to rights, and jealously judging friends while ignoring their burdens, else you will lose friendships and deepen unhappiness.
F A Scratch of Ruthven Ontario endorses Burdock Blood Bitters with strong confidence. He cites a case where a lady recovered after using half a bottle and claims it saved money against prior medicines. Price listed as $1 and 10 cent trial size.
A collection of last words from various professions including a photographer ferryman barber printer editor telegraph operator lawyer bus conductor reporter and others with each line sharing a final, poignant phrase as printed in multiple early papers reflecting on mortality and vocation.
An old advert promotes Burdock Blood Bitters to ease long suffering from torpid liver biliousness indigestion constipation and headaches. It claims rest for the weary and revigorated organs with a price of 1 dollar and a trial size of 10 cents.
The article notes willows rise early in spring and keep growing until frosts. It highlights their advantage in fuel and shelter by longer growing periods and reports willows thriving despite a prolonged drought.
The advert reads that Thomas' Eclectric Of leads in its class of compounds and cites testimonials of cures for rheumatism neuralgia hurts and sores. It notes New York enforcing a law about young men sending wives to their parents for support and hints at ongoing challenges to matrimony.
Youngstown Ohio May 10 1880 a Hambletonian colt with a large bone spavin in one joint and a smaller one in the other was treated after Kendall’s Spavin Cure appeared in the Chicago Express. The owner bought three bottles sent for by local druggists and after four days the horse ceased to be lame and the barn was relieved. One bottle cured the colt and the owner lent two bottles to neighbors.
A series of letters from Rev P N Granger and R A Gaines commend Kendall's Spavin Cure for horse lameness and bone spavin. Granger reports a complete recovery after initial success, noting a ring bone formation later treated with the remedy. Gaines describes long use with sustained soundness and no residual lameness, sworn before Justice Joan C. Tranne in Enosburg Falls Vermont.
The notice collects testimonials from Patton's Mills New York and Bakersfield Virginia praising Kendall's Spavin Cure. A maligned ankle sprain and a persistent limp are cited as cured after using the remedy. Mrs J Boutell endorses the product citing lasting relief.
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