27 Oct 1880
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1880
Page
1
A poetic exhortation urges action despite loneliness and hardship. It contrasts idle comfort with toil and faith. The speaker insists courage, perseverance, and reliance on God to guide and sustain one’s path. The tone is admonitory and devotional.
A bootblack orphan meets Mr. Vreeland in the city and gains a guardian. The man reshapes the boy’s name to Robert Steadley, secures a future in cattle trade, and reunites him with a former love after years apart, amid a tale of hardship, adoption, and a new start.
The Lake Erie island once owned by John Brown now sits largely abandoned. Only Owen Brown, his abolitionist son, remains as guardian, living a solitary life with a small salary, fishing, and a run-down mansion and grounds.
The London World reports there is no more immorality than before but describes it as shameless now. Correspondents’ tales of London life corroborate this view, noting a stark contrast between the later years of Queen Victoria’s reign and its earlier period.
A lyrical meditation on flowers as emblems of beauty and emotion. The author links roses lilies violets and bells to bridal beauty churchgoing memory and the dead, evoking spring recollections and childhood scenes stirred by fragrant blossoms.
The United States has about twelve thousand dentists who annually use large sums in gold and silver for dental work. Five hundred thousand dollars worth of pure gold and one hundred thousand dollars worth of silver and platina are spent yearly on tooth plugging. Three million artificial sets of teeth are manufactured each year, mounted on gold, platina or rubber, turning mouths into wealth hoards for many people.
A collage of scientific facts and tips from Popular Science touches on coal dust and cement mixtures, glass making blends, leather on pulleys boosting belt power, and the health value of morning light. It covers solar heat in chemical processes, mine safety via wet floors, and advancements in dynamo bobbins, plus observations on forest transpiration and peat use in soils.
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