11 Sep 1872
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1872
Page
1
Young Samuel Pod faces a chaotic farmyard scene as Jerusha Cow distracts and a ram plunges into danger. He saves Miss Dow from the beast then swoons over love and vows. She reveals she has promised Alexander Bangs to marry next fall, sending Samuel to a grim fate at the duck pond.
From the 1863 Tribune verse urging Ulysses Grant as president with patriotic praise. The chorus proclaims Grant to steer the nation, defend the right, and celebrate Appomattox Court House. The piece salutes his leadership and calls for political support amid Civil War fervor.
In Great Coram Street Mrs. Malmsey engineers a plan to secure a match for Louisa Mountnorris with Ferdinand Waring. Ferdinand courts Louisa at a party, writes love notes, and faces likely exposure as Malmsey uses a damning letter scheme to force a marriage, amid Mrs. Malmsey and Mr. Malmsey guiding the outcome. Louisa resists then yields under pressure, while the county paper notes a marriage and a gout cure in a final twist.
A Paris physician argues exposing a child’s arms to cool air skews thermometer readings and harms health, citing thousands of deaths. The piece shifts to a Harper's Magazine anecdote from Bridgewater Vermont about a miller who, during delirium, judges others in the afterlife and then questions himself, revealing a humorous self incrimination about his own occupation and a moral twist.
A New York lawyer challenges a soldier with a full beard, asking when he will adopt a peace stance. The soldier retorts that the lawyer should first place his tongue on the civil fist. The terse exchange captures a wartime provocateur mood and sharp humor amid civil discord.
Cleveland Herald reports on a local organ grinder, identified as an elderly veteran, amid a broader note on a suicide case. The piece notes the city's public safety response and mentions the performer in connection with the incident.
A long historical political speech argues for Republican equality under law, condemning the Democratic Party as proslavery and unreconstructed. It recalls elections from 1820 to 1872, praises Lincoln and Grant, and urges voters to judge by party Tenets, not personalities, warning of a Horace Greeley bid and urging unity for liberty.
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