11 Sep 1873
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1873
Page
1
Old Pod’s son Samuel confronts a charging cow Jerusha Cow during a rural scene. He helps a damsel, earns a marriage demand, and ends up leaping into a duck pond to drown in sorrow after the misadventure. Alexander Bangs had been promised by Jerusha and Miss Dow is mentioned.
A 1865 poem from the New York Tribune praising Ulysses S. Grant. It calls for Grant as president, touts Union victory at Appomattox, and vows national strength and a defend the right stance. The verse imagines a global American influence and Georgia to Canada under Grant.
Louisa Mountnorris, recently arrived in town, becomes the focus of Ferdinand Waring's calculated flirtation at Mrs. Malmsey's gathering. Malmsey maneuvers to steer the pair toward marriage, using social status and a threatened damages claim to secure a stable match for the lonely, self-regarding suitor.
A Paris physician states that exposing infants arms harms health. He claims thermometer readings differ with mouth and hand temperatures, linking cool exposed limbs to reduced blood flow and frequent throat or stomach ailments. He notes relief when hands and arms are kept warm.
George W Curtis delivers a heated Ashfield Massachusetts campaign speech in August 1872 arguing the stark choice between Republican unity and Democratic alignment with slavery. He catalogues wartime and reconstruction history, rails against the Democratic party as the slave party, and urges voters to back the Republican platform to uphold equal rights and national unity.
An anecdote from Bridgewater Vermont recounted by Lyman Raymond. A Vermont miller, during temporary insanity, envisions a judgment world where he questions others about past deeds. He then questions himself, admitting theft of grain and breading it for the poor, ultimately conceding the outcome as a tight squeeze.
An impudent New York lawyer taunts a sturdy soldier with full whiskers asking when he will put his beard on a peace footing. The soldier retorts that the tongue must first be placed on the civil list, a sharp rebuttal to the lawyer’s jab.
In the Cleveland Herald a short notice describes a tan old veteran organ grinder as a death by own action inducer, signaling a self-inflicted fatal incident. The wording mirrors period-press shorthand, preserving the individual's role and the event's nature without graphic detail.
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