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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1876
Page
3
A Scottish baptism custom prompts a young woman to press bread and cheese on a visiting English duke. He protests as a stranger to Scotland and the Kirk, but she remains firm and declares even a king must take the offering. The anecdote plays on strict local tradition and decorum.
A compilation of aphorisms on honesty, liberty, temperance, friendship, and wisdom. It argues that true honor arises from inner virtue, resistance to excess, and respecting others rights, while warning that vanity and frivolity lead to ruin. The tone mirrors a moralizing, mid-century maxim style.
A meditation on how prayer and steadfast faith uphold a person facing loss and hardship. It emphasizes that love, duty, and religion shield the soul, offering enduring comfort beyond wealth or status, and that true joy comes from God’s gifts rather than worldly blessings.
Dickens writes that beauty and goodness persist after death through the memories and deeds of those who loved the deceased. He says even infants’ impact lives on in the better thoughts of loved ones, and that charitable acts grow from dusty graves.
A biographical sketch of James B. Vickok known as Wild Bill. The article traces his life from early bull team driving at Leavenworth to Denver, Virginia City, and a string of famous gunfights. It highlights the 1860s in Kansas, 1863 Walnut Creek ambush, Tutt duel, Sheriff tenure at Hays City, and notable killings including Mulvey and Phil Cole.
A foreign exchange reports a marvelous mechanism shown in Paris. The eight day clock chimes the quarters and plays three tunes every twelve hours. Its hands move at one minute per turn, one hour per turn, one week per turn, one month per turn, and one year per turn. It displays moon age sun rise and set tides high and low water and ships lifted at high water. It shows day of week date month and month length and includes zodiac signs with optional chimes and an equation table comparing clock and sun throughout the year.
In England Sankey greets a grenadier by the belt, calling himself a soldier of heaven. The grenadier jokes he is far from barracks. Sankey spots a rough young man and asks if he seeks salvation, who replies he seeks Sal Jackson. They sing a hymn together.
A gentleman who has experimented on the subject says potatoes are worth 30 cents a bushel to feed to stock. They are not only nutritious but excellent appetizers and promoters of digestion. Experiments show a peck of potatoes will produce as much milk as a bushel of beets, turnips or carrots.
A sermon-like reflection contrasts kind charity with sharp wit and warns against writing that alienates truth. It recalls a Sunday School tale of a boy who cannot read his house number because it was nailed on so tight he could not remove it, illustrating humility and others’ good as essential to true holiness.
Mail arrivals and closes listed for Freeport Post Office with routes from Chicago to Dubuque and beyond. Schedules show daily openings and holiday hours, service times, and personnel signatures SMITH D ATKINS P.M.
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