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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1869
Page
3
The article traces the evolution from clavichords and clavicymbals to modern pianos, detailing early quill action, tuning issues, and the singing quality. It notes two-keyboard instruments, the green pine exterior, and the shift toward stable tuning and sustained resonance. It ends with reflections on historic opinions of clavichords.
In Paris a girl with a wooden leg was seen on the street attracting a crowd. A gentleman from a window shouted and demanded her return. She explained she was his washerwoman seeking payment, had gone to his lodgings for money, and seized his wooden leg to force repayment.
The members of Congress present at General Rawlins funeral included Chas O'Neil and Leonard Myers of Pennsylvania, Joel F. Asper of Missouri, Eben C. Ingersoll of Illinois, Thomas A. Jenckes of Rhode Island, Aaron A. Fargent of California, and Senators Cole of California and Spencer of Alabama.
The Dunmow bacon flitch tradition, once revived in England, saw a modern court scene with judge E. T. Smith and counsel Mr. Brooks. Claimants from Hackney and Clerkenwell sought the famous prize by swearing they had not argued in a year and a day, with banners, knights, and a parade ending in awarding two flitches to the couples.
Copperhead General Committee in New York declares Tweed not suited to supplant Belmont after Tweed trailed 31 000 votes for Supervisor last fall. Other items note Secretary Seward's Sitka speech on Alaska prospects, Keokuk convention’s capital-removal vote, and a lengthy funeral procession in Washington for the late Secretary of War. An anecdote from Mount Washington features Hartford humor about a risky road descent and a horse’s tail tenacity.
The piece critiques Democratic objections to the national debt, arguing the debt arose from Democratic policies while the Republican administration is steadily paying it down. It warns against obstructionist finance talk, insists on stronger credit, and notes other brief items including politics in New York and Prussia.
The Democracy of Wisconsin named C D Robinson of Green Bay for Governor G L Park of Stevens Point for Lieutenant Governor A G Cook of Columbus for Secretary John Black of Milwaukee for State Treasurer S W Penney of Allson for Attorney General Gar Burdeau of Waukesha for State Prison Commissioner Peter J Gafinda of Cedarb urgh for Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Galesburg editor received a letter from England claiming I G Mackinney, once a jeweler, was killed in a buggy accident. He is alive, surprising creditors.
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