15 Sep 1880
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1880
Page
1
An elderly grandmother recalls family life through a long marriage and shared stories. The scene reflects love, aging, hardship, and enduring affection as generations reminisce about weddings, chores, and kinship.
In a tale from London’s docks and hospitals, Margaret Saunders nicknamed Clubnose relates her rise as a hospital nurse disguise and Scotland Yard detective. Her life includes a brutal assault, a single minded pursuit of thieves, a dramatic arrest, and her own dangerous disguises.
The article claims Prof Baeyer's method yields indigo on a commercial scale from isatine chloride, derived from benzol. It also notes discoveries of large natural caverns in West Harptree near Wells, Somersetshire, England and hints at antiquarian significance. It reports light distribution studies by Mace and Nicall and a broad solution by Faye on ocean cooling and crustal pressure.
A Western paper advises that holding a rattlesnake firmly about the neck prevents a strike, but for safety it recommends letting a hired man perform the grasping.
Tenry Clement of Almonte recounts a long battle with chronic rheumatism. After failing numerous remedies a cured patient advised Dr. Thomas Electric Oil. Using it internally and externally, two bottles brought radical relief. He endorses it as a household medicine for croup burns cuts and bruises.
Louisiana planters report a new invention turning refined sugarcane bagasse into high quality paper fibre. The refuse cane stalks, once used to heat evaporating pans, are claimed to yield a ton of fibre per hogshead of sugar, blenching well.
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