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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1874
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a gossipers table and mentions a ready money system with phrases like the hardest thing to deal with an old pack of cards and strained sweetness. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or places.
A long reading of family notes and anecdotes reflects on kindness to parents and siblings. Aunt Em recalls May 1 as a day of sorrow with the death of her mother, urging children to be loving and considerate to their families. The piece includes letters from young readers, poems, and a notice of three Missouri girls named Mary Louisiana, Martha Indiana, and Stella Alabama.
The piece traces fairs from pre conquest Mexico to Mecca and European markets, detailing goods like horses, spices, shawls, and dried fruits. It notes religious and social blends, vast crowds, and orderly commerce, citing major centers such as Leipsic, Nijni Novgorod, Beaucaire, Ipswich, Falkirk, Ballinasloe, and Mecca, with estimates of attendees and trade values reaching tens of millions of dollars.
The piece blames ex Governor H C Warmoth for Louisiana upheaval, detailing his rise to power, the contested 1869 election, and the 1870 and 1872 board laws. It describes deposing Secretary Heron, the illegality of the removal, and the chaotic election counts that followed, with Kellogg and McEnery disputes. It ends with a moral about quarreling nations and the folly of war.
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