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Freeport Journal in Freeport, Illinois

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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1872

Page

8

Arbitration of the Alabama Claims Tribunal Award

The Geneva tribunal declares its decision under the Treaty of Washington and awards the United States 15 600 000 dollars in gold as indemnity from Great Britain for all claims. It holds Britain failed in duties under the three rules and that all claims are fully settled and barred.

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Odds and Ends Jokes and Quips From a 19th Century Page

A long string of humorous quips and anecdotes from an old newspaper page. The items cover puns about professors lawyers and poets, a French joke about love as an active verb, schoolroom anecdotes, and rural misunderstandings. It reads like a catalog of concise comic snippets with playful wordplay and dialect.

How to go West on the Burlington Route

An enquiry on western travel outlines the Burlington Route as a leading path to the west. It promotes direct Southern Iowa to Nebraska and Kansas links with connections to California and the territories and offers a free pamphlet with a large map from the General Passenger Agent.

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Dust thou art and unto Dust thou shalt return

A short anecdote tells of a young woman who married Dust against her parents wishes. After a quarrel she tried to return to her father but was refused. He declared Dust thou art and unto Dust thou shalt return and she then "dusted."

Dust

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