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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1878
Page
3
Fragmentary poem describes extreme heat with surreal images of burning weather, exploding Fahrenheit scales, the collapse of infrastructure, and the deaths of animals and people. It portrays a city wracked by drought, heat and breakdown as laborers and observers face pervasive misery.
The author argues idle laborers need access to western public lands to escape poverty. He contrasts workers unable to reach farms with better-off individuals who travel easily. He urges placing workers on public domains to build homes, produce food, and strengthen the nation, warning of idleness and dependence in eastern cities.
The article describes teazles as essential in wool cloth finishing, noting their continued use despite trials of substitutes. It reports England produces only about one third of teazles domestically, with the rest imported, and mentions French chemist experiments on plants absorbing nitrogen from air under certain conditions, challenging Liebig’s theory.
The Oneida Community, a 360 member group in New York practicing common property and celibacy in form, breeds a superior race through selective mating. Despite past opposition, it now prospers with land, industries, and joint profits, led by John Humphrey Noyes who guides their scriptural interpretations.
The World cites census figures showing in 1870 an average year with 202 lightning deaths, 203 self poisoning, 251 firearms deaths, and 188 throat cutting, comparing lightning’s seasonal pattern to year-round self harm and noting lightning appears less common but not negligible.
An elderly woman contemplates a circus visit, but her servant warns her of a mischievous horse that halts before the most foolish spectator, teasing that the animal would stop before her. The quip turns on the idea that she fears public embarrassment.
The article notes Cyprus contains 16 000 oxen 660 000 sheep and 4 000 to 6 000 horses with 10 000 superior mules and 60 000 strong asses. About half of 1 600 000 cultivable acres are used, yielding 3 478 800 dollars with wheat 1 000 000, barley 800 000, oats 20 000, pork and dairy 400 000, wine 200 000, olive oil 160 000. Silk tobacco and wine cultivation declined due to silkworm disease and Ottoman taxes.
The piece argues that Cork serves as a port for cargoes awaiting shipment to Britain, linking Liverpool prices to American grain markets. It compares European and American labor costs, noting higher U S wages and the impact on exchange values. It cites historical wheat price volatility in England and U S shipment pricing as evidence of global supply and demand dynamics.
A dated catalog of fragrant blends and grooming powders includes Some Sweet Smelling Toilet Hints and Diamond Tooth Powder with precitated chalk and amyrrh, Portugal Cologne with citrus oils, Heliotrope Sachet Powder featuring orris root and vanilla, Musk Sachet Powder, White's Eau de Cologne combining bergamot and neroli, and French Lavender Water with lavender oil and musk.
The iridescent lustrous glass, a recent sensation, is produced by burning tin salt in a furnace and exposing the hot glass to the fumes. Small amounts of nitrate of barium and strontium deepen the tints, with iridescence developing during shaping rather than on reheating.
A cautionary piece urges young girls not to rush into love before maturity. It warns that premature affections distract from study, invite trouble with dissolute partners, and risk future happiness, urging self culture and cautious suitors only when properly mature. It also notes dangers of reforming a dissipated lover and links such unions to poverty and shame. The passage then shifts to sardine fisheries, describing origins, methods, processing, and packing of Sardines and menhaden along European coasts and the New Jersey coast.
A satirical critique targets Darwin and Huxley arguing about why the young sleep and snore. The piece mocks assumptions about back hair and sleep positions and notes a sharp exchange between two Boston lawyers over a domestic incident featuring a kicked dog and a staircase clash.
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