29 Sep 1880
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1880
Page
1
A struggling country girl seeks work in London and, after harsh refusals, lands a position as companion to a wealthy widow, Miss Langton Porter. The match grows into a loving, stable home years later, with the narrator fostering a deep bond and eventual happiness.
The piece argues that virulent diseases arise from drinking water impurities and that bacteria hidden in water can be deadly even when the water seems pure. It urges well and spring protection, routine testing with instruments, and public access to detection methods, condemning reliance on luck or providence.
A Maryland boy famed for pranks appears in a Baltimore narrative from the Baltimore American. He previously tied cans to a car, toppled objects from porches, and orchestrated a string-and-kite scheme to steal liquorice from a drug store, then released a dog to fetch it as he watched.
An advertisement touts Spring Blossom with a price of 1.40 for quick health benefits and urges timely use. It notes Rockport and Fulton Texas host reef packing plants in cattle ranges slaughtering 100000 beeves yearly. Every animal part is used including tail tufts sold for ladies frizzettes.
Discovery of three 17th century posters from the Marais and Hotel de Bourgogne theaters uncovers references to Quinault Molire and Molire troupe works. The torn bills hint at vanished plays and rivalries, offering clues to an era of French drama long thought lost.
Notice from O. E. Coustocn of Caledonia Minnesota reports excruciating pain from inflammatory rheumatism and states one application of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil gave almost instant relief while two fifty cent bottles effected a permanent cure.
A mixed reading from a 19th century reminiscence recounts John Adams visiting a Harvard figure’s granddaughter and a later scene in Utah where Fred Hoyt is captured after a sheriff pursues him. The narrative blends historic courtship with a frontier crime pursuit and a cautious capture.
The text describes where to search for rich deposits in geologic contacts. It notes Colorado at the junction of Silurian and primitive rocks as a prime site, with California later nodes. It explains how erosion, metamorphism, and surface oxidation affect ore quality and warns that surface ore can mislead, as deeper veins may contain different minerals.
A San Francisco observer recalls Col H J Hart shipping 7 777 bullfrogs to Toonolulu, sparking a frog music craze among missionaries, editors, diplomats and chiefs in the Sandwich Islands where frogs are scarce and valued like canaries. The venture promises profit as the colonel’s amphibian enterprise thrives.
An early 19th century edition notes Fellows' Syrup of Hyponhesphites to restore heart regularity in feeble action, urging use as cold weather approaches due to heightened susceptibility to cold. It also reports global cotton spindle counts by country and per capita spindle density, with Falliver noted as a major center.
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