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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1874
Page
8
Mrs. O of Lowell owned Newfoundland dog Caesar who disrupted a daguerreotype session with children. The dog misbehaved, then returned wearing a neckband and prompted the photographer to try again. A second photo captured Caesar properly, ending with the dog returning home with the portrait.
The piece speaks on building life on a solid foundation, contrasting fragile structures with enduring rock. It urges readiness to receive what comes, humility in sorrow, and lifting others as the basis for lasting stability.
A fragment from a moral exhortation urges women to elevate society by noble conduct and character. It reflects on parental concern for children and the sorrow when youth disappoints, contrasting virtue with frivolity and stressing guidance toward steady life choices. The text also delves into scriptural names and the comfort sought by families.
A Western Rural correspondent from Germantown advises cow handlers to calm cows and use a strapped restraint with a ring around the left leg, a pole through the ring from the right side, and gentle milking to prevent kicking. He notes large three-year-olds resist best and insists no scolding or striking, only nonpunitive control until kicks become soft.
An Indiana farmer recalls experiences with cutworms ruining corn after early planting and contrasts with a neighbor who replanted later, noting the neighbor fed worms on grass not corn. The piece argues for pasture management, criticizes pasture losses, and advocates growing clover as the reliable feed crop with high yields and proper seeding and soil care.
The article argues clover yields the best feed and soil enrichment with minimal cost. It notes rye as an early crop for quick feed, corn stalks late in the season, and favors sowing clover and soiling practices, citing testing and expansion in implement.
J. Wricar reports from Kansas on Indian raids near Buffalo Station and a captured boy killed in a brutal attack. Fort Hays fears a large force crossing the Arkansas River, with only fifty men available. General Miles suffers a costly defeat south of Antelope Hills, prompting calls for action or tighter treaties with Quakers. The West faces a crisis as settlers seek protection.
The Galaxy October includes concluding chapters of Mr McCarthy’s Linley Rochford and General Custer’s Life on the Plains plus General Reclus on Marshal MacMahon. It features a strong MacMahon sketch, Rochefort communism critique, Browne and Hooper pieces, two poems, theatre and opera notes, and a Wellsboro bank robbery report with $650,000 stolen and a $5,000 reward.
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