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Freeport Republican

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1882

Page

6

Peculiar Reform Flurry At North Lew Isburgh Revival

A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent reports a North Lew isburgh Ohio revival that spiraled into mass frenzy. About twenty people including the pastor Hall became insane from ecstatic shouting and raving behavior. The scene culminated when a minister woman lay ill and a razor threat prompted neighbors to intervene, ending with a elder’s rebuke and a return to calmer church life.

Methodist North Lewisburgh Ohio Cincinnati Hnquirer Hayward Methodist Church

Book Keeper Amos and the smart-out boy tale

In a Midwestern dialect tale from Amos the book keeper a master scorns schooling as too edpikatid for Black folk. The boy keeps books to shield the farm owner from losses, but the ledger exposes overcharges and a thirty five dollar debt. The master burns the book and hires back the boy to saw wood. The piece then notes a separate Atlanta Constitution excerpt about lung plague and a New Jersey Mr Richardson, a dubious legend with no corroboration.

Amos Tony Jess Atlanta Constitution Richardson New Jersey

Governor Callom's 1902 message on apportionment canals and reform

Governor Carro s 1902 message to the Illinois General Assembly urges constitutional apportionment, national canal projects, river improvements, and criminal law revision. He calls for national funding of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, canal and river expansions, a criminal jurisprudence commission, and normal university funding, stressing cheap transportation and statewide reform.

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Illinois Assembly Holds Extra Session March 28

The Thirty-sixth General Assembly met in an extra session at Springfold on Thursday March 28. The Senate opened with Lieut. Hamilton presiding and forty three Senators answered roll. A resolution to strike about forty names from the Senate payroll was adopted. The Governor’s message was read and referred to a committee. The House adjourned to meet next day.

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Illinois and Michigan Canal Debate Shapes State Action

The legislature sparred over canal cession to the United States amid calls for judicial reform and a special session. Anticipated pardons, budget cuts, and a revised apportionment plan dominated a brief March session, with bills on criminal jurisprudence and districting advancing to committees.

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Death of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Cambridge

The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died at his Cambridge residence on Friday March 24 after a long illness. Born February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine, he rose from Bowdoin College to become Harvard’s professor of modern languages and a celebrated American poet with wide European fame. He published many works including Tales and Poems, Ballads and Other Poems, and Poems on Bravery, earning honors from Cambridge and Oxford.

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A Heer Joke at Monroe Involves Beer Heist Tale

A Milwaukee Sun account alleges Monroe railroad agent Mr Merrill stole kegs of beer and hid one keg with water to trap theft. Smart thieves reportedly emptied a store keg, leading to stomach pump treatments for several men while the article warns readers to beware temptation.

Mr. Merrill Monroe Milwaukee

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