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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1883
Page
8
A dramatic poem in florid prose praises Jeanette’s hair and beauty. The speaker recalls rich brown curls, a white neck, golden glow, and longing, ending with mourning tears over a grave stone. Milve O Reiley.
A young man praised poetry by claiming Shakespeare said one loves more than overshoes. The woman doubted the comparison but the couple wed. He now works as a horse carrier.
The author argues women's weakness lies in physical endurance and lack of lifelong business focus. He asserts men are mentally superior while women compensate with perception, but overzealous women burn out. Exceptions exist, yet women rarely treat business as a life goal, as men do.
A Louisville widow in Cincinnati noticed a dark faced man with large black eyes during a performance. After the curtain, he moved toward her but was lost in the crowd. She answered a personal ad in El Paso Texas, they corresponded, he proposed, and they married soon after returning to Texas.
Physical development among females grows popular with rapid rise as classes form in gymnasiums and private homes. Young women pursue fencing as a fashionable European-influenced skill with clubs, basques, and training that emphasizes grace, agility, and rhythmic drills.
Gymnastic drills with wooden dumbbells and rings unfold in a busy studio as beginners struggle over a wooden horse and advanced students master horizontal bars and rope swings. At a Brooklyn home, a quarrel over redecorating reveals changing tastes and money worries, while a moral on keeping receipts shows a careful man outsmarting a townsman who burned records.
Advice on parental talk at home urging parents to share ideas with children. It argues that lively daily conversation trains intellect, that silent homes dull youths, and that parents should use their mental stores for family benefit and pleasant dialogue.
The bones of Squire Boone, pioneer and Daniel Boone's brother, lie neglected in a small cave near a highway in Harrison County Indiana. A rider describes entering the ten by seven foot tomb with the worm-eaten coffin and decaying remains, noting old settlers' tales of his rough kindness and the long absence of any marked memorial.
After the war two black girls aged 18 and 20 sought work in a village. They were asked about cooking washing or cleaning skills but replied they had never done those tasks. One stated they baked and hunted monsters, while the other claimed to keep hips off an elderly mistress, in a curiously scattered anecdote from the era.
An old advertisement touts Leon and Ty agency remedies including Dr Marchisi’s Catholicon Female Remedy, promising cure or money back for a wide range of female ailments and related complaints. Sales by Swarts Bros Griggs’ Salve Emmert & Burrell and others note prices and pamphlets, with guarantees and refunds referenced.
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