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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1882
Page
9
The excerpt blends financial ministry notes with religious and civic data, citing 1,855,054 and 200 tens of troops daily, mentions Virginia Rockbridge county, and references church and school figures including 223 teachers. It shifts to a Harvard farewell and a Paris demolition anecdote with artifacts and priceless items recovered.
A North River sloop captain hires a new cook in Allany who floods the hold with rice while loading pig iron. The cook says he boiled the whole supply for twenty minutes, causing pots and pans to overflow with rice and leaving the captain bewildered by the sudden windfall of rice in the cabins and galley.
A satirical portrait rails at philosophers as impractical, bookish types ill suited for daily life. It mocks their dyspepsia, aging, social awkwardness, and inability to farm or raise children, while lampooning their pretensions and misfit marriages.
Joun B. Gove has lectured 8,480 times to 8,600,000 listeners, traveling about 448,000 tiles, nearly twenty journeys around the earth, to reach audiences. The extensive lecture circuit underscores his enduring reach and persistent outreach efforts.
A fragmented piece reflects on the life and fate of a boy known as Little Master Quig. It hints at his struggles, poor treatment, and a tragic morning discovery, with references to observers and local voices about his death.
On a bright day Cassie, a brave 12 year old, joins brothers Tom and Stanton on a forest hike to a mountain summit. After Stanton is badly cut and nearly bleeds out, Cassie uses a homemade tourniquet from dress fabric while Tom fetches help. Cassie comforts Stanton as they await aid, and he later recovers.
An Austin justice questioned witness Jim Webster in an assault and battery case about who delivered the first blow. Webster described a rapid sequence of strikes by a defendant named Unelo Ike and testified he clearly saw the first strike as the other party was knocked back.
A reader recalls experiences around Catholic chapels and Protestant kirk services in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The account compares old world austerity with modern practice, noting plain interiors, preserved ritual, and a vivid impression of Covenanter worship as in Sir Walter Scott’s era.
A fragmented lament on American pronunciation and usage contrasts with English norms. The writer rails at American vulgarities and mispronunciations, praising proper English while noting widespread errors in words, spellings, and sounds from coast to coast.
A miscellaneous household guide offers instructions for cleaning and pressing linen silk and wool, including scalding white goods, removing stains with ammonia and boiling water, starching and drying methods, soap and borax usage, and whitening with starch. It also covers mothproofing and refreshing faded colors for colored fabrics and shawls using ox gall and gentle rinsing.
A based-on-quirky tale recalls Judge TLuwson and the late Judge Ball noted for irritability. A loud mill owned by a religious man named Bendeeble near the Court House caused disruption until the owner’s verbal intervention stopped the machinery.
A garbled page offers pithy, miswritten remarks on gossip, etiquette, and social rituals. It muses on tolerance, eloquence, and fatigue with recurring phrases about public manners, epitaphs, and a distant massachusetts grave, ending with stray notes on Lord Mayors and travel limits.
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