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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1883
Page
5
A grocery seller touts direct purchases from importers manufacturers and producers with cash payments and instant cash discounts on syrups green and dried fruits vegetables and every item in the grocery line. The notice emphasizes cash deals and immediate payment terms.
A reflective poem about Louise and a mythic journey toward a radiant city described as the City of Rest and the City of Love. The piece blends moonlit shoreline imagery with the promise of reunion and the fading figure of a daughter moving toward an imagined beyond. Also includes a lengthy humorous tale about muskrats, rats and animal behavior observed by a hotel keeper.
A column reports Germans forming a National German Temperance Society to unite temperance efforts, publish a paper, and gain accessions. It notes endorsements from women’s groups, branch societies, and calls for subscriptions, with Iowa court actions on prohibition appeal and public sentiment supporting stricter measures. The piece urges German neighbors to subscribe and says the case will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Danish temperance effort in Copenhagen urges cutting public houses from 1850 to 800. It restricts serving to anyone under eighteen or the intoxicated, bans street temptations, and requires landlords to pay for cab transport home for a drunken patron.
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