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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1882
Page
3
A stormy night sparks warning from sailors and a chorus of fears. Bar ney Bantine warns Hilly Bowing of dangers ashore while families ashore wait for news and the ship creaks on the waves.
In a Maine valley a Puritan farmer Daniel Gordon guards a silver tankard and welcomes three strangers Smith and two companions, one a thief. His daughter Hitty shows hospitality, foiling the theft with kindness. Tom Smith later asks forgiveness when condemned, moved by Hitty and Gordon. The tale ends with a budding mercy that alters Smith.
The narrator recounts a tale of an erring brother who repented and rejoined his family before Christian aid could finish. The story, though handed down, is stated as substantially true with some embellishment. A silver tankard heirloom now rests with a clergyman's wife in Massachusetts.
Sunset Cox surveys the old maritime plain from Gaza to Jerusalem noting the land’s beauty, ruins, and Turkish guards. He describes caravans, Arabs, women with burdens, and Moslem towers, calling the road historic and aesthetic rather than convenient, built in 1869 by forced labor to tolls per animal, enabling access to Jerusalem.
A critical look rejects common taught definitions of volcanoes as burning mountains. Eruptions occur on slopes or bases, not only summits, and “smoke” is vapor with molten reflections. The term traces to Vulcano. myths around volcanoes persist, reshaped by Christian eras and historic legends.
An old board of examiners quotes a garbled line about degrees and velocities of motion. They tell a young man he has two extra years, remarking that the swiftest motion is light and the slowest is promotion, reflecting a remark on progress and aging.
Private Dalzell recounts Gen Garfield remarking Tom Corwin may have felt disappointment at times while possessing great powers. The tale of the shirt tail joke boosted his campaign, ending with Corwin’s death during the recollection. A second piece discusses electricity as a potential motor and future electric traction.
The text asserts that electricity is workable for any scale from a single person to a large company. It claims the same force that drives a railway engine can operate a girl’s sewing machine or a boy’s mechanical horse, and that a rock-borer could be used to carve a sixpenny bloodstone seal. It presents electricity as versatile and effective for diverse tasks.
A long fragmentary piece covers world facts like the U.S. extent and Great Lakes levels, ancient symbols and coats of arms, Delaware’s blue hen origin, Irish and Scottish salt customs, and a Lincoln anecdote about Joshua Speed. It closes with a musing on a future postal card birth.
Historical railway build up shows 268 sites with 8,242 miles laid by end of 1881, the largest yearly total since 1871. Texas tops states with 1,411 miles added, Colorado near 500, Iowa close to 600, and narrow gauge railways making a notable 14 percent of new mileage.
The census report lists iron production by state for 1880, detailing the amounts produced in each state and providing a baseline for comparative industrial output across the nation. The figures reflect the distribution of iron industry activity during that year.
A Washington telegraph outlines estimated charges in President Garfield's medical care. Dr. Agnew 30000, Arat operation 65100, Dr. Hamilton 3000, Dr. Elvis 8000, Dr. Rayburn about 5900. Army officer pay via brevet rank with possible pay increase. Debates on whether Dr Boynton and Mrs Edson should be paid as doctors or attendants.
A catastrophic blast doomed the steamer West Point on the Pamunkey River near West Point Virginia. Twelve colored men perished in the fore hold as others leaped or burned, while the vessel burned to wreckage, leaving no hope for salvage as the fire raged amidships.
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