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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1882
Page
6
The item surveys a quilt made from hexagonal calico pieces with 1,500 varieties, a case of a girl in New London sourcing a bean catastrophe, New York shoemakers and their curious feet, and San Francisco fruit shipments and freight costs for the year.
Lance numbers of Socialists have re adily been expelled from three impor tant German towns. They number in al420, for each town the number is as follows: Merlin, 165, Hamburg, 195, Juipsic, TU. Nearly all have wives, children and relatives dependent upon them for the necessaries of life. Many have gone to England to seek new homes, and many have come to there shores. Four of them had been in the German Parliament.
Rediscovered account describes Woods of Kentucky living in Cincinnati with help from a former slave family now caring for him. The piece notes debts of gratitude felt by Woods’ former slaves, the war's impact on wealth, and a domestic family reunion under one roof. It mentions H Warner of Rochester and a tale of dogs saving a life and retrieving items during hunts. It also references a Texas correspondent defending Texas cowboys amid political critique.
A bifacial device projects a stage scene to a glass plate at home allowing a theater night in darkness. Philadelphia telegram reports Prof E D Cope finds a skull of an extinct monkey, resembling a human in brain size and teeth, suggesting a close man ape link from the Big Horn valley Wyoming.
Washington correspondent reports that President Arthur is expected to run a practical, active administration during the session. He is seen as decisive and responsible, willing to listen but unlikely to yield to factional pressure, with stalwarts anticipated to receive fair but nonpartisan measures.
A fragmentary diary entry recalls street cars in Europe with stone tracks, rattling wheels, and a courteous conductor in Turin who gave a touring party extra turns before dropping them at a hotel. In Milan, two long stones form rails, making cars clash and rattle pedestrians, as a correspondent describes.
A ragbag of verse on women awaiting a suitor and courtly musings about hunting ladies. The text notes that many French noblewomen, including the Duchess d Uzes and the Comtess l Agio, avidly hunt and follow packs, with Mme Benoit Chanpy riding to lead boar hunts and witness the boar brought to bay and slain by the head keeper.
A Times correspondent notes Irish tenants in Ballina faced extreme rack renting, and observes that land ownership by a woman did not lessen the risk. It is argued that women can be as severe as men in enforcing rents with uncompromising strictness.
A passage praising the beauty and enduring charm of a woman's hand. It extols the hand as a charm that outlasts a vanishing face and fading youth, noting how its expression remains inexhaustible and its grace renews enchantment through gentle poses and subtle touches.
The piece notes that Western women value education due to early deprivation faced by pioneering parents who left the East. Mothers, limited in realization, nurture daughters to enjoy privileges they lacked, shaping a long line of women who recruit intellectual ranks.
In a district court Julia Connors pleads guilty to avoid accusing her husband Martin of assault. The officer testified he saw Martin strike Julia’s shoulder and she struck back, but she says she pushed him away only. Both were found guilty of mutual assault. she pays $1, he $10, and she then pays his fine to release him.
A correspondent recalls Mount Washington experiences and reflects on a young person presenting payment in a self conscious protest. The scene centers on a lady waitress and her discourse as onlookers react to the charge and social moment.
A Bangor born schoolteacher and a row of female diners provoke a clash of titles in a dining room. An Englishman jokes about calling a waiter waitress while a University professor and others discuss proper address. The piece ends noting the question may only be settled by Congress or posterity.
A Prentice Mulford excerpt extols French conversational ease especially among women noting the value of talking when having nothing to say. It contrasts French sociability with glum English and American manners, praising the French for lively, ephemeral exchanges that enrich meals and friendships.
A comedian persuades Lotus Club members to act as jurors in a Gilded Age stage scene. The foreman dramatically calls Guilty, prompting laughter and a pause, then the jurors withdraw to “Not Guilty.” The audience cheers as the heroine is vindicated and the curtain falls.
A common part of Paria Agives can be altered to look like Mubuster by dipping into a strong solution of ulum water. The transformation underscores possible counterfeit methods using household-like chemicals.
A Times story recounts a two year old girl who feeds tame snakes kept in a box near Whitehall. As the child nap feeds, snakes sway the cradle and sing with a palm leaf fan. The mother returns to find the child safely sleeping as the snakes rock the cradle and then depart. The tale ends with a tribute to virtue in reptiles.
A recent address by Mary A. Livermore argues the modern boy loses paternal home culture and calls for mother led education focused on purity respect for womanhood and politeness. She advocates industrial training aligned to taste and emphasizes honor integrity and trustworthiness as essential manliness.
The piece explains that soda applied as a solution relieves burns quickly. It emphasizes moistening cloths to dissolve dry soda, recommends sprinkling and covering with wet cloth, or washing the wound with a strong solution. It notes a saturated solution forms when dry soda is laid on and covered.
A garbled excerpt discusses a supposed German chemist may have found a way to make drinkable liquor from sawdust, challenging temperance preachers. It mocks the ease of obtaining alcohol and imagines drinking on a fence rail, noting little prevents drunkenness even without the new discovery.
The emperor questioned my selections and urged on evacuation plans in public sense. He noted failed negotiations with Talleyrand and debated Bourbon presence in La Vendée while expressing doom and fading confidence in his own destiny.
From Italy’s early majolica to Renaissance prestige, the article traces its origins in Arab influenced pottery, the rise of famed centers like Urbino and Gubbio, and the luminous lustres such as ruby glaze. It notes master Giorgio of Gubbio’s signature ware between 1518 and 1587, and cites the Soulages collection later acquired by the English government for the South Kensington Museum.
Delmonivo comments on men’s caution in ordering food, cited by Progresa editor. The piece questions women’s domestic expectations and culinary expertise, challenging stereotypes about real versus basic meals and women’s place in the kitchen.
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