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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1882
Page
6
The piece reports Beatrice gaining permission to manage royal palaces, hints at a possible marriage to a German prince, and covers a stream of assorted notes from culture to crime. It mentions Pearl necklace gifts, wealth, and various political and social tidbits from the era.
The Alabama and Great Southern railroad from Chattanooga to Birmingham reveals coal on Lookout mountain and rich iron ore on Sand Hill. Seams range from one to twelve feet thick and ore yields seventy five pounds of pig metal per hundred. Farmers and miners gather ore along the track and trains haul carloads to blast furnaces, creating work for hundreds and potential for thousands more.
The latest census places Hungary’s Magyar population at 6,165,088 an increase of 8,867 in ten years. It notes that over half of the country’s 500,000 Jewish population is included and remarks on emigration, comparing gains with Germany. The passage concludes that the Magyar race appears to be losing ground.
The piece surveys a Victorian gossip column voice on social signals such as flower code meanings and a portrait of a sarcastic girl. It then describes Choctaw courtship rituals in Mississippi with pebble tossing and hat placement, leading to a formal marriage ceremony with communal participation.
An aged Migaro correspondent recounts Napoleon’s contempt for women and his coercive demands for favors. Madame de Chevreuse rebukes him, earning banishment, as discussions on the Civil Code reveal his belief in female obedience and his view of virtue. The article notes the 5th Vendemaire debate and Merlin’s question about prior laws before Napoleon’s demand.
A basket picnic on an island ends when a rattlesnake grips a young man’s arm. A brave act by the woman, who cuts off the head with the knife, saves him. The incident leads to marriage, while the other suitor leaves to wander west and later serves in the Kansas Legislature.
A joke from Texas Siftings recounts Col W Halbert entering a store on Austin avenue to buy Dr McFraud’s Kidney En courager. The clerk, warned debts would be deducted from stipends, offers the bottle with quip that it will relieve his kidneys and cash him 31 dollars. The Colonel groans and seeks real relief elsewhere.
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