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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1881
Page
3
A fragmentary poem describes a plain girl scorned by fashion and wit, judged by others for traits like tame speech and lack of charm. The speaker contrasts her with society’s quick judgments and hints at modest, unseen duties. The piece preserves a local period voice and attenuated social satire.
A breezy tale of a lovesick suitor Pettibone who woos Jane Porter through comic peril, a scheming dentist father, and a sharp stepmother. Jealous rivals, church visits, social foibles, and a dramatic doorstep confession drive the romance. Jane's enduring favor ultimately seals the match amid mischief and wit.
Gen Hazen outlines a sweeping program for the Signal Service, including a permanent school at Port Myyr Va new observer instructions and expanded bulletins. He highlights advisory support from the National Academy of Sciences broader weather forecasting river danger lines and Arctic expeditions while noting locust monitoring stations and sun radiation research.
An employer should oversee the work performed with intelligent oversight rather than petty meddling. A discerning eye rewards real merit with increased trust, and rebukes slackness or unfaithfulness, a potent discipline.
A compact roster of U S presidents noting death dates and burial places from Washington at Mount Vernon to Garfield in Lakeview Cemetery Cleveland. It lists Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe and others with their burial sites and mentions two presidents killed in office. It concludes with living ex presidents Grant and Hayes and living vice presidents Hamlin Colinx and Wheeler.
Advice to uplift readers through thrift, labor, and discipline. Emphasizes early rising, frugality, hard work, civility, honesty, knowledge, self-reliance, and perseverance. Warns against over-caution and political entanglements, urging self-improvement and prudent conduct.
A Cor respondent from Ogden Utah recounts Swedish immigrants awaiting trains to Brigham City when a tow headed girl is coerced into marriage by an old Mormon man with seven children. Witnesses describe her desperate pleas and a culture of arranged unions. The piece also notes global indignation over coerced marriages and adds a local weather tally for September rainfall in San Francisco.
A mosaic of humor, snippets, and observations. Quips about preachers and posters, a brief marriage joke, a police routine, and a sidewalk exchange reveal street life. The text surveys wages in Switzerland and Sweden, odd notes on gambling dangers, and scattered humorous vignettes.
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