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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1882
Page
6
In Freeport Illinois a diverse jumble of happenings includes a curious will, workers and employers, a princess described in favorable terms, alcohol debates with contrasting trends in Prussia, a theater seating anecdote, a stock-tape moment with Jay Gould revealed, and a church marriage error corrected later.
A Detroit press item recounts a widow on Sixteenth Street reporting an anonymous love letter. The officer teases about the writer’s madness and motives, while the widow seeks the writer’s identity or assurance of earnest intent. Separately, Maravins struggle to secure boxwood as imports dwindle and fewer new box trees are planted.
A consolidation of Illinois items notes 40820 dollars paid to a Springfield watch company employee, enforcement of Sunday saloon bans in Alton, 175 workers added to Peoria sugar works, and a Greenback Convention stance on prohibition and women's suffrage. Reports cover Samoan Javes's death, Chicago smoke nuisance aims, aging Peoria settlers, a Pekin wreck with one dead and six injured, and a 1200-name jury pool list in Sangamon County. Local public notices include levee plans, a big Illinois Women’s Christian Temperance Union session, Avon fair malice prank, Rochester separation of Fred H. Bell and Miss Gridley, and gubernatorial appeals urging sheriffs and mayors to enforce peace. The governor calls for vigilant law enforcement to curb crime amid rising incidents.
The piece discusses Charles Reade as the inventor of the True Woman, contrasting her with earlier literary female types. It defines the ideal as a woman who shares male desires for love, conceals her thoughts, reads others well, remains devout and devoted, and resists modern fashion, while remaining intelligent, self controlled, and fiercely loyal.
A reflective piece discusses how tragedy hinges on murder while comedy hinges on marriage with evolving acts and obstacles. It notes a Connecticut blue law forbidding the birth or raising of children on Sundays or fasting days.
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