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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1881
Page
3
A torn verse describes a dog attacked by danger and loss, trailing tears and a boy’s sorrow. The scene shifts through bright street scenes and laughing crowds as the dog never smiles again, ending with muffled heartbreak.
Reginald Tracy narrates painting No. 329-A Wedding March, a study of a church and a love triangle in Rockhampton. Dr James Brooke and Miss Nelly Spalding resist Mrs Spalding's match with iron founder Josiah Blagden. the unveiled painting exposes truth, forces a marriage to Dr Brooke. The work wins acceptance, ending with Nelly wed to Brooke.
The second annual National Farmers Alliance session met in Hershey Hall Chicago on Oct 5 and 6 with delegates from Illinois Indiana Michigan Iowa Minnesota Kansas Nebraska Wisconsin New York. The body reported 100 subordinate alliances totaling 24 500 members. Officers elected John J James of Kansas as president and D W Wood of Illinois as secretary, with next annual gathering set for St Louis.
Washington report describes Republican and Democratic caucuses held on Saturday to organize the new Senate. Bayard was unanimously chosen president pro tempore, with a plan to admit new senators and elect a secretary debated, credentials read, and oath administered amid divided votes and adjournment after Bayard's installation.
The report covers multiple party conventions. New York Republicans meet at the Academy of Music with 4000 attendees. Warner Miller elected senator. civil service reform favored. a slate headed by Carr Davenport Rufus etc. Massachusetts Democrats nominate state ticket. tariff readjustment and corporate charter reform urged. Maryland Republicans nominate Core for Comptroller. pledge national supremacy and fair elections. Minnesota Democrats nominate Johnson for Governor and a brief platform denounces repudiation and mourns Garfield.
The passage argues that two ordinary persons cannot live together without offending each other sometimes. Offenses may be unintentional and forgiven to enjoy life. It urges people to study not to give offense even unintentionally.
The piece reflects on past confidence about instant global communication, electric lighting, precise photography, medical advances, and distant travel, asserting it safer to overestimate progress than underestimate it as society anticipates rapid technological wonders.
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