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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1858
Page
3
Lewis Smith, proprietor near the Depot east of Himes' Cooperage, offers pork and flour barrels and hollow ware with warranted work. He advertises top cash or work payment for river timber and mentions location and services.
The speech outlines long-standing partisan fighting over Kansas politics from 1850 to 1857, criticizing Pierce and Buchanan administrations for pro slavery actions, condemning the Lecompton constitution, and arguing that voting for Kansas admission would endorse slavery and undermine republican government.
The New York Massed World reprints praise for William Cullan Bryant, hailed as a leading Anglo American poet. Observers note his aged, thoughtful face and noble sentiments, comparing his work to key figures and urging kindness toward him during his visit to Madrid.
A detached moral verse urges forgiving enemies and tolerating opponents while showing good example to friends and children. It counsels respectful conduct toward oneself and others, highlighting deference to fathers and pride in mothers.
Poem style verses praising Freemasonry values include unity on the level, brothers in fellowship, duty to fellow man, and offerings to the God of Love. The text invokes ancient orders and the craft’s enduring precepts as guiding conduct during gatherings.
A San Pix for a Modest May reports near Des Moines a passenger from Kossuth county fell from a buckboard after the horse spooked. The vehicle lurched, he bruised his hips, and his overcoat tore, exposing the seat of his attire as he sprang up and pursued the team with onlookers cheering.
An reflective meditation on regrets over unrealized plans and cherished losses. The author contrasts sunshine and sorrow, memory and mercy, urging gratitude for blessings still present rather than dwelling on what could have been.
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