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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1871
Page
1
Scattered tips include kitchen recipes for Guana Flour Murrins and Waren Caxe batter, horse care advice from Horace L. Mery, farmer observations from the Country Gentleman, and poultry feeding methods. Also notes on Greenwood wood drying, beefing up stoves, and a daybook table to estimate field area.
A rustic verse urging deep subsoil plowing of two feet for corn and rye, praising muck and plaster, and manure. It advocates modern soil methods, money spent on soil amendments, and crop choices like beets cabbage pumpkins squash and strawberries. The speaker condemns outdated farming habits and extols subsoil texture and diverse crops for profits.
Debates in the Illinois General Assembly focus on limiting passenger fares to three cents per mile after July. Proponents argue the cap prevents extortion and discrimination while opponents warn it may harm new railroads and bond issues. Discussion cites company earnings, capital, and state needs, with amendments scrutinized.
A long string of quips and anecdotes from a 19th century newspaper page delivers jokes about bankers, editors, and a host of everyday characters. It Playfully critiques society with puns on grammar, education, dancing, church life, and war era curiosities, concluding with a touching moment of a boy giving his seat to an elder on a crowded railway.
In Han Nibil county on May 2, Joseph Brent, a Coortaan resident, killed his wife by hammer strike then died by self harm amid a public safety dispute. Authorities report a heated quarrel prompted the tragedy, with a city official recounting the tense exchange.
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