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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1871
Page
8
A bootblack and his partner Jack recall rough luck and scam cash woes while a boss orders boot polishing. The memory centers on a platform accident that sidelined Jack, linking street grind to a cashier’s life. Interspersed are quips about humor and a newspaper reader’s humor column snippets.
A humorous sketch describes Sir Marvel ordering stone for an avenue to his front door at Edgewood. Meanwhile Noiseless Smoking Trenton, aboard an omnibus, sparks a smoking dispute as he quips I don't make no noise ven I schmokes.
A Worcester sub committee report notes two cases where school houses were built on graveyards and monuments were buried two feet under sod. The plan is recommended for a third site with a rationale about preserving graves as sacred.
A Hartford woman died last week and, rather than a coffin burial, her body was laid on a sofa in white robes with flowers around. Death emblems were removed and the burial occurred ten days after the service at the family’s convenience.
A correspondent denounces elected lawmakers as dull minds and “symbolic blockheads” noting an animal in office would degrade further. The piece laments their noisy conduct and calls for reform, arguing able citizens could lead if left unburdened by idle officials.
A Nevada paper recounts the acclimation and use of camels on a ranch near the Carson River. The herd numbers twenty six after a previous smaller group, with two old camels remaining from an earlier import. The camels thrive on desert shrubs, are used to pack salt to mills, and can carry around 1,100 pounds.
Dr Miller argues that mental taxation and excessive brain labor cause dyspepsia by diverting blood and nervous energy from digestion. He notes editors authors and literary figures are prone to this, while reduced brain work can worsen digestion if eating remains unchanged. He cites the Bible line “he who will not work, neither shall he eat” as a natural law linking labor and digestion.
The report describes Casteel threatening to kill a colored shoemaker if boots were not finished by Monday. He then went to the shop. a second colored man was present when a friend of Casteel’s ordered him out and shot the shoemaker in the back of the head with a double barreled shotgun. Casteel is in custody in Brandon and authorities plan to pursue justice.
A literary anecdote contrasts Thomas Carlyle’s plain speech with a high minded woman’s muslin theology. She laments Jewish reception of the Saviour, urging openness to divine precepts. Carlyle replies that bold preaching to all classes would have provoked rejection and punishment rather than invitation.
The sermon compares servants of Jesus to boat rowers with backs to the bow while a divine helmsman steers. It urges trust and action in prayer and labor, citing Paul steering toward Rome despite unknown perils and Dr. Cuyler as the source.
Mr Schrader proposes that summer fres in Germany and France pine forests may ignite spontaneously. Tear drops of resin from bark punctures could form lenses concentrating sunlight to start fires, aided by vapors of escaping turpentine that spread flames rapidly.
In New Britain Connecticut a young worker at the Taylor Manufacturing Co. tested steam power by grabbing a live balance wheel and was torn by the machine. His friends spent the afternoon gathering body parts to fit a soap box.
Rev. Elliott's lecture at Freeport High School argues education surpasses knowledge, shaping wisdom, virtue, and citizenship. He urges universal liberal education, early parental guidance, and refined taste, linking home study to national strength, economical schooling, and moral character.
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