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Freeport Weekly Journal in Freeport, Illinois
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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1871
Page
3
The Old Rag-Men and Raggy Doll of the City
An evocative, long memory of urban rag-pickers. The narrator details the rag trade characters Raggy Doll and his team, a stigmatized caste living in squalor, with incidents of petty theft, foreign rumors, and a dramatic encounter with a threatening man. The piece ends reflecting on a miser’s death and a pair of heirs unaware of their dubious lineage.
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German Women Send Mail To Soldiers With Gifts
German women mail a variety of items to husbands and sons serving abroad. Letters up to sixteen ounces allow cigars tea chocolate shirts and slippers. One sender mailed a flannel shirt in six pieces across six posts with the left sleeve arriving last with sewing thread.
Speech on new party prospects in Missouri Senate
Carl Share reviews Senator Scruptz Missouri speech on party realignments and the prospect of a new party. He argues reforms must come from within Republicans, not by force, and urges fidelity to principles, civil service reform, and opposition to moneyed interests.
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Climbing Life’s Summit and Help from Others
The speaker recalls climbing in Egypt and the struggle to reach the summit, aided gradually by Arab hands. The metaphor extends to life, urging those who ascend to reach down for others and help them rise, until the ultimate, glorious goal is reached.
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