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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1871
Page
6
A young boy Johnny wanders away from home with his family and brothers to watermelons. He becomes lost for days amid ravines and dry terrain, subsisting on scraps and a watermelon rind while his parents search frantically. A relief party finally locates him and reunites him with his grateful family.
A damaged OCR fragment from Springfield Massachusetts hints at a family tragedy with a narrator recalling a member of the family who was shot and left alive, raising questions about the events and identity in a local newspaper item.
An 19th century article describes the rise of women in medicine in France, noting legal and social changes, the Empress' support, and efforts by figures like Masson and Nelaton. It highlights women’s roles in shopkeeping, nursing, and the push to establish a formal school of medicine for women, including a colonial program for Algeria.
Glatston in Grant County New Mexico observes a swarm of venomous creatures including rattlesnakes three species of adder and the hooded snake. He notes bites leaving whip like marks and cites arsenic in air and water yet calls the region healthy. Indians surround the camp as stages are burned and inventories lost.
A 14 year old boy, son of Solomon Derr of Washington street, was beaten by a West Ward Secondary School teacher after a seizure from St Vitus dance. He was seized by the coat, struck with a hickory, and left outside in the cold. Father notified, boy nearly frozen, with visible marks. The incident follows prior warnings about the child and comes as Governor Andrew’s words on equality are being engraved on his statue.
The passage discusses spiritual discernment and charitable living. It cites examples from Spurgeon and Beecher on patience, compassion, and the dangers of easy temptations, urging Christians to pursue active mercy, social justice, and supportive intergenerational mentoring to strengthen faith and society.
A curious tale recalls a muddy incident where a hen tracked into a sugar house, revealing clay helped whiten sugar. Experiments followed using wet clay poured into earthen jars to filter moisture through the sugar, leaving it very white.
John A. Hartin of Carlinville left a will bequeathing all his property, valued at $16 000, to trustees to establish a law school. The estate is to be sold and invested at ten percent for ten years. If funds are insufficient then reinvestment for another decade precedes opening of the school.
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