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Freeport Weekly Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1871

Page

8

Bill to fund free public schools across the United States

The text details a proposed act introduced in Congress by Mr. Burcard on February 20. It outlines allocating funds from public land proceeds to sustain common schools for children aged six to fifteen, with apportionment by population to states and territories, and overseen by the Commissioner of Education and the Interior Department.

Burchard Congress United States Senate House of Representatives Ameerica Unite States Secretary of the ‘Treasury Interior Commissioner of Education Secretary of the Interior District of Columbia Secretary of the Treasury of Auch Secretary of Treasury Hett Schoo Ofio Superintendent of Public Instruction

Faithful Charly the Quaker Horse of Brandywine

An old Pennsylvanian Quaker gentleman and his faithful horse Charly face a perilous ford during a freshet. The horse swims the swollen river and saves his master, then returns home to a dramatic awakening of the boy in the family. The tale closes with the curious contrast of a motionless moment and a burst of energetic life.

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Portraits of Napoleons and a New York tragedy Fragment

The article contrasts Napoleon I and Napoleon III with other generals, noting the famed eagle physiognomy of great captains. It mentions a New York tenement birth amid a divorce dispute ending in double suicide, and a Paris dispatch arrival on January 10 with multiple printed columns. Nebiary. com sess ion of mail hay 3

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