25 May 1847
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Newspaper
Elyria Courier
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1847
Page
1
Dr C E Bainbridge announces his arrival in town to practice surgery and predicrin 2. Office located in the Montion House. Also note Horace Neal offering harness and trunk making services and Crane's Tin Shop in Ohio.
A long column extols Prussia under Frederick William III as advancing toward a free constitutional system. It praises religious toleration and press freedoms, notes upcoming public assemblies, and discusses dangers of written constitutions versus unwritten norms, while contrasting historical promises with present reforms.
The Cincinnati Chronicle extols the Ordinance of 1787 as a monument of wisdom and virtue. It credits its influence for prosperity across Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin, noting frontier states then touched by civilization at French and Canadian settlements along key river ports. It cites a 1788 Congress report estimating village family numbers near the Mississippi frontier.
Ettrick Shepherd recounts a tale from Lay Sermons where two Scottish schoolboys clash on a frozen pond. The conflict expands as girls join, later a principal boy stops the brawl with a blunt offer to end the fighting. The narrator sees the scene as a compact map of war and laments rulers as grown children who profit from conflict.
A fragmented critique alleges the exhibition of war as a condemnation of fighting as a personal crisis and madness. The fragment hints at origin, progress, and recasts, presenting a sweeping, controversial view of war’s representation.
A fragmentary, sentimental reflection in verse from Francis Knickerbocker to his wife, recalling twenty years of marriage. The speaker contrasts youthful romantic doubt with enduring affection, recounting how love grew through trials and how the beloved Julia remains central to his devotion despite the evolving passions.
A long extract argues against spoiling a child with indulgence and also against harsh coercion. It praises guiding will by using the child’s other faculties, not adult force, and cites examples from America and a patient 19th century study. It notes that self control can be cultivated by appealing to memory, affection, and attention. It recounts a case of a child choosing restraint over a pocket book when dinner time arrived. It concludes with an admonition that natural development and humane methods produce steadier self command and industry.
In a Paris to London gossip snippet translated for the United States Gazette, Dumas replies to a challenge about throat cutting, while another note lampoons a European noble household. The piece also touches on Maria Louise of Parma and the fate of her family amid Austrian regiments and royal marriages.
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