08 Jun 1870
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1870
Page
1
A stream of quixotic maxims and rough aphorisms tilt at conscience, truth, and virtue. The speaker mocks bosses and luckless youth, laments time and temptation, and sketches blunt notes on honesty, pride, and manners with odd spellings and regional slang.
A brief verse expresses gratitude for the seven present and trust in heaven for those departed, honoring familiar faces and faith in divine care.
A 19th century rhetoric on timber use warns that railways eat vast timber stocks. It cites 150000 acres of timber yearly, massive wood expenditures, and rising demand driving forests toward depletion. Advocates conservation and planting, noting coal and wood alternatives and a need to balance progress with forest preservation.
The piece argues trees command respect as nature’s temples and cites German customs of planting trees for marriages and births. It critiques Delaware’s literacy failures and condemns whipping posts and barbaric punishment, contrasting civilization with colonial brutality and urging humane progress.
Reports describe scattered Fenian activity north and east of Albany with a notable force at Pigeon Hill in Canada. The piece says a smaller group under O'Neill was fired upon near Franklin Vermont, leading to his arrest in Burlington. It warns Britain to resolve Alabama claims, implying American sympathy could boost Irish agitation and risk war if Canada remains a flashpoint.
A chaotic piece notes volcanic eruptions in Ecuador spewing fish from Cotopaxi Imbabura and Carqueyrago with Argos Cyclopum dominating the claims but wryly questions the interior lakes and fish survival. It shifts to The Tribune urging practical steps for employment and a fourfold breakdown of out of work individuals.
An 19th century notice touts a hair restorer claiming quick grey hair restoration and multiple uses from dye to toilet and strengthener. Advertises Van Duzer flavoring extracts from Navarre and a local English placard announcing a vast stock sale with 140,000 bees mentioned.
A reflective piece compares the human body to a house with intricate rooms and passages, noting bones, muscles, the digestive tract, heart function, lungs, and blood flow. It cites measurements and questions why one should look beyond the outside to study the body and mentions a historical discovery of Cotton Mather’s document about Quakers and Penne, highlighting colonial religious tensions.
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