03 May 1871
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1871
Page
1
A long roster of child and school oriented periodicals is recommended, noting The Schoolmate and Merry's Museum as enduring guides for youth, with ads for Health and Education journals and a tale of mysterious spectral happenings in Wooster, Ohio involving the Hoffmans, eerie notes, ruined clothing, and a doctor’s practical medical tips on fainting and apoplexy.
A Wooster article describes a Hoffman family haunted by malignant spirits. The story recalls Rev. Cotton Mather and details missing money, moving homes, and objects falling or being taken, with the cellar rumored as the evil center and more disturbances spreading to neighboring houses.
A Quaker letter urges correction of a youth showing irregular temper and vanity, then shifts to a report on Ohio legislative apportionment. It notes census data, ratio of representation for Lower House and Senate, current and next General Assemblies, party shifts, and district consolidations affecting Knox, Morrow, Wayne, Holmes, Lorain, Richland, and others.
The article contrasts sleep, fainting, and apoplexy, noting that asleep individuals have a pulse and breathing, while fainting eliminates pulse and respiration. It claims apoplexy is between sleep and fainting, with the heart beating and muscles relaxed, yet no sense, and describes facial differences between sleep and fainting, including a pallor of death in fainting.
A German procession in New York stretched 15 miles, four times the route sum, with 45 000 men 12 000 horses 4200 carriages 330 bands 20 drum corps and 609 wagons and trade vehicles. A stuttering man mimics a German speaker asking why speech falters, repeating phrases about a parrot.
A humorous but scrappy reflection on comic lecturing by Josh Billings style prose. The piece critiques the craft, crowd reactions, and the fine line between entertaining and overdoing humor, noting the public’s judgment and the difficulty of making audiences laugh without offhanded offense.
A Portland Press note describes a city lady owning an old album filled with autographs of Andrew Jackson era figures. John Quincy Adams, Tristram Burress, Charles Dickens, Edward Everett, Robert C. Winthrop, Martin Van Buren, Winfield Scott, Washington Irving, and John Kennedy are cited with dated inscriptions and distinctive handwriting.
A collage of humorous and homely lines on thrift, religion, temperance, and common sense. It notes that wealth does not guarantee virtue while memory remains crucial in aging, and recalls Mrs. Partington’s quips about schooners and burglars. Also includes a wry exchange about carrying a barrel of whisky upstairs and social folly.
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