25 May 1870
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1870
Page
1
A critique contrasts respectable trades like blacksmiths and tailors with liquor sellers, arguing alcohol destroys wealth and welfare. The piece promotes temperance, notes Europe travel pamphlets, ship lines to Europe, and highlights reformers like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It discusses social outcomes, a moral economy, and the era’s reform spirit.
The article outlines the ninth census purpose and schedule stakes including dwelling counts, inhabitants by age and occupation, real estate, literacy, births, and school attendance. It notes Schedule No. 2 is obsolete and details farm and industry data such as land, live stock, and production for the prior year ending June 1, 1870.
The Courier urges adding commercial education to public and primary schools. It announces a summer teacher’s institute with Bryant & Stratton Chicago implying ten weeks for teachers to study business education principles, meet peers, compare methods, and secure future placements. The Chicago Business University faculty will participate.
The Chicago Courier reports on a proposed ten week summer session for a teacher's business institute aimed at advanced instruction in finance, banking, insurance, political economy, and legal matters. It promises daily lectures, improved penmanship, and city life benefits in Chicago, Hyde Park, Lake View, Evanston, with a July start and a call for teacher and journal support.
February 24 two divers from San Francisco Charles Lougee and J S Lougee descend to 139 feet near the Onedin wreck. Air pump strained as lines and lifelines kept pressure, bubbles and signals rise to the surface amid fear and resolve.
The diver describes surface return after exploring the Onedia wreck. He notes the ship is crushed from the mizzen rigging to the stern end, with the captain's cabin breached and the wheel gone. Survivors include Crowninshield Clark Master Yates and Dr Sudard. The diver doubts raising the ship but suggests salvaging the battery and personal effects with government aid.
A reflective essay describes a prisoner in a damp dungeon with a chained foot, contrasting human body repair to machinery wear. It argues the body, unlike man made engines, heals and self lubricates, running for a century until its work is done, while mechanical parts require oil and replacement.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS OF THE DAY describes how Chaldeans Syrians Persians and Indians use sunrise to mark four day parts while Chinese Egypt and Greeks split time differently The Romans adopted a civil day from midnight and the first Rome clock dial used water to lengthen or shorten hours This piece notes early sun clocks from Catania and Accensus proclamations of hours in courts and public life.
A verdant young man visits a New York jewelry store and jokes about a Masonic pin the compass and square bearing the letter G. He asks price, hopes for a hand saw design, saying he will become a carpenter and fitter. The jeweler explains the pin costs seven dollars and the man imagines Gallus as Gimlet.
A fragmentary survey links animal behavior to human roles and societal structures, listing bees, ants, beavers, birds, and other species with metaphorical occupations. It mixes natural observation with promotional notes for Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Tonic and Whistlesey’s Cure, citing sales through druggists.
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