16 Nov 1870
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1870
Page
1
An extended catalog of periodicals and juvenile magazines with notes on contents and publishers. Mentions Atlantic Monthly and Riverside, Arthur’s Home Magazine, The Herald of Health, Little Corporal, Merry’s Museum, Sunday School Worker, Phrenological Journal, The Technologist, Peters Musical Monthly, The Nursery, Schoolday Visitor, Educational Monthly, New York Teacher, and census note on farming growth.
A sermon by Henry Ward Beecher challenges sacred imagery and heaven as a metaphor, urging practical virtue here and now. The page also recounts amusing parrot stories from Brooklyn and Philadelphia, including a talking birds and a tale of a parrot at Westminster demanding twenty pounds.
A survey of Babylonian and Assyrian literary finds discusses Nabukudr-naar II era power shifts, Nebuchadnezzar expeditions, and temple records. It notes British Museum fragments from Euphrates tablets and cylinders, cataloging efforts, and planned volumes detailing historical, bilingual, mythological, and astrological scraps. Nineveh.
The Philadelphia Press outlines Morton’s Terree Hilute speech. It contrasts a glowing Republican record with Democratic criticisms, praising civil rights, homestead and Pacific railroad actions, debt reduction, and tariff support while denouncing anti union and anti civil rights stances.
A Zanesville Times account recounts a wedding prank where a couple discovers a five thousand dollar check under the bride’s plate. The husband, guest, and especially the clergyman react with disbelief and laughter as the clergyman pockets the check before the stranded joke is finally resolved.
An eighty year old woman casts her first ballot as crowds of Republicans and Democrats gather. She is escorted from a buggy amid cheers. three celebratory cheers follow. Ladies arrive by carriage and omnium bus, vote, and depart, with peaceful conduct and respect from all.
The piece surveys American custom of treating in saloons as mere sociability, noting foreigners’ amusement and contrast with European manners. It quotes experiences in Chicago and other places, contrasts Germans and Americans, and adds curious notes on animal flight speeds and medieval anecdotes.
A manual on carpet care discusses wet broom cleaning, salt on carpets, and dust removal with cold water rinses, noting careful drying yields cleaner results. A Fourth Street church misheard a plea about baptisms, sparking a humorous misunderstanding and a shift in seating.
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