NEWSPAPERS AS EDUCATORS AND TWO FEET GAUGE RAILWAYS
The article extols newspapers as mass educators shaping knowledge of battles towns and geography through timely war maps and reports. It then notes a Philadelphia Ledger report on a two feet gauge railway in North Wales proving high economy and efficiency for narrow lines. It sketches solar science discoveries including sun size heat distance and star observations.
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Europe
Metz
Nancy
Weissenburg
Sarasbourg
Upat Lave
Rhine
Philadelphia Ledger
North Wales
London Railway News
Venus
Jupiter
Herschel
Grear
Anaxagoras
Peloponnessus
Otio
Serachius
Onra
Kepler
Copernigug
Pierea Oftiokt
Thore
Beatrice Prospects and Frontier Growth in 1870
Frank G. Tanner writes from Beatrice Nebraska detailing rapid town growth, abundant land and railroad prospects, new buildings including a stone church and brick high school, and the influx of homesteaders. He notes government lands, soldier entitlements, rising wages, and the strong Republican sentiment amid frontier expansion along with Hebron’s upcoming settlement. He cites rail capacity data from 1861 and recent earnings figures to illustrate national growth.
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Buatrice
Nex
Eniron
Tecan
Beatrice
Gage County
U.S. Land ‘Office
Powermmichi
M. E. Society
Presbyterians
Henneath
Prof
Chase
Ol‘o
Lincoln
Fontier
Hebron
Blue River
Frank GB. Tanner
Inviting Death and the Education Crisis Explored
A Tribune piece condemns parental ignorance of hereditary mental and physical diseases linked to drunkenness and overwork. It warns that neglecting brain health and pushing rapid schooling damages youth, citing a tragic case of a gifted boy ruined by cerebral disease and overtaxed intellect. A Bristol wall notice mocks a misfit seeking overseas work and mentions Fort Sumter scarcity.
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Phi’s
Tom
Lysson
Tere
Relf
Plato
Comte
George
Garraway
Astisfied
Weeboula
Tribune
Righteous Verdict in Liquor Case Heard Before Esquire Orall
Mrs Snedaker sued John Madden for selling whisky to her husband and two inebriates after warning was given. The jury heard two days of testimony under the amended law holding property owners responsible for tavern sales. Damages awarded amounted to $278, reflecting a temperance message.
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Esquire
Snedaker
John Madden
Col. Teane Gass
Madden
Squire Crall
Zanesville Herald
Kedzie Notes Prolonged Frost-Free Season In Michigan
Professor A M Kedzie of the Michigan Agricultural College reports this season has gone 170 days without a frost severe enough to affect vegetation. He cites Academy of Science records in New Haven showing it is 108 years since such a frost-free stretch has occurred.
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A. M. Kedzie
Michigan Agricultural College
Academy of Science At
New Haven
Fragmentary notes on elements and creative power
The text discusses a wide range of elements including sodium magnesium hydrogen iron bismuth and mercury, noting their large numbers and suggesting a unity in the creative power that originated and sustains them.
Religion of Labor Promotes Work in Daily Life
A 19th century essay argues Christianity extends beyond churches to daily work in shops and mills, praising Jesus as a carpenter rather than royalty. It contends society undervalues skilled trades, urges better rest and sleep for morality, and warns against vanity and idle wealth while stressing discipline, consistency, and practical virtue.
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Tichigton
Jesus
Nazareth
Pilate
Lis
Clark
Lear
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Dollas
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Story
Welke Massillon
Imo
Smo
Pwo
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Rundvills
Massillow Business Cards
Pniennational Bank
Hassillon, O
WM. McLymonds
Casier
Thos. McTllough
First National Bank
Brie Atreet
L Steele
Ff. L. Baldwin
Hassillon
Ohio
O'Bee
P. H. Folger
Classillon
Rees
Anson Pease
Ofice
Erie Street
Dr. H. Geroud
A. Metz
North Street
T. J. Reed
Main , Weigel and
Hill Streets
Petsacreck
Eurtain
Cp. RB
Geon
Carun
Suiwou TA
Phynal Fi “Tom
A.W. Ridexvce
Pal Street
Postofice. Oy
Jas
Brady & Co
Jones & Co
Pourih
Wood Streets
Pictsburge, PA
Bankers, Bay and
Aei
Patti
Maseillen
O. Gillen
1Aain Street
Ever Morganthaler
Wail
Windew Pepers
Edward Bachler
Brogzist
Taekgeller
Mainstreet
Bay Drauss & Fieilicines
Schoeo
Dr. Porter
Dan List
Amerran Pouse
Billlinger &O
Nis
Berger & Son
Main St
Stark
Wayne County
Gutta Perchant Herd
Uayna
Valerniz Eee Ston
Mai Tsecond
Joe
Conral
Comfort
Dickey & CO
Exchange Place
Morganthaler, Jr. & RB
BREED
DRR
Atwater & Co
Bayliss
A. Brown
Cleveland
Bate Gay
Masaillon
Water & Co
Cocountry Produce
Atwater Block
ExeLanse Hy
Ricks & Bro. Dry Goods Merchants
Myers & Willison
North End
Ee Massillon Furnace
J. P. Burton
FALE
Lidy’s
Milmassilloo
Onie
A. Allen
van Duzer & Co
Navarre
A. Garver
Hudson
Akron
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Fulton
Tilport
Isillon Ea
Read
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Ives
Mavarre
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Zoar Eye
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B.green
Qille
Daiten
Lebanon
Mt.Enton
Winesberg
Wilmot
Aad Sige
Nta
Earth
Hoskin
Pennsylvania
T. R. Richmond
Ernest
Tremont Houe
Canrer Main and Factorysts
Massillon, O .F Repairing Prompty Doneo
E. D. Doxsee
Oshce
Canal
Independent
Nebraska
United States
Bristol
Marchants
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Haano Objecshan
Bottomley Bay
Fort Sumter
LABOR
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Stevens
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East Indies
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