A Little Grave on the Hilltop
Poetic verse mourns a child’s loss with images of an empty cradle a dress and shoe a lock of hair and a grave on a hillside. The speaker consoles in death as eternal life asking why we should weep.
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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1882
Page
4
Gentleman Bob the Ensign of the Regiment
Colonel Graylock recounts how a quiet Ensign known as Gentleman Bob stood out during a brutal war. He drew a village map, protected a wounded comrade, and even opposed execution of a madman, earning praise from foes and earning the narrator’s remorseful laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Graylock
Bob
Henry Havelock
Gentleman Bob
Harper's
Death as Gentle End to Suffering
The text argues death is peaceful and painless, ending suffering and offering calm, while fear of death is a forced image. It cites Parker noting willingness to die and views death as a natural, beneficent ordinance to be welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Parker
Courtesy and restraint in daily conduct urged
A moral reflection lists virtues such as courtesy to all, avoiding judgment, speaking kindly, controlling anger, and pardoning wrongs. It notes patience, listening to gossip sparingly, and skepticism toward ill reports. The text also mentions the revised Bible spelling Hades and a carpentry warning about thumb nails.
Amendments to domestic harmony in manners of marriage
The author satirizes common marital remedies urging couples to marry within their own faith while listing humorous cautions about discord. It contrasts exaggerated rules such as never angering at once and handling conflicts with wit about two homes two pews two budgets and two sewing circles.
A Well Hatches Young Alligators
A Louisiana woman, seeking to hatch eggs, placed seventeen eggs under a brooding hen in Cow Island. Four small alligators hatched, believed to be laid by nearby marsh alligators and incubated with the hen. The young reptiles followed the mother hen around the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alsbyville
Dieridconal
Cow Island
Ien
Local papers as community voices and pillars of society
The passage argues that newspapers reach every household and deserve strong support and scrutiny. It emphasizes the paper as a representative of public welfare, surpassing sermons in everyday impact and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Si Itout
Bank of England Features and Historical Details
The Bank of England was incorporated in 1649. It spans five acres and employs 900 clerks. It has no street-facing windows. light comes through open courts. The bank is protected against mobs with cannon. A central clock has fifty dials. Large cisterns and ready engines exist for fire defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bank of England
Slim Teacher Takes Over Cranberry Gulch School
A Sacramento district with rough youths hires Harry Flotoe as teacher despite grim warnings. He arrives with revolvers and a belt of weapons, sets strict classes, enforces order with a pistol, and gradually wins respect, keeping school for two years and doubling pay.
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Cranberry Gulch
Harry Flotoe
Harry
Marty
Yuba
Monay
Howie
Nojy
Tucker
Cranberny Gulch
Rfey
San Francisco Chronicle
Lemon powers and uses across health and flavor
An exchange outlines lemon benefits from medicine to cooking. It notes lemon juice as a universal tonic and anticorbutic, aids digestion and skin, aids gums and hair, and flavors strawberries. it describes preparations like lemonade and direct juice uses, with cautions on external and internal applications.
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Asia
Icily
Portugal
France
Europe
Fragile Happiness Blooms in Quiet Nooks and Mines Record
A reflective piece notes happiness as a fragile plant that appears unexpectedly. It mentions the world’s longest subterranean construction, begun in the 12th century in the Freyburg mines of Saxony, extending 123 miles by 1836 and yielding substantial silver.
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Freyburg
Saxony
Whimsical Prose Fragments on Language and Etiquette
A collection of pithy phrases and quips ranging from church readings of Daniel to shop signs and observations on gender roles. The items question pronunciation, domestic objects, and moral wisdom with a playful, old newspaper voice.
Weather Service Chief Hazen A Prominent Civil War Leader
The article praises General William B. Hazen as head of the Weather/Signal Service after General Myers death. It traces Hazen’s Vermont origins and West Point entry in 1851, his Civil War rise from colonel to major general, and notes the service’s use of scientific observation and telegraph-based forecast probabilities for public benefit.
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Cuier
Tite Ston
Myer
Signal Service Department
William B. Hazen
Chukamanuga
Thirty-eighth Regular Infantry
Hazen
Hagens
Collector’s grim gifts mark office of District Attorney
Tugh Taggart, a popular Assistant District Attorney, keeps a macabre collection of presents sent by accusers from across the country. Items include a wooden collar with a glass pane showing an assassin, a bottle with adhesive to seal a wretch’s mouth, and a cap for Charles Guiteau bearing threats to hang him or send him to Dover.
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Tugh Taggart
Ciniteau
Kansas
Charles Guiteau
Garfield
Dover
X. J
Sam
Colored Messenger
Natonal Republican
Medical declaration cites intemperance dangers by New York doctors
About two hundred physicians in New York and vicinity endorse a declaration urging alcohol be treated as a potent drug. They warn it causes disease, corrupts offspring, and fuels crime and poverty, and they call for cautious medical use and legislative controls. The AMA adopts the declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Vicinit
Great Britain
American Medical Association
James Edmunds
London
Atlantic
Willard Warzer
Henry Thompson
The Dress and Discontent of a Sensible Bride
An anecdotal reflection contrasts a thrifty bride with a lavish premarriage wardrobe. The woman jokes about needing new dresses after marriage, noting how love, books, and shared plans shaped their life. The text warns of wives becoming slaves to routine if idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Malry
Ada
Mary
Milkmans Mathematics Figures Mystery
A milkman in a humorous anecdote calculates his daily output on Elizabeth Street. He delivers ninety one quarts, has nine cows, and each cow yields seven quarts. He discovers a math error, realizes he has been watering some customers, and ends with a comic confession about a missing supply.
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Thomas
Elizabeth Street
Resignation and Humble Prayers Mentioned in Sermons
A fragmented sketch notes resignation themes in religious circles and daily life. It references a minister’s stance on stepping down while others discuss faith and patience. The piece hints at personal names and a light critique of public declarations.
Local express timetable and train connections reformatted
Crestline to Pittsburgh via through trains with no change. Includes schedules from Mansfield Loudonville Shreve Wooster Orrville Massillon Canton Alliance and Columbus time note. Details connect Pittsburgh Chicago and general trunk lines with notes on wait times and depot relocation in Chicago.
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Crestline
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Loudotville
Pittsburgh
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Rochester
Columbiana, If
Salem
Pan Farth
Canton Gga
Tim ' Sais
Massillon
Orrville Ae
Wooster
Gates Loudonville
Siseta
Manafield
Leon Crestline
Wayne
Lida
Pan Thieugo
Excen
Eaves Pettyburgh
Alqgheny
Columbiana
Pan Salem
Alliines
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Magsillon
Orrville
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Loulonville
New Mammoth General
Chicago
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North-Western Ohio Railway
Goingwest
Toledo
Manfield
Cleveland
Pittsburgis R. R
NokTa
Alliance
Gorxu Scutia
New Philadelphia
Steubenville
Varrive Bellaire
Cleveland Akron and Columbus Rail Road Time Table
Rail road timetable dated Friday January 13 1882 shows train schedules for the Cleveland Akron and Columbus line with arrival and departure times and service notes. The listing provides station stops and times for travelers on the route through Cleveland Akron and Columbus.
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Cleveland
Akron & Columbus
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