10 Aug 1865
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1865
Page
1
A political figure defends a unified loyalist party stance on Reconstruction. He urges adherence to four Hall principles, argues for careful timing of policy, and warns against civil strife by delaying urgent decisions. He favors peaceful separation of races if needed, and cites historical views on race mixing and governance.
In a letter from Oberlin Ohio J D Cox argues for a federal backed plan to settle freedmen in a South regional dependency with schools, laws, and political rights while preserving federal control of ports. He warns against racial strife and urges a homogenized union based on shared institutions and moral unity.
An essay argues evening gatherings with women are healthier than clubs or theatres. It claims virtuous female company fosters respect toward women, reduces selfishness, and counters youth’s deleterious amusements. It criticizes male club swagger and overindulgent self focus.
Arthur Tappan, a prominent New Haven merchant and longtime abolitionist, died yesterday at age about 80. He retired from business but remained noted for benevolence, public causes, and support of labor and charity. he once helped William Lloyd Garrison pay a jail fine.
A young man asks Daniel Webster if law is overfull. He replies there is always room upstairs as demand stays high for those who work honestly. The moral: start at the bottom, climb patiently, and reach the high places only by steady effort.
A Tennessee candidate for Congress argues that opposition to negro suffrage will fail and that enfranchising loyal black citizens may be used to establish loyal civil government in the South. He cites General Logan and Chief Justice Chase as supporting emancipation if rebellion persists.
The Enquirer contests Gazette views of poor whites and cites Mrs. Fanny Kempe Berger’s Georgia observations describing Southern whites as degraded and unfit for political rights. The piece contrasts planter views with Berger’s harsh appraisal of poverty, laziness, and defiance.
A compilation of light items and quips: a Yankee quips about suing a railroad for repairs after injury. a broken engagement due to conversational powers. a Harvard college anecdote about Moses. political jests about governors and self-government. royal christening news for the Prince and Princess of Wales. pardon petitions and party deaths from tight lacing. and price bits on unbleached domestics in Mississippi.
George F. Robinson the soldier who saved Secretary Seward lives on the farm given him in the West after his marriage on the 12th at Springfield Missouri. The note mentions large strawberries in Nevada and a Sea isco Flag authorized in this context.
A dated recipe describes a quick cookie dough using one cup sugar one egg butter half a cup milk one teaspoon soda two of cream of tartar a heapcard essence and sifted flour. Mix beat add a pint dried huckleberries then bake in a hot oven.
To each quart of raspberries add a quart of water. Bruise and steep two days, strain. For every gallon add three pounds leaf sugar, dissolve, bottle after about two months. Add a tablespoonful of brandy to each bottle.
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