19 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1886
Page
1
A fragmentary poem compares a woman writer’s refined verses with Brown’s harsher domestic taste. The speaker notes she spreads an intellectual feast while Brown’s hunger grows. Fines, clothes-line, and odes appear as metaphorical contrasts in a muddled, archaic scene.
Margaret schemes to capitalize on a farm sale with cousin David while sheltering her growing attraction. David buys into the venture, earning profits as Nora and Hattie watch, and Margaret’s bold plans unfold amid family tensions and a hospital scare that tests affections.
Aged recluse A P Talbott, living alone by Lake Chippewa for eight years, forms a romance with buxom 30 year old Williams. He built a cabin east of the lake and led a quiet life of fishing hunting and gardening while clinging to deep religious faith. Their courtship blooms amid local curiosity and suspicion, culminating in marriage.
A compiled list shows state officers, legislatures, and Congressmen elected on November 2 across many states including California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin with some states also scheduling other deadlines or constitutional questions.
A Pittsburgh advertisement seeks agents across the United States for a “live, energetic” patent title venture offering 10 percent profits with exclusive county sales rights. It promises rapid earnings, a 30 day trial with refunds, and urges recipients to contact RENNER MAXSEE ACTING Co. at 116 Smithfield St, Pittsburgh, Pa.
An old newspaper fragment catalogs dubious remedies and advertisements. It touts Ayers Sarsaparilla and Shilo s Porous Plaster as cures and warns of fever, dizziness, and deafness from illnesses. The piece mocks medical theories and promotes patent medicines and dubious claims.
A whimsical remark compares a man with a philosophical temperament to a cucumber. It notes that even when cut up he remains remarkably calm and collected.
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