26 Dec 1878
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1878
Page
1
A recounting from St Nicholas of the May 19 1780 dark day during the American Revolution. Eyewitness descriptions note unusual vapors, red yellow and brown skies, a sunless noon, and a returned dawn on May 20 along with public fear and religious supplication.
To girls. Never marry a man who has only his love for you to recommend him. Love without trust or virtue leads to unhappiness. A husband should be a guide, a companion, and a friend as well as a lover.
The Paris Tribune notes disputed links between cranium volume and intellect. It cites figures from Cuvier Byron and Napoleon needing longer hats, compares roundness in rulers like Bismarck Moltke William, and claims inferior races have smaller heads though tougher. It discusses regional and occupational head size and growth to age forty five, with ecclesiastics peaking earlier.
A humorous domestic scene unfolds as a man delays bedtime despite a warm bed while his partner battles the cold room and gas bill. The lengthy vignette juxtaposes stubborn routines with weathered marriage banter and shared chores.
A suburban colored Sunday school leader named Laele Moses addresses students in heavily dialected speech. The scene depicts racial segregation and discipline as the administrator questions students about vision and speech, using harsh vernacular.
An advertisement touts Dr Bull s Baby Syrup as an innocent remedy with no opium morphia or injurious ingredients priced at 25 cents a bottle. Brooklyn store installs electric lighting, replacing gas jets with six 2000 candle power lamps at 2000 cost and promises quartered lighting costs. In Hesse Darmstadt a new bill lets fathers decide religion for offspring except illegitimate children where mothers decide.
The Executive Committee proposes the Week of Prayer for January 1879 with topics each day. Subjects include Christian Union for January 5, peace and liberty for January 9, press and reform causes January 10, and missions January 11 across Christian countries and missions worldwide.
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