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Newspaper

Wooster Republican

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1871

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PREENYTARIAN CHURCH SERVICES LISTED IN OCR NOTE

An OCR fragment lists multiple church names and service times. Mentions PREENYTARIAN and BAPTIAT CAI KOE churches with morning and afternoon services. References pastors such as Ro B W Miller and Dr J M Weaver and locations like North and Market streets.

Ruech North and Welel Otreets W Miller Fabbath Schoust J. M Weaver Urank North Rew G W Pepper Babbath Proclatq Alex Laweblin Sap’t Baptiat Cai Koe North Market Street Lam Mabbath Behst Henry Dorkee Bap't Hanta Free

Prisoner’s Escape Plot Ends With Father’s Judge and Daughter

In a tense scene Katie Lar kin helps free William Babcolm, wrongly accused of horse theft, by plotting an escape during a tavern vigil. Katie confesses the truth to her father the judge as pursuers close in, and Babcolm flees on a sorrel with the group stopping the chase. Years later Babcolm returns to claim Katie after a five year wait.

Sam Jones Katie Larin Katie Everthing Jones William Horse Atealieg Kate Contettion Opcé Sre Kaitd Katie Larkin William Babcolm Bat Jim Anawer Brown Willelp

Farm for sale in Chippewas Township Ohio by owner

The undersigned offers a farm property for gate in Chippewas Township Wayne County Ohio along the Wooster to Akron state road near Stankerville. It comprises about 240 acres of Chippewa Bottom Land with a frame house, outbuildings, barn, corn crib and wagon shed. Water is available and it is described as a fine farm in decent condition with good access and potential for sale to likely bidders.

Chippews Township Waynes County Wooster Akro Stankerville Balldinge Bowes Fars

A Ruse for Life in a Western Trial Scene

A tense frontier scene unfolds as a judge resists immediate hanging for a captured youth. Brown and others pressure swift summary justice while the judge insists on a formal trial, warning against extra-legal punishment yet hinting at brutal consequences for the boy and his father.

Novel race on the Hudson between Zephyr and Icicle near Poughkeepsie

A February 20 race on the Hudson near Poughkeepsie pitted Zephyr owned by K J Backhent against Icicle owned by K John Roosevelt and a New York to Chicago express train. Both ice boats started ahead of the locomotive and, after a brief collision, surged across the ice at about a mile a minute, leaving the train far behind amid cheering passengers and waving hats.

Hudson Poughkeepsie Zephyr K. J. Backhent Icicle K. John Rosevelt Chicago New York New York Times Associa Northweat Cat Machine 10

The Great Ball of 1840 and a Humorous Romance

A long account recalls the Great Ball of 1840 to celebrate Tippecanoe and Tyler too. It describes the oversized ball, its journey from Dresden to Washington and New Orleans, and a humorous courtship tale ending with a broken buggy after a chaotic church-night ride.

Dresden Montter Tippecanoe Tyler Dresen Wm. Johnson Bo Auvolt Zaneaville Corpa Bon Tom Ewing Whig Central Committee Washington City New Orleana Mississippi Ohio Kentucky East Tennessee Knoxville

Pennsylvania Central Rumored To Control Union Pacific

A strong rumor claims the Pennsylvania Central has gained control of the Union Pacific line leaving Vanderbilt and rivals to face a redirected through trade. The move would shift San Francisco to New York traffic east via Fort Wayne and Pennsylvania Central, challenging Lake Shore and New York Central routes. The piece calls for Congressional action to curb railway magnates controlling major lines.

Raiway Pennsylvania Central Union Pacific Vanderbilt San Francisco New York Ft Wayne Lake Shore New York Central Congress Eric Baltimore Ohio

Progress in 1870 Economic Review of Agriculture and Trade

The Booth produced 4,000,000 bales of cotton in 1870, with 1869 at 8,000,000, suggesting lower profit but cheaper cotton goods for the masses. U.S. corn output reached 1,100,000,000 bushels at 28 bushels per acre, while corn value rivals cotton at 14 cents per pound. Estimated gold and silver around $60,000,000 in 1870, with exports near that amount and specie gains, plus an anticipated $30,000,000 more coin in the country. Trade balance for 1869 stood at about $75,000,000, improving to under $25,000,000 by June 30, 1870. Railway extension of about 10,000 miles at $300,000,000 is noted.

Booth Cincinnati

Stamp Receipts for Premiums on Insurance Policies

An Inland Revenue letter from J W Doug lass Acting Commissioner discusses renewal stamps for premiums on insurance policies. It clarifies that a renewal stamp used before policy expiration is treated as stamping a new policy, with general rules noted and dated references.

J. W. Douglass Internal Revenue Insurance Agen

Stuffing the Children Editorial Critique of After School Detention

The Buffalo Courier editors condemn after school detentions to make up lessons as harmful. They argue teachers should tailor lessons to pupil capacity and assign proper tasks during school hours, noting the practice breeds frustration for pupils and parents and does not improve learning.

Corrien Bas Buffalo Patros

The Changing Notion of Womanliness and Housekeeping

The article contrasts past ideals of womanly housekeeping with modern views that dismiss such duties. It argues that beauty, dress, and motherhood remain central to womanliness, and that a well-ordered home reflects female pride and social value.

Legend of the mosqueto and the Manito famine tale

The Red River Indians tell a legend explaining the origin of the mosquito. A famine drives the people to beg the Great Spirit, two hunters and an old white woman gain abundance by a pact, the woman takes the first share, and a curse follows. After her death a skull births a swarm of insects that plague the tribe, teaching them a harsh lesson from Manito.

Red River Indiana Rome

Untitled Reflections on Gold Touch and Ghosts

Fragmented meditation notes discuss myths of turning touch to gold and the futility of imitation. The text questions appearances, social fear of ghosts, and a neighbor's critique of credit, ending with a plea for restraint and accommodation of others.

Pension bill advances in Senate ratifying disabled service aid

A measure to increase pensions for officers soldiers sailors and marines passed the Senate without debate. The act would raise the pension fund withdrawals by about 600000 dollars annually starting March first 1871.

Drunk! A cautionary tale of ruin and shame

A stark moral piece condemns drunkenness and its toll on families. It depicts a young man sinking into unconsciousness, leaving his wife to endure hunger and his children without clothing as friends abandon him and his reputation fades.

Bakr

Self-Reliance for a Young Man at Fourteen

The article argues that true career success comes from confident self-reliance at age fourteen. It cautions against seeking others’ aid and against idle evenings. A disciplined youth who works harder and avoids aimless company can attain distinction beyond the common level.

I Told You So Predicted It and Told Him So

An elderly woman in a lab proclaims she predicted an unusual event a day early, her husband weary of her, while a note on a brindle cow and a prankish scene unfolds. A young man from Kanene with unusual feet mobility performs awkward turns, treading on his heels on a riverbank.

Noxulf Ebi Kanene

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