19 Feb 1874
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1874
Page
1
The fragment lists church denominations and pastors with location cues and schedule hints. It mentions Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches along with others, indicating a city directory style notice of religious services and leaders.
Dr Henry Colton, a wounded veteran and physician, helps a ragged girl named Rosa in New York. She rises from poverty through the Girl's Refuge and a fortuitous marriage to a merchant, then helps Colton regain purpose and fortune. Years later Rosa, now rich as Mrs. Rosa Ralston, rescues him from ruin, revealing she was the girl he once advised to become a lady.
A verbose spoof in the Poe vein unfolds with a printer’s devil asking for more copy as the foreman’s demand drives the narrator to recount items picked up in the city. The piece blends mock dread with local scenes and a courtly critique of journalism.
Ohio lawmakers publish the new act amending section thirteen to set passenger rates at not more than three cents per mile for distances over eight miles and five cents per ten miles for freight with penalties double the overcharge, minimum twenty five dollars, effective upon passage.
D Warris of Akron writes that wool growing in Summit County shows signs of revival as domestic fleece prices rise and inventories dwindle. He notes California production reaching 30 million pounds annually and urges continued sheep husbandry alongside dairy farming to boost local farms.
A newspaper notes that all families named Smith who traveled to Europe last summer will return home. Meanwhile Smythes Thompsons and Bakers alter their names in print or style themselves Becalls. A domestic scene features a girl making pie and a clever youth joking about dough and attraction.
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