31 Jan 1878
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1878
Page
1
A dense city directory fragment lists numerous churches including PRESBYTERIAN and BAPTIST near Walnut Street, with references to pastors, services, and sabbath hours. It also names multiple shops, doctors, and businesses such as JOC. DREHER MD and various street corners, suggesting a compiled guide to local institutions and services.
The text appears as garbled OCR with missing words and nonsensical phrases. It seems to reference a minister, a doctor, a vehicle, and percentages but provides no clear event, date, or identifiable entities. No coherent summaryable item emerges from the readable content.
Aboard the brig Helen Macdonald and the Portland Bay voyage crew, Captain Corbett and Harry Corbett face storms and mutiny while restoring the ship. A port visit to Port Phillip leads to a perilous return voyage and a fateful roulette game that foreshadows tragedy for Harry and the crew.
Joseph Van Noy, a Port Jervis NY teacher at Log town in Greenville township, confiscates balls from students. He discovers a ten year old’s ball hidden with a tin box containing powder that could have demolished the school, averting disaster. Edgewood estate described near Madison. Various notices and advertisements mix in.
In Ashland during the Hayes versus Allen gubernatorial race a street debate among youths included Miss Florence Ince and Mr Curt Moore. A bet on Allen as next governor led to a sheep pledge that never arrived. Later wagers shifted to Tilden and the Electoral Commission as Miss Luce won the earlier bets. Miss Luce bought twenty dollars worth of queensware from Moore A Reeser and faced a writ of attachment when the bill remained unpaid. The suit heads to trial before Judge Campbell-Aaland.
A Negro minister explains his quick remarriage after his wife's death. He cites Scriptural references and divine comfort, arguing that God did not withhold sympathy while he sought peace. He asserts the widow Patterson was as dead as ever.
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