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05 Jul 1877
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1877
Page
1
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Fragmented OCR note lists a jewelry store and public square in Wooster Ohio. Mentions hours from 1 AM to 2 PM and 7 PM. References accounts due for services and residence on North Market Street with vague details of business hours.
A vivid tale unfolds on a Western excursion train where William Langdon hides a hidden treasure and plans a homecoming surprise for his wife Kate. Stephens Taylor & Co then offer Langdon a partnership, transforming a playful trip into a life changing moment.
An era of inmates at City Hospital for the Insane recounts bizarre visions and delusions. A hatchet-faced patient claims his head is the moon and his skin lights lamps around the city while other patients describe implanted electric batteries and tortured bodies as doctors observe a mix of magic and melancholia. An ex-college professor translates Horace while debating Dickens and lead poisoning theories.
A veterinary surgeon based in Smithville Ohio announces prompt professional care for horses and cattle. He offers treatment by science and experience, with weekly distant visits to Wooster and a fixed address at J and EB Number's Brass Works.
In Vernfant the Bile of Yager beer was permitted on grounds it is non intoxicating yet three-fourths of arrested drinkers report no other intake and evidence suggests mislabeling or sales error.
A condensed account recounts Mohammed born in 560 at Mecca in Arabia. It traces his early life with Abdallah and Amina, his marriage to Khadija, the first converts, the Hijra to Medina in 622, and his rise to prophet and ruler. It covers battles at Badr and Uhud, the conquest of Mecca in 629, the destruction of idols, the pilgrimage, and his death in Medina in 682 at age sixty three.
The New York Tribune recounts Mr. Owen and Mary Jane Robison marrying by contract in New York on April 12, 1832. They avoided ceremony to oppose feudal marriage rights, promising equality and liberty. Mrs. Owen died August 1871, and Robert Dale Owen conducted the funeral, expressing belief in life after death and eternal reunion. Also reported is a volcanic outbreak near Fort Yuma in the Colorado desert with emissions of black smoke beginning April 11.
The Church of the United Brethren reported gains last year of 10 228 members 252 places of worship and 55 000 Sunday school scholars. The expansion included 10 colleges and a Biblical seminary.
In a letter from London, Jennie June notes American women chase new cuts rapidly, while English women mainly reform children’s clothing. She contrasts France’s form ideas with U. S. adoption of high tailor cuts and flat tunics, and says England mostly clings to straight basques and short waists.
A Sedalia resident reports a large sow named Duchess on Gentry's farm, bought by Mr Gentry with two others for $1800. The sow weighs 600 to 700 pounds and has six piglets. A negro man waters and fans the sow to keep her comfortable, guarding the litter to prevent harm.
A regional stance declares independence from Northern sentiment and presses that the South will manage its own affairs. The speaker opposes Northern control and asserts self rule against outside pressure and scrutiny.
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