10 Jun 1869
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1869
Page
1
The piece argues against materializing Heaven and cautions that death remains a limit to knowledge. It cites divine bounds and offers spiritual foreshadowing, urging trust in likeness to God and heavenly rest rather than earthly pleasures.
An agricultural note argues against a fixed early rising routine. It cautions that pre-breakfast outdoor tasks can strain health due to morning miasmas and fogs. The piece suggests a light start after waking, then activities like heating, feeding, and a later breakfast for improved vitality.
A Louisville chancery opinion rejects divorcing a couple for unclear causes. The judge decries family faction and favors lingering forgiveness, urging the case be sent to Rules. An editorial insert condemns smoking and argues for moral reform alongside legal justice.
The Cheyenne Leader notes emigrants describe strange notions of time on the train from New York. One German traveler laments long waits, joking that years pass while no lager is available and imagining reaching a keg at journey’s end. Others mention parties returning from White Pines and a long wait eastward.
A newspaper notes a will that disinherits all heirs and leaves a fortune to build a grand infirmary for cats in a populous U.S. city. The plan includes elaborate cat housing, rat holes, guarded grounds, and no male entrants, with a bizarre clause to make fiddle strings from the testator’s intestines to fund an ever playing accordion for feline amusement.
The Colizeum in St James Square Boston will house the Musical Peace Festival in June. It will be the largest single roofed building in America covering three to four acres and seating 16 800 with extensive glass ventilation and twelve wide doorways. Over 20 000 singers expected and extensive machinery to be installed.
A humorous El Paso Journal piece depicts a mock interview where an aspiring subscriber meets a feisty woman’s rights advocate. The exchange covers suffrage, married life, and dress codes with sharp banter about polls and emancipation, ending with the narrator fleeing upstairs and promising not to return soon.
A well known citizen once took money from a neighbor’s mistake in a fair trade. Illness made him repent and vow restitution, even asking a minister to pray he might set things right. He recovered, but forgot the pledge, prompting a parable on conscience and moral action.
Dr Mary Walker and Mrs General Gaines clash over dress in a Washington department store scene. Gaines mocks Walker’s attire calling for breeches while Walker resists, defending principles and gender norms as a crowd watches the heated exchange before Walker is summoned for an interview.
An opposition committee argues the Second Empire spends vast sums on elites while underpaying teachers. It cites daily costs for the Chief of State and Senate, ministers, and other officers, noting salaries up to 60,000 francs and questionable appointees.
A Queensland editorial urges humility in labor and condemns ignorance and sloth. It argues men should not fear hardship or poverty and should only be ashamed of dishonesty and idleness.
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