02 May 1867
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1867
Page
1
The piece warns young ladies to avoid marrying men who drink, urging them to guard their hearts and seek stable partners. It highlights the risks of liquor, pride, and social status, framing marriage as essential for long term happiness. It cautions that men who duck responsibility eventually fail to provide security and happiness.
The second annual meeting in Cleveland at Garrett's Hall outlined aims to raise Ohio wool quality and standardize purchasing. Officers were elected and committees formed to enforce association rules and promote wool market reform across growers and eastern buyers.
Hole in the Day, the Chippewa leader, has wed a white woman. They stay at Merchants' Hotel after treaty events in Washington. He plans to live among white folk at St Cloud, with wealth from annuities and a stocked farm, while avoiding Crow Wing harem. The match reflects his desire to adopt pale-faced standards. St Paul Pioneer.
The essay argues that finishing the Atlantic to Pacific railroad will unlock vast commerce and settlement. It notes rapid private and government funding, expected yearly earnings in the millions, light interest costs, and rapid completion as streams of capital and population pour into western rails. It highlights mineral wealth, arid deserts, and the need for access and labor to boost production.
A bizarre scene at a grindstone shifts to reflections on aging and a life spent in wealth and hard bargains. A late London letter details Queen Victoria’s restrained state, Windsor routines, and her mercy to the poor, with Highland servant Brown ruling the royal household and her acts of charity tied to Prince Albert’s legacy.
A world wise father sends his son with a chariot and eggs to decide who rules a household. A cottage couple, led by the wife, insists on taking the gray mare while the husband prefers the bay. The boy yields, and returns home with both horses but no eggs, illustrating the proverb that the gray mare is the better horse.
A 19th century piece arguing that small wooden cottages can be built cheaply using planks and light framing. It claims extensive lumber use is wasteful, favoring simple frames built on floors and foundations with minimal material, and asserts such cottages can match warmth and strength of larger houses at lower cost. It emphasizes rapid construction and practical practicality over ornate designs.
The article explains how catching cold arises from exposure to cold air, damp floors, or drafts, and warns against self treatment. It links untreated colds to throat and lung inflammation, tuberculous deposition, and emphasizes the importance of daily bodily cleansing and skin stimulation to prevent illness. It notes excessive clothing is unnecessary with regular bathing and friction.
A moral exhortation on fidelity and honesty, warning that deception corrupts love and virtue. The speaker laments betrayal, condemns liars as doomed, and urges unwavering truthfulness as essential to being worthy of both earthly and heavenly regard.
A list of coined terms with humorous definitions including Donk fluid, Tonure a runaway horse, Policemax a sleeping van, Doctor a killer today, and other odd pairings. The reader encounters playful etymologies like Bonnet a opera headpiece and Runa Fenickx potatoes and turnips, all presented as puzzle-like entries without fuller context.
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