20 May 1880
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1880
Page
1
Poem fragment narrates a solitary watcher on a Spain beach longing for a ship that never returns. The speaker laments love lost to the sea, contrasts hopeful longing with barren horizons, and questions fate and endurance amid endless waiting. A mood of melancholy devotion and maritime imagery pervades.
Albert Wakely, once a promising lawyer and Mary Worsham, widow of Abram Worsham, are reintroduced to family ties after years of hardship. John Byrd drives Wakely out for drink but later helps him reform. A rancher’s fortune assists Byrd and his granddaughter, ending in a San Benito estate wedding between Waller Chance and Mary.
Letters from Hon M P Wasusura and J M WasnHatrne praise the Constitution Water as a beneficial medicine. Typed on June 7 1879 from New York firms Morgan Allen and J Kerny Co. urge public publication to aid suffering humanity and prompt readers to ask their druggist for the remedy.
Henry Fawcett newly appointed Postmaster General pledges to investigate India's financial condition. He recalls a Telegram sent after Parliament debated Afghan war expenses that allegedly undermined India’s budget surplus. He vows to identify and punish negligence and incompetency.
An advertisement extols Sozodont as the daily toothwash that preserves enamel from youth to old age. It claims users will have pearly white teeth and roseate gums, with a purified and sweet bath. The product is described as composed of rare antiseptic herbs and free from objectionable ingredients in toothpaste.
Large attendance filled the Creinnall session as bishops were chosen by ballot. Cyrus D Foss Wilbur Fisk successor Henry W Warren John Hurst named among the three elected bishops. Brief sketches highlight Foss Hurst and Warren with long career notes and leadership at Wesleyan Drew and Arch Street churches.
An antique advertisement touts Dr Kane's New Discovery for consumption and throat and lung ailments. It claims thousands cured and offers a trial bottle for ten cents at Roller & Wilson's Drug Store, with a regular bottle priced at one dollar.
A satirical critique warns against relying on self styled experts for quick stock riches. It covers investor gullibility with Pinchbeck Brummagem tales and notes the irony of advisers profiting while others lose. It ends by cautioning readers to heed prudent financial judgment and seek safe remedies.
An 1856 introduction presents Bark and Iron as an old and valuable remedy for dyspepsia and loss of appetite. The advertisement promotes the tonic cure as effective for digestive issues and related ailments.
The remark suggests Columbus opened the country to English walkers lecturers and opera constructors who allegedly take thousands of dollars from Americans.
A Main Street shop issued a fresh invoice of mouse traps and promotes a grand arrival of spring goods, signaling new stock and seasonal offerings for customers.
Advertises West's Vegetable Liver Pills for liver complaints indigestion constipation and headaches with a 25 cent box of 90 pills. Claims pure vegetable formula sugar coated and effective when used as directed. Warns against counterfeits and offers a free trial by mail with a 3 cent stamp. Published by John C. West & Co. pill makers Chicago.
Directives urge frequent book inspections, balanced praise, and student-driven recitation. Emphasizes teacher mastery, patient questioning, and stepwise guidance, with clear limits on aid, timing, and classroom engagement to build understanding and character.
The Chicago Board of Education adopted a rule equating a female teacher’s marriage with resignation and acceptance. Opposition argues the measure intrudes on personal life, demeans women, and imposes unfair professional limits, while supporters say women deserve equal standing and the issue will force change. Source notes Boston Post commentary.
Mrs Silas Kerr of Bpring Creek Road near Titusville Pennsylvania reports twenty years of back ache insomnia and nervous headaches. She used two bottles of Barcema Backache Liver and Kidney Cure and improved, noting system regulation and relief from inward piles. Sold by Roller and Wilson at 1.00 per bottle.
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