27 May 1880
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1880
Page
1
Rose Brierly endures poverty and heartbreak after her marriage to Matthew Burns and David Melnotte’s quiet, steadfast care. A deadly feud culminates in Matthew’s death pursuit, while Rose, forgiven by David, rebuilds life with strength and grace as years pass.
A promotional notice extols Dr Kixa's New Discovery for consumption bronchitis asthma hay fever and related throat and lung diseases. It claims world wide reputation and endorsement by physicians clergy and press and offers trial bottles or a regular size for $1.00 with Roller & Wilson Wooster Ohio as sellers.
The article argues educated women should work in the home as wives mothers and efficient household managers. It notes debate over women’s pulpit roles but asserts character and ability signal duty. It suggests long study benefits future children and society.
An 19th century ad promises cure for liver complaints dyspepsia sick headache indigestion and constipation with West's Vegetable Liver Pills. Pills come in large boxes of 30 for 25 cents and are sold by druggists with a free trial package via 68 cent stamp request. The genuine product is manufactured by Johan C West & Co Chicago. Beware of counterfeits.
A Massachusetts bootblack travels with Pat Rooney’s troupe though not a member. He earns two dollars daily for boot shining, rides freights and steams, sleeps anywhere, and is kept overnight by opera-house proprietors with the troupe. He arrived from New York on a train and plans to follow circuses, having toured every state and ready to start again. A quip about malt bitters appears from the Poughkeepsie Bugle.
The piece urges citizens to prepare for the 1880 census, explaining the law requires all persons over twenty to answer truthfully. Enumerators visit every household and even individuals living outside family groups. Five schedules cover population agriculture manufactures statistics and mortality.
Jones rushes to Squire Lickshingle for a loan to borrow an umbrella. The Squire requires the umbrella be mortgaged as security, listing it with a mortgage on Jones's house. Jones agrees after a tense moment, choosing to risk his home to keep the umbrella.
An advertisement proclaims a salve that cures bruises sores salt rheum fever pores and other skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box, sold by Roller and Wilson.
The four year old daughter of General Bartlett of San Francisco completes a long solo journey from Chicago to San Francisco with only her aunt's help at the start. Conductors and railroad staff assist as she carefully records their names and ticket marks. Her journey ends with a hopeful reunion and tale of kindness from strangers.
A medical note claims the mix of Peruvian Bark and Tron is the most effective remedy. It notes the combination was introduced twenty five years ago by Nichols & Co.
A clergyman refuses a kitten claiming it is not the right kind. A Bend in the tale shows the same kitten later knocking again and revealing it now has its eyes open and is deemed Episcopal. The scene ends with the kitten finding a home with a churchman in Clinton, Massachusetts.
The passage elevates family bonds as the purest joys born from the home nest. It declares the mother father and babe as the holy trio sustaining love, warmth, and meaning, urging reverence and sacrifice for family life within the private kingdom.
Advertisement offers a book on the liver and its diseases with remedies for torpid liver jaundice biliousness headaches constipation dyspepsia malaria and related conditions. Sent free by Dr Santorp 162 Broadway New York City NY.
A lyrical praise extols a book described as universal and timeless. It extols its engraving, yearly editions, and the sense of love and awe it inspires, calling it nature bound in blue and gold with leaves edged in gold. The fragment references distant seas and heavenly skies and hints at a Swedish origin.
The piece lists twelve points urging citizens to sabotage a school by selecting an ignorant, frugal board, defaming teachers, spreading rumors, avoiding visits, neglecting books and progress, and resisting repairs and improvements. It condemns support and demands retrenchment as the path to a “bead school.”
The author argues against aloof teaching and urges intimate but respectful contact with pupils. Interactions beyond the classroom can reveal true dispositions, aiding discipline and influence, while maintaining proper boundaries.
A teacher uses probing questions and comments to spark varied observations among hitty boys and girls in a public school. An atmosphere becomes genial and bracing. one student recalls a moose incident and another sailed world with a captain father.
The piece notes Mr Bexiawin Crew accusing Philadelphia’s Board of Education of unconscious cruelty in teaching methods. It cites Dr John C Morgan urging eye tests and proper glasses to prevent near and distance vision strain, plus commentary on school discipline, liquor laws for minors, and a view of schooling as moral training.
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