07 Nov 1867
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1867
Page
1
A woman recounts a violent home invasion in which a guardsman Jim is killed by an armed intruder. She hides as the attacker searches, shoots, and flees, then recalls the ensuing brain fever, recovery, and the birth of a son who dies days after birth. She later conceals the infant and ultimately returns home with other children.
The article extols the hand as a marvel of construction with 32 bones and 46 muscles connected by nerves and vessels. It highlights how articulation and coordination allow the hand to convey language and perform work, shaping civilization through art, science, and industry.
A South girl is wooed by a California physician who loses his fortune but writes her frankly. She sends him a gold ring engraved with a Bible verse as a pledge of faith. He later returns to wed her, and the Louisville Journal notes such reading women may become good wives. A New York cholera death follows soda water consumption. We compare ringing bells to assessing quality in a proverb.
Silas Jones a church member known for sharp tongue and hard doctrine clashes with Rev. Mr. Strong. Jones launches a church meeting to oust the pastor but an unexpected amendment forces a unanimous vote in favor of the minister. The episode ends with Jones defeated and the parish claiming victory.
Recipes describe apple jam with sour apples ginger and lemon peel and a long bake for apples to keep well. Also instructions on how to bake apples without breaking skin and a sour soup using potatoes onions turnips carrots parsley and stock. A Philadelphia physician recipe for apple sauce from ripe Nipples is included.
The piece argues for breathable, flexible footwear and criticizes current boots for trapping moisture and overheating feet. It praises army style canvas shoes for summer comfort and calls for more porous materials to prevent bunions and pain, noting feet as a neglected but vital part of the body.
A New York Sun correspondent urges lonesome young men to join a church and Sunday school to meet worthy potential wives. He cites that a devoted Sunday school teacher often makes a good wife and argues educated men should abandon dissipation, teach others, and seek stable companionship in religious communities.
Prof Faraday melds Flourin’s physiology asserting man’s natural life spans 18 or 100 years. Growth ends when bones unite by age twenty, eight for camel, five for horse, four for ox, two for dog, one for rabbit. Man’s life then spans five growth-terms, with infancy to youth to virility and old age.
A vivid sketch of Holland describing its sandy soil, canals, ditches, level flats, and lack of stones. The piece notes Dutch imports of stone from Norway, trade flows, and humorous vignettes about language, marriages, and a dangerous dinner mishap involving Mrs. Lewis of Ohio.
Dr. George B. Loring, president of the New England Agricultural Society, argues farming will become a precise, lawlike business. He cites owners with 20 to 500 acres who prosper through careful, systematic practice and contrasts it with old, haphazard methods.
In this early guidance, sleeping rooms should be upper story spaces with thorough ventilation. The piece notes a pint of air per breath and explains how improper air exchange can suffocate, urging window vents and clean stables to ensure pure air for humans and animals.
The excerpt argues farmers overharvest land by repeated planting and poor manuring, urging fall plowing and excessive cultivation to deplete soil. It condemns shifting focus from manure to work horses, neglect of manure transportation, and bad ditching. It also touches a Cairo girl losing sight and ends with anti female stereotypes about women and churches.
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