19 Nov 1868
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1868
Page
1
A Victorian tale warns against the old man who lurks to read letters and ledgers for profit and boasts a kultur of covert eavesdropping. It follows how such snooping erodes trust, invites detection, and ends in dismissal, illustrating the dangers of prying and misplaced curiosity.
Reverend A Taylor counsels open, honorable conduct over spying on others. He urges Christians to earn information openly, work honestly, and use it honorably to gain respect and success.
The Atlantic Almanac 1869 discusses tobacco as a weak poison in small doses yet a strong temper and will enemy. It notes nicotine’s harms on sight and judgment, irritability, and habit formation, citing athletes, prisoners, sailors, and amot pursuing self control against addiction.
A celebrated Italian artist finds a beautiful boy’s image inspiring his work and keeps it beside a later portrait of a ruined young man who becomes his cautionary tale. The young man’s decline from virtuous youth to criminal ruin ends in death, prompting the artist to place the two faces opposite each other with a stark moral.
The article urges nasal breathing and closed lips during exercise, arguing mouth breathing causes throat and lung issues. It warns that open mouths lead to excessive perspiration, weaker health, and frequent colds, advising children not to walk or stand with mouths open to avoid respiratory problems.
A fragment from Jk Marvel’s Reverie of a Bachelor argues that religion anchors a man and a woman’s faith provides stability and enduring love. It links faith to personal identity, purpose, and heavenly refuge amid life’s storms and reputational pressures.
A reforming sermon urges widespread outdoor work to fill agricultural need and move women into prove-based roles in industry. It argues for more men in physical labor, interpreters of scripture, teachers, and ministers, while envisioning women thriving through thorough work in the spheres of industry and service.
A detailed, period study compares the heart to a finely tuned hydraulic engine with four chambers and valves. It explains placement in the chest, chamber function, and how contractions propel blood, noting ventricular force, species differences, and the influence of emotions on heart activity. It ends with a fragment about fashion and social status.
A plea for warm clothing to prevent deaths from sudden temperature changes. Warns that lack of woolen undershirts blankets and dry feet can lead to dysentery fever and consumption. Urges timely use of undergarments and fire to purify air to spare children from coffins and cold homes.
A man visits Dr. C. T. Jackson, presents a bag of pyrites, asks if it is real gold, and discovers he has married a widow with a fortune of pyrites in the hills, then realizes the wrong match in a humorous scene.
A Phrenological Journal reflection argues wealth taints health and happiness. It contrasts a rich neighbor chasing money with a robust reader who values leisure, family moments, and remembered schooling. It warns money cannot buy life’s bright hours or children’s frolics.
A collection of pithy maxims and quips attributed to Josh Billings touching on honesty, happiness, Christianity, common sense, ambition, and human folly. The items lampoon self interest, talkativeness, and foresight with humorous paradoxes and social observations.
A fragmentary satirical voice declares a string of beliefs about money power honesty politics and vice. The speaker parodies social norms by asserting money buys influence and that extravagance keeps markets alive while critiquing government leadership and moral excess.
A wagon train of fourteen or fifteen cars on an eastward run speeds toward a curve in solid rock. A little girl and her baby brother are seen on the track. The engine driver spots them and the baby is shoved into a rock niche as the cars thunder by. The girl urges the child to cling to the rock, and both are saved.
A discussion on recuperative power in plants and animals explains how parts regrow and healing varies by age and organism. It compares plant propagation, tooth regrowth, and human healing, noting regular stress patterns strengthen resistance and influence health outcomes.
The article recounts that Alfred the Great devised a timing system using six twelve inch wax tapers to measure twenty four hours. When wind ruined the tapers, he invented lanterns from ox or cow horns cut into thin plates to protect them from the wind.
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