29 Nov 1855
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1855
Page
1
A fragmentary, archaic lyric portrays a man who grapples with fate and ambition. The speaker notes prescient dreams of wealth and power as the subject faces trials and striving, culminating in a steadfast, single-minded pursuit of a prize amid struggle.
A sketch tracks Doctor Clarke and her American mentors as it explains her medical study and impact. It notes Clarke’s reputation in England as a pioneering American female physician and advocates for expanding women’s access to medical education and professional work.
The article extols Dr Clarke, a Boston-educated physician who pursued medical training in Paris and London, arguing that women deserve broader medical education to care for women and children. It contrasts American and English attitudes, praises Clarke’s courage, and urges more women to study medicine and serve as nurses, predicting societal uplift and fewer idle gossips.
A late boy muses that the rose should yield fruit as a gratitude offering for spring. His father replies the flower bestows beauty and fragrance, drawing dew from above, and while the bloom dies, the withered leaves keep a sweet trace. The exchange links innocence with gratitude and remembrance.
A striking woman visited the Insane Hospital seeking private quarters for her husband said to suffer violent fits. She accompanied by a doctor arranged a private room and later sold a set of silverware valued at $500, paying with only $10 in hand. The deception led to chaos, with the attendant jailed briefly and the doctor devastated by the loss. The tale closes as a moral vignette from the Widow Bedott Papers.
A terse remark centers on kinship and trust, warning against deception within family terms. The line uses archaic phrasing to imply caution in familiar relations, suggesting a feud or fragile bond tested by honesty and motives. No additional context provided in the readable text.
A sober, detailed sketch describes Barons Lionel and Meyer Rothschild and Sr Anthony Rothschild in luxurious homes near Grosvenor Palace and Piccadilly. It notes their wealth, hunting, racing attempts, and social prominence at the London Stock Exchange, with images of opulent banquets, elegant suppers, and the family’s Austrian consul role, all set amid a bustling financial milieu and public curiosity.
A New Haven murder case tests the insanity plea as an aspiring defense. Willard Clark shot his rival husband after a rejected courtship, claiming an insane impulse tied to a doomed love. Physicians and lawyers debate whether delusions, family madness, and intoxicants negate criminal responsibility.
The Georgia General Assembly denounces sectional opposition to the Nebraska bill as hostility to the South, arguing northern leaders like Webster and Clay are branded as sectional men. The piece questions whether the North can be dragged into anti-Southern principles and cautions against a new national order. A mock exchange about Little and Moore adds a satirical note, followed by an anecdote on the boomerang weapon used by Australian natives and its dangerous accuracy.
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