19 Oct 1865
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1865
Page
1
In a London hotel voyage, the narrator watches Miss Darling snare a formal proposal from Ridley in the hotel lift. He confesses his secret stairs training to reach her before the couple ascends, only to arrive moments too late as Ridley wins her with a sudden lift proposal.
A first person travel snippet depicts a rough Ostend harbor voyage in which a lively young woman named Floral Darling descends a wet ladder, shares a dressing case, and chats with the narrator aboard an open boat on a windy sea. She mentions coming from a French school near Paris and plans a carriage ride home with a fourteen year old brother.
The article recalls the old indentured apprenticeship in which youths served masters for trade instruction and sustenance, noting it has vanished due to abuses. It cites harsh masters who starved and undereducated apprentices, led to rebellions, and references Hogarth's cartoons The Idle Apprentice as contemporaneous critique.
A story reports Mrs Egbert Jamieson hosting her sisters in a warm summer visit that blends affection with authority as Rebecca the maid aids and learns, sparking debates on servant treatment and independence within a bustling household. A San Francisco correspondent recounts James Nisbet’s cool courage aboard the Brother Jonathan, drafting a will amid wreckage and sending a farewell from Grandpa to family.
A Cincinnati Gazette note condemns the Democratic Party for endorsing President Johnson. It likens the party to a dishonest figure eating its own words and repudiates its past stances on emancipation, reconstruction, and civil rights. The piece argues loyalty to Johnson signals systemic pliability and foretells electoral defeat.
A compact reflection on how every natural temperament is a form of inner prayer directed by the heart toward God or toward created things. It argues that true piety requires heart alignment, not mere outward forms, and contrasts humble prayer with Pharisaic display. The piece also touches on power of education, listening, and the dignity of work in creation.
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