14 Sep 1871
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1871
Page
1
Large Ohio dealer promotes factory prices on patent wheels, buggy parts, harnesses, collars, whips, and carriage hardware. Readily available are carriage woodwork, hubs, spokes, shafts, yokes, and wagon goods, plus locks, hinges, glass, blinds, and cabinet carvings.
English residents gathered at the Aurora fair grounds last Wednesday for an old country style picnic. The event featured dancing, croquet, cricket, races for all ages, and refreshments, with emphasis on sociability and orderly behavior among families and guests.
Correspondent describes a two hour cyclone followed by a three day hurricane along the St Johns River from Jacksonville to Enterprise. Homes roofs ripped away, streets flooded, orange groves ruined, and transport disrupted as log jams drift and water encroaches Bay Street.
A diaried lament in a 19th century voice recalls Tabitha Hipley mourned by her husband Moses Skinner who recounts a neighbor selling a gravestone and a tailor of sorrow. The piece blends grief with quirky anecdotes about undertakers editors and church deeds. It closes with a silent tear for a pious woman who enjoyed pick-up dinners and foreign missions.
The writer and local residents report the discovery of a huge monster skeleton on Mr Loutzenhizer’s Jefferson Township farm. Remains include eight teeth up to seven pounds, a nine foot long tusk like bone, two large skull pieces, and multiple bones suggesting a mastodon or similar creature two feet underground near a black meck bed with bones and armor-like plates. No full excavation completed. further bones expected to be found.
The article discusses a proposed system where the next Pope would be chosen by universal suffrage rather than conclave. It notes a hypothetical vacancy, a one month voting window, and a parliamentary body to certify results. It cites 27 000 signatures from a Rome plebiscite and hints at broader calls for temporal sovereignty for the papacy.
The Treasury Department announces redemption of 520 bonds from the funded national debt. Principal and accrued interest will be paid at the Treasury in Washington on or after December 1, with interest ceasing then.
Columbus correspondent cites a signed card from General Ewing to a Democratic committee member denying any desire to head the ticket even if McCook resigns. The evening meeting at the Neil House discussed McCook’s health and succession, with Ewing insisting the committee must choose someone else if needed.
A fragment from a Cape May County cemetery presents a coarse humorous epitaph. The crude verse mocks the deceased Mary Jane aged about eight, noting poor looks and a shy character. The odd wording suggests a folkloric graveyard observation by Rick in New Jersey.
A collage of society gossip and stray anecdotes from Western hotels to New York and Boston. Items mention military figures, divorces, fashion misadventures, a Bethlehem steel mill project, and a Long Branch daily bath in a risky outfit. Notable names include Mrs Conway, Harriet Lave, President Buchanan, Alexander H Stephens, and Kate Kelley of Brooklyn.
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