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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1884
Page
2
Wayne County Herald Printing Company based in Wooster Ohio, serves as publisher for local notices and advertisements in the Wooster area. The firm handles printing and distribution for the county’s newspaper and related materials.
A humorous vignette extols Juliana Georgiana Seraphina Brown noting her charming manner as she wanders the town. The speaker praises her beauty and wit, imagining how she rules the local boys and would even win royal favor if possible.
An English gentleman’s balking horse endures a protracted patience test, then a humorous fare with ash shoots. A Mallory family session with infant twins Emeline Anna and Eveline Hannah features chaos, staged embarrassment, and a camera mishap before a successful smile through a new approach by Mrs Mallory.
The steamship Daniel Steinmann left Antwerp March 20 with general cargo. A gale and dense fog drove the ship onto Sambro and rock shoals near Halifax. One boat survived. Captain Schoonhoven and seven others reached shore after hours clinging to rigging. Ninety-one passengers, thirty-three sailors, and five officers were lost. Rescue efforts continued as bodies and wreckage were recovered, with graphic, brutal details of the sinking and remains.
Kate Field argues that ideas captivate humanity and that society eagerly embraces inventions born from women's intellects as readily as from their bodies. The quote elevates female creativity and its impact on progress.
The world hosts about 66 000 locomotives and 120 000 passenger cars plus 500 000 freight cars. There are 200 000 miles of track and total capital invested exceeds 20 billion dollars.
A newly built room manufacturing facility began operations in Atlanta Georgia marking a milestone for Southern industry as the first such unit completed in the state.
A Boston family claims a cat has been trained to eat baked beans, while Florida hotels feature Robins with mushrooms as a new dish. In Seattle, the 1-cent copper coin enters circulation. At a Massachusetts baby show a bright eyed colored infant wins a prize. Savannah Cotton Exchange reports annual business of $35,000,000. In Saratoga County a man set a steel trap for skunks and captured an eagle.
A sweeping series of cyclones devastated Oakville Indiana and nearby towns in Delaware County killing five residents and injuring many. The same storm complex battered Greenville and Jaysville in Ohio and Pittsburg area, while the Sunny South saw a parallel destruction from Collinsville Alabama to Lookout Mountain Georgia with numerous fatalities and widespread property loss.
A note says about 55 000 copies of the Venus of Milo are produced annually in marble plaster terra cotta and sold across Europe. BrzfHer remarks on avoiding interviews with multiple newspaper reporters. A mother sues a pond owner for her skating son’s death or injury. Hints of price cuts at watering-place hotels.
The Sixth Auditor reports only fifteen states and two territories supported the postal service in 1883. New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, and Connecticut produced the largest revenues, while Ohio ran a deficit. Alaska and Lakota unexpectedly posted surpluses, and Southern states remained a net loss as the service aims for eventual self sufficiency with growing settlement.
A Grand Army of the Republic excursion from Illinois Indiana and Iowa visited Shiloh Tennessee for a cemetery program with a dead march. Speakers included Gen M. K. M. Wallace and Hon. T. D. Smith delivering tributes to both sides. The event drew locals and veterans amid smallpox fears.
Josh Medill of the Chicago Tribune testified before the Senate Post Office Committee in favor of cutting newspaper postage. He argued current rates oppress publishers and force borrowing to cover costs, noting reductions would boost circulation and ultimately revenue for the Post Office while aiding small papers.
Fireman Bartlett testified he seen Lieuts Oakenhower Chief Melville and Dr Ambler aboard the ship and in the retreat. He described Melville drunk several times and noted survivors were within six days of the discovery site but waited three months before a relief expedition. STOKES, killer of Jim Fisk, plans to run Rockaway Beach Hotel this season.
The Sumter gathering of the South Carolina Conference of the M E Church South passes a temperance report and resolutions. They pledge support to all temperance efforts, urge the General Assembly to repeal liquor sale statutes, call for ending license laws seen as harmful, and vow to preach for a public sentiment favoring prohibition.
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