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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1901
Page
4
A London Tit-Bits excerpt surveys women’s roles in warfare and politics, citing examples from the Boer War and Franco‑Prussian era. It highlights how female influence shaped battles, treaties, and outcomes, including acts of espionage and social leverage across nations and eras.
The Ruskinsters, a socialist colony now in Georgia after moving from Tennessee, live on five to seven cents per day. Provisions are bought wholesale, cooked in a communal kitchen, and served in a 300-seat dining room with vegetables grown by the community. They boast thrift and self denial as the core of their economic experiment.
A quirky collection of aphorisms on self control reading habits and miscommunication from the Indianapolis Journal. It jokes about women and organization while noting sympathy as a failure to grasp others meanings.
A social encounter between two women unfolds with both admiring each other’s outfits, delaying any memorable conversation for about ten minutes as each studies the other's dress.
A Peary expedition veteran recounts a Greenland legend of Lum Delfa daughter of the Spirit of the Winds. A white castle in the North, a drifting maiden, and a fatal choice lead to a curse of endless cold. Darkness and ice follow for days before a brief return of sun.
An engineer recalls intriguing incidents on moving trains near Birmingham and on a California express. He notes a vortex of air behind fast trains that can lift objects or even a man in a duster, describing accidents and near misses and calling for fuller atmospheric knowledge to aid traction.
A Gulf of Mexico island two miles long near New Orleans alternates color with tides. Purple sands appear at ebb while outward tides turn the shore gold, influenced by tiny purple snails left in shells. Beach crustaceans emerge rapidly as water recedes.
Probate Court before Judge includes appointment of executors and administratrices for multiple estates, bonds set from 50 to 3500 dollars, and hearings scheduled May 3 and May 8. Guardianship and sale of real estate noted, with orders for private sales, inventories, and final accounts across numerous named individuals and estates. A sale of Edward Cossack property and other parcels confirmed. Will probations include Louis Maine and Susanna Painter. Pinkerton's Gem Gallery relocates to old stand over Fredrick's Dry Goods for photo services.
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