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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
7
A Victorian style sewing column teaches women how to wash delicate summer gowns. It advises two thirds filled warm water, Ivory soap, rinsing in clear then blue water, wringing, drying, sprinkling and ironing. Guidance aims to keep whites bright and colors unfaded for gowns and wedding dresses.
A London East End doctor reports a fireproofing solution that makes clothing noninflammable. The formula uses 50 percent alum and 5 percent phosphate of ammonia to treat textiles, which he says will minimize infant burn deaths by resisting fumes even after exposure to gunpowder.
An ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease swollen hot feet with cooling relief and easy walking. It also notes a free trial package and mentions prices for druggists. Separately, a feature describes the Mexican vaquero famed for throwing a rope to snag a knife-protected prize during a trick ride.
Grain O food drink pitches as coffee substitute for all ages with mo chalmoa like aroma and grain-based formula at 25c per package. Copper sulfate contamination report in Paris basin blamed for fish kill. Hair treatment Hal's Mairee remedy touted. Glucose production via starch and acid treatment explained. Thirty-first Annual Encampment at Buffalo via Nickel Plate trains. Wabash Railroad expands lines to Buffalo with through service from Kansas City and Chicago. Vermillion religious rally travel offers rail rates August 2-23.
Hubert Barclay of Green Bay Wisconsin unveils a telemachine that counteracts typewriter strain and prevents cramps and numbness in the hands. The invention promises relief for typists whose daily labor causes discomfort and fatigue in the fingers and wrists.
The article describes an adjustable hand exerciser by Mr. Barclay. A small oval rubber bar fits into a band with a rubber tube to a double rubber band perforated to admit air escape. Opening and closing the fingers draws air from the bulb, providing muscular exercise to strengthen the hand.
Boston Journal notes venerable alumni as the oldest living graduates from Harvard Yale Amherst and other colleges. It lists Samuel Ward Chandler of Philadelphia born nearly 94, Mark Wentworth Flewder of Wayne class of 1925, Kitchell Sayre of Monticello, Ambrose 1828 survivor, Joseph Lyman Warthlghts 1628 class age 93, Frederick Waite Burke 1824, Daniel TT Chase Yale’s first graduate, Mellen Fitch 1826 age 92, Albert Ware Paine of Bangor, and Benjamin D. Sillig an honorary senior at Yale.
An explanation of cloudbursts as intense rainfall driven by rapidly converging warm and cold air currents. In mountainous gorges rainwater rushes down steep slopes, causing heavy floods. in level regions a cloudburst would cause widespread flooding but with less impact than a mountain gorge downpour.
A partial solar eclipse occurred when the moon passed between Earth and the sun, creating a fiery ring visible across the United States and parts of the Americas. The event was not total due to the moon's size relative to the sun, with the partial veil lasting only briefly along latitude bands near Washington.
In a factory vault William Bauman and Herman Lukow planned to use naphtha, sparking a lantern explosion that lit the oil and stored fuels. Flames engulfed the vault, sets a mass of fire across the bakehouse. Lukow was dragged to safety but Bauman perished in the heat.
The steamer Cambria carrying nearly 100 passengers and a crew of twenty vanished in early hours after striking rocks near the Canadian shore while en route between Detroit and Sarnia. The ship ran aground on Lake Huron, went over, and later all aboard were rescued with the ship insured for $12,000. Built in 1877 and rebuilt in 1890.
A blast at the Michigan City Sas and Dyer Company plant triggered a blaze that swept through the city. One man died in the flames, another burned severely, several overcome by naphtha fumes and heat, and five families were left homeless as buildings burned and $76 in property was destroyed. The fire raged with high winds as volunteers battled the flames, prompting an emergency call to nearby towns for aid that arrived too late to save the city.
John Taweon known as the terrible Swede, famed Chicago long distance rider, died after a Baltimore race two weeks ago. Born in Sweden May 18, 1872, he earned his nickname for dramatic sprints that often turned near defeat into victory. He won many desperate contests and became a celebrated figure in cycling circles.
Lieutenant Crittenden, the government engineer, selects a vast natural basin in the Rocky Mountains spanning about ten miles by two with a depth near 150 feet. It can hold around 20 billion cubic feet of water and would irrigate eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska by tapping the Big and Little Bear rivers. Surveyors to draft feeding ditches and plans for winter storage and summer floods are ordered to proceed.
A historic ad claims Halls Catarrh Cure is a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The text also references outdated racial language and scattered notes on events, exhibitions, and nutrition opinions, reflecting a smoky miscellany typical of early 20th century newspaper pages.
A fragmented clipping describes Oklahoma's wheat crop expected to be large this year. It notes high yields per acre, mentions 21 bushels per acre, and references prices from 48 to 52 cents a bushel. The piece also includes stray lines about unrelated figures and advertisements.
Mrs Pinkham claims the August heat caused many deaths and prostrations among women in their forties and fifties. She attributes symptoms to heat exhaustion and urges use of Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, citing a testimonial from Mrs Crane of Baker Landing IA who reports recovery after using the remedy.
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