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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1882
Page
4
A critical pamphlet on spelling reform mocks plans to drop silent letters and shorten words arguing such changes would erode language's clarity. The piece also surveys the history of horse shoeing from ancient Greece and Rome noting varied coverings and rare iron-shod examples.
A practical guide urges raising turkeys on grain or grass farms with wood ranges rather than confinement. It favors strong two year old hens and bronze gobblers for better hatch, growth, and mothering. Details cover feeding, warmth, and pest control for healthy, profitable flocks.
The Moquis Indians of Arizona numbering seventeen hundred live in seven villages on cliff tops rising over six hundred feet. A visitor notes flat rock ledges extend half a mile from the main table with near vertical sides. Walla-pigik is the most populous village at the cliff end. Water is carried from a spring a mile away and food eight miles away. The people resist relocation despite hardship and distance from fields. The shaving of the beard prompts Dr Jonas to discuss Original sin as an ever-present force that cannot be eliminated but should be resisted.
Professor W Y W Tracy reports five acres of squashes as the most profitable crop, yielding seeds for twenty dollars with lower overall costs than hay on an equal area. He describes soil, manure, and cultivation details, notes squash as good feed, and endorses composted chip dirt as the best tree fertilizer based on twenty years of orchard planting trials.
The article surveys historical devices resembling the guillotine from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries across Europe. It cites Crusis, Autun, Pere Labat, Mont Horoney, and Morion, tracing capitation mechanisms, their spread to the Netherlands and Scotland, and highlights the French physician Duillot and Thackeray’s allusions to the guillotine’s origins and fate.
The text muses on how nearly all men die sooner or later from toil passion or accident while strength fades with age and temper. It contrasts humans with animals noting age and size patterns and ends with a note on how deep feelings ignite others hearts when words come from burning hearts.
The text discusses why night sounds seem louder and how light bends through air of varying density. It cites Humboldt and Thaybeldt on atmospheric transparency, heat-driven air currents, and refraction as causes for apparent distant objects or sounds changing with time of day.
A fragmented collection of kitchen tips and remedies includes two pie recipes with milk and eggs, a glycerine soap mixture, a milk treatment to aid digestion in summer, stain removal for garments, and remedies for cramps. Also features a corn and milk soup, and a cake recipe labeled Angel Cake with sugar, flour, cream of tartar, egg whites, and vanilla.
Description of a mother whale defending its cub during whaling actions. The mother pulls the calf away, surfaces with it, and endangers herself to protect the offspring. In 1814 a harpooner struck a calf, prompting the mother to seize and drag it, then attack boats before being killed by additional harpoons.
In the United States hotel billiard room Carpenter the mesmerist offered a free demonstration. He claimed to maneuver a participant to grasp his own nose and then be trapped by a post and his own fingers, provoking laughter and disbelief among several local citizens. A Windsor youth participated while a Hartford item notes a witty remark about a man boasting of a stored mind.
The piece extols exactness in speech and business dealings. It warns against vagueness and urges precise measurements and clear orders, stressing accuracy in addresses and written communication to avoid misery from errors. It includes anecdotes about a deceptive trader and anecdotes from schooling on careful handwriting.
A medical letter discusses poor digestion from unsuitable foods or overindulgence, recommending bread and butter with fruit and daily exercise. It cites charcoal in water for relief and suggests lemon juice before meals and at night to reset stomach acidity, noting varied success.
A dated, fragmented editorial critiques hotel clerks for lack of courtesy and civility. It argues traveling guests tolerate faults but demand respectful service, warning incivility harms income. The piece calls for improved self control and professionalizing staff demeanor.
A tale about a sober broker and camels tests fractions. A Persian man dies leaving seventeen camels to three sons with shares of one half one third and one ninth. Mohammed Ali adds a camel to make eighteen then misproportion yields each son gaining more than his due while Ali retrieves the extra camel.
A man breathes eighteen times per minute and uses 3,000 cubic feet of air each hour, about 375 hogsheads.
The passage blends miscellaneous musings and memory fragments. It strings disjointed phrases about wisdom humor and history with varied anecdotal snippets including a ship of Venice, a banking street, and a boardinghouse dinner moment. Notable lines touch on patience pride and exposure.
The Electic and committees consider the correct pronunciation of a local term, debating syllable stress and phonetic rendering. They expect to favor a French or Italian influenced pronunciation, seeking a standard soon for civic usage.
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