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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
4
Fragment of a National Review piece with Anthony Trollope discussing marriage to his daughter. The text references societal expectations, a dowry, and a proposed visit, noting tension between parental pressures and personal choice amid a chaotic, unreadable OCR segment.
An altered recipe compendium suggests ice cream as a supposed universal cure and lists makeshift medical tips. It covers eye care with raw egg white and rosewater, a throat soothing barley water with wine and gum arabic, and notes on light exposure and keeping reflective objects away to aid recovery.
The article notes infusorial earth as siliceous shells from microorganisms and mentions dynamite usage and nitroglycerin. It references Nobel and a Swedish chemist who fostered scientific prizes to promote progress, emphasizing early discovery of handling nitroglycerin safely.
A letter addressed to the ugliest fool in Washington arrives at the post office. The postmaster learns a clerk misreads the recipient and asks what the letter would contain. The clerk replies with the cryptic phrase Thou art we man revealing a misdirected note with no real meaning.
An account notes a brother describing illness with feverish symptoms. He speaks of dizziness, eyelid twitching, leg numbness, and aching head, claiming a future of rheumatism within six months as advised by a physician. The report appears in the Atlanta Constitution.
The text notes remedies substituting bran for soap. It mentions a son of an old Dutch king forbidden to use soap, ordered to use bran and a lemon slice to remove ink stains. It also states Napoleon kept his hands white by bran.
A fragment reports on funeral rites of Negro societies in Port Town area, detailing a large procession with uniforms and insignia, the dead leader's cortege, and a street pageant that draws crowds. It notes observers and the social dynamics, including the costly preparations and the period ritual fervor described in a New York Tribune letter.
An 8500 yard musical impresario claims an alumna and Mr Sooke proposed selling tunes at 8500 dollars per yard in a Gospel Wymabook scheme. Mr Sythe cautions they should be discreet, while a bold offer of 500 dollars per yard for all tunes is floated, aiming to attract buyers.
A large Friday service for Dr Gano on North Market Street featured a quartet singing hymns as Rev J H Deads preached from First Peter. The day also saw a major warehouse blaze near Liberty Street with significant losses and an incendiary suspect, Edward Carse, under guard.
December Oarschool session lasted four days with emphasis on parental attendance. Local social updates include Mrs. Beebe visiting Warners in Indiana, Thanksgiving dinners with the Spaenglers and Stauffers, revival meetings starting at the Evangelical Church, Daniel Swartz visiting Michigan, Elgie Wilea’s return from Bartown, and Morris Hey’s Thanksgiving marriage in Newark. Woolliff shipped 28 tons of hay to Spangler, Zercher’s wagon accident, Ladies’ Aid pie dinner, Harry Kindle’s trip from Akron, and D R Houser unloading stone at the siding.
Marriage licenses issued for Holmesville Fredericksburg Wayne Township Wooster Akron Orrville Barberton Easton Wapakoneta and Wooster pairs include Charles Mayers with Fannie Laure George L Taylor with Alice Horn Marion E King with Bessie Horst Henry Oderman with Martha Redmond Charles Keefer with Mary Hatfield Ray Weaver with Harriet Kintner Claude Mann with Flora Elliott Dora Lambert with Emma Browne Raymond Fisher with Grace Eckert.
Dr Frederek Pratt offers eye care at his regular clinic in the Yoder area as he expands services for residents seeking routine vision checks and treatments.
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