Global oddities and local notes from distant lands
A snapshot of curious reports spanning coffee consumption in daily life, canaries shipped to the United States, Russia’s birth surplus, and European oddities. It also mentions canaries in Harts merittains, a nurse in Cape Town, a French tax on doors, and a London pocket-picking court defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
England
London
Andressburg
Prussia
United States
Russia
Siberia
Cape Town
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Emerald Isle
Crystal Palace
Time balls and cinnamon lore in a joking news roundup
A column surveys trivia from Philadelphia time balls to cinnamon as stomach remedy, with stray quips about university hiring, a Guthrie clerk note, a New York bootblack turned racing stable owner, and a flurry of humorous asides. The text blends curious facts and wry commentary with fragmented phrases and local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posen
Prussia
Frederick the Great
United States
Philadelphia
Fourth Street
Tidewater
Naval Observatory
Dlock
Washington
Delaware and
Schuylkill River
Europe
Savannah News
Board of Regents
University of Oklahoma
Bolton
Territorial
Guthrie
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chicago
Newark
Sandusky
Chicago Junction
Baltimore
New York
Columbua
Bellatro
Wheellng
Cumberland
Pointecast
Wheeling
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Akron
Ballairo
Plittaburg
Cincinnati
Wheelleg R. m
Hollafro
Tmore & Ohio
Obituaries for Anthony Kline and Elizabeth Obrusty
Anthony Kline of West Salem died Wednesday. Mrs Elizabeth Obrusty wife of Wilson Obrusty of near Overton died Tuesday evening. Funeral on Wednesday with interment at Congress Cemetery. She was 59 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Kline
Weat Salem
Elizabeth Obrusty
Wilson Obriaty
Near
Overton
Congress Cemetery
Lilac L. Gaudy
Dalton
Dorothy Gandy
Carab Meahlel
Maud Snyder
North Buckeysatreet
Jamea EB. Doydar
Christian Schlegal
Easton
Maple Mound
Oreston
Noah and
Obhria
Ian Schlegel
Henry Rhoades
New Piteburg
Barton G. Rhoades
Wooster
Ashland
Mina Linda Holm
Nation House
Four of a Kind and Oddities of Nature Stitch
A collage of curiosities and odd facts describing camel swimming, Berlin street advertising rules, a London Zoo spider Galeodes, and fourfold patterns in nature and music. Includes notes on Serbian farming, municipal gas profits, and related trivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stsr
Siberian
Ufe
Rochdale
England
Berlin
Police
London
Victor Hugo
Rules of Civility for Social Conduct
A list of decorum guidelines covering dinner manners communication respect for others and behavior in public. It urges avoiding retorts about food coolly ignoring interests of self and others, refraining from grumbling about home or relatives, and not hurting feelings with smart remarks. It cautions dressing neatly and treating service staff with courtesy.
Gems From Emmacarleton
A collection of wry reflections on culture, writing, plagiarism, fame, and human behavior. The piece lampoons bookishness and social pretensions while poking fun at writers and reputations. It mixes aphoristic lines on humor, love, belief, and aging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calleepade Srepade
Summer Girls and Summer Men in Pinkerton Gem Gallery Ad
A magazine-style note jokes about gender terms and pleasure in sharing. includes a Pinkerton's Gem Gallery ad offering photographs and photo prints for 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkerton’s
Gem Gallery
Freight Wreck Notices Rocked West Wooster Area
A freight wreck near Wooster halted trains when a westbound engine lifted off the track and rear cars piled. No injuries reported, but Edna Byers died Sunday morning from scarlet fever. Other notices include divorces, deaths, a bank robbery, a coal company incorporation, and a 15 percent dividend at The Standard Coach Pad Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn
Wooster
Ebor
O B. Green
South Market Street
Modink
West Lebanon Coal Co
Cleveland
W. J. Mullins
Orriville
McDowell
Delton
Bourglais
Saville Bank
Loulas Praeger
East Liberty
Dasa
Burns
Frederick Kraft
German Evangelical Church
Standard Coach Pad Co
Mondy
J. H Taylor
John Caskey
Sacol Palmer
George—Promer
W Loy
Lant Scar
J. H. Tannor
Joan Oiskey
Treachrer
Johanon Sweeney
Probate Court Proceedings Highlight Multiple Estates and Bonds
In Probate Court proceedings Judge Deters oversees appointments and bond actions for numerous estates. Appointments include Mary Johnson as administrator of Stanford Johnson. Samuel Bucher, Philip Pfeiffer and Henry Rutt as appraisers. and John Spicher as executor with a $6,000 bond. Several petitions to sell real estate are noted, with inventories and sales confirmed where listed. A fall in West Liberty injures Mrs Jane Mower, prompting Herald subscription note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Johnson Sppoiatad
Stanford Johosop
Bond
Samuel Bucher
Philip Pfeiffer
Henry Rutt
Joseph O. Fretz
Amelia Kaufman
Charlotte
Reid
Geo W. Reid
Obes
F. Brown
Desiah Brown
Davia Johnson
O. M. Taylor
J. Q. Barnhart
John Y. Kartsprohstad
John Spicher
Samuel H. Plank
Enos Hall
J. K. Houtettes
Jane Perrine
J. D. Zook
R. Cook
Daniel V. Hoffman
Henry Frederia
Joseph Correl
Geo. W. Cortel
Benj. F. Correl
Appralaers
John Schaaf
Samuel Moor, Jr
Silas Walker
Jobn Whitman
Francis Perit
W. Barkhammer
Admr
F. W
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Emmacarleton
The
Penn. Co
Edna
Albert Byers
Wilburs Leglood
Wilbur
Éotors
Wilbur Seer Meal CO
Milwaskes
Deters
Rl, Ddatters
Herald
Lampsou
Queens
McClarran
Court House
Scott Billman
Everhard
Bata
William J. H. Strong
University of Wooster
Ohio
College
Price
Buchswalter
Hannah Vn
Mary Davis
Common Pleas Court
Warne County
Agauch
Danie
Buchwalter
Heneue
Yocum
John S. Adair
Law
Tal
Staira
Wayne County
jualBaan Wooster
Baltimore & Onio Railroad
Bibles
Waterman
Henty, Reid
Stevenson
Ellis
Alger
Cooper, Falken
Horst
Oliver Optic
Miss Caney
Susan Warner
Miss Alcott
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