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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1884
Page
2
Watter A. Youne, a miner near Pittsburgh who was blinded months ago, has returned to work with help from his 14 year old son. He previously fought at Balaklava in the English army to support his family.
Carr E D Elsworth son of Col Elmer Ellsworth who was killed early in the war is remembered in a Mechanics pasture where the horse once owned by his son remains kept as a relic. The horse is now 33 years old and tied to a storied family history.
The piece lists living first ladies wives of presidents with residences in Nashville Richmond New Jersey Iremont and Cleveland Mrs Polk Mrs Tyler and Mrs Garfield receive Government pensions of 5000 annually It also recounts a burning incident near Clayton Georgia during a baptismal event and a Kansas City mayoral note about Cleveland’s 5000 assessment and a governor nomination loan of 2000
Busy column Notes and oddities from the era include Bees proposing own wheat fields backed by a $75,000,000 loan for railways. a $28,000,000 Argentine coach building project. remarks on Cleveland politics. a poisonous air bomb invention. forgeries of lottery tickets in Yucatan. Methodism medals used as idols. solar powered steam experiments in Paris. and Arizona seeking female immigration for settlement.
The article argues Nevada’s population has fallen to about 13,000 voters from 16,611 in 1880. It claims most residents live near the California border and suggests Nevada should join California to align interests. It describes Nevada’s vast 110,000 square miles as sparsely populated with around 55,000 inhabitants.
A Washington observer reports James Wormley’s sons found a handwritten unsigned document claiming to be a will. Lacking signature or witnesses, the sheet is not legally valid, but the sons seek its recording and claim inheritance, lamenting that few heirs behave this way.
Abraham Jones, who died in Oregon, blended spiritualism with geology to attract followers including wealthy men. He convinced investors that spirits indicated a rich oil field, leading to development of Pleasantville, Pennsylvania and his extraction of $500,000 before losing it in Pacific coast speculation.
Americans celebrate a key role in the De Lesseps canal project as a contract is awarded to dredge 30,000,000 cubic metres. Twelve new Hercules dredges join three existing units, all built in the United States at over $100,000 each. M De Lesseps, now eighty, plans to visit Panama in March to open the first ten mile section.
A fragmented passage hints at young people pondering journeys abroad to seek wealth or opportunity, reflecting themes of migration and ambition amid uncertain prospects. The wording is garbled but centers on youth considering travel and fortune.
A party explored a long cave system near Beaver Hole on the River West Virginia, finding five connected chambers with a mile long lower passage and a two mile upper, dry sections, large rooks and debris suggesting former fires and bone remains to be identified by an antiquarian. Nearby the West Virginia Central Railroad, stockholders include James G. Blaine Steve Elkins W H Barnum and Senator Gorman.
A young Washington woman reported a stolen fur lined circular from her hallway. Police traced the cloak to a man who confessed under financial pressure that he took the garment. The loss and confession frustrated the woman who preferred the theft over a scandal with her romantic acquaintance.
A long tale recounts George Derby’s pranks at West Point from 1846 to 1861. Derby caricatured officers and earned court martial threats while under the now famous pen name Phenixiana. A geology joke involving petrified tracks leads to a suspension, then eventual graduation.
In the prewar era Senate battles between Wade of Ohio and Toombs of Georgia grew fierce. Wade hurled vitriolic abuse provoking a challenge threat, Toombs refusing to reply with a duel, and northern and southern senators watching a volatile exchange unfold. Wade boasted on weapon choice and Toombs doubted his own willingness to fight. Inter-Ocean reports the episode as a notable crossfire of party, region, and rhetoric.
A simple method to frost glass by tracing lace patterns onto thin paper, cutting designs, applying to panes with paper stencils, dabbing with putty in muslin, drying, and varnishing. The excerpt then promotes Marktrade as ideal for men, noting marriage suitability.
A boiler explosion at Davis Williams Co in Oak Hill injures none. Denison Professor Osbun dies at 35 from typhoid fever in Granville, leaving a wife and children. Frederick Walter, Tuscarawas County Auditor and ex Deutsche Beobachter editor, dies at 48 in New Philadelphia. Batson found dead by Licking Reservoir after missing since Nov 30, ruled accidental drowning. Cleveland civic leader Captain Josiah Barber dies in bed at his Riverside Cemetery duties. Reform School trustees report annual finances and 436 boys confined. $61,900 requested. Springfield post office inspector arrests W M Castle for Miniature Pearl Oil Painting Company fraud. Read & Co vs Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad settled amicably in US Court Toledo. plus various local notices of meetings and unrest in Ohio political and labor circles.
A Sharon Pennsylvania report notes a £30 000 bid for the Hall Rolling Mill north of the city with a likely sale next spring. The idle mill could reopen and employ 200 men, as more blast furnaces operate in the Mahoning valley and other furnaces are expected to relight soon. Iron manufacturers foresee higher prices with the new year.
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