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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1882
Page
2
Company DRIVING LIGHT MACHINERY requests a circular from Baccus Water Motor Co of Newark New Jersey. They ask respondents to cite the newspaper where the advertisement was seen. The note aims to obtain promotional literature.
The Ohio State News item surveys corporate filings, capital changes, and a growing business climate. It cites 208 or 209 filings, new incorporations, amended stocks, and a push for a general index to improve records. It also covers the State Grange meeting at Mansfield with aims to promote temperance, education, and farm family welfare.
An 19th century forecast outlines acre yields from black walnuts catalpas and cotton trees with costs and multi‑season thinning and removals. It compares long term timber value to nut production and includes a satirical note on teaching daughters to cook, then turns to an analysis of suicide laws and epidemic patterns across eras and nations.
A garbled report notes two men from Fremont, Knapp and Welch, imprisoned for life for murder. Knapp was reportedly pardoned while Welch died in custody from consumption before burial appeared. Unclear whether a misidentification or coverup occurred.
On the Baltimore and Ohio midnight passenger from the West to Louisville, deputies and a prisoner named William Edwards escaped irons during stops. Edwards vanished when the train moved east of Louisville. his body was found eight miles east, likely struck by a following freight train.
Advertisement extols high hop profits at $1.25 per pound and claims an acre yields $1,000 profit. It urges raising hops and using Hop Bitters, asserting the medicine offers top family health while prices remain fixed from the past.
A civic speech urges cheerful prompt giving and quick support without hesitation, warning that delays squander potential benefits and leave hands empty. The proverb frames charity as active duty, praising generous action over lingering contemplation.
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