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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
1
A dense, fragmentary list of Shreve area notices and obituaries. Included are names of residents who died in December and early January, parish and church mentions, local trades and property transfers, injuries, and council salary updates. The item mixes civic notes, minor accidents, marriages, and small community updates from Wooster and surrounding towns.
The transfer deeds list multiple real estate moves across Chippewa, Salt Creek, Wayne, and Marshallville townships. Notable entries include 25 acres in Chippewa to Dr Wagener for 700, 80 acres in Palatstown to Jacob Swigart for 2300, and 34 acres in Wayne to Thomas Landes for 2635, with various lots and prices including 1 to 84500 transactions.
Buckeye Aluminum Co formed by R Miller W A Hoffman D Hoffman L K Franke and G E Gardner of Doylestown with capital stock of 50000. It will establish a factory at Doylestown for aluminum kitchen and household utensils. The Bay State Aluminum Co of Qeinoy Maas has merged with the Doylestown entity and the factory will move to Doylestown in the spring.
In a Yorkshire service a vicar lauds wives who mind the home and unnoticed duties as true heroes. A farmer’s wife protests, then dismisses the idea, while London’s Ans reveal Mark Twain’s first earnings story, recalling school penalties and a five dollar tale.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a patient complains of only water and asks for an egg, while a doctor offers nourishment. The patient quips about needing the hip that laid it, eliciting laughter and a light moment in the ward.
A historical remedy advises that a black eye can vanish in one night without cut or abrasion by applying a paste of black hellebore powder and lard, left on overnight. In the morning the discoloration and swelling are gone, leaving only a faint wrinkle that disappears with cold water.
A playful exchange unfolds about marriage and invitations as one person muses on fitting a ring into a crowded ceremony. The other notes the occasion will be crowded but vows to ring the partner in anyway. The scene showcases light tone and domestic humor from a Cleveland Plain Dealer item.
A fragmentary exchange from the Boston Transcript recalls a boy named Sever being stoned. The dialogue notes mutual throwing and fear only of stones directed at the speaker, not those they cast first. The report preserves dated tone and regional phrasing.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune reports a prosecuting attorney asking for questions supporting the death penalty in a willful murder case. A cautious salesman remarks on the jury need and whether to reveal the intent to harm. The text appears as garbled OCR with unclear details and names.
In Mary Workere New in the City, workers at the glass factory were ordered to report in Wooster or Jas. 5 with work starting soon. Men had been employed last summer at various places pending return, and housing shortages are noted as carloads of goods await placement.
Charles Drabenstott of Bloomington was seriously injured Monday at about 11 near the University Moor power plant. Working 20 feet above the floor he fell after a pulley broke, breaking his right thigh near the hip and his left elbow. He was taken home by Christine ambulance for treatment after preliminary examination revealed multiple bruises.
The article discusses early Christian observance of Christmas with disputed origins dating to AD 137 to 198 and notes a 284 305 Diocletian era massacre in Nicomedia. It also cites varied January to May celebrations among early Christians and then shifts to 1651 Veterans at Sandusky, detailing pensioner demographics, wars served, and annual maintenance costs with federal support of $100 per veteran.
Irvin Wilhelm of Woonter and Louise Mansion of Blackley Eimer R Funk of Columbus and Maud F Keister of Shreye obtain marriage licenses.
A historic note credits Prof Caillete for a glue that clings to glass and pulls away scales. Two coats are applied, left twenty four hours, then heated on a kitchen range at or below 150. The glue flakes off, detaching with fragments of glass. Varied designs use different salts, alum giving best results.
An influential baseball guide urges maximum physical and mental power through strict temperance, advising no alcoholic liquor. It argues athletes gain from abstinence as evidence accumulates in training for feats of skill and endurance. The note adds that Will Woodland, formerly at Case School in Cleveland, is home for Christmas vacation.
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