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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1882
Page
6
A vivid poem recounts a lordly hall at Christmas with logs burning in a wide chimney a polished oaken table laden with boar’s head wassail bowls plum porridge and Christmas pie masqueraders in white shirts and blushing cheeks singing carols and revels while old England and Scotland claim merry sports and tales at Yuletide.
A stormy Christmas tale centers on Rose Bell who watches the snow and a shipwrecked crew on the Merry Bell. Her fiancé Fred Culbertson is presumed lost, but a telegram later confirms his safety, and a family Christmas reunion unfolds with hopeful scenes, a frostbitten window fantasy, and a festive tree.
A memoir fragment recounts how a 17 year old in Berkshire County near Williams College joined his uncle in a wholesale and retail grocery business in Hartford. He accepted a partnership after one year, then became executor after his uncle’s death, with the estate valued at about $65,000.
The Rural New Yorker notes on dry hay methods and the shift in hog colors, with nine tenths of Chicago hogs now black. It discusses cucumber pickles, butter-making practices, and a Massachusetts vineyard girdling experiment. It also questions pork-centric diets and reports on hay drying trials at Reading showing no proven advantage for Nellson fan systems.
A scanned recipe excerpt details butter candy with sugar molasses and soda, chocolate caramel squares, creamed puddings, and a method for cleansing chocolate pans. It also includes a parfait cake using butter sugar eggs flour and raisins, plus a dish of starry onions baked with a creamy stuffing and lemon cream gravy.
The article traces the transition from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, explaining the 10 day drop in 1582, the leap year rule of 400 year cycles, and how different regions adopted the change at different times. It discusses solar, sidereal, anomalistic, and tropical years and notes Russia and the Greek Church patterns. It also recalls March 25 as a former year start in England and provides examples from early Boston newspapers.
Over ten years Berlin expanded its cultural landscape with thirteen new theaters while only two churches were constructed. The shift highlights changing urban priorities and urban development dynamics in the city.
The article notes that Line Ax Dux, described as a Chinaman and brother to Celestial, has been captured and brought to trial in Chicago. His defense claims the victim provoked the assault with a statement implying contempt. The piece hints at broader racial tensions and calls for calm amid scattered Chinese immigrant concerns.
A brief regional reflection contrasts attitudes toward debt and generosity. A French man is tagged as mean for delaying payment to a doctor, while in America the same act is described as merely eccentric, highlighting cultural differences in perceived propriety.
Marine records show 240 ocean vessels sailed and were later heard from never again, spanning six decades of maritime disappearances and unanswered calls.
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