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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1899
Page
6
A compilation of devotional pieces and sermons from religious and secular sources explores charity, unity, and inward spirituality. It includes reflections on Tur’n thee with whole heart to the Lord, the kingdom within, and childlike faith, alongside notices about missionary appeals, leadership changes, and church actions from Livingstonia to Philadelphia.
The article recounts a romantic anecdote involving General William T. Sherman and a Califormian-born woman, Maria Ygnacio Bonifacio, detailing their meetings during the Mexican War era, a promise to plant a yellow rose, and later estrangement as time passed the tale frames Sherman as a notable observer while preserving period tone and melodramatic detail. It also includes a brief foreign humor vignette about a philosophical pasha and a remark on nurses.
Fragmented account describes a dramatic contest with a cobra on a lake shore, followed by a harrowing fight against fear among observers. The scene shifts to a harsh mountain landscape where Anant Rainny fights fear and a deadly fever while surviving a deadly snowstorm and rebuilding a camp after the rescue.
A first person recounting a brutal prairie blizzard experience. The narrator and onyx animals struggle through a sudden night storm, freezing cold, deep snow, and darkness, with riders and horses driven toward timber as hideous wind and snow bury them and test endurance.
A strong wind reversed Red Sea watersStranded ships report to Major Tullock British governmentArovey and the Campagna lights up Lilian Vernery’s gem of a scene. Alpine geography and chemical processes discussed alongside ancient monsters and a Japanese wave-measuring instrument. A massive sunspot event coincides with auroras and global weather shifts.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note recalls a daughter of a local clergyman who confronted teasing from her elder brother. The young woman insists she does not practice what she preaches and asks her father, the rector, for guidance. He pauses his sermon to explain the controversial phrase with care.
An experienced skating watcher stresses ankle support and a snug stiff shoe to prevent foot twisting. He notes many skaters blame weak ankles, though the real issue is the shoe cushioning and fit around the instep and midfoot. The shoe height matters little.
New propulsion using compressed air is set to begin on the 20th Street and 20th Street Hoes lines operated by the Metropolitan Street Railway Company in New York. Twenty air cars are nearing completion as experiments over several years show air power is safer, cheaper, and easier to control than steam or cable. Proponents claim a locomotive with air can haul a Jersey City to Philadelphia train at seventy miles an hour without recharging, with advantages in economy, steadiness, and sustained power.
The Tawiston Mayo Journal notes Maine gum pickers travel deeper into the woods yearly to meet city demand for spruce gum sold at about $1.50 per pound. Gunners and hunters face hard labor, minimal pay, and uncertain returns, with many earning little more than a day’s wages after a season of toil.
A brief puzzle notes a peculiarly arranged cube figure where viewers miscount the lower squares. The text prompts readers to reexamine two bottom black squares, claiming the count flips between six and seven, and hints this is part of Professor Justrow’s article on the topic.
A discussion of mind tricks with figures forming cubes, and a note on the British Museum's twenty-seven volume bird catalogue that aims to cover 11,014 species in 2,255 genera and 124 families with 400,000 specimens. it is controversial that some see such acts as robbery of a stranger.
An old notice outlines the adjutant role as chief assistant to the commander with duties including keeping regiment records overseeing returns from company officers and coordinating communications. The piece mentions a reward of 20,000 and highlights a jewel theft involving 150,000 value and a 40,000 reward, then touts Foss tertor's Stomach Bitters as a health tonic to restore strength and digestion.
By a traveling medium in a Tivargia town a seance began with the line I have been requested by some of the men present to recall the spirits of their wives who have gone before Keep perfectly quiet friends and in One Moment they will be with you An audience member exclaimed I’d rather meet Molly in heaven but I won’t wait for her to resume business on earth This report from the New York Tribune notes the curious scene and crowd reaction.
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O is made from grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, coats about half as much as coffee, and is available at grocers for 15 or 25 cents.
San Francisco resident Capt Goddard E. J. Diatend claims to be 103 and to have worked as an engineer at the Baldwin Hotel. He says he left the position after passing the century and continues to recall a bis living na 4 book agent Woe.
Asheville mentions routes via Queen and Crescent and Southern from Cincinnati. Critics praise Thamas Kloorl's two leading works The Song of the Shirt and The Bridge of Sighs, noting they were written at age 46.
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