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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1883
Page
8
A reflective Sabbath poem expresses trust in God's control of the unknown. The speaker finds security in divine guidance, preferring to await His will rather than fear tomorrow. Despite limited sight, they rest in God’s grace and blessing.
James Hamilton D D argues that the gospel does not remove labor but alters its nature. Believers’ toil becomes meaningful through Christ, shifting work from punishment in workhouses or prisons to loving service within family life.
A religious reflection notes that current occupations lack direct relation to the Deity yet can be sanctified by a general aim to please God. It envisions eternity where the ideal of God is constant, His glory shines on the heart, and love continually burns on the altar.
A girl prays in fresh snow asking to be washed white by the Bible promise. She recalls the Sabbath lesson that sins can be as white as snow and references the declaration that robes are made white in the blood of the Lamb.
The idea for ships derives from aquatic birds shaping the stern with two paddles, one on each side. A strained oar created water resistance to turn the head, secured by rudder-bands. The single rudder, modeled on fish, guides progress, though a steering paddle may still be used alongside.
A devotional note honors humble deeds as serving the Lord. It recalls a young woman bedridden ten years who knit little gloves for poor children with her free hands. The text urges that anyone can help in small ways, even a child, with a loving heart.
A story recounts John Wesley advising a troubled brother on how to face life. While walking beside a stone fence a cow peeks over the wall. Wesley explains the cow looks over because it cannot look through, urging the brother to look over and above his troubles.
A reflective line from George Macdonald on surrendering to divine will, asserting that true absorption in life comes from giving up and trusting God rather than relying on science or theology.
The North China Herald credits Feng Ying Wang with early printing ideas in 9382 A.D. and traces Chinese methods from wood blocks to engraved characters. It notes early fixed blocks, later movable types sparking debates on accuracy, wax beds for leveling, and the evolution toward printing presses well before Europe. Pi Sheng is named for movable type later developments.
The article extols music as mankind’s greatest influence and most accessible art form, cheaper and transferable unlike architecture or sculpture. It cites examples of communal singing in cottages, the emotional impact of song, and notes stark income contrasts while recounting a knack for longevity for ex prize fighters who turn to saloons after retirement.
A writer warns that unseen illnesses can strike with sudden terror akin to lightning or tornadoes. Experts note virulent diseases begin subtly yet progress rapidly, with vague pains, fatigue, and fluctuating appetite signaling danger even when unrecognized. A physician with notable research urges readers to heed such warning signs.
Dr. C. Anderson reports success treating acute nephritis, linked to Bright's disease, in a 24-year-old fireman using Warner's Base Kidney and Liver Cure after other therapies failed. He describes symptoms including back pain, urine changes, dropsy, and nervous system effects, urging fellow physicians to consider proprietary remedies. The piece ends noting President Arthur catching a large salmon by fly on the continent.
An OCR fragment presents a string of advertising claims for medical cures and devices. It mentions Dr. R. V. Pierce’s treatments and electro medical devices by Voltaic Belt Co, plus hair care products and deodorized extracts. The material reads like mixed patent medicine and consumer goods pitches with scarce verifiable context.
The passage weaves a tense library scene over a money dispute between a son and father with forged or unpaid debts. It shifts to ads touting medical tonics and male vitality products, plus a late 19th century notice about urban housing and sanitation concerns, and ends with a historical image of a Washington streetcar scene on emancipation eve.
Fragmentary notes recount dubious cures and oddities including a syrup claim from a Tar White Wine proprietor, a Pocahontas forest origin story, a coal mine link, and a 14 cent check from H Vanderbilt. Satirical items warn of fashion kleptomania among Parisian women and promote drug remedies for sedentary lifestyles.
An old advertised remedy titled Mother Swan's Worm Syrup claims to ease feverishness and restlessness while acting as a harmless cathartic for worms constipation. Priced at 25 cents.
An Elmira Advertiser notice touts a wedding theme while offering a free bottle of White Wine of Tar Syrup to ministers who test and approve it for coughs and throat diseases. It also reports a Brockton veteran’s long pension pursuit ending in $440 monthly support.
A terse wartime era notice touts effectiveness of Olefars against common pests including rats mice roaches and flies while promising broader control of bedbugs ants and other vermin.
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