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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1897
Page
7
The text compiles disjointed excerpts from classical art and history notes, a New York World quote, and scattered anecdotes. It references Phidias, the Parthenon, an Aboriginal order, and a startled lord in Highland dress, all mingled with garbled OCR artifacts and stray phrases.
A local dry goods store on Ludhd avenue reports a dog that regularly patrols counters and basements, catching rats for fun. Clerks note the dog’s familiar routine, its ability to locate hidden rats, and its proven knack for evading humans while performing its pest control.
The Lancet notes an unusual London charity event in which a parade featured a bed carted on wheels decorated with flowers and vegetables. A nurse attended the bed while another participant wore a nurse’s costume, drawing crowd attention as part of the fund raising for hospitals.
A friend quotes a famed writer dismissing a young author’s prospects. The critic’s confidant says the writer will win fame sooner than later, and the reviewer’s implied revenge is to mock the author by ridicule. The critic concludes the young man is the meekest in the region if he achieves that fame.
A week of congressional proceedings covers electoral vote matters, banking and debt funding debates, territorial debt funding language, postal service and railroad land issues. Senate debates on the American arbitration treaty and related amendments dominate. House actions include appropriations bills and a deep dive into federal spending, with standout notes on officials and political figures.
A newspaper woman in Idko an Ingano Asylum reports after visiting during the national election she overhears a heated congressional battleground inside the building. An attendant stops her at the door saying she cannot enter the violent ward, prompting her apology and withdrawal from the scene.
A scientist reports a deadly parasite within the heart of the American Beauty rose, risking its life and beauty. Rose growers respond with a poisonous spray that could injure inhalation and scent, while a youth pays a dollar for a rose bouquet intended for a queen, altering traditional roles. Buckingham's Dye offers a reliable color choice for darker shades.
A gold coin circulates between two holders up to two billion times before its stamp or impression wears away. A silver coin circulates about three and a quarter billion times before it becomes completely defaced.
An advertising note touts No-to-Bac as a remedy for tobacco desire claiming over 400000 cured. It promotes a turning machine to craft tops from wood, claims automatic production, and mentions a Nina applied paint. It also pushes Kemp’s Balsam for cough relief and offers free sample bottles through druggists.
A fragmentary advertisement style text mixes social commentary on dentistry and civility with antique product pitches. It mentions imperfect teeth as a sign of civilization and perfect teeth among savages, cites cosmetic soaps, laxatives, and tonics, and ends with a garbled note about costs and a mysterious Moonstone claim in North Carolina and Georgia.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a jumble about disease among a group, references to a captain, a purse of money, a U S work program, and an American goal. Details are unclear, but a death or fate is implied amid garbled names and numbers.
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