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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
2
An editorialish block discusses temperance and enforcement in four fifths of states, noting Governor Powers of Maine and the Cleveland Leader’s stance. mentions cigarette laws, the International Chain Han Endeavor, and local notices of deaths, weddings, and travel. It blends political rhetoric with community notices and names several individuals and towns.
The Smithville paper lists a funeral for Win Hutchison with attendees from Wichita Danville Canton and other towns. It also notes a Creston wedding for Mrs Ku n g with relatives visiting, and several funeral and guest notices for local residents including a death in Orrville and a Zimmermann family funeral in Canterron.
A domestic farce unfolds as Mrs Bineton clashes with her husband over a house filled with feuding in-laws. Blueton threatens a costly divorce or exile as he contends with a sprawling kin network and a hotel of relatives described with comic detail. An Irishman’s blunt humor surfaces in magistrate exchanges and a harvest-time job hunt.
A comic tale notes that a clumsy member’s errors bring trouble to others. Elders mock his head, calling it only a topknot placed by his Maker. A hotel clerk jests about a top floor room requiring passage through servants quarters. A polite bachelor yields his seat to a longstanding widow in a crowded car.
A quarry workers discovered an alabaster cave near Auburn California, with a large first chamber centered by a grand alabaster pulpit area. A hidden inner chamber expands to a bigger hall with alabaster drapery, water lake, and awe inspiring grandeur showcasing timeless beauty and immense scale.
An Italian irrigation worker near Stockton recounts a midnight discovery when floodwater exposed a hollow in the bank glowing with light. He claims a smooth white pebble the size of a hazelnut emits enough glow to tell time, with other stones said to be equally hard as quartz and bright. Some samples will be sent to the State University science department for analysis.
A Saturday Review excerpt contrasts medieval sanitation with modern health goals. It cites Michelet on Europe’s bath avoidance, Queen Elizabeth’s city regulations, and Lord Playfair’s push for clean air water and soil. It notes mortality fall from 80 to 10 per thousand and mentions St Francis and wealth of Olga of Russia.
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