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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1883
Page
2
Prof. B. Walter proprietor and principal offers thorough instruction in bookkeeping and penmanship at 8 S. E. Cor. Square. Terms reasonable.
A long collage of humorous lines and anecdotes from a midwestern paper includes jokes about fashion, vanity, aging, and common quirks. It weaves in dialogues, classroom quips, and light social vignettes, ending with a reflective note on mortality and wit.
Trains run Alliance to Niles and back with daily departures and listed arrival times. Timetable uses Columbus time, which is 12 minutes slower than Pittsburgh time and 20 minutes faster than Chicago time. Officials Baldwin and Ford sign the notice.
The piece argues for stronger timber protection in the west end, proposing tax exemptions for protection, rewards to owners, and exemptions from road-side cutting. It favors strict stock laws, portable fences for fields, and open crops, with woodlands converted to woods pasture to reduce incentive to clear land.
Barnes sharply criticizes Ingersoll and claims Ingersoll corrupts infidels faster than Moody converts Christians. He says Moody breeds Christians quicker than any other man, cites atheism rising among the best men, and argues Ingersoll has not attacked his God while the devil attacks love.
A Philadelphia reporter describes baseball ball construction detailing centers of patent material, yarn windings, covers, and cementing, noting horse hide use and manual sewing. The piece also contrasts quality, cheap balls, manufacturing speeds, wages, and a claim that the national game is dying out.
A New York World piece recalls a startling romance involving a 45 year old suitor Browne who seeks to marry a 19 year old in New York. He discovers the young woman is his own daughter, a revelation tied to a past Vermont college affair and a governess mother. The tale contrasts with critics of study methods and social posturing in New York.
James Parton recalls how Harriet Beecher Stowe received a $100 check from the National Era editor in June 1851, fueling her writing of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Despite domestic duties and little time, she persisted eighteen months to complete the work, driven by fascination with Southern life and readers' support.
The piece discusses peanut terminology and wartime nicknames such as goober grabblers, noting Georgia’s peanut industry and state rankings. It cites Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina production, oil use trends, export potential, and the role of processors in grading and branding.
A humorous fable about a pampered goose and a lean hen debating master status in a warm pen. The piece contrasts comfort and audacity with resilience, finishing with a local joke about 600 men in Chisago avoiding directory listings as creditors bill them.
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