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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1884
Page
6
Joan Rusxim attacks Prof. Tyndall as vain and vows to start a school of arts to outshine the Royal Academy. Theater men call Washington the poorest show town in the country, suggesting lawmakers can find comedy and tragedy without paying, while staid Washingtonians seek amusement at home.
A Bath, Maine man on the six th evening confessed he could not say no. A companion, after one woman was left at her door, proposed to and was accepted, following the casual remark about his weakness.
The Norristown Herald interviews Dr Mary Walker about a Muncie Indiana woman who boasted of circumnavigating the world without escort. The woman vows she could make two trips around the world solo, while the Herald warns she might fail if faced by a blind savage.
At a royal marriage in England a German Prince wed. The Duke of Cambridge, noting the line “with all my goods I thee endow,” blurted that even the shoes he wore were unpaid for, drawing a chorus of amused astonishment.
Avro Brown of Dalton New Hampshire, over 90, helped elect Zenas Crane to the Governor Council in 1857. In 1862 he backed Zenas Crane the son, also elected to the Council, and in November he voted for Zenas the grandson who won a contested seat in the same body.
A Western woman recalls years of grafting education in her father's fruit nursery. She disliked teaching, yet found grafting pleasant and profitable, mastering all the niceties from oranges to apples and proving women can work in the trade as well as men.
Tol A Heaton Robertson of New Haven reportedly owns the original Grandfather’s Clock that still runs. The timepiece is nearly two centuries old, given by his grandfather born in 1776, and passed down through generations. It features double cases, a stop attachment, and bears a Liverpool maker’s name.
Judicial statistics report about 300 men tried for murder annually in France over five years yet juries’ extenuating circumstances and President Grevy’s leniency kept executions under five per year. More than a hundred murderers have fled to New Caledonia since Grevy took office.
The White House upper story houses old furnishings dating to Jefferson and earlier reps, revived by President Arthur s overhaul of buried stores. The relics, made for prior occupants, fill the long corridor though their exact histories remain unknown.
The text projects escalating annual fire losses from about 70 million to 100 million in a decade, with estimates of one billion over fifteen years and a continued rise to at least one hundred million annually in fifty to sixty years, warning of steady growth in fire waste.
Mr Laboughere recalls visiting Irving at his Hudson Valley country house about thirty years ago. He says Irving gained ease and elegance by studying Addison and writing from memory to compare phrasing with the original essay.
WOREKERS in ornamental wood assert yellow pine, finished in oil, rivals the beauty of the costliest hard woods and, when oil impregnated, becomes almost indestructible. It resists hot grease and stains that mar white pine and maple.
The Bishop of Rochester will sail from Liverpool on the Sar dinis July 31 for the United States, visiting Michigan Minnesota Iowa Colorado and Utah Territory to lecture for the Church Temperance Society and address the New York Diocesan Convention on September 24 before returning via Quebec on October 4.
In a Germany bathhouse a fat guest, still in a bath uniform, asks a boy to locate his missing pants. He fears theft, but staff insist on honesty. Minutes later the guest questions the situation again, and the boy artlessly asks if he originally had pants upon entering.
The article recounts dwarfs famed for courage across history. Cornelius of Lithuania and the ballooning Charles V profile appear in royal warfare. Jeffrey Hudson, called Lord Minimus, dueled Croft the giant. Hudson killed Croft in a pistol duel. The last royal dwarf was Poland’s King Stanislaus’s infant companion at Nancy. the king mourned, saying he kept a sorrowful part in his heart.
The piece argues early in the season that Northern clubs dominate and suggests a baseball showdown between North and South could have settled civil war issues. It notes casualties might have been greater but limited in number and proposes the idea as a model for avoiding war and saving pensions.
The article lists doctors and their incomes during peak fame, with Radcliffe earning over 35,000 dollars annually and peers like Mead 25,000 Baillie 45,000 Sir H Halford 55,000 and Sir Brokie 85,000. It notes special fees including 8,000 to visit Lord Albemarle, 5,000 to Granville, 5,000 for Gull’s Pau visits, and 60,000 plus a life pension and baronial dignity for Dr Dinesdale for inoculating Catherine the Empress and her son.
The widow of the famed Mexican General Santa Anna lives quietly in her native state at age 48. She was betrothed in infancy and married at 13 as he ruled as a military dictator. The piece also notes a critique of oleomargarine and a concise view of British election practices.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Mormon Tabernacle shape resembling a torus with interior pillars. It mentions two pews, stalls, and corners where one can hear the preacher, with the long communion area and someone named Gail noted.
A Wolf and a Fox travel together and find meat on a string. They dispute the share, the Wolf seizes most, the Fox cons them both out as the Wolf falls ill from poison. The Fox, enduring the scene, remarks on the danger of greed.
In Lanerville a playful exchange unfolds as an editor questions the foreman about a dog in the composing room. The foreman explains the dog is a “compositor dog” because he is a setter, provoking a puzzled reaction and a long silence with springtime ambiance.
Judge Nicolas Longworth of Cincinnati and former Ohio Supreme Court member argues the current jury system is flawed. He warns that reading crime reports can unfairly bias jurors, while jurors and lawyers have grown overly cautious about delivering justice.
The piece notes that the term dark horse in political use originated with Thackeray in Adventures of Philip where a character dismisses a candidate as a dark horse. It also briefly mentions an unrelated Florida note about turning a cactus into rope and containers.
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