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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1882
Page
4
A colorful verse depicts Polly waking to a dreary day, praying, then brightening as she negotiates chores. She greets the morning with joy, kisses her dolly, and heads to breakfast cheerful and barefoot, her flaxen wig and white collar gleaming.
A discussion of utopian ideals contrasted with churches as true utopians. Nordenskjold's Vega voyage reveals the Chukches coastal society, their language, and customs. The text notes their lack of formal government or religion, and portrays family and village life shaped by circumstance.
The text describes a remote Arctic society the Chuksh, noting their lack of formal government or legal penalties, strict family life, and gender roles. It highlights their simplicity, cleanliness practices, modest housing, daily tasks, and emphasis on red goods, with women caring for children, cooking, and labor. It also discusses behavior in poverty, child-rearing, dress, adornment, and ritual uses of objects such as drums and lamps. The passage questions origins and notes possible decay or isolation.
The text lists a series of biblical questions and verses about temperance and drinking. It cites Genesis Judges Daniel Habakkuk Isaiah Proverbs Corinthians and Galatians to explore who first drank, pledges against liquor, blessings from temperance, consequences of intoxication, and whether temperance is a virtue or vice.
A World correspondent reports that a shield at Sulgrave in Northamptonshire was copied and linked to the Washingtons, with claims of descent from Sulgrave family later challenged by Colonel Chester and Goango Washington’s watch seal. John Washington of Virginia remains a debated connection.
A fragmented precept list presents aims for conduct and virtue. It enumerates threefold guidance on actions toward others, governance, and personal character with emphasis on kindness wisdom industry and integrity. The text echoes classical teacherly exhortations on behavior.
The 220 foot brick chimney of the New York Steam Company on Greenwich Street between Cortlandt and Day towers above the street. It rivals major landmarks in prominence and will stand as the highest chimney in the United States upon completion. Each unit holds over 1 million bricks and 700 barrels of cement, with thirty two boilers supplying power to six building floors, connected by an exterior iron ladder.
Philadelphia mathematician James Morton announces a solution to squaring the circle. He argues a geometrical method yields the relation between circle area and diameter and compares it to a square described on the diameter, asserting a new proof in his published book.
The Baltimore Day notes Judge Garland of Lynchburg Virginia likely the oldest presiding judge in the world at age ninety. His long public service spans Nelson County birth, 50 years in the State Legislature, a Jackson Democrat in Congress, and seventeen years prosecuting criminals before becoming Corporation Court judge. He has led the life tenure since last year though eyesight failed earlier.
A Pennsylvania lady recalls General Ilarrison during a presidential candidacy visit at the old Washington House. He pledges to water, declines wine, and explains his lifelong vow to avoid strong drink, noting seventeen classmates who died from alcohol. A baseball mishap and Le Figaro editorials are also mentioned in passing.
A fragmented anecdote shows a father preacher asked why a son winks during sermons. The father replies he looks at the son while preaching. The boy claims he winked to make the father stop as the wink was long. The text shifts to an Uncle Sam advertised tonic promising blood purification and vigor.
Sunday Church trains run from Millersburg at 7 00 a.m. to Columbus arriving 10 20 a.m. and return at 1 40 p.m. Northbound trains leave Millersburg 7 40 a.m. arriving Hudgin 10 30 a.m. and return 4 30 p.m. This serves Akron Cuyahoga Falls and Hudson, with round trip Sunday tickets at reduced rates usable that day. Genl P A Eck 219tf
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