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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
4
The piece argues roses belong in the flower garden not the front yard. It contrasts roses with peonies for size fragrance and longevity, noting peonies as a sturdy long lasting alternative while cautioning against overplanting roses and praising sturdy forms and perfume.
A chaotic incident unfolds as a performer attempts to tame a doll without a nonessential aid, triggering a dangerous display. The crowd confronts risk as the animal goes wild, causing a furious outburst and a bell to ring loudly while bystanders react with fear and concern.
Fragmented text recounts a surgeon accused of altering prescriptions aboard a ship, a drowning near a course, and a captain’s quip about the incident. Includes miscellaneous lines on juvenile editions and historical anecdotes, plus commentary on chimney swift nesting linked to house chimneys and the term Ladies' Home Journal.
A humorous collage quotes parson, lawyer, and physician lines about troublesome spouses and clients from a Chicago News piece. It then shifts to a skit where Staiate teases Tommy about pocket money and social duties, ending with a jokey exchange about yawning to greet late visitors.
Fragmentary dialog touches on pharmacy, a prescription, and a baby inquiry. The text mixes dialogue about drug availability and monetary tension with a Meggendé advertisement line, yielding little coherent narrative or identifiable event.
The prose outlines the mule as ready for labor at three years, lasting longer with fewer illnesses than horses. It claims mules tolerate heavy work, live about twice as long in usefulness, and require less feed over forty years of exertion, while horses suffer more ailments and need more sustenance.
June 9 notice reports postmaster alert and expected inconvenience as rural delivery changes face opposition from a large subscription. Several local residents are listed visiting relatives in Ashland and West Salem, with a Methodist church cleanup and S S Convention plans in Findlay.
Allspice berries grow on pimento trees in Jamaica. The trees thrive without cultivation and fruit is eaten by birds before ripening. Berries are picked green, sun dried, and packed in 160 to 180 pound bags for commercial use. Surplus trees become walking sticks and umbrella handles.
A questionable advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy. It asserts internal action heals catarrh and builds constitution, promising one hundred dollars for a cure and urging readers to request testimonials.
A San Francisco clergyman Dr Mackenzie visits a new parishioner with a boy Willie. The boy throws a potato into the minister’s lap and calls out Judge him harshly. The minister praises the clever act and Willie becomes an earnest Sunday school worker.
Hiccough affects nervous individuals and young children from stomach load or overripe foods. A simple, useful remedy is sucking sugar dipped in vinegar or drinking a spoonful of vinegar with sugar dissolved. If not immediate, a second spoonful should work.
Friday morning field day at the fair grounds drew a large crowd as contestants performed well. Winners include high jump Weld and Abbey at 5 ft 2 in, half mile Smith on 2 10 9, running broad jump Good and Nydegger, standing broad jump Begg and Brown, fifty yard dash Brown and Hartman, half mile walk Bricker and Merrick, football kick Follis and Brown, and hundred yard dash Brown and Whitcraft with A Thompson clocking 1 11 5. Central over Wooster National Bank, Zimmerman block.
The Sixth Annual Basket Picnic of the Wayne Co Picnic Society will be held in a grove on Experiment Station Farm Saturday June 14 1902 at 10 o clock a m Dinner at noon Music and prayer by Rev W A Littell of Worcester Mass Secretary J C Sidle Blackleyville Ohio will report Election of Officers Work at Station by Director Thorne and staff Adjournment followed by a farm ride led by station coal All farmers and others interested in agriculture are invited to attend this reunion.
Dr. Elder provides eye, ear, nose, throat care and spectacles in Wooster Ohio seeking patients needing comprehensive ENT and vision services from a local practitioner.
A Gordon sergeant, famed for playing the bones, refuses an officer asking for a concert to raise cheer during the Ladysmith siege. The sergeant laments he “couldn't” explain he once played bones, but has eaten them, leaving the officer unimpressed by the comic tale.
The Rev Mr Seventhly, pastor of the Blank Avenue church, quotes Paul to illustrate a doctrinal point in a sermon. The scene recalls a courtroom cadence as he calls for Paul to testify, in a vivid old Chicago Tribune tone.
Seville high school held commencement exercises on Friday evening June 6 with eight young people graduating. The program included piano duets, invocations by Rev H D Aarold, music, class history by Clyde R Bretts, orations by George E Acker and Edith V Rickard, vocal solos and duets, class poem by Paul E Beach, class prophecy by Evalyn E Dowd, presentation of diplomas with Clyde R Bretts responding, and a benediction by Rev V Sheely.
A coroner's jury could not determine the cause of Rowersox's sudden death. A plumber's bin and a noon call about an overcharged bill are mentioned as distractions, but officials indicate these details do not explain the death. The Detroit Free Press reports the uncertainty surrounding the case.
In a lively town exchange Mrs. Hunt praises Jane Porter as the most truthful resident, joking she would reveal her age. Mrs. Pike counters that truthfulness would be eccentricity, reflecting a playful local dialogue in a Boston Transcript snippet.
In Harlem Life the narrator notes Miss Palisade-I was surprised that Mr Cleverton missed the morning church solo. A question about whether Dash away had warned him is raised, with Cleverton acknowledging the courtesy. The Washington Democrat comments on how even a trifling man swells with pride when advised.
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