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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1885
Page
3
A playful scene aboard a streetcar features a dapper drummer charming a Boston girl. He flashes a waxed mustache and seals with a cane while she reads Atlantic Monthly. Their exchanged smiles hint at mutual interest as a brief flirtation unfolds.
A speaker recalls buying a new room and a wheel with teaching money then laments losing festival apples to butter while contrasting past frugality to modern abundance. A second fragment features Sylvia and George debating skating at a heavenly sea of glass with a minister’s admonitions.
A New York Sun Montana correspondence describes four Cheyenne captives jailed after attacking a cavalry sergeant and a rancher. With one rope available they hanged themselves in turn, each taking down the previous hanger until the last was found dead by the jailor next morning.
A courtroom exchange questions the witness about age with the judge noting hearsay is not accepted. The Boston Beacon is quoted and a proverb cautions readers not to judge until tasting the bread.
A sample of air is run through a strongly alkaline permanganate solution, heated near boiling, to measure oxygen use. The loss in strength indicates oxygen consumed per volume of air, linking air purity to lower oxygen uptake. A small light compound engine described in England weighs 105 pounds and can deliver about 30 horsepower at 500 feet per minute piston speed. Wood treatment advances include a process to toughen whitewood by steaming and upsetting, compressing cells by up to 75 percent, potentially expanding usable timber. Rubbernicks metalizing wood uses alkali, hydrosulfate calcium, sulphur, lead acetate baths, finishing with polishing to a moisture-proof metallic look.
A relic known as The Stones of Stennes in Orkney Islands carries a tale of ritual vows. Couples joined hands through a carved hole and swore fidelity in a sequence of temples to Odin, Woden, and the Sun, with offerings left by visitors. The ritual was once linked to a belief a child passed through the hole would escape palsy. A later quip about storm predictions ends the item.
The Marathon Independent reports a second-hand throne up for bid with a selling price of 1200 dollars. The old Louis XIV throne was recently auctioned at that amount, appealing to readers considering a royal career change.
The document argues that Mrs. Hayes banned wine at the White House as a moral example and claims women can influence society to shun alcohol. It urges girls to use their influence and frowns to deter wine in social life, asserting women alone hold this power.
A temperance argument cites Drunkenness as a global vice and credits Maine with long standing success. It notes growing anti liquor sentiment, high license pushes, and reports a 32 million gallon drop in 1883 with a slight rebound in 1884, reflecting tightening prohibition trends.
A 1884 to 1865 compilation by Gen Drum and J W Kirkley yields 359,496 Union deaths, with 9,853 officers and 349,913 enlisted men. Gaps in prison and missing registers limit completeness. Confederate losses and naval deaths remain to be added for full war death toll.
A Washington Star letter from Spencer F. Baird secretary of the Smithsonian Institution urges boiling water for drinking and cooking for at least 30 minutes unless water is known to be safe. He cites his Philadelphia Exhibition experience and believes boiling could have prevented the Plymouth epidemic.
Patrick Kelly a nine year old man living at the corner of Stone avenue and Aberdeen street tried to kill himself using a broken teacup edge to cut his abdomen. Several physicians treated him and doubted his survival. Authorities say he was temporarily deranged. Chicago Tribune note. Anthony Proppor will visit Harvard and Yale while in the country. The Duke of Argyle is praised as the best orator among British news.
The General Assembly submits amendments to Articles II III and X with proposed election timing. Voters will decide on October second Tuesday 1885. The measure shifts terms and offices and sets ballot wording for Yes or No on each section. PD Marsh Speaker Warwick Senate President.
The Ohio Secretary of State verifies a true copy of a joint resolution adopted by the General Assembly on March 25, 1885, with the original rolls filed in the office. The certification bears the official seal and date in Columbus.
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