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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1884
Page
6
A London company promotes a clockwork driven sewing machine with a thousand stitches per minute. The page also reports a bullfrog swallowing a mouse with a chipmunk in its stomach, a giant garter snake found in the frog, and humorous Chicago baby show antics and votes for homeliest mother.
The writings offer a glimpse of 18th century London life with mentions of Temple Bar crowds and the practice of watching prisoners at Bridewell Hospital. Descriptions include public viewing of criminals and harsh punishments as part of daily urban spectacle.
An Atlanta Constitution correspondent recalls a chat with Senator Brown in which he admits wearing a rabbit skin as a neck warmer. He notes a companion, a woman, praising it as good cold protection and explains how he uses a rabbit skin to keep warm.
A Livy recalls Walter Scott recounting Brys Barbauld and a manuscript Taylor’s Burger version of Leonora read to Dugald Stewart. Scott notes the memory of that reading inspired him to pursue poetry, after earlier attempts at regular verse failed.
London reports quote Mr Sanderson denying any true white elephant existence and describes Burmese sacred elephants as ordinary with distinct marks. Italian penal code ends capital punishment with varied historical execution figures from 1865 to 1874. A page on a New Bedford bride marrying via proxy in Fayal ends with a cautious, awkward meeting aboard the Veronica.
A chameleon's trainer and English vegetarian Dr Wessmayer fail in penny farthing style diets as a horse dies on minimal straw. St Gothard tunnel work causes fever, intestinal worms and deaths among workers and horses. Ventilation is deemed crucial by engineers to prevent recurrence.
Washington correspondent recounts Susan B Anthony lobbying Congress for women’s suffrage. A new western member brazenly greets her with a quip about her son in the Senate, comparing him to Rhode Island and boasting he’ll last long, then vanishes into the crowd.
Henry Kimu, among the United States' oldest sea captains, died at 94 in Camden New Jersey. He began sailing at age 10 and became master at 20, commanding for over 50 years and losing only one vessel the Mary Ann of Philadelphia. He was captured by a pirate in 1421 while sailing from Mobile to Philadelphia, but concealed treasure in pork barrels to avoid ransom. His family then saw four generations without a death until recently when his wife and three grandchildren died.
Dr. White warns of a mountebank in Indianapolis who swindled locals by claiming endorsement from European royalty and Mr. Vanderbilt. A woodcut depicts him performing the laying on of hands with dramatic zigzag finger lines.
A physician in town used a Gro'e battery connected to a switch under the carpet to deliver electric shocks to a patient, claiming miraculous healing. Fear of exposure and a Sheriff's action ended his practice as public faith waned after press scrutiny.
A whimsical Chicago Daily News verse recounts Mapleson and Gerster in a playful quarrel over pay and praises, with Gerster planning a comeback on a night train, Mapleson offering a lavish palace car and delayed salary. The spoof ends with the baby cited as the public reason for the tale.
A miscellany covers portraits of past British premiers and their devoted wives, then shifts to education critiques from Indianapolis Sentinel praising abstention from cram and push methods, plus a Boston girl’s death and a humorous professor anecdote. It also reports on horse clipping practices and rates in Chicago.
A humorous extract surveys divorce rates across countries using 1000 marriages as a benchmark. It places Italians Russians and Scots in the low-divorce group, Swedes Norwegians Dutch and Hungarians in the middle, with many others in the high-divorce group, noting religious and professional factors and a link to death by own actions.
The piece recounts shifts in the paper's political stance in Las Calloway Kentucky with jokes about editors before Exposition travel and notes a prank editorial swap. It also presents a humorous exchange between John Lang and McDonald Clarke over a zigzag brains jab and a brief moral reflection on honesty and trust. Other snippets cover a Sweden honey anecdote, condensed milk composition, and a defiant stance on corsets from Philadelphia Call.
A theorist argues ancient Earth passed through a comet's tail shaping surface scratches and rocks. Decades of rosy skies at dawn and dusk spark renewed talk of atmospheric tails as Kant inspires awe at the universe.
A Cincinnati Enquirer fragment shows a soapbox speaker claiming heavy punishment for misdeeds, met with a sharp retort from a young bystander. The exchange pivots on marriage and a jab about a red haired wife and trousers, reflecting streetside chatter.
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