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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1883
Page
6
In a report echoing Sullivan and Slade, two Chinese men fought a prize fight in Philadelphia with encouragement from white Christians. After several rounds one fighter shouted Me catchee plenty, ending the affair.
The Springfield Republican warns against a mine described as feminine and cites Schenck’s Emma mine and the Tsa bella mine as examples where discrimination between mine and mine failed. It notes a foreign missionary once urged adding a female figure to American coins to address Moslem questions about worship.
The New Haven Courier reports John Fadden of Newport, a real estate broker, died on Saturday after a wheel explosion caused 2000 in damage and injuries to workers, with one fatality. A Mason of note is named. A separate New York note tells of a girl quoting prayer lines and joking about a rumpus in the hereafter.
One of the noblest workers of the age, Miss Leigh, the "English woman's good angel in Paris," founded a home for friendless young women in Paris ten years ago. It has grown into an orphanage, a church and parsonage, a missionary hall, a YWCA, a YM Institute, a free registry, a kindergarten and infant school, and a sanitarium.
The editor of the Boston Advertiser sent Governor Butler a note offering full editorial space for any charges against the Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner. Butler replied he had no intention of joining the paper as part of its editorial staff, yet the editor questions the sincerity of his sign off.
Marshall Jewell of Hartford Fire Insurance stood atop a barrel amid Chicago ruins promising full payment of losses. He checked a skeptical policyholder for about $10,000 and wrote the sum on the top of a check. A separate remark recalls Dr Thorburn claiming steamboat invention before Fulton and a quip over oak plank production from pine sawdust.
A Kentucky teacher fails to control unruly pupils prompting a local gentleman to enter the school with birch switches and thrash every child. Parents sue for assault and battery, testing whether chivalry pays. The piece also recounts businessman Herpert Ayer and a long family history beginning with his father in New Orleans and a hidden first marriage.
A Boston gentleman fond of music seeks a known melody. He learns an organ in New York plays it fortissimo. The clerk names Silver Threads Among the Gold after a whistle.
Professor Lemmon, a San Francisco botanist, spent two seasons seeking wild potatoes and discovered an extensive range at high altitude in southwestern Arizona. One variety bore white flowers and tubers, the other blue. Tubers were walnut sized with firm quality. The find is valued for agriculture and may lead to experiments by agricultural societies to cultivate improved potato varieties.
In a St Louis live stable an Irishman named McNeal shared his life story from Treline and described neighbors and kin. A party member whispered to a telephone and heard a voice in Ireland claim to be Kate O Nea Bally James Druff, leading McNeal to exclaim about a remarkable invention and wonder at the call from Ireland.
Early in the morning prior to his own death Marshall Jewell awoke convinced something dire had happened at William E. Dodge’s home in New York. A telegraph informed of Dodge’s death, but family secrecy and a forged assurance of well being convinced Jewell to urge verification. The denial and the sight of the message left him certain of a grave event, and he died soon after with that belief.
Lord Jeffrey receives The Old Curiosity Shop and grieves deeply over the death of “little Nelly” Boz’s beloved child. Mrs Siddons visits. Jeffrey comforts her, then admits the shock of the new tale’s pathos. A critic, faced with sorrow, laments the toll of fiction.
An eccentric tale of a groceryman tussling with a troublemaking boy over a twine prank on a dog, a dangerous coal stove invention, family antics, and a wild chase of mischief. The piece then shifts to Morse and the telegraph, chronicling his poverty, persistence, and the invention journey from idea to patent and congressional funding.
A reflective portrait of a boy in everyday life, from shy tasks to grand mischief. The piece contrasts playful exploration with moments of responsibility, ending with a nod to a loyal friend in all weather.
A London Law Journal note traces a rise in long trials in England from 43 days for Bel v Lawes to 188 days for Repina v Castro, suggesting a trend toward extended proceedings and higher juror payments. It contrasts with earlier shorter cases and laments the modern disease of lengthy trials.
The article argues that life hinges on death as a continual transformation of protoplasm. It cites Prof Beage on living and non living matter in the body, noting about ninety five percent is already dead at any moment and that thought and action correspond to death of prior matter in the cells.
The author urges substituting more eggs in daily diets for palatability and cost. Eggs, especially in summer, cost less per pound than beef and provide more solid nutrients with less waste. They discuss preparation methods, digestion, and the value of keeping eggs for home use rather than buying pricier meat.
The late Admiral Bailey recounts the New Orleans capture after dining in New York. He describes Farragut signaling to advance, ships blazing toward the forts, engineers steering, and taking the forts per orders, eliciting applause from the hall.
A Washington observer notes a family link between the Garfield and Lincoln clans. A dark-haired blue-eyed girl named Bessie Todd is connected through her mother and the Morris family of Cleveland to Mrs Garfield, with her father a descendant of Dr Todd, Lincoln’s grandfather. This links the two immortal lineages.
Local note from Lonz Jaox Missouri dated September 14 1879 quotes P M Barnes praising Hop Bitters for treating liver complaints and malarial fever. The testimonial claims superior efficacy versus other medicines.
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