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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1883
Page
6
The Morning Journal New York under Albert Pata's editorship reaches a daily circulation of 40,000, with prospects to double by year end.
A Southern correspondent notes three seasons in Frida the orange, ssetatte, and invalid season with the last named paying the best. He recalls a remark that in summer locals live on sweet potatoes and sugar cane while in winter they feed on Northern visitors.
In Boston the famed revivalist Joseph Cook asked his audience to rise. He invited all Christians to stand and about three thousand people stood. Then he asked those not converted during the revival to sit, leaving four sevenths of the crowd still standing.
An Easton dealer notes demand for Langtry photographs has fallen due to ongoing scandal surrounding her. He argues that when a professional woman allows a man who is not her husband to pursue her, public interest wanes. He contrasts with Mary Anderson whose portraits sell well thanks to her clean reputation.
A Washington paper recounts Beck from Kentucky and Teller from Colorado recalling farm work in Livingston County New York. They joke about meeting in the U S Senate after driving oxen for Brown. The piece notes a paymaster’s claim that forty five NP railroad workers did not claim wages, implying many may have died.
A Rochester woman sought butter and was shown oleomargarine samples priced at 34 and 35 cents. After careful tasting and smelling she bought the higher priced sample, discovering it was oleomargarine while the other was real dairy butter. The case suggests dealers use high prices to avoid suspicion.
A trade journal shows a queer advertisement for the New hall house in Milwaukee claiming Baxer & Swiept patent fire-escape and floor water supply while hotel staff are trained as a fire department. The piece questions why such claims persist after the disastrous blaze and coroner and grand jury findings.
Professor BoLui proposed that the retina preserves last images before death and urged rapid eye exams or photography to catch the murderer. Dr Ayers tested over a thousand eyes without finding a usable imprint, noting a weak rabbit eye photograph after atropine that proved unusable.
A Toronto dentist office affair ended with a man seeking multiple molar extractions being driven into frenzy rather than unconsciousness by the erratic treatment. Local authorities reported the incident as a chaotic patient episode with signs of distress and necessary medical intervention.
A patient attacked by two dentists using chloroform to subdue him was rendered nearly dead by overdose. Dentists applied chloroform again and extracted a tooth flow of blood as a woman nearby shouted murder. Three physicians aided, saving the patient’s life. both dentists faced a tense aftermath.
The diary notes growing danger for affluent travelers as reporters fear travel for families. A Chicago journalist’s wife in New York loses two $500 pug dogs, stolen and traded for two $1 cars, leaving both owner and dog owner inconsolable.
Pennsylvania high court rules a priest cannot recover three years of salary from the Bishop of Pittsburgh. The court says a priest idle due to nonappointment must seek church aid rather than court relief, limiting any legal claim to church support rather than full salary.
Report says ex-Collector Murphy of New York and several ladies sought audience with Mrs. McElroy at the White House. The president questioned the visitors and, finding their explanations unsatisfactory, refused to present them to his sister.
The speaker attacks women’s rights and co education during Lenten talks at Trinity Chapel New York. He argues women should remain home makers while men are breadwinners and condemns training girls like boys. He claims mothers must guide daughters to preserve modesty and delicacy.
A frail, fragmentary note urges friends to uphold virtue without shaming or harshness. It emphasizes helping a brother falling morally without pushing him away, advocating a caring, Christian approach to guidance.
In 1880 and 1881 England refused landing clearance for about 60 000 tea packages under the adulteration act. Of the seized lot some were reported as shipped to this country in alleged gift tea stores.
The article explains cold waves as moving air masses spreading from the mountains and Arctic regions toward the Atlantic coast. Telegraphs and weather stations track their movement at speeds of 40 to 70 miles per hour, with southeastern trajectories, affecting areas from Nova Scotia to Cape Hatteras and sometimes Florida. It contrasts this meteorological phenomenon with dramatic poetry trends and jokes about renewal of mood.
A critique argues that rote memorization and quick geography recall do not build real understanding. It questions if mechanical teachers and book learning foster a sparse, fact-filled mind and cites contrasts with lively storytelling and broader student experience.
A Troy Times letter questions the marketed substitutes for butter, noting oleomargarine butterine and suene are widely produced and sold yet rarely used by grocers or in lodging houses, despite billions of pounds manufactured yearly in the United States. The piece argues these products are mainly animal fat and refuse, with little real butter content.
A long-winded critique argues most modern poetry is by women and dwells on gloomy themes. It claims many women are cheerful in daily life yet turn to sorrowful verse when writing, suggesting a misperceived poetical temperament and work habit.
In Fitchburg Massachusetts the census collector visits a house of two elderly maidens and asks about births last year. The hired girl mishears the question as bursts and the women fear a scandal, debating the meaning before learning the man acts under no law.
The New York Mail argues that cash customers deserve a regular discount in establishments granting credit. It notes merchants charge higher prices to those who pay later and urges fair pricing to compensate for bad debts.
A fragment reports a player from Charleston suffered a throat injury while handling a silver dollar during play and, after medical treatment, declined discomfort, prompting speculation about his future status and a remark about never feeling the same.
A report outlines meerschaum plate production near Eski-scheir in Antojia Asia Minor. It notes costs for 100 boxes, price fluctuations since 1873, varieties and sizes, export growth from 1855 to 1881, and Vienna as a central market with firms from Austria Bulgaria Greece Armenia and Turkey. It also mentions shifts in exports to the United States and Europe and the Vienna pipe manufacture development. A second item, Pointed Talk, recounts Jack Pringle answering a nervous man seeking tiny tacks and guiding him to a shop, amid a scene with a dinner-holding ironmonger.
The New York Mail and Express warns that Pennsylvania's four anthracite fields total about 483 square miles and may yield no more than 8 billion tons if current mining continues. Experts fear depletion within a century, urging a shift from pillar and breast methods to more economical mining and a search for alternative fuels to sustain industry.
A New York Herald reflection argues that perfect churchgoers cause trouble, while true reform requires admitting sin. It cautions against self righteous members who assume heaven is not good enough and seek to boss pastors and congregations.
Ogdensburg Journal reports a staged oyster scandal at a church festival where a man allegedly used a fake find to lure donations. The “copper” actor pretended to discover pearls to fool attendees, with the oyster reportedly borrowed for the act.
A Texas cowboy won a silver-trimmed saddle valued at 300 in a competitive trial by throwing a steer in one minute and forty five seconds, achieving the fastest time.
Five thousand corpses are delivered to the New York City morgue annually. The figure highlights urban mortality and morgue workload amid public health concerns.
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