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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
3
An article from the New York Sun explains making sound pictures by placing a sheet of paper over an old horn, using sand or lycopodium powder, and singing a note into the horn. The vibrating voice scatters the powder to form a picture of each musical note, with variations resembling birds or snakes.
The narrator visits a wealthy Chinacalled gentleman’s estate with vast bamboo gardens, rare animals, moon flowers and tea plants. Guests in English attire dine in London style as Chinese attendants service the rooms filled with prints, curios, and a portrait of the host’s son studying in Edinburgh.
The largest sun dial in the world is Hayou Horoo, a vast promontory rising 3000 feet above The Aegean Sea. As the sun moves, its shadow touches a circle of islands acting as hour marks.
In Jerome Arizona Territory police chain the prisoners to telegraph poles due to lack of a jail. The scene features guards securing arms, with one prisoner unable to escape as a crowd comments. A kingly anecdote follows about a shabby knight’s humility before King James VII.
Snyder's horse gale in Wooster Saturday. G. J. Kieter of Millbrook takes a county infirmary post. A busy schedule of church, school, and club notices across Smithville May 12 and June 10. Steamship of local lives includes deaths, marriages, accidents, and upcoming commencement at Marshallville High School.
Local events include a Wooster City Band concert Friday night and the Gem Gallery remaining in Wooster this week while Frederick’s moves to tent corner Spink and Bowman next week. Orchard crops show fair blossoms despite forecasts of destruction, aided by warm weather. Mra Bell Cready of Maysville left grease on the stove causing a fire with smoke and damage. Jos. bhelioy, released from Mac aillon hospital, was captured Tuesday near Beard's livery stable and taken to Maagil lon after threats with a heavy stick.
The article surveys ancient dental practices from Egypt Greece and Rome noting jawbones with false teeth gold fillings and skilled dentistry cited in Roman law and classical authors A recent grave finds a woman skeleton with a complete set of artificial teeth and mentions methods to distinguish cotton from wool by burning tests.
The passage notes Bolivia as the world’s most mountainous country, highlighting the Cor Divera de la Paz section of the great chain with white summits spanning over 350 miles in a near straight line.
Misa Stella Downing daughter of Mrs Simuel P Downing northeast of Wooster died at her sister Mrs Wonor’s home in Ashland from scarlet fever. She had cared for her nephew Charles 5 who also died, and both were buried after funeral in Ashland and Wooster respectively.
Advertising promoting the Ohio State Journal as a reliable 1900 weekly state and national news paper with market reports and household pages. It touts Republican alignment under McKinley, Tuesday and Friday issues, sample copies on request, and a yearly price of 100 dollars with a bundled offer for Wayne County Herald and the Weekly State Journal.
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