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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1897
Page
7
A palace of silver will dominate the Omaha Trans Mississippi Exposition with a 400 foot square building and towering spires. Over 300,000 square feet of exterior surface will be clad in rolled silver, creating a dazzling display.
A compact survey traces how place names such as California Antigua Barataria and Montreal appear in legends and medieval and Renaissance literature. It notes sources from Spanish romances Italian legends French romances and Irish myth, mentioning Saint Brendan Sancho Panza Queen Elizabeth era sailors and the fictional Witice Rider Waggard.
Banana leaves supply a wide range of uses from paper and clothing to hats, brushes, mats, and hammocks. Millions of pounds of banana fiber hemp are shipped to the United States and Europe each year, spun into cordage from twine to large sailcloth, and even woven into fine handkerchiefs and facial cloth by skilled workers in South America and the Far East.
A fragmentary notice claims physicians of a generation recognize Hewtetter Stomach Fitters as preventive and curative for fevers rheumatic complaints and indigestion. It notes observed experiences and suggests the public remains ignorant of American science and practice.
A London cablegram reports the original manuscript of cats Eudy walop sold for 4475 dollars. The note adds that this surpasses what Keats earned for his poetry, reflecting a boastful view of poets before death and the republic of letters.
A vintage ad claims lumbago and back pain plague men since Noah's time and touts St Jacobs Oil as the best cure. It argues the remedy loosens contracted muscles, warms and straightens the back, letting a person resume business without loss of time.
An old Regiah superstition holds that wearing new clothes on New Year’s Day prevents a year of misfortune. An accompanying rhyme warns that if clothes are not new on New Year’s, one will rue it.
The fragment cites improvised product names like Dillout and costiva with prices and a line about a landlady selling. It references a New York Tribune note or column and mentions awake and bearder phrases. The readable text is fragmentary with no clear event or person.
A long excerpt discusses temperance and the dangers of the flowing bowl. It cites studies from asylums and doctors on cure rates, urges treatment in select asylums, and links early intervention to better outcomes. A sharp critique of drunkenness and proscriptions against liquor trade follow, with a wave of moral rhetoric and a clipping from the Noblesville Ledger on importuning anti-drug laws.
A Cleveland area man, William Levi of Jackson Michigan, credits Williams Pink Pills for Trade People with restoring his health after decades of rheumatic trouble. He moved from crutches to walking unaided, claiming the pills rebuilt his strength, restored appetite, and enabled him to resume light work. The ad promotes pills at 50 cents to $2.50 per box.
A collage of old patent medicine pitches including Balls Catarrh Cure and Allen’s Foot Ease promising cures for catarrh feet baldness and sore feet. Claims of hair and scalp health and coffee substitutes are interwoven with testimonials on trials and prices.
An ad touts NoTo Bac products and Piso's Cure for Consumption with health boasts. It mentions Bayes ivory and No-to-Bac price promises and cites L. Baker of Philadelphia as a testimonial in December.
To cement leather toron cut rough to shape leave about one inch per foot width of pulley. Shell soak leather until wet through, stretch along pulley direction, cut to exact shape and length. Sew butt to butt with awl and thread. Stretching along circumference prevents shrinkage. A shallow groove may be made for stitches.
A terse New York note questions an applicant named Normum about experience with pet dogs. The warning implies caution over handling children and care, with a blunt comparison to how nurses treat children. The fragmentary text suggests cautionary advice in a hiring or screening context.
Mrs Milton Boampcurier of Lancaster Pennsylvania testifies after using Hood's Sarsaparilla for a blood disorder. She describes eye soreness and facial irritation clearing after three bottles, with marks disappearing and full recovery within weeks.
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