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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1884
Page
6
Local Wayne County Herald clipping mentions It Printing Co Publishers in Wooster Ohio with unclear content and no specific event details.
Two butterine manufacturers filed grievances in a New York court as Congress probes the composition of artificial butter. The dispute may reveal more about the industry than a congressional analysis, with outcomes dependent on external influences and legal argument.
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling awarding $1,500 to a wife after her husband was killed in a New York Lake Erie and Western Railroad accident. The decision settles whether a free rail pass absolves the railroad of liability. the defense, showing the deceased rode on a pass with conditions excluding recovery, was rejected.
A Washington letter notes Mrs McElroy as the President’s sister drawing praise for tact and social reach, surpassing the White House mistress in engaging families. It cites Tom Appleton’s famed sayings, Rugby School Company plans a school at Rugby Tennessee, and a train collision tale. It also covers a Swedish tourist’s Europe tour wager, reflections on history study by children, Harry Hill’s wealth and recognition, and assorted international notes.
In Trimble County Kentucky Mary Stephens mistook her presumed dead husband for a long lost spouse and remarried. He later visited his wife and was spotted by her new husband who fatally wounded his rival with a knife. Stephens then shot the murderer as he himself sustained fatal neck wounds. Both men died. A new steel development in Sheffield England promises major value to manufacturing and railroads. A test bar with twelve percent manganese bent cold and cut iron, suggesting remarkable hardness.
A respondent of the American Manufacturer presents testimony that the steel can be hammered or rolled like ordinary steel and shows no magnetic qualities. If true, the discovery could prove of great economic importance.
A Pennsylvania writer notes a maple tapped for ninety four years and sugar from the first year eaten by George Washington. The piece likens lingering trees to memories of Washington and his era, suggesting a long legacy persists even as modern horrors threaten.
About a year ago Fannie Porter of Russellville Kentucky noticed a tramp watching her from the street. He spoke to her and she wrote her name on a slip which he kept. A later letter claimed the tramp was found in Logan County with the slip and gave directions to turn over his papers to her. She has declined a $3000 cash offer to surrender her claim to the estate.
The census of St Petersburg shows a total population of 928 016 including suburbs, with only 253 07 born in the city. Peasants make up 41 percent, middle-class 20 percent, subalterns 13, nobles 12, priests 9, foreigners 3, Finns 2, merchants 2, and honorary citizens 1. The sex gap has narrowed since 1869 from 130 females per 100 males to 121. Illiteracy stands at 64 percent. The piece also includes political commentary on English policy under Gladstone and Beaconsfield, and unrelated notes on a Chicago Evangelist community and a humor-filled dialogue about marriage titled The Matrimonial Question.
A detective agrees to take a difficult night murder case after a pale man outlines the scene. Four red hairs near the body and a blue overalled, cross-eyed suspect emerge as clues, while the detective keeps the vital details as a secret.
Lord Coleridge, in Mount Vernon with Mr. Evarts, recounts a tale that Washington could throw a dollar across the river. Evarts counters that dollars went farther then, and the joke hints at inflation since colonial times.
A collage of humorous quips and satirical notes from 19th century columnists. Jests target fashion, gender, drink, and social manners with playful asides on etiquette, romance, and everyday folly. Includes brief skits and a verse from Life.
The article notes barber supplies and hair cosmetics rely on purified substances, arguing purification costs exceed manufacture. It presents a homemade hair oil method using castor oil, proof alcohol, cantharides tincture, bergamot, and alkanet for color, detailing proportions and color options.
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