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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
3
Min or mention notes Mahlon Rouell will deliver the Memorial Day address at Shreve. Other items include pension for John A Pennick of Wooster, a birth in Allegheny Pa, and various local notices from Shreve and Wooster.
A quotation on beholden to metropolitan English speech and the sea of diverse tributaries. Emerson likens reading originals to crossing the Charles River in a Logish tongue, expressing pride in linguistic heritage and translation.
A wife complains she must move for the thirteenth time since arriving in town, citing bad luck. Her husband counters they owe $13 rent on the house and staying would bring worse luck. The exchange reflects life in a Chicago Tribune clipping.
A Striper scene at the penitentiary features a visitor asking what’s inside. The warden, a former dry goods worker, promises offerings in stripes that may capture interest, according to the Ohio Brat Journal.
A short quiz about art features a man asking about liking pictures and Broncho Bob responding with a preference for jacks to kings over ten spots, illustrating the gambling slang echoing in a Washington Star style.
Atchison Glebe notes a boy attending a party prioritizes food over drinks, highlighting a simple appetite moment that contrasts party planning with expected refreshments.
A Chicago News item notes a reckless leap chasing a moonlit dream leading to a fall in the Mediterranean. The report mentions Dr. Elder of Wooster Ohio, an eye ear nose and throat specialist, in connection with the piece.
John S. Caskey, aged 67, dies at his home on West North Street Wooster after months of illness. A Westmoreland County Penn. native, he moved to Wayne County in 1852, served in the 120th Ohio Infantry, married Josephine Newman, and held multiple public offices including county treasurer. Funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. conducted by the I.O.O.F. in Wooster Cemetery.
A vivid portrait of New York lodging contrasts beds and street life. It notes canal barge winter residents and crowded tenements where families share single rooms, with diverse neighbors in a onetime oriental hotel atop a tenement on Washington Street.
The 1863 Confederate camp flag was white with no stripes and a battle flag in the upper corner near the star. It proved hard to distinguish from a truce flag due to excess white and was replaced on February 24, 1865 by the final flag of the Confederacy, a red vertical outer half. It appeared late in the war and was less familiar than other flags.
The article corrects popular belief about Rome hosting 365 churches, stating the exact number is 352 with four major basilicas outside the walls. It notes about 918 chapels linked to monasteries, schools, palaces, and private shrines. It also lists 63 monastic establishments: 42 for monks and 26 for nuns.
Traits linked to eyes are described as signs of sincerity or deceit. Steady eyes indicate honor while half closed eyes suggest distrust and dishonor. Eye size and shape allegedly reveal temperament, intelligence, ambition, or athletic inclination.
An eastern Tennessee judge, self taught and wary of orthography, reflects on his lifelong struggle with place name spellings. He recalls Knoxville once spelled Noxville, Nashville as Knashville, and Murfreesboro causing him to cry out at the difficulty of rendering the town with a kr.
A story recalls Henry IV teaching a wordy deputy to shorten remarks. He guides the man to the Louvre gallery and asks if a planned smash will be good, noting that the future destruction mirrors how lengthy talk wastes time. The tale ends with a light rebuke.
A new recruit on guard over a cannon deserts to a tavern. He argues with his captain that no one can move the cannon, and with more attackers he could not hold them off. The incident centers on the rookie Mara, nicknamed Kellow.
A New York Tribune anecdote recalls a bound manuscript where marginal notes were partly cut away during rebinding. The tale warns that careless handling by binders can destroy treasured annotations while preserving the book’s edges with gilt.
A Brooklyn Eagle note depicts a poor young man at a church fair asking for money. He says he has a dollar but hid it on the sole of his stocking to pay his car fare home, revealing a bare economy during a charitable event.
The passage notes that scientifically white light mixes all colors, while popularly white as paint is a colorless term. It contrasts white as pure light with the idea of white as colorless in common speech.
A dialogue excerpt shows a man claiming to sing at a church and mentioning his brother Jack who supposedly informed others of his choir membership. The other person denies knowledge, as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
Two friends spar over age in a clipped dialogue with wry remarks about feminine perspicacity. The Indianapolis News note underscores a witty exchange on appearances and aging.
The Baltimore American notes a wry exchange about ambition and access with a line about the elevator not always running as a metaphor for obstacles at the pinnacle.
The Pennsylvania Lines offer reduced fares for trips to St Paul Minneapolis San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Denver for various events and conventions from May to August 1902. Through car service on Train No 9 will extend to Pemkey with Northern Michigan resort openings. Winona Lake Indiana Summer Resort season begins May 15 1902 with excursion tickets on sale May 16 to September 13. inquiries go to Mr. Shirkey Winona Lake.
The Old Order German Baptist group plans an excursion from May 16th to 19th using Pennsylvania Lines. Reduced rate tickets will be sold for the trip to Eldorado to cover the meeting of the German Baptist Brethren.
Excursion tickets to Cleveland go on sale via CG and A C Ry from Fredericksburg Apple Creek Marion and other stations. Round trip fares listed as 1.29 with departures in the morning and midday. special trains run May 19 and 20 for the Grand Lodge of Ohio meeting. Return by June 30 possible with no extra charge. Trains depart Ashland depot at 10:00 am and 5:00 pm.
Receipts light for cattle with a slow market. Extras 7 15, good and medium ranges to 60 70. Vealers 6 0 6 5. Bulls and cows 20 3 52. Hogs receipts 10 car with larger trade. Prime heavy 7 35 to 7 45, heavy Yorkers 6 90 to 7 0, pigs 6 60 to 6 80. Sows 6 5 60. Sheep and lambs light with slow market. Prime lambs 5 60 to 5 40, spring lambs 5 8 to 6 0.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company announces excursion tickets from Ohio local stations to Columbus for May 23 and 24 1902. Fare is one fare for a round trip with return by May 26 1902. Tickets available via BN Austin and Baltimore & Ohio Ticket Agent.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces May 1 and May 20 sales from all local stations in Ohio to Marion at one fare round trip. Tickets are valid for return until May 24 1902 and are issued by O O F Grand Lodge of Ohio.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces excursion tickets from all Ohio stations to Cincinnati at one fare round trip on May 20 and 27 1901. Proceeds support the Grand Lodge of Ohio Kargues of Dythiea and Pythian Sisterhood and Rathbone Sisters. Tickets valid for return until May 30 1901.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad offers round trip excursion tickets from Ohio River towns to St Paul Minnesota May 17 to 19. Fares at two dollars, return valid till May 20 with 60 cent extension option through June 30 by payment to Joint Agent amid National Grantie Anniversary observance.
Wal Mates travel to Columbia and Baltimore & Ohio routes from Columbus for the 60th anniversary of the Ohio Christian Missionary Society. Round trip fare applies with return tickets valid through May 24, 1902. Departures May 10 and May 20 at one fare.
Baltimore low rate excursion tickets to Portland Oregon offered by National Convention Travelers Protective Association of America and Supreme Lodge Ancient Order United Workarea. Sale ends after 60 days from the sale date and allows retirement after 60 days.
Baltimore and Ohio offers a round trip fare from Findlay to Findlay Ohio for Sunday School Association members. Tickets are valid for return until June 7, 1902 and cover the specified one fare rate for the round trip.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad offers low fare round trips from points west of the Ohio River to Mountain Lake Park Maryland on June 9 and 10 for Y MCA Secretaries conference. Additional low rate excursions to San Francisco and Los Angeles from May 26 to June 7 and 60 day return, plus Decoration Day specials May 29 and 30 for all points west within 150 miles of selling station.
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