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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1883
Page
6
Topics of the Time notes 32 new desks ordered by Mr. McPherson to accommodate additional statesmen in the upcoming Forty eighth Congress. The item reflects parliamentary preparation and the era's political framing.
Sueriff Mickell of Lincoln County Mississippi reportedly yelled shoo at a cow on the road, prompting the animal to gore him and send him airborne twenty feet. The deputy sheriff’s office was temporarily diminished as the incident circulated. William Vanderbilt faced a door ban at his son’s fancy ball until his identity was revealed.
Mrs Henry B Stanton reports Susan B Anthony arrived in London on March 6 after a pleasant voyage. Anthony visits Rome for Easter and mocks Irving and Terry in Much Ado About Nothing, calling it "stupid" and noting Irving's stiff performance. The column also recounts a Greek class dispute, a Philadelphia ghost tale, and Molly Maguires widow stereotypes in Pennsylvania taverns.
A woman sits with a broad back covered in a hundred yards of fine braid arranged in an intricate pattern. An old man behind her watches intently, brow furrowed, tracing the braid’s outline with his finger as he tracks its edges along the length. He appears absorbed in the perplexing design as progress halts at a point along the braid.
Miss Emily Farrarott, touring English philanthropist, says most American women have a decent life yet lack available work above drudgery. She notes many respectable women seek better jobs, praises decorative employment for trained workers, and urges focus on education to foster independence and employment rather than suffrage efforts.
A five year old girl Lily after prayers adds a personal plea to God. She acknowledges a not fully good day and adjusts her request with a hopeful line: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. The anecdote reflects a child’s humorous spiritual aside and perseverance.
A tersely stated critique mocks polite society as a place where matiners pay too much and merls receive too little, suggesting a misalignment between social rituals and value. The remark underscores class tension and questions the fairness of social exchange.
A collage of brief vignettes and moral tales. A fanciful piece on resisting idle promises and delaying work, a cracker party story showing inventive play, a Baby Cage救story elevates child welfare, plus light notes from Vassar and fashion satire.
The article compares hog-raising styles by region. In the South hogs are often left to forage in woods or kept in pastures with minimal oversight, while in the North hogs are kept in lots and fattened on feed until sale. It promotes native scrub sows crossed with thoroughbred boars for best farrowing and pig survivability.
Col Percy Yerger’s cousin Tom Yerger from Virginia visits Austin and enters Susie Yerger’s room without knocking. Susie, sixteen, angrily rebukes him and warns of intruding into a young lady’s privacy.
In a Brooklyn Eagle dialogue, a woman seeks guidance about two suitors one virtuous and churchgoing and one worldly with oysters and theater trips. A questions man pushes the worldly beau as the wiser choice while a law reporter objects, noting the satire and potential hangover for the paper.
A woman pleads for discreet guidance from a sympathetic confidant. She fears her mother’s fuss but seeks counsel, insisting the questions be answered privately. The pair discuss personal stakes and the need for prudent action.
A Berlin field report notes King Saxony Kim Albert in a chair, fidgeting over tight boots after a long ride. The scene, shared with Chicago’s joke, ends with a quip that a tight boot is mightier than a king and a playful turn involving George Washington and a pea shooter.
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