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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
6
A sprawling, damaged text surveys varied topics from marriages and fashion to naval pay, monsoons and wax digestion, interspersed with scattered notes on London clubs, public notices, and medical cleanliness. It threads through early 20th century curiosities, politics, and social oddities with many named places and people, though several passages are garbled.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal echoes a dialogue about the meaning of pins and the slang term plus. It captures a humorous exchange between an old man and a younger speaker as they debate the sense of additional meaning or advantage.
A fragmented note references a detective named Sin who never gives up the chase. The text hints at Mary, a letter dated a week ahead, and a possible delay in delivery, suggesting a mystery around communication and pursuit. The snippet preserves names like Weston and Mahi-Viem amid partial phrases.
A temperance tract argues abstinence from intoxicants and warns about the harms of fermented drinks. The piece precedes a detailed obituary of Hon. Alfred P. Edgerton, Indiana and Ohio statesman, noting his birth January 11, 1813, career in the Indiana State Senate and U.S. House, multiple civil service and party roles, residence in Hicksville Ontario, and his death following a surgical operation.
A discussion of Proverb collections used in Sapolio advertisements and their global origins. It notes how proverbs from Chinese, Abyssinian, Catalan, Irish, and other cultures are repurposed for modern trade, with emphasis on home life, practicality, and universal wisdom.
A French government plan offering premiums to large families is described alongside a long standing practice in Eastern Connecticut mills where Canadian and French operatives employ hundreds. The piece notes many children per family in factories, with parents guiding them daily from home to work and back, seeking profits from child labor. It highlights rising haste for wealth, smaller family sizes, and Canadian emigration to raise future families.
A fiery anti saloon plea argues the saloon ruins families and public life, urging total prohibition to boost economy and reduce crime. Separately, Prof Forbes is tasked to study Nile contracts and review best power usage methods for Upper Egypt and Sudan.
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