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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1902
Page
3
Gov Nash proclaims Thanksgiving and announces plans while notes on Debs lecture and local incidents fill the page. Ohio science meeting set for Nov 28 29 in Columbus with multiple local injuries and legal notices peppering the week.
A lengthy description highlights the astrophyton, or sea basket, as a remarkable starfish. It details hundreds of tentacles radiating from a central hub, with five main arms subdividing into countless smaller tendrils that trap prey and drain life from victims.
A humorous comparison of familiar proverbs shows many phrases contradict each other. The piece notes that “Many hands make light work” versus “Too many cooks spoil the devile,” and questions common beliefs about delay and decision. It mentions the worm and bird as worth considering.
A Pennsylvania farmer clings to a worn suit until finally buying a new one to surprise his wife Eliza. On the way home at night the old suit is tossed from the wagon into a river, and the missing new clothes leave him cold and teeth-chattering as he returns home to surprise Eliza.
An aged editor prompts the penniless author with a Walter Scott anecdote about first inspiration. The author stammers, hand in pocket, as the editor explains the idea was only a throwaway suggestion.
Samuel Pepys notes that scarce fish makes strict Lent hard for the poor and recalls eating flesh despite a resolution to avoid it. He mentions a Lent dinner consisting only of sugar soup and fish, the sole Lenten meal of that period.
The source notes that women first appeared on the stage between November 1600 and January 1661. Pepys records seeing The Beggar's Bush, remarking it was well done and the first time he observed women on stage.
A narrator asks the novellist Outda about knowledge of clubs camps barracks gambling houses and similar locales. She responds firmly that the information is none of his business. The exchange highlights boundaries between journalist and subject in a terse exchange.
A Toledo Bee cartoon caption riffs on romance with fruit puns about a man named Blfkina. The joke contrasts initial attraction with a later realization of indifference, ending in a playful metaphor of fruit and affection.
A fragmented dialogue shows characters naming gaps in knowledge and asserting awareness of what they do not know. The exchange blends playful misstatements and questions as a puzzle of understanding.
A humorous Harper's Magazine vignette features Beth Were and her niece Elsie at Sunday school planning a Christian Endeavor convention. Elsie writes to a cousin, asking about the word devil, prompting a shocked correction from Auntie about proper language.
A correspondent recalls a local press censor hosting editors at a late party. The hostess tells her husband to step away for “three poor wretches” waiting with manuscripts in the censor’s back kitchen. Editors and proof sheets delayed for two and a half hours before pressing.
A titled lady recuperates after a severe strain attributed to long hours and hard printing work. An elderly nurse attributes the episode to overwork, while the artist had been exhibiting water colors at the local gallery. The doctor notes the concern but the patient shows no hysteria.
The Turkish censor Nis hhan Effendi rewrote Shakespeare's Othello in Constantinople removing Cyprus and proposing Corfu as a stand in. He argued Cyprus is Turkish and would violate treaty guarantees, citing the Paris treaty as reason to relocate the setting to Corfu.
A visitor from the frozen region notes North men grow quiet due to altitude. He says tramping habits reduce breathing needs, leaving little air for talking. Men sit at night deep in thought, letting others keep their own counsel.
The passage notes Spaniards and their descendants as the most inveterate gamblers in Europe and the new world. It mentions Haussas and Chinese in Africa, and Kaneka in the south sea, who gamble with cowry shells to the grave, risking bones on a final throw.
A dialogue from the Pittaburg Press quotes a man named Sam being scolded by a teacher at a school. He explains he was on the roof when the call occurred, prompting talk of his role as a director of the school.
Mrs Powers Hezzekiah asks Mr Powers if given life again he would choose her as wife. He answers with consent and affection noting Saint Maria. The Richmond Dispatch piece reflects on children’s actions as graceful, born of the moment, without affectation.
In a small Vermont town a traveling nurse Sally Gamp like figure tends ailing women. She prescribes a “medicine” from a jug and, after delivering care, asks to be paid in the same way. The visiting doctor laughs then cools as the tale reveals Sally’s odd cure methods.
United States consul at Bergen Norway reports Swedes and Norwegians largely avoid hot bread and white bread, favoring knackhrode a dry oat bread. Swedes drink milk and eat meat with two meals, one fruitless candy ban for children, and sweets rare, linking simple food to healthy rosy cheeks.
A readable fragment recounts General Winfield Scott drafting an order on provisions while acting as secretary, misspelling wagon as waggon. The secretary questions the authority, and Scott replies that he acts under the authority of the major general command for the armies of the United States.
The foot varies by person and may derive from a king's foot or ancient standards. The cubitta comes from Latin cubitus and equals elbow to fingertip. A fathom derives from fat meaning to extend and measures tip to tip with arms fully spread.
A guide explains using water to distinguish genuine diamonds from fakes. It notes that under water a real diamond remains clearly visible and sparkling, while imitation stones fade. Placing a genuine diamond beside an imitation when submerged makes the difference obvious to even untrained observers.
A Santa Fe conductor in Los Angeles spoke to a San Bernardino paper about his grandfather recalling a signal in Ireland on a double track line that requires two trains meeting there to stop and pass each other.
A patient insists on tooth extraction claiming pain, while a scientist disputes the ache and says the tooth only hurts imagination. The exchange ends with the patient threatening to have the dentist pull out the imagination.
A Town and Country quip imagines what friends would say about us in absence. Miss Candor proposes we would gain modesty and lose some friends if whispers were heard, prompting reflection on reputation.
A terse fragment quotes a traveler refusing scenery as business travel and cites a cautionary line about a money loving woman. The text appears from vintage sources with cryptic captions like Fliegende Blatter and Cbi cage Kepa, offering little clear context or identifiables.
A historical account details lavish feasts in Venice for Henry III of France. In the Doges Palace hall an eight thousand guest banquet featured silver plates, while a sugar banquet showcased napkins and utensils made of sugar that shattered when Henry touched them. About twelve hundred dishes were served and three hundred sugar effigies given to the ladies.
A mother notes each daughter Aunts Dora Edna Clara and Elvira as amateurs in music photography painting and astronomy. The conversation shifts to the narrator’s own claim of amateur status and shows a lighthearted moment about an engagement ring.
Augustus remarks that at forty a man may be a fool or a physician. Angelina sighs and asks if he is a physician. He responds that he is not.
A humorous dialogue shows a mother softening as her son defends his mother’s cooking while a married daughter complains about his critique. The exchange spotlights differing family voices and affection amid kitchen talk.
Marriage licenses were issued for John A Burkholder of Marshallville to Emma C Hartsler of Smithville. Also licensed were Harry E Leather of Applecreek to Florence Derr of Mayaville and Bess D Armatotz to Susan Hostetter of Dalton. Ira R Webb of Smithville to Sarah Hilty of Bittman. Charles Ackerman of Manafield to Mra Sue Ewerhart of Wooster. Joseph R Richwine of East Union to Anna T Thompson of Fredericksburg. Harvey Howard and Emma Fox of Wooster.
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