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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1900
Page
3
Practical guidance for home photography describes stabilizing a camera for long exposures, avoiding glare in interiors, and determining development timing. It covers fixing a plate, rinsing, and drying, plus common errors of over and under exposure with remedy steps.
The piece surveys methods of suicide in China with a focus on Mukden, noting phosphorus poisoning, opium, and other means, and praises medical mission hospitals. It contrasts practical Chinese attitudes toward virtue with a debtor creditor moral accounting and laments cultural constraints, press absence, and lack of contemporary literature.
In Union county a youth urged a quick marriage after a ride to Erwin. The girl, dipping water from a spring, agreed to travel for a dress while her mother watched. The horse sped away with plans for a wedding at Erwin, leaving the bucket abandoned.
Boston inventor Frank G Cantose proposes a sand blasting wagon to reach tall flames. A gasoline driven platform raises a sand cannon above the street to spray compressed air propelled sand onto fires without harming the building.
The New York dispatch describes a Bavaria origin pistol loaned to Theodore Kytka in San Francisco. It is praised as a remarkable weapon, comparable to revolvers, with a single trigger pull firing six rounds in two seconds. The pistol damaged a station-house target during test firing and pierced three inches of steel. Several governments seek bids.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a baseball magnate quipping about a spindly young man courting the Van Snickersnes girl. He jokes that the pair are fitting out rageously while Laura defends the match with an unconditional release.
A wide range of local items includes mentions of typhoid fever cases in area families, marriages in Wooster and nearby Osage valleys, and a bride and groom from Cleveland. The Ohio horticultural society sets its Troy meeting dates, while a false fire alarm prompts council to boost warnings and a dogged horse injury report prompts talk of accountability.
The statement of Hervey H. Hubbell treasurer of the Republican Executive Committee shows 562 dollars handled with 300 from the State Committee and the rest from citizens. A large item was 11 or getting out date, and 74.19 for percentage. George J. Krieger Jr. treasurer of the Democratic Committee filed Saturday afternoon reporting 885 dollars contributed by multiple donors including Weygandt Donahue Cassingham Adair and others. The largest expenditure was 435.50 to Central Committee for vetting oat vote, total spent 836.76.
A Tuesday night and Wednesday windstorm caused extensive damage across Wayne County. A horse frightened by the gusts broke windows at John Johnson’s grocery. alga boards at Nick Amatar and H Griffin’s bill at the Penn alton were blown down. part of Jacob Harmon’s barn roof blew off west of Wooster. Milton Center No 5 schoolhouse lost the roof and front wall. a windmill at the Smith residence and two barns on the Stauffer property were damaged. damage reported from Cemetery Hill and West Salem areas.
Applecreek faces recovery from last weeks fire as the hickory mill will be rebuilt. Diphtheria spreads in Applecreek with several family members affected and Dr Hackatt's patient improving under care. Local notices mention a man’s near fall in Killbuck, mild weather returning, and moves of Miller family to Canton.
A terse kitchen note describes boiled cider as very strong and necessary for making mincemeat. The text mentions sweetness adjustments and the process requires careful reduction to a thick syrup for use.
The measure totals 1 096 820 for the Weather Bureau 335 230 for est ation and 780 00 for agricultural experiment stations the total showing a ten percent increase over the previous year.
Rigney reports a $40 check from O N Gardaner for a street roller use in Orrville. Council refuses to sell alley land near Mrs Loge. proceedings to collect $425 due from Davia & Archer via bondmen. Dr Charles W F Willgohe of Doylestown marked his 97th birthday. oldest practicing physician in state. Thanksgiving Day excursion fares posted by Pennsylvania Lines.
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