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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1899
Page
4
University Notes recounts students leaving for teaching, synod attendance, social events, and early football results. Mentions Misses Nelson entertaining at University, Rev Houston at Synod, and football schedules from October through November with the High School victory and ongoing classroom notices.
The Wayne Township Boustkeepere Club met at a member's home on the first Wednesday of October for a “Best Meeting” full of piano solos, recitations, and mandolin numbers. Miss Rosa Bixler led a public recital, and Miss Lucy Warren performed a Tennessee poem. Hostess hospitality and horse and buggy aid were noted. Mr. T Kinney of Bloomington offered his home for the November gathering. Subscribe for the Herald, 75c a yr.
Prominent speakers attend the Wooster inauguration on November 3. The program includes a Men delsgohn ensemble, an oath ceremony for President Holden, formal addresses by trustees, faculty, alumni, students, and other institutions, plus hymns and a benediction.
A writer argues against holidays as unprofitable recreation, claiming time spent cycling or leisure studies could foster education. He recalls grandparents who avoided holidays, favoring work, while noting the need to balance social pastimes with intellectual pursuits and cultural nourishment.
A Transvaal government ultimatum to Great Britain demands withdrawal of British troops from the Transvaal borders and all forces landed in South Africa since Brownsfontein. Failure to comply within forty eight hours could be treated as a declaration of war. the dispatch was handed to British agent Conyngham Keene in London.
Arthur B Goe 21 and Sarahe Katherine Harrington 20 both of Wooster received licenses. Tan Steiner 28 and Anna Berrie 27 of different nearby towns also listed. Jonas Lloret 23 and Anos L. Huntaberger 21 of Osrville were licensed. Rev Buckwalter officiated along with several other couples including Charlen F Allaman 30 and Ora F [tbarbart 22 of Plain Township and Rov W F Nailzizer.
Mrs Jane Gailey Dysart died Thursday morning at her sister Mrs Col R C Brown’s home in Mansfield after years of illness. Born May 16 1839 in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania she taught in Lexington Kentucky for 25 years and was a WCTU worker. She is survived by a brother Rev John Gailey of Pittsburgh a sister Mrs Col R O Brown and two stepchildren John Dysart and Miss Caroline Ossart. Funeral Saturday at 1 30 pm from her sister’s home conducted by Dr J A Campbell and Rev Frank Findley with burial in Lexington Ohio.
Philip Whonsettler, 74, died at Oreston at 2 p.m. last Wednesday from a stroke. He was born in Canaan and is survived by his wife and several children from a former marriage including Mrs. O. D. Smith of Wooster and Mrs. I. W. Knestrick of Oreston. Funeral held at 10 a.m. Friday from the Canaan Lutheran church.
A humorous Pull Mall Magazine essay describes owl courtship and nesting. The male performs courtship displays, presents prey, and the pair tenderly nurture their chick. The text highlights devotion, mutual care, and devotion to offspring in a vivid natural history tone.
A Boston couple attends a church service at Copley Square. The husband pickpockets his wife’s porte monnaie, soiled by the act. He confesses and the wallet, containing 50 to 75 dollars, is later announced from the pulpit. the husband returns the money to the church while the wife keeps the purse.
The piece critiques German education and officials, praising thorough teachers but condemning red tape and lack of initiative. It contrasts German and French systems, noting their failings as colonists, and argues against adopting German models despite calls for reform in England.
A Washington woman visits a court jeweler and is shown two identical pieces, one in a purple case and one in white. She chooses the one made for the queen Marguerite, keeping a replica as the original. The jeweler hesitates but yields to her insistence, leaving a queen’s ornament copied for an American wearer.
The elevator’s early history traces to central Europe with a 1760 shaft design built at Schoenbrunn. A letter from Napoleon to Archduchess Maria Louisa notes the flying chair in Vienna, a compact square room hung by ropes and counterweights, raised or lowered with ease.
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