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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1901
Page
3
Prof B S Holgan explains in Harper's Magazine that early Earth rotation was faster, shortening days from about five hours to 24, while the Moon formed as Earth cooled from lava. Tides in the molten world were immense, driving the Moon outward as the day lengthens.
Diluted ammonia helps insect bites and stings. A raw egg swallowed to dislodge a fishbone lodged in the throat. Egg white beaten into froth mixed with cold water aids indigestion after meals. A rag dipped in vinegar bound to burns or scalds provides relief. A teaspoonful of salt in a pint of water cures severe colic and can revive those weakened from a fall.
Jerome K. Jerome recalls his uncle strict about lists before travel. The system: list all possible items, then remove anything unnecessary. Start from bed to head, noting essentials like soap, clothes, boots, and finally strike out what can be dispensed with.
A Providence Journal item recalls a village revival near Providence where a twin brother seemed to repent loudly at the meeting but later backslid at home. He explained his absence by saying his brother Jim could not attend, so he cried and toiled for him.
A dialogue notes misreading of a newspaper claim. The impecunious speaker says money was easy, but a loan search reveals the opposite. Jaden clarifies the misinterpretation about people not being easy rather than funds.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reprint reports a physician asserting partridge eggs surpass the birds in nutrition. He notes eggs are rarely eaten, except in rural districts, where families rely on them during the laying season and may rob nests to obtain them.
A New York Sun excerpt notes a shift in legal practice over 25 years from quiet offices to bustling firms. Firms increasingly hire recent graduates who promise to bring clients, offering salaries for their leverage over peers, while expected to learn and work hard. The piece contrasts old dignity with modern salesmanship in the bar.
A Paris circus shows a hon opening a meat box for a reward, delighting spectators. In London Zoo a large African elephant retrieves biscuits tossed by trainers, using trunk blows to send them toward the barrier, demonstrating directed action and understanding.
In the Sixteenth Century account books of the piaoufactory record the railings around St Pauls cathedral costing 11201 pounds 6 shillings 6 pence. The total weight reached 200 tons. Richard Woodman one Marian martyr noted employing about a hundred workers in a year. London Spectator.
A Detroit Journal excerpt recalls a politician's remark on the gap between initial popular enthusiasm and the aftermath of paying political costs. The quote suggests disillusionment after victory and reflects on the burdens of office and campaign promises.
A Kansas law directs that the personal property of a deceased person, if not claimed by relatives, shall be sold at auction. The text also mentions prudence as sensible, well trained judgment in matters of etiquette, origin, and address.
An examination of death as natural relief from pain versus violent causes. It discusses natural cessation, unconsciousness, and fears of dying, noting that some methods such as poisoning and poisoning-related acts may alter the perceived pain and duration of death.
An incoherent OCR fragment describes a young man leaving town on a Sunday to words about sales, interviews, and toy or horse imagery. It references suburbs, a tense exchange, a request for a trap, and questions about fittings, suggesting a stray, dialogic scene rather than a clear incident or outcome.
A damaged passage describes viewing the brain and eye regions after death, noting the grey matter and intracranial features. It mentions complex cavities and nasal connections, with references to instruments and sudden tissue collapse once life ends.
An English girl's high school head master tells pupils about his Alps visit describing a moment on the glacier. He claims to have stood with one foot on ice while the other plucked the most beautiful flowers. The humorous wording reflects a playful misstatement from the lesson.
A Sheffield coroner’s inquest reveals a man who became a daily laudanum drinker over ten years. Beginning with a penny worth, he progressed to an ounce a day, illustrating how tolerance can escalate from small beginnings to dangerous levels.
A San Francisco chemist asserts a single refinery worldwide makes absolutely pure sugar from a German manufactory. He notes it is used by druggists for clear solutions and cannot be sold for table use due to its dirty gray white appearance. When dissolved it yields a clear solution with no artificial coloring or water in suspension.
It may be merely fancy, remarked Mra Selliam Holme, but since my husband began drinking the water from that Iron spring the has seemed to be ten times as obstinate as he used to be. Perhaps, suggested Mra Nexdore, the water is tinctured with pig iron.
Jinks and Filkins trade a quip about the price of marrying a couple. If the minister is wholly unacquainted, six months’ exchange is suggested as a light penalty.
A drawing shows a hallway in a poultry house with nest boxes arranged along a shelf and a slat partition. Feed troughs sit near the partition so fowls eat and drink without entering nests. After meals troughs are removed, water pans placed on the floor. Curtains in front of each nest box admit light for chores while keeping hens comfortable to lay.
A Montana bulletin advises selecting the best laying hens and pairing them with the best available male during breeding season to improve flocks. It notes hens lay more without males and emphasizes free movement, diet, heat treatment for vigor, and careful ratio of hens to cock varies by breed.
A fragmentary rural note describes poultry care and feeding practices as a harsh manual routine. It references making fowls dig for straw, exercise, and feed while workers push toward productivity and courtroom-like discipline in farm tasks.
A historical note compares nutrition per money spent. It lists egg portions at 10 cents per dozen and 26 cents per dozen, detailing total food material, protein, fat, and calories. Beef buys at 8 and 20 cents per pound yield different totals for protein fat carbohydrates and calories.
A look at how penmanship styles have shifted for women, noting that bold angular writing with heavy ink signals character yet modern fashion favors brevity and legibility. Telegraph and telephone have reduced letter writing, while professional women often write their own letters, reshaping the social practice of correspondence.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt discusses scrapbook collecting, praising a bright woman writer who filled a leather bound volume with cheerful columns, literary verse, and decorative clippings. The piece notes scrapbooks evolve into creations with sketches, pictures, and marginal notes from catalogs and magazines.
The Colorado State Federation of Women's Clubs holds a September 16 convention at Victor and Cripple Creek. Topics include wage earning women and child labor in Colorado shops, factory girls and children in coal mines, the value of Selmer Savings Books, and what Colorado should mean to children. The preservation of cliff dwellings in Mean Verde is highlighted, with lands acquired from Indians to be managed by a new preservation committee.
The latest writing papers feature a shade named bishop resembling a Roman Catholic bishop robe. Some sheets are plain while others show a pale border about a quarter inch wide. Other new colors include ambassa dress a light blue and Scotch pine a sage green tone.
Miss Jessie Al Bry is acknowledged as Idaho's champion rifle shot and has been an expert since she was 15. She is also a horsewoman who left teaching to buy a ranch, raise and sell horses. She sold 60 horses last spring to the British railway force in Tripsyal.
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