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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
6
The article explains a horse in pasture always rolls over on the flat or third attempt, never on the second or fourth. If the first attempt succeeds the horse is rewarded. if it fails the second is avoided and the third is decisive. It notes no adequate reason and contrasts to other oddities like ducks walking in line.
The article argues that the poor face financial ruin due to lack of thrift while some independents live extravagantly. It notes many workers spend all earnings on meals and drink, keeping only a day ahead of want. When mills close, they fail to weather unemployment and become financially dependent.
An officer in a garage near a hospital received a call down after a 10 year old boy fired a cartridge pistol too large for him. Doctors treated the wound and the boy rested. A nurse joked asking if the bullet tickled, and the boy said it was a blank cartridge, causing a momentary lapse in the room's tense mood.
A brief, humorous meditation extols laughter for health and social good. It notes physical benefits to the diaphragm heart and brain and jokes about laughter displacing superstition. The piece ends with a quip about ridicule and a remark on Irish satire.
A fragmentary quotation contrasts evolution’s practical rule with the case of the banana. It notes the banana’s tropical development, loss of seeds, and expanded fruit. The passage then uses a humorous analogy of an angel evolving into a fat, comfortable stockbroker.
The text compares Ontario's area of 220 006 square miles with several U S states, listing New York 40 170, Massachusetts 8316, Connecticut 4000, New Jersey 7816, Maine 33010, Pennsylvania 45215, Maryland 12210, Indiana 80350, Vermont 0605, totaling 200 070 square miles, noting Ontario is larger than all mentioned.
A writer asserts industrial progress has reduced housework for women yet warns of harm from underuse of bodies due to lack of occupation. He cites increased illness and suggests insufficient outlets for physical activity in modern life.
A garbled excerpt discusses a roaring man, a woman hearing a house mouse, Borton Transcript, and a claim about an elephant’s trunk muscles. It mentions Teast 0 and Curler as the famous comparative shatomist and totals of a man’s musculature. The fragment mix reads like a curious, surreal print item with misread OCR.
The article argues that Sunday rest laws, notably prohibiting Sunday baseball in Ohio, rest on public welfare rather than religious coercion. It cites 19th century cases, Supreme Court rulings, and Judge Minshall's remarks supporting state regulation of labor and rest for societal well being.
Readable market column lists various livestock prices at East Liberty on October 31. Prices include cattle and hog categories with figures such as heavy hogs at 6.40, Yorkers at 5.85, sows around 4.25, and lambs around 6.26 to 6.36, plus receipts and mixed lots noted as light to moderate.
Wayne County Probate Court accepts petition by administrator James H Shididsag filed August 9 1901 to settle real estate of James Hutchison for debt payment. Interested parties Robhecca Knox Fitzabeth Mutchison Mary Hutchison Warren Butchiean Sara Heft with unknown residences must respond by December 31 1901. James O Shields administrator of James Butchison appears in notice.
Arvilla ix oply aged years old has long helped with chores among the chickens and roosters. She untiringly assists with washing birds setting roosts gathering eggs nursing maimed chicks and driving hens to shelter. Her keen eye spots poultry colors and she recalls care tips learned from adults. She loves dogs goats and guinea pigs and even drolls over their antics while her doll and dog antics amuse her. Her story celebrates a resourceful child valued for observation and work. The Eye Specialist de Frederick Piatt will be at the Yoder Hoa Parlors every Friday morning.
The undersigned executrices of the estate of Jab Gelmalman late of Wayne County Ohio deceased request all persons indebted to the estate to make immediate payment and those having claims to present them duly authenticated for allowance. Alice H Geiselman Barat Geiselman Wooster Ohio October 1904.
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