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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1883
Page
3
Poetic meditation on rain and memory as the speaker contemplates sleep and an afterlife. Vivid images compare falling water to tears, lullabies, and remembered words, ending with a wish for a peaceful, eternal rest.
A poor fisherman Hans Doodledee and his wife Maria crave wealth and status. A talking fish grants wishes turning a hut into a palace and then a duchy, crown, and courtly life. When the wife seeks divine power, the fish cures them by restoring their original poverty, proving discontent and pride bring downfall.
A fragmentary tale opens with King Doodledee and a fish granting wishes for a larger realm amid gold and vanity. The second passage critiques Germany’s sensationalist press, describing extortion, public shaming, and prosecutions of provocative journalists and blackmailers.
A digest of agricultural tips and observations on crops and livestock. Articles discuss clover to clean soil weeds mulching quince stock, proper post setting and lime filling, hen brood care, lambing yields from Mr Pricy, tomato and seed depth experiments, Rambouillet bucks, training heifers to milk, and a method to curb horse biting. Also guidance on summer plowing and frequent harrowing to improve soil and crop yields.
A compendium of kitchen craft and domestic hints including pie filling with lemon juice cornstarch and egg thickener carpet cleaning with ox gall water and woolly details on oatmeal beverages and neuralgia remedies plus hash recipes with potato meat proportions and frying guidance for leftover meats and corned beef.
A mosaic of quips and snatches, including misread signs, puns, and small anecdotes. It teases with references to sales talk, a chess of gulls, a tavern of misstatements, and brief sketches involving a clock, a clockmaker, and a fish tale. The piece blends cartoonish humor with sparse dialogue and local color.
The article recounts how Naples gained public lighting after Gregorio Matteo urged King Charles III to require lamps at banks hospitals and noble dwellings. The monk spread images of Madonna and the crucifix while the Pope granted indulgences for those who lit lamps, spurring rapid adoption across old city quarters.
The piece notes about 17 000 dentists in the United States and vast gold and metal use in dental work, with only one American in eighty having perfect teeth. It mentions 4 000 000 artificial teeth made yearly and argues mothers must bear children with perfect teeth. Also mentions Agrannie McGuire, 98, of Beattyville Kentucky, retaining faculties and enjoying Ma Maniahaalr.
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