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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1883
Page
7
Two elderly women on Clinton Street trade flirtatious banter and home tricks. They compare wart remedies and a sidewalk soap routine to lure male attention, each planning to test the other’s method after a brief exchange. The tale ends with both rushing home to try the suggestions.
A Missouri Kansas and Texas train conductor confronts a brash, well-dressed Black woman demanding her ticket. She refuses, threatens to derail the trip to honor family loyalties, and declares she will ride to beyond the state line. The conductor ultimately lets her stay aboard.
A Philadelphia Record note discusses beavers in a zoological garden known for dam building and an annual habit of scratching earth toward water. Despite seven years of effort and regular bank restoration, the beavers have not devised a newer approach to reach the pond, illustrating limits of animal intelligence and adaptation.
Demostgest’s Monthly reports that 18,670 people died from snakebites in India in 1881 and cattle losses may reach double that figure. It also claims 244,967 other deaths occurred the same year, noting Indian snakes far surpass American varieties in ferocity.
In a humorous exchange from Merchant Traveler two men recount a wild night as one says he was dissipated in a frightful manner. The tale includes sipping soda water with Catawba syrup Vichy and visiting three young ladies and their mother before coffee at home. The chat ends as one man sighs over consequences and plans.
A Boston Budget excerpt by Mrs. H. H. T. argues that un cultivated children become petty, quarrelsome adults who forget kinship. Anecdotes recount a strict father berating a girl over a broken pot and a sewing circle incident where restraint and politeness toward strangers contrasted with harsh treatment at home.
A stranger asked to borrow a monkey wrench at O Hagan’s sheep ranch near Medinia. Mrs. O Hagan, alone at the fence, overheard and the visitor’s insult prompts a harsh reply accusing the man of seeking an ill natured ranch. The exchange ends with a warning to leave.
Dr. D. Francisco Garcia of the Royal University promotes St Jacob s Oil for troublesome neuralgia from teeth. He says it yields satisfactory cures for toothache earache bodily pains and acts as a safeguard against household accidents.
Dys Litherwood and Hanlan argue that heavy mental work speeds tooth decay. A writer proposes the brain draws phosphates away from teeth or that intense study harms overall health. Texas Siftings.
Alabama shows fourteen iron and steel manufactories eighteen cotton factories eighteen foundries and machine shops seven eighty seven flouring and grist mills and thirty four lumber mills with capital invested and employment figures noted though obscured in places.
A Waterloo man, Dr A W McNames, once weakened from Brights disease and near death, credits Warners Safe Cure with restoring his health. He recalls severe weight loss and prior medical doubt, then notes continued strength gains without overexertion.
The text touts iron tonics and a sensuous religious movement tied to Bishop of Manchester and the Salvation Army. It mentions a figure known as Caswell from Yon, traveling under an alias, claiming notoriety. Skin care and a soap brand appear as embellishments in a dubious whistleblower-like admission.
A jumble of promotional snippets and humorous asides praising tonics and tonics related to indigestion female weakness kidneys and liver health. References include Brown's Iron Bitters Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Caswell Hazzard cod liver oil Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and German Hop Bitters with various anecdotes and mock dialogue.
The passage outlines indicators of tornado approach including sultry air and stillness, unusual cloud formations in the northwest and southwest, and cloud contact forming a funnel shaped tornado cloud tracing the wind path. It cites the New York Herald and Dr Theo West and mentions a Tennessee Baptist Convention report on pastors’ salaries.
An advertisement touts Dr. Bierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for dullness drowsiness debility bad breath poor appetite and bilious liver. The copy urges use by all duggists while a brief town anecdote shows a landlord chiding a tenant for unpaid rent prompting a quip about building a house.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan promotes Dr Dye's Electro-Voltaic Belts with a ten day trial for men afflicted by nervous debility and vitality loss promising restoration of health and vigor. Also advertises rat and pest products and health aids including Well's Health Renewer and Lyon's patent heel buffs.
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