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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1882
Page
4
A historical polemic argues doctors should stop using Latin in prescriptions to avoid misreads by clerks. It warns that archaic terms and poor handwriting endanger patients, noting many lives hinge on accurate labeling and the clerk’s ability to read instructions.
Reverend Russell Bellows notes a shift in American religious life with fewer people attending church twice daily. He argues the decline may not be evil, and stresses personal faith and meaningful worship over ritual fasts. He urges making a single service engaging for all ages.
A family tale from the Seminole era recounts a near ambush near their Florin home. An old stump hides an Indian warrior who tries to decoy a distant father. Arthur, a skilled marksman, shoots the threat as a dead Indian falls near the slope, ending a tense moment and delivering a cautionary homefront victory.
A correspondent shares a home remedy using fresh cucumber peel to control cockroaches. By placing green peel in infested areas before bed and watching overnight, the roaches swarm the peel and feed on the poisonous moisture. After three nights the house is reportedly free of cockroaches. a fresh peel each night is advised.
The New York Tribune reports Bishop Fraser of Mankchester criticizing the American system for overloading students with many subjects. He argues education should focus on a few core areas to deepen genuine knowledge rather than a superficial spread across numerous topics.
The article discusses hazardous household liquids such as benzine ether and alcohol and warns of their dangers. It then shifts to a light anecdote about Mrs. Grundy in the comedy Speed and the audience’s laughter tied to Judge Felix Grundy and US history context.
A journalist notes a lively yet deranged variety show with a democratic speaker declaring a ship burning metaphor and a Tory offering a counter image of the revolution’s chariot. Critics mutter about poets and philosophers with awkward verbal flubs as a soldier seizes time by the forelock.
A Paris experiment in 1776 reports horses lasting twenty five days on water alone and five days without water, with another case of sixty litres drunk in three minutes after three days without water. It notes contrasting views on whether South America is sinking or rising based on long term barometric mountain observations and river mouth data.
A church news column argues three drinks and day plus three cigars and day cost 109 50 yearly. It contrasts this with a poor woman unable to afford ice in summer and suggests exchanging for ice gas and fuel to save 219 yearly for family essentials.
A Boston woman visits a shopkeeper and requests a contrived pair of circular elastic appendages. She specifies they can contract and expand via oscillating steel parts that sparkle like Alaska diamonds to hold her garments in place, reflecting delicate wit about modesty.
Colonel R Anthony editor of the Leavenworth Zimes survived a near-fatal 1875 duel wound when shot in the right breast below the collar bone. Surgeons predicted death within hours, yet he recovered after weeks and regained health despite doctors’ grim prognosis.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Winchel's Teething Syrup for infants and children. It claims to induce natural sleep, regulate bowels, and treat dysentery and diarrhea due to teething or other causes. Sold by druggists in a bottle labeled 2 1/2 ounces.
Oliver Wendell Holmes urges young men to seek a wife for inner worth not wealth or flashy status. He describes a genuine, modest partner who will make a home welcoming, teach humility before money, and prove happiness does not depend on luxury.
A group recalls witty quips about Swift and puzzles from the dining room. A jest about picking an artist’s pocket leads to a riddle on clover and age and a curious question about pantomimists tickling Esquimaux, ending with a pun on gesticulation.
Yankee ingenuity yields wood pulp barrels with one-piece bodies and seamless heads able to hold dry goods or liquids. The lighter, tougher containers resist leakage, keep fruit longer, and halve storage costs. Also noted are electricity based death tests and railcar cost figures for various car types and London Medical Press observations.
A long report highlights Washington Territory timber and salt mills powering a vast export network. It notes shipments to San Francisco and distant regions, with 40,000 railway loads and 2,000 railway trains of treaty cars in 1878.
The article notes U S population growth and industrial progress between 1840 and 1880, highlighting the superior expansion of American cities and agriculture. It cites Porter on international city sizes, then describes increased grain and cotton outputs, export value gains, and westward development fueling national prosperity.
The fragment discusses pearl formation by oyster drops and secretions, citing Pliny and Darwin on pearly origins and sizes. It notes historic values of pearls, colors, and notable specimens, then shifts to a street scene and advertisements for Uncle Bam's Condition Powder, concluding with a dated product pitch.
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