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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1897
Page
6
A garbled collage recounts strange court mishaps and oddities including a fatal harm tale, a clergyman anecdote, a muffled exchange about property, and a mass of scattered historical vignettes. It threads through servants and jurists, a fashioning of justice, curiosities of ancient jewelry, a tale of a stubborn tailor, and a peculiar optical trick revealing eye blood vessels.
A Maine manufacturer notes cheap paste shoes called feather board are made from compressed paste and sold in Central and South America. He says dry weather helps them wear, but wet conditions ruin them. warns that leather is expensive and substitutes fail.
A long readership-voiced essay contrasts road building and transport benefits across frontier regions with New Jersey and Nebraska prairies cited. It notes growing state value from improved roads, discusses Hawaii trade scales, and recounts a bear attack incident in Pennsylvania and a Long Island railway death inquiry, highlighting infrastructure and safety themes.
The article reviews the Romans text from Paul’s Corinth to Rome, stressing Romans four parts introduction doctrinal exhortations and conclusion. It highlights the call to sincere love avoid hypocrisy and overcome evil with good, linking to practical daily conduct and work ethics. It notes the parallel with first Corinthians 13 and closes with a life lesson about learning from mistakes.
A fragmented exchange shows Cadetor TPT sending seven statements to a creditor who asks about an enclosed stamp. The creditor questions the purpose and notes the man was fined for riding so glow that he impeded traffic, reflecting a disorderly scene at a bord fer scorvhing.
Frank Albert Novak, charged with murder and arson in Walford Iowa, arrived after a Klondike pursuit. He initially claimed false identity J A Smith, confessed to being Novak, denied guilt, and faced police tests showing dental match. Detective Perrin traced him from Juneau to Dawson City, arresting him with mounted police as Novak’s party returned.
Arkansas governor offers 100 reward for arrest of moonshiners tied to the murder of revenue officers in a deliberate plan to exterminate deputy marshals. Attorney General McKenna adds 500 reward for the moonshiner leaders and authorizes 200 for posse expenses.
Private advices from San Francisco report Enrico Mathou, famed banker and promoter of major Central American schemes, has failed for over 3 million. Principal creditors are European, but San Francisco firms suffer up to 1.8 million. Mathou's assets total about 2.5 million, mainly Guatemala area property hard to sell for half value. Failure blamed on silver decline and Barrios era real estate collapse.
The Citizens Union nominates Nameea Seth Low as an Independent candidate for Mayor of Greater New York. Delegates from Manhattan Queens Richmond and the Bronx back Low while Brooklyn withdrew before the vote. Industry observers predict American cycle manufacturers will hit 1 200 000 units this season.
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