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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
3
The piece argues that hard work alone does not guarantee success and praises the ability to choose skilled executive heads. It emphasizes appointing capable leaders who can implement plans without micromanagement and notes that top leaders often delegate, travel, or work remotely while the business runs smoothly. It also highlights duplicating oneself by selecting vastly capable successors.
An elderly registry office applicant seeks a maid aged eight to twenty two who loves mushrooms. The plan to test every mushroom consumed at the house with the maid serving as taster is explained after a remark about not asking applicants about mushrooms. The anecdote references misgivings about toadstools and past mushroom-related losses.
A Philadelphia Telegraph writer notes Marjory’s first rural experiences with cows horses and flowers. She dislikes the farm dog guarding the property and hesitates to walk to the village, fearing dogs may meet her.
The George Inn at Norto St Ibidlo, described as England’s oldest licensed village alehouse, dates its license to 1307. Its picturesque exterior features overhanging stories, bay windows, a stone staircase, and quaint doors and turreted walls. The interior upper floor is plastered and the front largely timbered with chimneys on each gable.
A fable from the New York Herald describes a young lady and gentleman playing cachre. The man offers a solitaire diamond and plays the ace while the woman responds with giving her heart. He warns that her whole hand goes with it, and she agrees ending with a moral about playing into the other player's hand.
Roman Germanis notes that ancient Greeks and Romans drank wine freely at feasts and Bacchus presided over celebrations. The text recalls Roman excess with meals followed by artificial reliefs before resuming eating and drinking to fullness. A brief dialogue on marriage for sympathy is included.
The dialogue presents a parent Todd arguing with another about the nature of their baby, who is described as precocious and beautiful, claimed to be the best that ever lived. The exchange centers on exaggeration and parental pride.
The Atlantic essay argues that novelists Lord Thackeray Scott Eliot and Eliot reveal ordinary characters through patient exposition. It notes how common people gain dignity from moral struggle and subtle touches, growing and changing to contribute to the overall effect of the work.
The article explains glacier formation requires both precipitation and sustained cold. Without moisture, freezing alone cannot create ice, and some cold regions remain ice free. Snow accumulates in valleys, avalanches add material, and repeated snowfall plus pressure create large ice bodies that begin to move downslope aided by water infiltration and refreezing.
Among brief West Point cadets were Edgar Poe Matt Carpenter and James Whistler who stayed three years. An Army and Navy Journal item recalls his failed exam on silica calling it an elastic gas or a saponifiable fat. The board dismissed him despite the crowd's amusement.
The fragment reviews Herophilus of Alexandria noting a treatise on obstetrics the eye pulse and heart movement and his recognition of intestinal relations. Erasistratus is credited with insights on heart vein and artery connections but erred about air in veins and blood in arteries. He also distinguishes two kinds of nerves motion and sensation anticipating Harvey.
A brief note traces the flag at half mast to naval practice in wartime. The defeated lowered their flag, the victor raised it high in triumph, and lowering signified submission or distress while half mast came to indicate mourning and respect.
In a playful exchange, Miss Gaggirl and Mrs Hansom discuss life in New Mexico and marriage history. Mrs Hansom notes five marriages with husbands shot, prompting amused reactions and a Detroit Free Press attribution.
A witty brief from the Los Angeles Herald contrasts genealogical curiosity with Darwinian notes about remote progenitors. The piece frames ancestral lineage against a humorous backdrop of natural history and cultural imagery.
A fragmented cartoon caption exchange shows one fish asking about Finback’s health and another replying he is drinking like a human. The joke hinges on the satire of human vices affecting a sea creature.
The Wayne County Sunday Schools Executive Committee met in Wooster on September 20. Members from Orrville Doylestown Wooster West Salem and other towns discussed next year’s convention Nay 9th as Decision Day and noted plans to spend fifty dollars for a two day township work and to appoint Clara Gepford as worker Miss Mary E Gordon retired as treasurer and J M Taylor was elected new treasurer.
A Canton boy 17 who ran away is found near Wooster and returned home. Orrville death of Mrs. Laura Pasline Z wmerman with services in Orrville. Ettie Hilton wins divorce from Wm Hilton for cruelty and neglect. Five arrested for intoxication and fined. Carrie E Prector of Wooster married Meri Finney of Cleveland in Manafield. Wooster officers elected with Mrs. R J Smith as president and Mrs. J O Dickason as secretary. Jack Brandt treated for alcoholism in Wooster. probate case paused as insanity ruled not proven.
A garbled OCR snippet lists rail and lease terms, dates, locations, and names such as Cleveland and Pittsburgh. It mentions passenger alerts, station flags, and general notices with inconsistent fragments that hint at timetable and route details but lack coherent structure or clear events.
A football match is scheduled Saturday forenoon at the fair ground in Mansfield with Wooster as the opposing team. The listings include players from Millersburg Canton Wooster and nearby towns, reflecting a regional event.
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