22 May 1884
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1884
Page
1
A fragmentary verse about a spirited girl resisting marriage for money and love. It shifts to a Harper’s Magazine note describing a dramatic scene where a mother forgives a romance, a girl named Alice and her fiancé Kenneth are reunited, and a family vow confirms their union.
Alice defies her mother Mrs Romaine to marry George Wells. She leaves the house and aids her mother during a devastating fire at Romaine Grange, where Kenneth Wayne from Case & Lockwood enters the blaze to rescue the madam, saving a life amid peril.
Gen Jamies urges Ohio Republicans to unite behind the party’s ticket. He praises Republican growth, criticizes Democrats as a party of broken promises, and stresses coordinated support to win the state in October. The speech ends amid applause.
A Victorian suggestion urges mothers to involve children in simple baking lessons at home rather than sending them to schools. It praises a neighbor whose five year old produced cookies that tasted like they came from a seasoned cook and offers a basic cracker recipe: three pints flour one teaspoon soda sour milk butter melted. bake slowly.
The New York Stock Exchange reeled after failures by Marine National Bank and Grant & Wart 38. Metropolitan National Bank halted operations as Nelson Robinson & Co failed to meet contracts. Prices tumbled with Missouri Pacific down sharply. Clearing House measures and bank cooperation offered relief and a possible return to stability.
The essay argues that living in cities and riding railroads causes far higher death risks than imagined. It estimates deaths from violent accidents and rail fatalities, suggesting 25,000 of every million people die yearly from various causes while rail travel remains safer than home hazards. It ends with a call to buy insurance.
The Newerk Tribune reports a forthcoming revised Old Testament translation aimed at clarifying errors and obscurities in the authorized version. It promises simpler phrasing for readers and distinct wording changes to several famous passages.
A Shenandoah Iowa Justice of the Peace, W Matthews, testifies after two months of illness from Gaturri. He reports trials with humbays and finds Ely's Cream Balm effective from the first use, noting it as the best remedy he has tried.
Fragmentary advertisement and dialogue describe a quick cure and medical claims. The snippet mentions a drug costing $1 at a depot and includes garbled dialogue about a box and contents. No coherent event or identities can be confirmed.
A puzzling health notes fragment discusses care for debility and weakness with unspecified remedies. It mentions "Parrot feeding" and references Paris-green, Harrie, and ambiguous product names in a garbled OCR style. The piece reads like a scattered advice column or ad blurb with no clear source or outcome.
A Dispatch report describes a young man employed at H WK Porter & Co 1 omotre Works in Pittsburgh as suffering from severe rheumatic pain in joints that led to paralysis and rapid deterioration. Two physicians declared him hopeless as his condition worsened, with facial changes and spreading illness noted beside references to his case.
In London Ros n is seized for a petty act of laying up for a rainy day with 924 umbrellas as a goal of a thousand. A Newark man boasts a five and a half pound bulldog as part of local “improvement” chatter.
Theron P Keator of the Ft Wayne Gazette extols Dr King’s New Discovery as a reliable remedy for coughs both severe and mild. He urges readers to visit Laubach & Donnelly’s Store for a trial bottle priced at $1. The note also references a comic product called Barrum’s white elephant and playfully mocks foreign spellings.
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