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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1914
Page
4
A fractured input from the Fulton County Tribune blends social updates from Apple Grove and Oak Shade with scattered weather data, local school headlines, and community notices. It details birthdays, farm work, school openings, and personal visits alongside broader remarks on war, bread lines, and public sentiment in August 1914, interspersed with dispatches from Columbus and Winameg events and meetings.
Church notices list U B Church Baptist and Evangelical services with pastors names J H Williams T B Ashton W Hoffman and minister O P Schleicher plus a large memorial section about Chickamauga battlefield monuments Ohio Indiana Illinois and planned additions including a Bushrod Johnson brigade memorial and a total of 2005 memorials on Chattanooga fields plus a public sale notice for September 10 1914 and a card of thanks to supporters after a family bereavement.
The Ohio penitentiary conducted a straw vote among 1,350 inmate voters on statewide prohibition. Of those inside, 887 backed prohibition while 485 did not vote but declined to state a preference. The chaplain noted 1,458 of 1,630 convicts attributed their downfall to drink, over 89 percent, with parallels drawn to Kansas data. The report cites sociological interest and urges abolition by argument.
Ohio state auditor analysis finds loss of saloon revenue under prohibition would raise property tax only about 21 cents per $1000, equating to roughly $1.05 yearly for a $5000 property owner, arguing taxpayers bear little burden. Also includes scattered notes on unrelated items and notices from the era.
The text asserts that many people fail to find opportunity because hard work often appears under disguise as old opportunity. It discusses misperceptions about effort and luck within a Cincinnati Enquirer context.
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