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Newspaper

Wayne County Herald

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1883

Page

4

Rubber Goods Use Doubles Over Three Years, Official Say

An official statement notes rubber product consumption has more than doubled in the past three years, underscoring rising demand.

Tur

Thomas Jefferson on cities and public morality

The quote attributes a view by Thomas Jefferson calling great cities pestilential to morals health and liberties of man. The remark critiques urban centers as threats to individual rights and societal well being.

Thomas Jefferson

State Board to inaugurate livestock sale system at State Fair

The State Board of Agriculture will, at the next State Fair in September, inaugurate a new livestock sales system.

State Board of Agriculture

Miller Shoe Blacking Inventor Frank Miller Dies

Frank Miller, originator of Miller shoe blacking, died after beginning his business in a small village peddling via a basket.

Frank Miller

Tennessee Legislature approves felony for gambling houses

The act makes it a felony to maintain gambling establishments or rent property for such use and urges the same treatment for liquor traffic. The measure passed the Legislature.

Tennessee

Jail stands empty in Grand Isle county Vermont

The Grand Isle county jail in Vermont has been without an inmate for more than two years. State law prohibits drink traffic, making the situation unsurprising under current regulations.

Grand Isle County Vermont

Temperance Reform Ticket Defeated By Rival Parties

The Temperance Reform ticket failed Monday as Republicans and Democrats won. The piece notes that united support from both parties could have secured victory for the temperance candidates.

Steubenville Election Run as a Horse Race

The Steubenville election was run like a horse race with bets on the mayor. Between 8000 and 10000 dollars changed hands as supporters sought victory before work began.

Steubenville

Forest opposition sparks odd dinner refusal

A Cincinnati Enquirer report notes three tramps refused to eat a dinner priced at 700d claiming strong opposition to forest destruction. The man left the table while picking his teeth, illustrating a terse, comic moment in local reporting.

Cincinnati Enquirer

Europe News From The Era Of Political Crime

In this era Europe is defined by attempted or executed political crimes and relentless pursuit of guilty parties. Gossip about royalty and reports of calamities color the record while quiet prosperity remains largely unseen.

Europe

Knox Township Cheese Factories Boost Local Dairy Output

Knox township in Columbiana County hosts 24 Switzer cheese factories and an average of 100 cows supporting them. Annual cheese sales near 80 000 dollars with pork from milk adding about 20 000 dollars, plus butter and calves sold. Over 100 000 dollars of value from cows in a single township.

Knox Township Columbiana County

Sulphur Like Substance Reported Near Princeton Kentucky

In Princeton Kentucky residents fear an incoming wrath as a sulfurous substance reportedly fell for three nights. Local belief holds the earth may be coated with sulphur and burn easily, reflecting the Mountain Evangelist Barnes's influence in the region.

Barnes Kentucky Princeton

Prohibitory Iowa Amendment Again Before Supreme Court

The prohibitory amendment adopted by Iowa voters last June faces a new Supreme Court review after a rehearing was granted despite an adverse January ruling. Argue now spans wide, with capable counsel on both sides and public interest high as a decision nears.

Iowa Supreme Court Te Supreme Court

Prohibitory Enactments and Legislative Debate in Ohio

Ohio lawmakers debate prohibitory measures amid rail pass bans and liquor control. The piece cites Missouri pistol laws, partridge snares, and pigeon disturbing while advocating constitutional prohibition and state regulation of intoxicants. It notes a Senate vote moving toward a twofold prohibitory plan and expresses editorial support for a constitutional amendment.

Ohio Pennsylvania Christendom Railroad Company Missouri Hell

Pigeons in Pennsylvania Trap Shooting Debate

A regional editorial ridicules lawmakers for seeking to ban pigeon use in trap shooting. It laments the protection of birds while condemning a broader legal approach, criticizing the Pennsylvania Legislature for failing to address wider harms.

Pennsylvania

Independent movement gains force in Kentucky politics

A number of leading Kentuckians from both parties call a meeting at the state capital to organize an independent campaign for the next autumn election. The revolt against long ruling combinations spreads as press interest grows and party lines loosen. Strong Republican backing and Democrat dissatisfaction may fuel a formidable new, capable cohort returning to politics after a hiatus.

Kentucky

Government guards saloons with hired police

A mother explains to her son that policemen, paid by the government, protect saloonkeepers from drunken trouble and arrest the poorer workers, highlighting government bias toward license holders over workers. The dialogue insists authorities shield establishments that ruin others.

Man uses nitrate mix to ripen cherry branch

A Bridgeport man placed a cherry branch in water and added five grains of nitrate of soda on day one. He increased the dose by one grain daily and within a week buds swelled and blossoms appeared. He expects ripe cherries in a few weeks.

Robin F. Dunn Bloomington Lll C.C Markle P. C. Markie & Sons Pittsburgh Markle Cincinnati BridgeportjOonn

Gazette and Commercial to dissolve into old elements

Rumor says the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette will revert to its original form with Deacon Smith directing the Gazette as in former days and Murat Halstead continuing to oversee the Commercial as at present.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette Deacon Smith Gazette Murat Halstead

Perfect Success and the Red Clover Tonic Advertisement

An advertisement touts Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic as a perfect success curing dyspepsia biliousness costiveness and diseases of liver kidneys and bladder. Claims it cleanses the blood improves skin and general health with a 50 cent price from Laubach and Donnelly.

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