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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1884
Page
4
The text outlines goals including prohibition of intoxicating beverages, enforcement of laws without fear or favor, civil service reform, prudent use of public funds, and a free unfraught ballot free from machine influence fraud and bribery.
An old machine is not fully broken but becomes terribly rickety. The piece argues the only straightforward political course lies along the pathway of eternal principles.
A local group of saloon keepers declares unity and mutual support with a bold pledge to stand together in the face of pressures or threats. The vow signals coordinated responses to anticipated challenges in the downtown business district.
An Indiana man hires his divorced wife as a servant after the election. She says she now receives better clothes and is treated with more respect.
A stuffed rattlesnake coiled on a whisky jug decorates a Cincinnati saloon window, surrounded by flowers and a suggestive sign. The unusual display draws curiosity from passersby and adds a provocative flair to the establishment’s frontage.
Fragmentary lines describe distances among Crxcixvok in New York and London with a reference to a long road. The text hints at a travel challenge across three cities and roughly six miles of saloons.
Large wildfires rage across North and South Carolina burning from thirty to fifty miles in width and sweeping through pine forest areas. Authorities report rapid spread and extensive damage as the flames advance through timbered terrain.
In Cleveland, during a case over liability for tax and penalty of a liquor selling property owner, two Democratic judges ruled the Scott law unconstitutional, while a Republican judge dissented.
Under Ohio constitutional framework a law could fully ban rink traffic and align with state law. Lawmakers are urged to adopt such a measure to root out riot breeders across the jurisdiction.
Iowa Legislature passes a prohibitory law mirroring Maine’s successful statute and sets July 4 as the effective date. Citizens expect the Fourth to mark not only Independence Day but the expulsion of the saloon system from the state, relieving oppression.
Reports detail a fatal beating by Shreve Marshal J L Niman during a drunken arrest of William Cowell. Cowell died from skull fracture and brain injury after a postmortem. Niman is jailed awaiting trial as mob tension grew.
John Adair of Wooster is named agent for Dr Gunn's New Family Physician in Wayne County. The piece stresses nursing knowledge of diet for the ill, warning against overeating and urging to follow patient appetite and judgment. It notes starve a fever feed a cold and advises light nourishing easily digested foods. The rule is to avoid forcing food and to offer what the patient desires when safe.
Dr. R N Warren ran for Member of Board of Education but was defeated after his name appeared without the machine stamp, a mistake cited by ring bosses as the reason for the loss.
The Republican notes Warren’s defeat tied to late name announcement for the Mem ber Board of Education. Bush L. D. Forker won constable despite late entry and no bargain to be made.
A Century Magazine writer cites statistics claiming over fifteen hundred murders in the United States with only ninety three legal executions, while lynchings outpace legal punishment by twenty five percent. He calls for stronger law enforcement and moral reform, blaming the American saloon as a principal cause and urging its removal.
Saloon keepers push for a graded tax as the Ohio Senate passes the measure. Senator Jievering of this district abstains from voting for the infamous measure, avoiding public disgrace.
Cumberland Maryland December 17 1881 Supt. Dukeburt of the Baltimore and Ohio BR reports using Perouna with his son for a diphtheritic sore throat and noting the remedy relieved his dull head ache from chronic malaria and that his wife is now taking it He recommends asking a druggist for the ill of life and its cure book
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