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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1883
Page
4
The statement outlines five planks: a constitutional and statutory ban on intoxicating beverages, strict enforcement of all laws, civil service reform, prudent use of public funds, and a clean free ballot, free from fraud and machine influence, bribes or bosses.
The editorial urges rapid Prohibition support in Ohio by building 3 000 Herald subscriptions in Wayne County over six months to swing the state. It contrasts two constitutional amendments on liquor with earlier votes, touts past anti license results, and calls for organized temperance activism, including school districts and local communities. A local murder linked to drink is noted, with broader critiques of drinking and calls to end the saloon.
Hon. Jonny Sherman declares he will not run for Governor of Ohio. The statement frames the political discourse and signals shifts in local leadership while the Trish party debates effective strategy.
Judge Evusxsivs Les of the Court of Common Pleas in Ashtabula County died Monday night after taking Jaudanum. The incident is being treated as a self-inflicted death. Security and investigators are reviewing circumstances surrounding the judge's death.
In conversation with a Cleveland Leader reporter, Hon. John Sherman states it is his opinion the Prohibition amendment may receive 250000 votes. Sherman also notes this estimate may be low.
A hunter in Licking County Ohio, while fixing a muskrat trap along a stream, was mistaken for game and shot dead by another hunter. The incident occurred during ongoing hunting activity in the state. The shooter faced investigation and potential charges as authorities reviewed the circumstances.
On April 4 two prominent Democrats, Senator Thurman and Gen Geo W Morgan, were hurt in stair falls. Thurman injured at Columbus and Morgan at Mt Vernon, with varying degrees of injury reported.
How Joun Sherman tells a Cleveland Leader interviewer there is a fair prospect for passage of a bill to impose a special tax on malt and spirituous liquors. He notes liquor men generally favor the measure.
In a recent lecture Mrs. Livia Deveret Blake notes the saying the voice of the people is the voice of the 430d, and asks how grander the sound would be if men's deep bases joined equally with women's voices in a grand diapason.
The Cleveland Leader explains the two proposed amendments. If the first amendment gains a majority the General Assembly will regulate liquor traffic by license or taxation. If the second amendment is adopted prohibition will be constitutional.
Riv er Mr Hoover of Sunville Pa dreamed of where John Pierce, drowned February 4, would be found. The reverend man and John Pierce’s father searched that afternoon and found the body about a mile and a half below Pittsville. Remains were partly buried in sand and still frozen despite exposure.
A call to unite in favor of a Prohibitory amendment this six month period. The message urges abandoning independent tickets, aligning all temperance forces, and focusing on a single goal to secure victory in October. It stresses harmony, organization, and constant agitation to persuade voters.
A jumble of violent incidents across cities from Louisville to Grayling and St Louis. Shootings and stabbings in saloons. a boy hurt by horses after a saloon visit. two men killed after heavy drinking. a Peck-like robbery and a fraud claim involving Governor Gisirk’s son. A Virginia man is shot for refusing a drink.
A Philadelphia man voices skepticism about women’s rights, claiming wives and daughters already exercise authority at home and arguing men deserve more rights. The quotation reflects contemporary tension over gender roles and domestic power dynamics.
A Pennsylvania manufacturing company has confiscated liquor licenses at several nearby premises to prevent employees from spending their earnings unwisely and becoming brutes. The action aims to protect personal liberty by reducing intoxication among workers.
War on Italian fruit venders grows as Cincinnati prosecutors crack down on decayed or frozen bananas with stricter enforcement. Judge Higley warns future offenders will not be treated leniently, contrasting with leniency shown to tot gut whiskey sellers, despite liquor harm being far worse.
Mr Francis Murpay writes from New Orleans planning a visit upon returning to the United States. He comments on the temperance movement abroad noting England's progress, royal approval, mass pledge signatories, and a claimed £2,500,000 revenue reduction with gold savings.
Washington reports 105 illicit distilleries seized in Atlanta District within three months. Critics argue prohibitory laws fail to end crime, noting enforcement and penalties persist even as some urge repeal. They claim authorities hunt violators but prohibit not effectively.
An editorial notes that nearly every man who criticizes current officials believes he deserves Howe's seat, reflecting broad political ambition and competition in Chicago politics.
An exchange questions the boyhood of the so called Boss as a large boy seizes a fishing pole from a smaller child and offers to catch fish for him while the bait runs. Johnny watches and wonders where the fun lies. The column notes a consumer notice for a rental stable listing by Cl Wixeierer in Buckeye Street.
A claim that a man hungry within an hour signals dyspepsia and that Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic cures dyspepsia and stomach liver kidney bladder troubles. Describes tonic as appetizer blood purifier and cure for ague and many diseases. Price 50 cents Laubach Donnelley.
At the home of the Hides patients near Shreve Wayne county by Rev T Struggles on Saturday evening March 31 1888 Mr Peterson E Klopp Nashville Holmes county Miss Mary E Williams Thursday evening March 29 at the parsonage by Rev J C Truesdele Mr Elmer Orr and Miss Lucy I Branks both of near Apple Creek Ohio
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