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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
2
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At the Hexato Office meeting delegates were chosen for the State Convention including Platte Amstatz Sterling C D Steiner Orryilie Jed O Wise H N Irwin and many Wooster and Plain area representatives. The convention opens at 3 pm Tuesday for organization with sessions through Wednesday focusing on the college boys contest and a Beat convention likely at Zanesville. Half-rate rail passage via certificate plan is available and Wayne county seeks full delegation.
Chairman George L. Casein opens the state convention as a large audience gathers to hear speakers Stewart, Pinney, Mead, Morrow, Miller, Peeke, Ashenhurst, Yelsley and others.
A Prohibition Party pledge attacks saloons as the root of crime noting Ohio faces thousands with illegal licenses and calls for enforcement to shut them down. The party insists it stands for a decisive, open battle against the saloon and invites supporters to join.
The Wooster saloons contributed generously to a fund to secure the glass works, confident they will recoup the money from workers who use them. University canvassing did not contribute. The saloons believe educated men reduce patronage to their establishments.
Republicans in Portland Maine struggle to find a suitable Sheriff Pearson replacement. They want a “good temperance man” who will align with liquor interests, attend prayer meetings, teach Bible classes, serve as a deacon, pray well, abstain from alcohol, be a strong speaker, and have no backbone to risk being murdered at the polls. Many meet the traits but fear November violence.
Arch deacon Farrar denounces liquor as a modern form of slavery seen in a sermon at St. Margaret's, urging Christians to oppose gin palaces and demand virtue and prison bars for crime. He frames freedom as moral action, linking drink to societal decay and spiritual peril.
The scene shows temperance and saloon factions lining up to vote on the Local Option Bill now law. Parties clash over whether forty percent petition threshold enables a local option election while petition signers face public inspection. The piece notes saloon interests fear open records but warns of potential public disturbance from revealing refusals.
In Louisville Kentucky on March 27 a secret meeting of whiskey manufacturers and distributors revived the National Protection Association to wage a campaign against Prohibition. The group plans to educate and organize against the temperance reform as Prohibition sentiment grows.
Louisville distillers and whiskey dealers form a national group to oppose prohibition. Headquarters would be in Louisville with a funded campaign, speakers, and literature to sway states where prohibition gains strength. They plan a national convention and insist the effort defends civil liberty and legitimate traffic.
A compilation of questions traces movable scenery to Italy in 1508 by architect Perunzzi and details the Endicott sundial brought to Salem in 1630, now housed in the Essex Institute. It covers ancient dials from King Ahaz, Roman and European developments, and clockmaker innovations. Also listed are current aging monarchs and U.S. population figures from 1790 to 1900.
Dr. C. H. Meed of New York City will address a mass meeting at Zanesville Memorial Hall on Monday evening before the convention. Pulpits in city churches will be occupied morning and evening by convention speakers as arrangements permit.
Frank J Cheney sworn claim as senior partner of F J Cuenny & Co in Toledo, Ohio. The firm will pay $100 for each case of catarrh cured by Hatt's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1856 by A W Gleabon. Sold by druggists and use family pills advertised.
April 22 market notes from East Liberty show receipts for cattle hogs and sheep. Prices list range for cattle prime heavy fair and common, hogs prime heavy heavy Yorkers etc, sheep and lambs with values for lambs wether and spring lambs.
Dr Thomas Dunn English Newark author of Ben Balt wrote in 1843. George Du Maurier later popularized the tune. English died April 1 1990 after illness. Captain William Driver Salem Mass named the flag Old Glory in 1351. The Laccon statue depicts Prometheus and brothers facing serpents and embodies sin and redemption through Christ.
A cryptic OCR fragment references a train incident involving Dal'v and someone named Pace Track in Baltimore with scattered names. The readable portion indicates a mishap or event affecting trains but lacks clear details, dates, or outcomes. The record preserves entities while acknowledging unreadable sections.
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