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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1885
Page
4
General Joan A Locan begins a memoir volume focusing on the war era. The project seeks to illuminate strategic decisions and frontline experiences for public reflection.
The fragment ponders General Grant's final thoughts as he faced eternity. It recalls his belief in having lived a good and honorable life and seeks to capture the essence of his mindset at the threshold of death.
The Nation will consign General Grant's remains to a tomb at Riverside Park on the Hudson. Citizens stand by the open grave with grieving, uncovered heads in sorrow.
Rev. F. G.ere of Democracy Knox county Ohio formerly of Westlem county begins publishing a campaign Prohibition offer at Mt. Vernon calling it The Citizen. It is full of fire.
Wooster will host a county prohibition convention next Tuesday urging citizens to show support for the movement and its aims. The event calls for local interest and sympathy from all residents.
The Democratic state convention considers a memorial to voters rights. The proposal circulates among supporters with little favorable response, except from Prohibitionists, who back the idea.
The London Yves editorial lauds General Grant as a noble refined man and pure hero and conveys England's sympathy with America. It asserts national unity in the wake of Grant's revered status and the North and South reconciliation.
A New York lady suggests residents abstain from whiskey beer wine cigars tobacco and caramels for one day to raise 1 000 000 for the Grant Spodtenae Fund. The plan envisions saving expenses on luxuries to fund charitable needs.
Ex Senator Pomeroy reports Hon John P St John wrote to President Cleveland to back him for an office. The claim is disputed with Mr St John denying any petition or application, noting no letter was written and no appointment sought.
Forty seven Iowa editors traveling with the Iowa Press Association point out a report they deem unjust to Iowa and its laws. They state the prohibition statute is enforceable, growing in public sentiment, and will become the state’s permanent policy, urging Pacific Coast press to note the correction.
A Prohibition Senatorial Convention for the 728th district, covering Wayne, Frohmen, Knox, and Morrow counties, will meet in Mt. Vernon Ohio on Tuesday August 24 1885 at 10 am to nominate a State Senator and conduct other business. Delegates equal one for every fifty votes for St John in 1884 or a fraction over thirty. Dr A B Leonard is expected to attend.
In a Letter signed Voice criticizes The Cleveland Leader for hypocrisy over St John and Georgia pro local option. The writer argues Georgia shows principles driving prohibition, cites Ohio contrasts, questions Republican record, and condemns political smear tactics while defending Prohibitionists as sincere amid alleged plunder seekers.
The piece rebuts Republican accusations that Prohibitionists seek boodle, citing a Calderwood letter and a Lever critique. It notes prior unsubstantiated claims in Connecticut and St John cases, and highlights Prohibition fundraising of over $4,000 for Southern campaigns since the election.
The speech denounces whiskey as evil and calls for moral reform in politics. Jones criticizes Georgia and Tennessee legislators, urges removing unfit Judges, presses for temperance, and challenges listeners to oppose drunkenness with blunt, combative rhetoric.
A public meeting condemned rapid saloon growth in East Cleveland. President Cutter argued Adelvert College aimed for a pure community but liquor dens and beer gardens spread harm. He urged a public demonstration to form moral sentiment against intoxication.
A reader asks if doctors or professors should join the 320000 Ohio voters in voicing moral sentiment against liquor sales next October. The message suggests voting for or against tax or license as a stand on prohibition.
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