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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
5
In a town of one hundred voters forty five Republicans and forty five Democrats face a liquor issue. Five saloon keepers and five bartenders influence sentiment with promises of loose laws and enforcement. Each candidate assumes liquor support and parties echo calls for liberal Prohibition or regulation.
The Outlook of Vineland NJ notes Princeton professors and residents signed a license petition for a Princeton saloon. It argues their actions align with politics and business, tolerating liquor while church groups denounce it, and says moral stance often shifts with party needs.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat opinion item argues rheumatism may be contagious by contact and heredity, challenging medical knowledge. It warns public fears could worsen as doctors admit limited understanding and calls for regulation of Turkish baths to curb spread.
A man, sent to buy two pounds of an item at a large grocery store, ends up with three cents per pound pricing and a five pound package broken to meet the requested amount. He learns the total exceeds his listed sixty six cents budget, causing embarrassment on returning home from the Chicago Post.
A collage of gossip about Henry Stanley and Miss Tennant with a note on the tides as discussed in the New York Sun. It blends a romantic anecdote with a brief science fragment describing lunar and solar tides and regional differences around Britain and elsewhere.
Regular correspondent notes smaller city crowds in Washington during vacation season. Sermons from Dr. Kerr, Dr. MacIntosh, and Rev. Stewart attract attention for their doctrine and calls to self denial. Epworth League and Christian Endeavors convene with public and private echo meetings expanding influence. Public sale details listed for August 2 at Wooster.
G A R at Buffalo August train list issued by Pennsylvania Lines. Return unit includes August seat with option to extend to September. For rates times and details consult nearest Pennsylvania Line Ticket Agent or GO L Kimball assistant general passenger agent Cleveland. Excursion tickets to Bumat for the G A R Savona Encampment.
The Prohibition party in National Convention advocates national and state action to prohibit manufacture, importation, exportation, inter state transport and sale of alcoholic beverages. It invites prohibitionists to join the party and emphasizes freedom of conscience on other political questions. It also states the right of suffrage should not be abridged on account of sex.
Athens pastor presents Prohibition party platform urging total suppression of alcoholic traffic. Declaration cites liquor harms to schools, churches, homes, taxes, crime, and public order. Call goes to voters to unite across parties for legal enforcemen t and national and state action to end beverage sales.
Fragmentary notes show entries referencing B and C timeable items and a name Daan L Aller tied to a GPA metric. The readable text suggests a focus on academic performance measures within a timetable context.
Directory page lists Churom Directory and multiple churches with service times. Methodist Episcopal, Westminster Presbyterian, First Presbyterian, United Presbyterian, English Lutheran, Reformed Church, James Episcopal all advertise Sunday worship at varying morning and evening hours along with Sunday School and midweek prayer meetings.
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