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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1885
Page
7
The text records Rev. Sam Jones denouncing whisky as evil and urging temperance, mixing religion with politics, and urging action against the liquor trade. It includes criticisms of hypocrisy, references to drunken sons-in-law, and a peroration on moral duty before shifting to a fitness and physiology aside about breathing and the “second wind” from Longman's Magazine.
A fragment discusses alcohol recovery with vivid bathhouse imagery and a tale of Lincoln at Gettysburg. It contrasts a protracted drinking spree with a pivotal wartime moment when Meade failed to press advantages, prompting the line My God Is that all.
The piece cites Foster v Kansas and Bartemeyer v Iowa with references to Beer Co. v Massachusetts, noting Prohibition themes. It quotes Judge Fox analyzing Louisville whisky revenue and costs, estimating a $67,154 taxpayer burden for charitable and penal institutions.
Miss Frances E Wituarp president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union urges young women to join the temperance reform with a rallying appeal The Alabama Prohibitionist notes Brewton Alabama reporting an empty jail following prohibition and highlights the clash between high fines and high license for liquor sales
Tom Yerger cousin of Colonel Percy Yerger visits Austin and enters Susie Yerger room without knocking. Susie, sixteen, confronts him warning such conduct is improper. The story presents a clash of propriety between visitors and local young ladies.
The Christiana fire service in Norway runs a paid brigade of ninety with four steam engines and two floating engines and a volunteer corps of about 1,300. Since 1878 no deaths at fires or among citizen firemen, and it is regarded as one of Europe’s best.
A dated advertisement promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a safe remedy to clear brain cobwebs and restore appetite and nerve tone after a night of revelry. It contrasts with gossip and catarrh cures, citing unrelated anecdotes and urging readers to buy from druggists.
A gentleman asks a boy why he carries an umbrella in non rainy weather and the boy replies he uses it for when it rains or for sun. The piece ends with an ad line promoting Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as a reliable cure for catarrh.
In a Scotlands early Methodism tale a rich man offers five pounds for chapel repairs during a meeting but a plaster strike raises his pledge to fifty. a backseat devout cry hits him again and the piece ends with a sermon on kidney and liver health and Warner’s safe cure as a remedy. The piece cites the London Press.
A vivid Saturday Review excerpt discusses Naples etiquette for admiring women, the need for discreet praise amid armed nobles and hidden knives, and the recommended facial gesture signaling appreciation. It contrasts northern openness with southern discretion and hints at timeless rites of admiration. The passage ends with product pitches for St Jacobs Oil and Red Star Cough Cure.
A dealer describes a dark cane with a silver horse hoof top made from leather buttons slipped over a ramrod. Crafted at Indiana Reform School in 1872 using varnish, the cane is valued at $50 and tied to a musket carried in the Civil War. Floating bricks and a quip about troubles follow.
A Port Ewen resident with thigh disease undergoes amputation after doctors refuse. Dr. David Kennedy, Rondout, advertises his Favorite Remedy as blood purifier and cure for liver and kidney disorders, constipation, dyspepsia, and female weaknesses, priced at one dollar a bottle.
The article notes that many scientists now entertain the opinion that artificial stone making is prehistoric and that the pyramids may have been built from manufactured blocks quarried from the surrounding plain.
A historic note touts the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot with 600 rooms, European plan, elevator, restaurant, and easy transport to depots. It claims high value for families and lower cost than other first class hotels. Also includes playful and ad copy snippets for products and a pun about a ledger.
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