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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
2
The Ohio Prohibition party declares a moral battle against the liquor traffic. It condemns legalized beer commerce as a danger to society and urges direct legislation to end manufature, sale, and transport of intoxicants while appealing to patriotic citizens to unite at the ballot box.
A fragmented article argues Prohibition as the American solution to drink traffic, warning of moral decay and urging voters to back abolition. It frames reform as essential, cites saloonkeepers and temperance as pivotal, and emphasizes the political stakes in the anti liquor campaign.
A Wayne County Prohibition Executive Committee memo from Wooster outlines a coordinated campaign strategy. It urges pledging one third of voters to back the county ticket for win potential, and schedules visits by speakers Volney B. Cushing and Volney Pinney through October. The plan emphasizes private solicitations, county rallies, and fundraising to cover expenses.
A New York Commercial Advertiser piece shares fatherly guidance for youths entering life. It urges truthfulness, careful contracts, realistic pay, and prudent surroundings, noting that silence can protect against libel while cautioning against indiscriminate abuse of unknown enemies.
Minor report notes illness of Micheel Carroll in a local scene and a search by authorities for a suspect in a hog incident near Appircreek. Includes obituaries, marriages, court actions, cemetery interments, and staffing moves from Wooster and Wayne county.
A Tuesday night blaze in North Lawrence destroyed three general stores and a residence. Canton and Orrville fire crews battled the flames, but damage was extensive with substantial losses reported.
A Board of Trade committee reported about 2200 dollars secured to locate the Wagoner Pump Works. Wagoner representatives will be in the city today to confer with the Board and select a site if arrangements satisfy all parties.
Mian Anos Langell, Mr and Mel, Paul Fletcher and friends fished on Wednesday at Killbuck. They caught one fish weighing about fourteen pounds with several others from one to one and a half pounds. Miss Langell verified the big fish weight.
A Scottish minister explained speech preparation time varies with length. For a quarter hour he would need a week, for half an hour three days, and if allowed to speak as long as he likes he is ready now.
A brisk exchange in Harlem notes a busy household and a cautious housekeeper Bridget. The speaker warns options for resuming preserves, while Bridget answers with careful.resolve. The dialogue paints a lively domestic scene of work and management.
The Wayne County Teachers Institute opened Monday in Orrville with remarks by President J B Mohler and state officials. Sessions covered physiology music constitutional law and geography among other topics. Evening lectures included chemistry of candling light theory and a ball game interrupted by a concerted program. Further talks stressed practical teaching methods and reading circle work.
The London Express notes that in wild remoter areas of Ireland a number of peasants still wear a national style. In Lough Mask region women are seen in red petticoats, while older fahermen keep old headgear. Younger people abandon the smock frock.
Distilled water renders sea water drinkable by removing salts and minerals. The ocean is a vast spring rich in minerals in solution, with seawater near saturation. Distillation makes it drinkable, though the taste remains unpleasant.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes eye for an eye and a jest about painless dentists. An Atchison Glebe remark jokes that many avoid dares except going to work. The message ends by praising North America forests for size and variety beyond other continents.
A Tit-Bita item reads humorously on giving advice to a meddling mother-in-law. The narrator recalls telling her to mind her own business and waking up later in a hospital, leaving the exact sequence and outcome to reader inference.
The Ohio State Journal notes a speaking exchange about family ties with humor. A man asks about the relation to his grandmother and is informed that Faofoor is his mother in law, urging not to be reminded while she is present.
A dense 19th century timetable details through routes from Cleveland to Cincinnati via Columbus with sleeping cars on Nos 623 and 6 7, connections from Hudson Orrville Columbus via Fort Wayne Pam Handle lines, and various daily departures to Alliance Wall and Wooster. It lists stations, times, and transfer points including Columbus Union Station and Cleveland Union Station, with notes on first and last trains and special Sunday and holiday operations.
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