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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
2
The Prohibition Party claims its central platform is ending the liquor trade. It asserts that in power it would act without temperance lobbyists, unlike the Republicans, claiming the party once did more for temperance.
A report claims Nonin cannot sustain a police force after abolition, due to funding gaps. Yet Xenia mayor Lonkhart refuses to enforce the Beal law, keeping funds unseen and leaving the treasury short. The saloon faction remains stubborn, and sworn officers fail to uphold their oath.
A biased exposé notes rising public opinion against entrenched power, saying public trust fades as churches weaken their stand against vice. It argues that without active support from citizens and leaders, moral reforms fail, and the first life and continuity rules lack force without a broader second effort.
The Axuisaloon League notes valiantly watching the legislature to prevent a liquor law rollback. Provisions proposed would have harmed the real law, were it not for vigilant observers. The piece criticizes the Republican majority for unreliability and hints reformers feel betrayed when party lines shift on intoxicant regulation.
Report on an Opera House address by Eugene V. Debs criticizing labor conditions and the saloon trade. The speaker links alcohol to workers’ degradation, argues Debs’ remedies miss the core issue, and cites a large national liquor bill tied to workers’ wages and industrial capture.
Fragmentary OCR style passage discusses Debs and courage, lecture quality, and living expenses in a disjointed way. Mentions a bachelor, extravagant foods, personal conduct, and expenses, with garbled figures and names.
A muddled narration describes rolling three dice with totals and spots. It leads to calculations: total spots on the three dice initially 18, then various steps yield results like 260 and 632, concluding with numbers tied to the dice counts.
A conjurer staged a comedy of errors by pulling an empty bag trick. He promised to reveal the hen that laid the egg but instead produced a rooster disguised as the bird. The audience roared as the rooster strutted on stage and crowed, while the embarrassed performer fled to the dressing room.
The tumbleweed is a curious western plant. It grows in all directions from a central arona, forms a tare flit near the ground, and breaks at frost or dryness to become wind driven seed dispersal. We have seen piles ten feet high against fences, driven there by wind and obstruction.
At a recent auction a marine painting was near sale when a bystander cried out a vivid warning about a vessel drifting on to rocks with a strong breeze. The artist paused, then took the work home to rework the winded scene.
In Chicago an amused crowd comments on a man’s wardrobe as his wife explains the attire is simply a routine downtown dress. The exchange reveals local humor about appearance and social image in a bustling urban street moment.
Thanksgiving in Ashland with Eli Snader family and Rugh Snader wife guests. J B Wile of Ashland visited J W France and F R Snader family. William Lehr returned to Columbus to resume guard duties. Ada Jackson returned to Akron. John Lutz and family spent weekend with Mary Jackson. Andrew Fair and wife afoot Sabbath at Congress. John Harry secured a petition in rubber work at Akron.
At a regular council meeting a petition for electric light at High and Spink was read, signed by 27 property owners, and referred to the aptut committee. The ordinance on four wards was read detailing ward boundaries, and salaries for city officials were set. A department of public service and public safety were created with two directors each, terms four years, salaries 150 and 50 respectively, effective May 1903, with repeal of prior ordinances.
Andrew Smith of Joehmaan's Corners near Doylestown was attacked Monday night November 24 around 10 o clock by two unknown men. He was struck in the face and beaten as he walked to work at the pew mine theng opened on Polly Baughman farm. They fled in a buggy toward Johnson's Corners leaving Smith with black eyes and facial bruising yet he pressed on to the wine to tell the tale. Identification is not possible due to darkness.
A discussion excerpt mentions Theodore Roosevelt and an upcoming feature in The Youth's Companion on The Presidency to be published November 6 1902. It notes Roosevelt’s then uncertain political path and the article’s expected public interest, with subscription offers for 1903 volume and a free 1903 Companion calendar for new subscribers. Also brief holiday excursion fare notices from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad run Dec 24 25 31 1902 and Jan 1 1903 with return by Jan 2 1908.
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