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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
2
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The Prohibitionists promise rising momentum as support grows for expanding the drink ban. They urge timely action before the movement reaches final success, arguing public conscience is aroused by the drink traffic and that more supporters will join as wins accumulate.
A reader observes that Hyner appears at the bottom of many troubles in crimes noted across daily papers. The remark highlights a pattern of association with numerous incidents mentioned in the columns.
The piece notes a broad push to investigate graft across government units, warning that corruption appears increasingly widespread. It recalls old Drogonis remarking that finding an honest man under political pressures would take a long time, underscoring public concern over integrity.
Dr. E. E. Folk of the Anti-Saloon League cites testimonials from Tennessee towns that abolishing saloons boosts business 10 to 60 percent, cleans up morals, and spurs revivals in Rockwood and Dayton. He notes initial jug trade shifts to dry towns lessen over time amid diligent enforcement.
A local discussion questions ministers and church members amid a new brewery company formation. The piece suggests resignations by ministers or church leaders before Saturday and cautions about church members partnering with the brewery. It notes divisions between supporters of the brewery and the church and references Worcester residents opposing the license.
Rev John F. Gill writes in the Kansas City Leader that churches face decline and saloons are blamed for tax woes and weak communities. The essay argues that Edwards county mirrors Wayne county, with rapid results and clear consequences for town life and moral standings.
Bloomingtes, Ney 14 Ed wards county, known as Little Britain, claims a long English settlement and an $11,000 treasury. The county boasts a new sport house funded by a contract, no jail inmates, no criminal trials in two years, and only one jury trial in that span. It has few saloons, minimal litigation, and a unique revenue situation praised by neighbors as perhaps unequaled in the United States.
The National Temperance Society has two bills introduced in Congress. Senate bill 1526 would bar federal liquor tax receipts to those aiding prohibition territory or locality. A separate Commission of Inquiry bill, first proposed in 1875, seeks a study of liquor traffic and has repeatedly stalled in the House.
The winter term of school will open Tuesday January 5 with recitations beginning that day. Miss Gertrude Gingrich leaves Tuesday evening for Winsnemuc Indiana for the holidays. Mr. Evans West Liberty will enter the university after Christmas. He is brother of E B Evans. Dr Paul Axtell of Primaten seminary is at home on Buckeye for vacation. Miss Edna Kaminsky and Miss Anderson both of Salem visited yesterday on their return from Ada in view of entering next term. Mrs. B W Nicholls of Detroit will reside on College Ave for the present. E B Evans a teacher in Ermgbck central high school in St. Louis with 1500 students.
Papils and 60 teachers in the corps. Me Evans enjoyed his work, noting city life ahead of the coming exposition. Allen Pratt, 06, will entertain and host guests in Minerva. H H Hay, Boise City, Wate., Mise Marie Collins and brother Fred will holiday with relatives in Bowling Green. Rev J P Hearst, ’78, of Crows, Potot, Lad, reached the city Tuesday evening and, with his two daughters, visited Pittsburgh area for ten days. W oC Falconer, ’06, of Ripon, Wis, will visit home for vacation, meeting A H Hibbard at Fitchville Dr. S F Scovel preached a Christmas season sermon at Westminster. Prof L C Knighs traveled to Cleveland to see his mother in hospital. Sigler and Workman opened a repair shop in the McDonald shop of South Walow. They offer repairs plus pipes, fittings, lubricators, injectors, steam pumps, and machinery. call for service.
City council meeting Wednesday night adopted a resolution to issue a certificate of indebtedness for 1700 at 6 percent, to be issued this month and applied to general funds for tent expenses. A separate resolution authorizes using fund balances to cover current expenses. An appropriation ordinance for the term ending December 31, 1903 was adopted under suspension of rule. County Clerk Samuel Esselbaro and Sheriff Armstrong Brown bought the certificate from the finance committee on Tuesday.
Last week Judge Exon named A D McBeth receiver for the Warwick Land Stove and Gas Co. A few days later the U S Supreme Court appointed J A Farner of Cleveland as receiver on motion of stockholders and creditors. On Monday Judge Eason ordered McBeth to surrender the property to Farner.
The Toledo Special No 403 leaves Pittsburgh at noon for Toledo via Mansfield in seven hours and three quarters, while No 404 from Toledo reaches Pittsburgh by 7:16 p.m. Both are vestibuled with modern Pennsylvania coaches, broiler buffet cars, and dining service offering steaks. The faster eastbound runs 176 miles Mansfield to Pittsburgh in about four hours fifty minutes, with notable gains after Massillon and Orrville. Connections link Washington and New York at Pittsburgh and Detroit at Toledo, enabling theatre-ready travel.
Special correspondence recounts a Holy Land journey from Jaffa through the Plain of Philistia to Lydda and Ramlet. The writer recalls ancient sites, landscapes, and biblical associations including Sampson’s foxes, Ramlet’s Forty Martyrs Tower, and Peter curing Aeneas in Lydda, with vivid notes on gardens, deserts, and local lore.
The narrative describes rocky ascents toward Oh-Horon and Seth-Horon atop a high ridge overlooking Ajalon. It notes forests gone, barren slopes, and ancient biblical scenery. From Beth-Horoan the sun halts at command, while the Dead Sea lies far below three thousand nine hundred feet, its waters gleaming under a pale moon as Jerusalem nears. A psalm of joy echoes at the prospect of entering the holy city.
The Longswamp organ in Pennsylvania’s Longewamp Union Church has been remounted and restored. Built by Andrew Krauss about a century ago, it now has 575 pipes, is finished in walnut, 15 feet tall and 11 feet wide, and cost $1,600 at its origin. It is believed to be the oldest church organ still in use in the state.
During a recent thunderstorm several Swiss marksmen at rifle practice were struck by lightning. Their bodies bore photographic impressions of the surrounding trees, a curious echo of lightning’s photographic powers noted by scientists for centuries.
At Boulogne during a royal reception English ladies pressed to see everything, forcing soldiers to yield and hindering duty. An officer ordered a drum roll to clear the crowd, and the ladies fled. A Parisian journal quips that the others would have stayed if they were French.
A column urges cutting funeral costs as wasteful extravagance. It argues leaders should deprecate elaborate rites and notes that simple burials, even for a duke, can be affordable. The piece commends avoiding family financial strain from lavish mourning.
An immense traction engine is described as the biggest automobile used to haul borax from the Mojave Desert. The machine is said to power operations in Death Valley, enabling production that previously seemed impossible.
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