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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1883
Page
6
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago routes listed with station stop times and sequence. Timings indicate trains pause at this Station in local timetable format.
A saloon keeper recounts a dramatic confrontation with a widow who warned him off her sons and threatened violence. The entry describes temperance pressure, proposed laws, and clashes among patrons including fights over cards, with the keeper justifying the business and the wife pleading him to quit. The tone mirrors a stern frontier chronicle of intoxication, law, and community strain.
On January 10 Mr. and Mrs. Gill hosted a large party two miles south of Reedsburg to celebrate Mrs. Gill's 27th anniversary. About 12 couples joined the couple, enjoyed parlor games, supper, and a humorous reveal of Mr. Horn’s own 27th anniversary as a second surprise. The gathering ended in laughter and gratitude for the Gill's hospitality.
The passage foresees a coming era of freedom and brotherhood with poetry guiding a dance of joy. It envisions a new philosophy of experience and a literature of inspiration, where science reveals moral beauty and the soul seeks broader horizons through sacred doubt and continuous work.
An advertisement touts Griggs Glycerine Salve as a sure cure for cuts bruises wounds and sores including piles and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and lists Laubaca and Donnelly as the sellers.
The paper notes continued praise for its improved appearance and wide variety of content. Editors highlight steady subscription growth as evidence of their effort to maintain a clean, respectable family newspaper.
For sale notes totaling 3000 dollars bearing 6 percent interest. Secured by first mortgage on a farm. Feeding void. Inquire at this office. Fred Hookway has just received new stock of spring suitings.
An 52 acre farm sized property north east of Wooster is offered along with a 20 horsepower engine and saw mill for sale. The listing notes potential buyers may inspect the premises with JonN Mravw. Also offered is a Durham bull and a brief note on hair treatment products.
The county proposes altering a county road starting at the northwest corner of section 27, township 13, range more or less to the existing road through lands of Boston Rays. A petition from a party dated January 27 seeks this change with details of lines and termini.
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