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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
4
The piece condemns the saloon as a national blight and urges Prohibition action. It calls on Wooster voters to back temperance, notes Samuel Dickie’s resignation, and cites church and civic pressure, including Sabbath closes and a Prohibitionist mobilization across cities. It argues individual conscience and collective vote determine liquor’s fate.
A discussion questions whether five men share responsibility for a saloon started by the sixth, arguing that licensing should reflect law and oversight. It recalls soldiers buried in Cuba, wartime versus drink, and notes a cold winter where funds meant for a family were spent in a saloon, urging Christians to curb such harms.
A jury trial before Justice Renner heard Lew E. Purnell against Col C Hard over two machetes allegedly worth ten dollars each and taken as punishment for camp rule violations. Purnell testified he bought the machetes from a Spanish officer and valued them at twenty five dollars while admitting he left camp without orders on two occasions to Santiago for food. Captain Weidman and Captain Ward testified to Purnell’s rule violations and the handing of the machetes to Hard for safekeeping or as punishment, with details of the May events and the defense citing jurisdiction questions.
Colonel Ward and Captain Kuhns testified the machetes were worth 200 dollars each while ordinary Cuban machetes sold for 1 to 2 dollars. The case centered on whether the property was seized as punishment or by other means and the court ultimately awarded the plaintiff 20 dollars for the machetes. An appeal was noted by defense counsel.
In Wooster Ohio 1899 a grower agrees to plant and care for tomatoes to be delivered to The Wooster Preserving Company for the season 1899 at 5.60 per ton of 2000 pounds. Payments schedule: half of crop by September 1, balance in two installments December 1 and second Tuesday in March 1900. Delivers only ripe merchantable fruit and limits to eight bushels per acre per day during glut. No deliveries on Saturdays without consent.
James Brubaker praises Wooster Preserving Co for tomatoes grown near Wooster Ohio in 1899. He reports planting two acres of Toronto varieties, delivering 43 tons from one acre and 16 tons from another, earning about $80 and noting easy cultivation. He urges future contracts for up to five acres and recommends trials for small farmers.
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