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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1902
Page
2
A temperance column argues the prohibition bill will pass the Senate and become law by July, detailing licenses for wholesalers and retailers and a $200 yearly wholesale license with a $100 retailer license. It condemns licensing as a root of corruption and compares it to medieval indulgences while urging moral action.
The piece questions the value to Wooster University and the town if saloon influence were removed. It argues Oberlin’s greatness rests on this absence and predicts benefits for Wooster and its homes—mothers rejoicing, better business, paid bills, lifted mortgages, and cheerful homes. The call is to ban the saloon.
A Rescue Home witness in Cleveland testifies that dance halls stall saloons and wine rooms trap young girls into drinking and danger. The statement labels saloons as the promoter of sin and evil, noting the risk to impressionable girls and the slow descent into vice.
The article condemns “wide open” Cleveland saloons, describing traps for girls in the Rearue Home plan to keep six months and then move them to honest work. It notes 85 percent of girls later reclaimed, cites police inaction, and argues prohibition as the only remedy to remove the saloon menace.
Miss Florence M Peckinpaugh and Ralph Rood were married at the home of the groom’s parents in Cleveland on Tuesday afternoon February 25. The bride, popular in Wooster, formerly resided there. The article notes the couple will reside in Cleveland. The piece passes into a digression on corn varieties and plant growth.
In a brief exchange, Borem questions ignorance and Misa Cutting suggests ignorance explains the youth’s usual contented and happy look. The dialogue captures a light, observational moment from Chicago News.
East Liberty February cattle and sheep receipts show a light to steady market. Cattle prices range from prime heavy at around 6.60 to 6.75 range with various classes reported. hogs and pigs steady with primes around 6.45 to 6.60. sheep and lambs light with lambs steady and prices quoted for prime weather, fair mixed, and common categories.
The article explains Greenwich as the world standard for time and shows how nations shift hours relative to Greenwich. It notes Europe, Bulgaria, Holland, Turkey and colonies like the Philippines use varied offsets, while Australia and the Americas follow ranges from one to ten hours different from Greenwich.
Walter Wyckoff recounts in A Day With a Tramp and Other Days a scene where burros resist at fords and Price erupts in profanity to drive them forward. The animals, uneasy at water, finally wade through and move down the trail despite the swearing.
Two varieties of mustard are described black and white with black seeds smallest in size. White mustard is valued for commerce and keeps better while black is more bitter in hot dishes. Adulteration common with wheat sour turmeric and root from an East Indian plant noted.
Two Portland women leaving a literary union meeting seek carriages in separate stores after a sudden shower. Ten minutes later they meet on a Spring Street trolley car with no mention of the earlier plan, ending a minor domestic misunderstanding.
A discussion notes that candles made from simple melted sugar and peanut brittle are less dangerous than fancy mixtures. It claims heat splits sugar into dextrose and levulose, both deadly sweets prone to fermentation, explaining why some housewives struggle with making jelly.
Anthology style fragment shows animals preparing for amateur theatricals with banter about acting heavies and villain roles. The dialogue features a sheep, an intelligent horse, and casual exchanges about performance, mixing humorous lines and informal speech from period magazines.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs Hodong and Mrs Newrich in a heated exchange about a King Lear production. The chatter hints at suspicions and envy surrounding performances and a possible misperception of authority.
Wayne County Circuit Court judges issued rulings on cases from the week. Multiple errors affirmed or reversed, with remands to common pleas for further proceedings or execution, and a bond set at eight hundred dollars. Notable cases include Ohio Salt Co vs Matthias Rutuhey and Alfred J Thomas v State of Ohio with significant evidentiary issues.
The Century Club held a Longfellow meeting at Prof. Hanpert's home Tuesday evening. Music came from a mixed quartet and a ladies' quartet. W F Kean read a paper on Longfellow, the Man, Prof. W J Strong gave readings from Longfellow, and A D Knapp discussed Longfellow in Literature.
The Ashland & Wooster Railway Company releases its timetable effective January 27, 1902 detailing train departures and arrivals. The timetable lists routes, stations, and operating times for ongoing service between Ashland and Wooster.
A partial reading shows rail schedules with numbers 867 608 and routes between Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus and Pittsburgh. Listings include departure times to Newark Dennison and Crealips with weekday and Sunday limits and notes on sleeping cars and station directions.
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