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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1883
Page
4
Fragmented text urges voters toward prohibition and reform. Emphasizes enforcement of laws, civil service reform, economy, and a clean ballot untouched by fraud or bosses. Mentions manufacture sale of intoxicating beverages and ballot integrity.
The editor thanks friends for their appreciation and notes over 60 new subscribers in ten days. He urges continued support and promotes the Herald’s local event coverage, daily news summary, letters from neighbors, varied reading, and two supplements including Governor Foster's Annual Message and a literary section.
The Senate approved the Civil Service Reform Bill by 39 to 5 with all five opposing votes from Democrats. The measure includes Blair’s liquor ineligibility amendment and aims to end the spoils system, rewarding merit and limiting partisan favoritism. Governor Foster’s annual message follows, addressing temperance and legal tweaks. A Cincinnati Gazette and Commercial consolidation is reported as a major journalistic event.
The piece contrasts bright Christmas scenes with grim crime and whisky fueled misery. It notes Missouri legislators hesitant on a prohibitory constitutional amendment while a St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll shows some support for giving voters a direct decision. The editorial argues for action to curb crime and promote virtue amid holiday reflections.
The death of Congressman Updepraff prompted a special election last Tuesday. Democratic candidate Ross J. Alexander faced Republican Col. J. D. Taylor and voters chose Taylor to serve in Congress, deeming Alexander better suited to retire from law.
Fragmentary discussion questions whether Mrs Robert L Oie supports an Abraham Lincoln era candidate. Text argues the son cannot rely on a parent’s fame and must prove his own worth. No clear modern context or full name clarity limits certainty.
The Akron Beacon Journal warns that a Locker bill for liquor taxation, though theoretically attractive, would invite fraud and perjury and likely wreck any effort to tax liquor traffic.
A Randolph well incident sees Michael Blitz, a Rootstown stone cutter, escape a riding colt that fell into his 20 foot hole and knocked a plank aside. Blitz crawled out hand over hand as the earth caved in, killing the horse. In legal notices, David Rudy petitions probate court for Benjamin Coe’s estate sale to pay legacies, with heirs notified to appear by January 1883. This notice lists James A. Coe and others as decedent's heirs and legatees in Wayne County Ohio.
Emma Brainerd advertises portrait enlargement services at her shop on Public Square Corner in Wooster Ohio. She promotes Gane Brainerd successor Boudoir and offers 8x10 prints plus crayons Indian ink water color and a large stock of frames for hanging pictures.
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