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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
2
The notice appears in a late 19th or early 20th century paper, detailing advertising rates, subscription terms, and reader communications. It references the Herald in kind terms and expresses a strong stance against a social ill, urging its end and burial. The text mentions advertising columns, subscriptions, and communications from readers with names and addresses.
The Journal of the American Medical Association states that any price paid for alcohol will be used by liquor advocates, urging medical men to oppose general alcohol use and reserve it only as medicine to prevent saloon keepers from monopolizing the liquor trade and denying customers.
Residents call for prosperity through legitimate work and better living not through ill gotten gains. The piece denounces tobacco and cigarette hazards, urges parental action, and praises Wooster’s institutions for guiding youth toward constructive futures.
The piece argues for cleansing society of intoxicants to protect youth and national honor, noting a rise in lunacy and crime tied to alcohol. It cites 1899 asylum admissions, with European and Eurasian patients among 177 Christians, 810 Indians, and 3360 others, as evidence of widespread social harm.
A pledge signing movement against alcohol use is launched to cover English speaking countries. In the United States the effort is steered by the National Temperance Sector with a U S general committee led by Henry B Metcalf of Rowdy Island. A Britain and Canada committee is headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The plan calls for simultaneous inaugurations with church sermons Sabbath school activities, public meetings, and pledge signings.
The American Grower annual tomato pack report for 1901 and 1902 notes record output despite uneven seasons hot dry periods and late rains. It cites total two year packs and emphasizes growing consumption, trade conditions, and strong factory demand across Ohio and other regions.
Marriage licenses issued include John Bresson and Mira Hunsing er from Mt Eaton, Jease Myera of Akron, Nettla L Morgan of Frederickaburg, E R Eter of Albion, Laura Lintaav of West Salem, Bert Gast of Polk and Maggie Hartzell of Congreas, Edward G Haverstock of Mt Eaton and Maud E Sellers of West Lebanon, Edward L Morse and Minnie Shibley of Wooster, Andrew Hupp of Chaster and Lucinda Mastere of Orrville.
Wooster University notes list Prof C D Steiner of Pandora visiting friends from Wooster, DP Noyes and Chandler from Auburn, N Y, and Thomas Laughlin from Bloomington enrolling to finish prep. Other items include Christmas exercises at Westminster, engagements of Prof Nelson Sauvain and Miss Bertha Wolf, and marriages of Prin George G Stahl and Estella Reed. Winter term opens with several new students and delayed completion of new buildings.
Orrville resident Dr David Forrer of a farm east of Carr farm enjoys a well heated home while commenting on coal price efforts. Last fall a cavetown vein between six and seven tons were extracted from a twelve foot opening near the barn, found by men digging.
A meeting of Wayne county agricultural society was held in Wooster on Saturday. Directors elected include Goodyear Sterling B A Walter Orrville W A Taylor Wooster A D Sam diners Canson G A Houser New Pittsburg E G Ebright Shreve G J Ebright Shreve John C MecClarren Wooster J C Kine Congregation township. The annual fair dates are September 30 October 1 and 2 1903.
The annual Week of Prayer was observed with daily services in city churches. Attendance grew, with more men than usual. Dr Elder led the Presbyterian service on Monday on The Church Militant. Tuesday featured D E Robinson discussing Foreign Missions. Home Missions was the topic at the U P Church on Wednesday led by Mablon Rouch.
The Wooster city council opened 1903 Monday night with little business. A motion set $30 for Edward Newell's fourth ward base move. Street committee praised pavement repairs as completed. The city clerk said C S Electric railway extends franchise from January 1 to July 1, 1903.
At a Wooster stockholders meeting Monday night the board named W J Mallias Jonathan McSweensy A D Metz J R Zimmerman C A McDonald L P Olinger of Wooster and Z T Duer of Kellbock. The plant is not yet ready to supply the glass works but will be within a few weeks.
The annual election of directors at the Wooster Public Library and Freon Reading room was held on Jan 5. Elected were James Mullins George J Schwartz Durbin Metz Chas Haupert W G Beebe Frank Miller and Rev A D Stauffer. Officers and librarians will be elected at a future meeting. The library now contains 2500 volumes with 24 popular monthly magazines 6 daily and 3 weekly papers. Books issued since September 1901 total 10 794.
January reports from Canaan speak of Eva Lohn visiting in Creston with Mrs. Seabrooks while Mrs. James Barnes just returned from a two week stay with her sick son Franklin Barbertex. Congregations hosted social events, Nellie Staller of Wooster visited Mrs. Chas Orr, Rev Irwin of Chicago could not keep his appointment due to illness.
Miss Flora Shaw of the London Times traveled in Africa by bullock wagon and reached a frontier town eager for a bath. Officials welcomed her, then she rushed to a hotel. A servant brought steaming water that proved to be milky and fishy due to water shortage, leaving Shaw puzzled by the hotel’s misstep.
A noted writer, Robert Buchanan, faced poverty early in his career. He bought three copies of his new novel with his account and sold them to a secondhand bookseller to buy dinner, proving even a struggling author can live by his books.
A New York court fined a pawnbroker who lent $6,000 on a $12,000 necklace and sold it after the required period. The lender must pay $6,000 plus a year’s interest because the sale failed to include a recognizably redeemable description.
The Spanish royal tradition requires a deceased sovereign to undergo fossilization before burial in the royal pantheon. The time needed varies. some bodies solidify quickly while others take years. It took thirteen years to fossilize the father of Alfonso XIII.
In border counties of England old bridal customs persist with couples riding away on a foaming steed after marriage. Parents avoid attending the ceremony, believing the groom carries the bride off as in the good old days, a preference over the altar transfer.
A fragment from New York Weekly notes a minister’s remark about reforming a husband through marriage. It mentions Misa Benouti Ite and Misa Beauti Yee and hints at Mr Rand being perceived as stingy by friends.
A St. Louis humorist recalls a young lady applicant for a rebool who was asked her position on whipping children. Her reply, delivered with wit, referenced a chair with knees crossed and face downward, and she secured the school position.
A fragmentary note describes a demonstration in Oonlar and observations about telegraph poles near a tourist area. The text mentions Western Farmer-Waal and refers to discussions about posts and fertility in the region.
A compact reflection on how ideas govern progress asserting the thinker as sovereign and the world’s mover. The text credits innovation as the driving force behind societal advancement and leadership.
A terse exchange notes a missed marriage request due to the sender not including a stamp. The dialogue references a 40,000 strong abstainer group in the British army and remarks that theaters in Japan are typically wooden structures.
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