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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1883
Page
7
Wheater wd Local Time Tables show train stops at this station for Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago routes with listed stop times.
The town reports good sleighing and pleasant weather. A birthday surprise party for G M Jackson featured an oyster supper. Local industry thrives with H v Musselman busy making barrels and butter tubs. Wm Piper bought the John Holdeman farm, Eli Snader rented B F Vercher's farm, and the day school under B F Eberhart draws more scholars than seats, prompting a call for more room from the Board of Education.
The Wayne County Herald outlines year long club rates for several publications including Ohio Farmer Cleveland Herald Leader New York Tribune World Witness Cincinnati Gazette Enquirer Commercial Harper's Magazine Weekly Young People Century Magazine Interior United Presbyterian Christian Herald and more. Readers may request any paper at Herald office to receive club rates.
Herald notes Hattie Gouldner recovering after a school injury. A new Gouldner grocery maintains temperance, amid rumor of a failed saloon. The village on a hill with dry goods, shops, three churches, a Union School, several saloons, good roads, plenty of health, and two elderly Harrolds laid to rest. Temperance Union formed with promising outlook. future reports promised.
Local items note the impending closure of J S Pauls store between now and April first marking a transition to a bygone era. The report also covers travel updates from Mrs West and her husband Richard West, who returned from West Africa after a long voyage.
The Dalton temperance society adopts a curated discussion list on alcohol topics covering body and mind effects, politics, law, health, crime, and public policy. The article also lists Grand and Regular juries drawn for the Court of Common Pleas term with names and townships.
Local listing advertises inquiries about a Basket Sleigh and a Buffalo Robe at the Palace of Music. Contact details reference Joan H. Thomas for handling.
In response to a request, L C Reichenbach announces a preliminary meeting for an upcoming Farmers Institute in Wayne County. The meeting will be held in Wooster at the County Clerk's office on Saturday January 13 at 11 o clock. Attendees will decide convention venues subjects and assign roles including officers and committees for the February 41st and 42nd event at Mansfield State Grange.
CHIAP FUEL and the Light Company announce a January price cut to 3.0 per ton at Works and 4.0 delivered in the city with crushed coke priced 50 cents per ton added. Investigations by local buyers show coke as a cheaper alternative to hard coal based on weight and price comparisons. The notice urges readers to buy a ton or half a ton to test the claim and mentions W Leyburn of L Flatery as involved in the discussion.
The Tribune proclaims itself strongest among readers, pledges unbiased reporting, and supports keeping governance in Republican hands while opposing ring rule and corruption. It commits to continued reform work and aspirational national progress in 1840s style journalism.
The Tribune announces annual premium book gifts for subscribers. Each year the offer presents a choice between receiving the marked edition or the standard edition as the included gift with subscription renewals.
Premium medical guide by eminent physicians of New York and Philadelphia. Wood's Household Practice, 819 and 942 pages, illustrated, cloth bound, price ten dollars. Includes emergency guidance and steps to regain health. Also marketed with WEEKLY TRIBUNE subscriptions and bundles. Circulars available on request.
During 1883 the Tribune offered Ridpath s History of the United States at 753 pages priced new. Subscribers could obtain one year of the Weekly Tribune or Semi Weekly Tribune plus the History for reduced rates with postage paid by the publisher.
The Tribune promotes a multiple volume universal knowledge set and adds editions totaling around 900 pages per volume. It offers subscriptions to the Encyclopedia and weekly Tribune bundles, with five year and one year terms and varying prices for complete works and weekly issues.
A 20 horsepower engine and mill with six months saw work is offered at a low price. Also available is a thoroughbred Durham bull. Contact W H Sicuey for details.
An advertisement touts Palace of Music and Sewing Machine Emporium in Wayne County. John H. Thomas offers pianos organs and sewing machines at low prices with no misrepresentation and safe purchase terms. Baird's Minstrels performed in Wooster to a large audience praising the show as the best visiting organization.
Advertisement describes a dime work titled 1879 England publication on goutaibing pages and offers Concordance and copies of weekly tribune publications. Pricing lists include five or ten copy deals, with yearly rates of seven dollars for five years or one year for multiple copies.
An advertisement promotes Webster's or Worcester's Unabridged Dictionary delivered with newspaper subscriptions. Send $12 for dictionary plus five years of THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE, or $17 for dictionary plus five years of THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, or $19 for dictionary plus one year of THE DAILY FARMBUNE.
Circulars describe the Tribune premiums and state sample copies of the paper are sent free on application. Address simply THE TRIBUNE, New York.
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