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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1899
Page
4
The text argues against saloon politics as a Prohibition ballot looms, citing Matt Quay's defeat, a local death, and faith without action as insufficient to ban the saloon. It questions President McKinley's stance, condemns licensing, and laments the flag flying over the canteen, urging Christians to vote for temperance and protect liberty.
A tense scene at a foreign port ends with the American consul stepping forward to shield a citizen. He wrapped the flag around the man, halting the violence and saving the life as the mob recoiled. Back of that flag there stands a promise of protection.
A fragmented reflection laments the reach of strong government power and the flag, claiming people seek protection from moral decay. The speaker urges Christian voters to act in prayerful unity to end the perceived threat to home and happiness.
The Teachers Reading Circle meeting scheduled for Saturday February 11 was postponed due to bad weather. About two dozen teachers attended. topics included pedagogy, political history in schools, nature lessons, and reading circle protocols. Township secretaries urged to encourage attendance. a first speaker limit of fifteen minutes was noted. The notice also promotes Dr Krog's New Discovery for bronchial illness with a money back guarantee.
The Wooster based event features the Lady Mandolin Club of Wooster New Pittsburgh Glee Club in sessions Monday morning afternoon and evening. Readings by R M McCoy and music by local quartettes amid lectures on dairy cattle hog profitability and wheat raising. Noted speakers include Prof W A Kellerman and Prof J Fremont Hickman with Joseph Troxel and G Sidle contributing.
A two day event features lectures on fertility farming and garden usefulness, recitations by Forest Irenius Belykeraof, and addresses by N A Craig and Sv O Yoat. Notable musical items include Local Holo and Mrs J O Campbell. The program includes elections of officers and a session on preserving Wooster-Preserving Company goals.
A university bulletin reports gymnasium heating upgrades, a damaged wind-twisted structure on campus, and student notices. It notes staff changes, illness recoveries, and sermons by visiting ministers, plus local weather storms affecting events and a drowning scare near Perrynville with Wooster students involved.
H N Mateer M D announces specialty in diseases of Digestive Organs Blood Liver Kidneys and Lungs. Offers examinations of blood stomach fluid urine sputum as aids to diagnosis. Office Oxvier and Reamesce 60 E Bowman St. Ovince Hours 12 to 2 and GroSP mM. Telephone 16.
News from Smithville notes crows appearing on January 13 1899 and a series of local events. Obituaries mention Mrs Jan Walmer and Mrs Margaret Mellinger with details of church burial and family histories. Weather and illnesses, a wedding of Fred Mindler and Misa Amanda Hall, and various travel and social notices fill the column.
An OCR fragment describes connections on Main Line Chicago with focal points at Holmenville Mule No 101 and Loch land local points. It mentions Wo 108 connections east Wooster Bradclt and daily traing ratios. Messing Agent at Woo referenced.
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