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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1883
Page
4
A condensed platform calling for constitutional and statutory prohibition of intoxicating beverages, enforcing all laws without fear or favor, civil service reform, prudent use of public funds, and a free ballot free of machine influence, fraud, or boss control.
Citizens urged to aid prosecutors by naming witnesses of violations with full details and before sessions, to ensure indictments. The piece emphasizes non anonymity, proper process, and equal treatment, noting safeguards and penalties for failed prosecutions and the need to bring criminals to punishment. It also reports a Iowa Supreme Court ruling voiding a prohibitory constitutional amendment after procedural irregularities in its adoption.
The piece recalls a string of disasters and tragedies from January 1883 worldwide and in the United States, noting floods, fires, village destructions, hotel fires, a serious train wreck near Tebicipa California, and the sinking of the Cambria with heavy loss of life, while tying these events to the Prohibition debate in Iowa.
The article catalogs multiple alcohol linked incidents across Ohio including burnings drownings and stabbings. It cites a Cleveland saloonkeeper Davig and mentions a fatal hotel fire Milwaukee Newhall House and liquor trade consequences. It ends by urging reader support for the Herald and advertising a free book offer.
Prices listed include values for wheat, rye, oats, corn, barley, timothy seed and lower seed per bushel or per ton. Additional figures show flax seed per bushel, salt per barrel and wood per cord with bids in per unit terms.
The paper notes continued winning reviews for its improved appearance and wide variety of content. It cites a growing subscription list as proof of appreciation for a clean, respectable family newspaper each week.
Marriages: John W. Seaver to Alva J. Howts both of Doylestown Ohio on January 24 1883. Mary A Keck to Frank E Snyder of Wayne County on December 27 1882. Amos Steele to Mary I Keck of Marshallville Ohio on January 21 1883. Will Frary to Libbie McBride of Burbank Wayne Co Ohio on January 23 1883.
An OCR fragment lists Cascara cordial Red clover and Blood cleaner for diseases of the blood plus sprains cuts rheumatism and a cholera balm. It reads like a period medicinal advertisement with terse product names and uses.
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