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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1897
Page
4
A fragment notes the northeast corner of the public square with reference to Downing Street and a local landmark as part of a city grid description. The readable text suggests a street or square focus without a full event or date.
A distant transcription explains a United States Supreme Court decision on newspaper subscriptions. It outlines reader and publisher duties, including renewal when no notice is given, continued delivery with arrears if nonpayment occurs, and liability for forwarding to new addresses. It mentions post office refusals, misdirected issues, and penalties for fraud or theft involving unreturned or unpaid papers.
A Prohibition era voice denounces liquor regulation and asserts that prohibitionists endure despite wholesale opposition. The piece argues liquor traffic brings death and hell, while prohibition survives in many lives and will outlive opponents and the illegal trade.
John G Woolley tours Minnesota delivering addresses starting June 10 at Spring Valley and stopping June 11 at Owatonna June 12 at Rochester and June 14 in Minneapolis. The Christian Endeavor meeting drew over 2,600 despite heat and cold, with young believers planning a temperance organization as evidence of growing Prohibition support.
The piece blasts party leadership for overworking workers and wasting funds on organizers, arguing the Prohibition Party must revive grassroots effort. It laments paid workers and a detached rank and file, urging every man and woman to become an active worker to revive the movement.
A critical column questions the sincerity of Christian voters in Iowa who support political parties fostering saloons and ruin. It denounces church voters and Christian politicians for choices that ruin homes, lives, and morals, urging accountability and a stand against pro drink laws.
Aanbeenber asks the Iowa Common wealth how many counties had saloons before the Wulch law. Thirteen river counties resisted state authority while about fifty counties now have open saloons. Of the thirteen with saloons when prohibition began none complied with the Wulch law. they remained illegal and unregulated. The law is a dead letter in many counties yet opened saloons in thirty seven counties with none before. Democrats and Republicans split, but both oppose prohibition.
Notice from JE. Wannegan Daly general assistant and agent announces trains between Cleveland and Columbus with No. 27 and No. 28 vestibulated sleepers. No. 27 offers a local sleeper Columbus to Cleveland with after 9 p.m. occupancy. No. 28 provides a local sleeper Cleveland to Columbus arriving Columbus 2:15 a.m. and berth occupancy until 7:00 a.m.
Rev T K Dixon denounces corruption with fierce religious rhetoric, pledging to damn the institution and indict it in the name of the murdered past and desolate present. He vows no compromise, urging action to confront widespread venality.
A discussion cites Prof J Holt Schooling on drink as a major insanity factor in Britain with estimates of eight main insanity causes and drink accounting for about one third of cases. The piece also notes Carroll D Wright’s U S study showing 72 percent of county crimes stem from drunkenness and illegal liquor sales, with many offenders acting under liquor’s influence.
The fragment presents a wartime tone urging steadfast duty and belief in rightful action. It quotes Lincoln at the Cooper Union in 1860, urging resistance to sophistry and unfounded accusations while calling for courageous duty. The readable portion hints at moral clarity and resolve.
The fragment compares saloon profits and temperance zeal to infernal crime, claiming no crank could manufacture a varnish like the bloody traffic described. It cites a Wine and Spirit Bulletin and taunts the reader about hellish work, concluding with a taunting note to a rival press.
Rev Sas Jonna rails at ministers and churchgoers for enabling saloons returning to Iowa. He compares saloon money to outlaws like Rube Burrows, arguing clergy should expel drink sellers and warns that God will judge those who restore liquor licenses. He vows he would not vote for such a thing.
A local church directory lists multiple denominations with service times, leaders, and activities. Entries include Methodist Episcopal, Westminster Presbyterian, United Presbyterian, English Lutheran, Bethany Baptist, Reformed Church, St James Episcopal, Disciples Church, Church of God, and others, noting Sunday worship, Sabbath School, youth meetings, prayer meetings, and monthly or weekly gatherings.
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