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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
6
In a tangled report from a New Jersey town near Philadelphia, farmers face rising costs to haul crops and a state inquiry over agricultural pricing. The long narrative recalls a coin forgery case, with bankers and keepers testing a gold piece for authenticity. A separate section outlines a 1905 era adulteration law and its public display penalty for violators.
The article describes a process for making tree sack material from a tree species, detailing cutting a BRAPEH sized to the IUN, beating to separate fiber, turning the bark sack inside out, and salting down to the woolly core, noting these sacks are widely used in Western Tudla.
A naturalist notes elephants stamp and wake up in captivity yet lie down in the jungle where they feel at home. He links this to confidence in keepers and to the emotional appeal shown by different groups of elephants not having time to pine.
The Ohio Democratic State convention in Columbus chose Horace J. Chapman for governor with Melville D Shaw as lieutenant governor and James F Wilson nominated for state treasurer. The gathering, held in the new Columbus auditorium, debated silver policy, anti trust planks, and party platforms amid large turnout and lively speeches.
A Philadelphia era letter from a Pennsylvania grocer depicts daily purchases that would sustain a household for a year, illustrating how small daily sums spent on liquor can powerfully strain families. The piece argues saloons encourage theft, ruin, and dependency, urging citizens to oppose habitual drinking and its political support. It cites Boston saloons robbing men of money and clothes and links the temperance cause to moral reform, industry protection, and public welfare.
National Dairy Union declares war on butter substitutes and plans to politically crush butterine in the West. The movement mobilizes farmers, creameries, and dairy workers across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Indiana Kansas Michigan Nebraska and other states to push legislation and fund a campaign to ban colored butter substitutes. The initiative links dairy profits to political effort, aiming to remove butterine from market and influence national policy.
Horace Goesspeaks outlines a bimetallic currency proposal in response to queries. He argues a gold and silver backed system could redeem notes while avoiding a costly gold reserve and preserves broad money stability. The report also notes a U S Court of Claims decision on the La Abra case and a donation of 315000 dollars in books to the Newberry Library.
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