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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
4
The notice explains U.S. postal and publishing rules for periodicals. It covers active subscribers, discontinuations, unpaid bills, and liability when papers are sent to former addresses. It warns about presumed intent when a subscriber fails to respond and notes penalties for fraud and nonpayment.
A Washington letter questions tariff and prosperity claims while railing at McKinley era wine at state dinners. Prohibitionists in Wayne County back Harvey Baker for State Legislature, arguing for a hard liquor ban under the state constitution amid a wave of political critique and church member concerns.
A tirade arguing against regulation of liquor sales. The author condemns licensing and taxation as ineffective, insisting only total opposition to the liquor trade yields victory. The piece warns that regulated saloons remain a path to vice and insists on unwavering anti liquor lines.
The author denounces church leaders, editors, and ministers for complicity with political corruption, urging a moral purge and aggressive Christian action to reform politics. It cites the New York Tribune and Archbishop Canterbury, laments urban vice, calls for spiritual resistance, and contrasts historic reformers with current failures. The letter references Talmage, Cooke, and other figures, and ends by opposing temperance coalition efforts in Wayne County.
A cryptic tenet surfaces in a dated fragment, condemning a political institution as corrupt. The author vows to indict and attack, invoking the dead and present desolation, and rejects any compromise short of ultimate destruction.
A historic critique asserts that Iowa’s Town Prohibition died in 1894 through a Republican-dominated legislature and a GOP governor. The piece links party power to the repeal viamulct and manufacturers bills, denounces McKinley era temperance politics, and laments saloon influence on policy and revenue. It references figures like Mark Hanna and calls for accountability, warning against civil and labor harms from alcohol.
Washington July 3 A bill introduced by Hoo John J Lantz proposes a pension to every soldier who served between March 4 1861 and July 5 1865 at one cent per day with a minimum of eight dollars per month. Widows and minor children of eligible soldiers would receive twelve dollars monthly during widowhood and two dollars per month for certain dependents. The bill limits agent fees to ten dollars and directs pensions through the commissioner of pensions. The measure, referred to the committee on invalid pensions, aims to reduce clerical costs while increasing support for veterans. The article also notes debate on anti saloon measures and Cleveland policing issues in a separate local commentary.
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