Public notice on newspaper subscription law and penalties
A fragmented item outlines subscription rules and penalties for unpaid papers. It notes that publishers may continue sending periodicals until arrears are settled, that moving without notice causes continued billing, and that refusing delivery can be evidence of fraud. It mentions arrest and fines under recent laws for unpaid runs.
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Editorial mocks proposed all night saloon curfew in Cleveland
The Cleveland Leader criticizes a midnight to 4 am closing ordinance as weak and token. laments past anti-saloon deals, suggests enforcement doubts, and argues saloons control city politics, urging stronger action to curb liquor evils.
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Cleveland
George H Billman
P A. Baker
Anti Saloon League
Leader
Mark Hanna
P. A. Baker
Anti- Saloon League
Hong Khong
Ashland's Tilt with the Saloons
Ashland faces a setback as the Anti-Saloon League pushes a prohibitory ordinance. A city council vote failed 1 to 5 with clergy and league leaders present. Ministers clashed with councilmen over saloon ties and conscience before the session ended.
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Ashland
Anti- Saloon League
Anti-Saloon League
Vonal
Tbla
Miniatera
Blood on council hands as churches blamed for saloon influence
The excerpt portrays a heated critique of city politics, accusing churches and churchgoers of tolerating corrupt leaders tied to saloon politics. It questions why church members would support a council aligned with those who fail to uphold morals and stand against drinking.
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Jesus
Pilate
Ashland
Itas Tfe
No Getting Around in Ashland on Local Option Debate
Editorial notes that local option has been a dead failure in Ashland and larger towns, arguing saloons threaten public morals and that revenue from local option is insufficient. The piece claims national liquor policy sustains saloons, and calls for facing two facts: revenue loss and moral decline, with parties tied to liquor interests.
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Ashland Press
Dem
Movement For
Focal Option
Dow Law
Ashland
Rom Diinkere
Governor Bushnell’s Toledo nominating expenses shown
Report lists hotel bill 30.00, decorating room 60, cigars 3.00, carriage hire 60, total 39.60 for securing the nomination at the Republican convention in Toledo. The piece then rails against the party, calling for impeachment and indicting the leadership in harsh terms.
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Bushnell
Toledo
Prohibition Rhetoric and Tariff Talk Stir Millersburg Meeting
The item notes a Democratic Judicial convention in Millersburg. It critiques liquor traffic as social and financial trouble and references tariff debates in Congress. It mentions a Prohibition publication The Better Day from Lawrence County Pennsylvania and its praise for anti liquor efforts.
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Prohibition Executive Committee
Lawrence County
New Wilmington
Fair Land
Modern statesman and saloon tale stir echoes
A narrator recalls a saloon block with basement beer and whiskey, a drinking den, a harlotry nest, and a gambling den upstairs, then compares it to a modern statesman who supposedly shares the same vices, asking who will deny evolution theory.
Equatter sovereignty referenced as failed compromise
The text recalls 1809 equity sovereignty as a failed compromise between liberty and slavery and compares it to local option. It notes neither slaveholders nor abolitionists were satisfied and predicts temperance reformers will be pressured toward prohibition by liquor interests.
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Newby-Pambo
Temperance Alarm Over France's Alcohol Consumption
A Lever article reports an international temperance congress speaker claiming France now leads Europe in yearly liquor consumption and questions advocates of wine and light drinks. The piece notes France as the home of the vineyard with cheap wine and asks why stronger liquor demand rises there.
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France
Europe
Thore
President McKinley and wine at state dinners debated
A critical letter argues the president should not bow to foreign tastes by serving wine at White House dinners. It contends true courtesy means sticking to American abstinence values and criticizes compromise as moral weakness in governance.
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America
Washington
White House
McKinley
Tariffs and temperance loom in old party rant
A fragmentary editorial notes disillusionment with campaign promises and tariff plans. It laments orchard losses from San Jose scale, critiques saloon influence, and hints at Helen Gougar promoting prohibition while targeting Bryan and election prospects.
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Helen Gougar
Bryan
Ree
Voters Favor Cleveland Harrison and McKinley Amid Shifting Times
The text notes voters supported Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland again, and McKinley for better times, contrasting with the public mood elsewhere. It highlights a sequence of political choices and implied optimism before a shift in sentiment.
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Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Lincoln Address on Duty and Right Making Might
A Civil War era quotation from Lincoln stresses doing duty without swayed by false accusations or fear. It urges faith that right makes might and calls for steadfast action toward a just cause.
Prohibitionists debate saloon taxation stance
A speaker contends that 19 Prohibitionists would not accept a saloon tax of 31000 and could have raised the figure ten thousand without changing truth. He likens the Divine Master to bribing conscience and argues the saloon must not exist, nor be funded by public consent.
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Bald
Pice
Burbank Notes Weather Woes And Local Happenings
Rain hampers farmers threatening wheat and hay yields while raspberry season brings cheap fruit at three cents a quart. Cleveland visitors arrive at Mrs Rower's home. A lightning strike damages Kitno residence and Rev Richards reports India missions. A train collision injures Mrs Jacobs but she escapes unharmed. Evangelical service continues after a thunder strike. Miss Cora Miller returns from Codar Valley visit.
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J. L. Hower
Cleveland
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Rower
Korps
Kitno
Boris
Mra. Jacobs
Aukerman
Cherry Gorners
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Mra Jacobs
Rev
Stump
Our Place
Evangelical Church
Homer
Hilo
Cora Miller
Roy Dowling
Codar Valley
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