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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
2
This notice outlines advertising and subscription terms including a $1 per year rate and April start for subscriptions. It requests a change of address and notes communications will be kept private for editorial information and protection, with nonpublication of certain addresses.
Secretary of State A L White of White Cottage leads the slate alongside Samuel W Danlap of Williamsport for Board of Public Works Picks. District court ties include AL Talcott of Cleveland and Gov A Mace of Greenville with Darko County.
The Prohibition party asserts that national greatness rests on virtuous citizenship and government integrity. It condemns bribery, taxation abuse, and liquor traffic, pledging to legalize prohibition and to elect leaders who will enforce laws for moral and financial welfare, urging voters to support the Prohibition ticket.
All Prohibitionists in Wayna County are urged to attend the County Convention in Bechtel's grove near Jefferson on Friday afternoon July 25. A picnic dinner and speeches by New Reform advocates are planned. A county ticket will be named and a large attendance is expected. Ice cream will be served by the Methodist church dies.
The speaker asks who needs salvation from the saloon and how it can be obtained. He notes drink enslaves thousands and that salvation is needed not only for drunkards but also to curb wasteful traffic and extravagance caused by alcohol.
A speaker argues Christians must reject party loyalty that sustains the liquor trade. Independence from saloon influence is urged to protect government, church, and nation. Each Christian should choose right over party, even if that means forming a new political path and risking personal cost to save the country.
Fragmentary notice from Wooster Ohio mentions a call to Christian manhood to save the country and end the saloon. Dr Elder, eye ear nose throat and spectacles is listed as location or contact.
Smithville reports a string of visits and guests across families. Curtis Yoder and family toured with Post rence in Tamily, while Grandma Sanders of Dalton joined daughter Mrs T C Pontius. Miss Jennie Rhoads and kin visited Creston friends. Erle Brenneman and child toured. Claud Bulman left for work near Pittsburg. Bays of Mt Hope stayed with Rev and Mrs Russell. Bays is a veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars. Lida M West spoke at a grove near Lakefork. Kanoffman, Bowman, and Hutchison guests with Brenneman family. Cora Miller, a Chicago musical student, now visiting Miss Mary Belle Dressler. Harry Baker and Jr. Baker hosted from Orrville. Lunemma, Ethel Roker, and John Hughes visited relatives. Georgetown drew many to hear Rev Ellen King of Ashland Sunday. Overholt of River Styx visited Benj Shuey early week.
A promotional notice for Prof Charles Morrin's volume on Martinique's 1902 disaster claims it as the most thrilling and accurate account. It touts photos, large format pages, and scientific detail, urging agents to act quickly for profitable terms and immediate outfit delivery from Clark & Co. Philadelphia.
Travel information announces excursion tickets at a single fare for round trips to Vernon Ohio for the Ohio Baptist Assembly dates July 21 22 24 26 and 28. Tickets available via Pennsylvania Lines ticket agents with details on fares and conditions.
The Wooster Michigan Sleeping Car line on the Pennsylvania G R J Route extends to Mackinaw City with through service from Wooster to Grand Rapids Petoskey and Mackinaw City. Leaves Wooster 10 55 am central time. Breakfast at Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island and visits to Harbor Springs Wequetonsing Little Traverse Bay Indian Bay and Crooked River area featured. Apply to Geo W Leyda Wooster ticket agent for particulars.
Excursion tickets sold via Pennsylvania Lines to Atlantic City Cape May Avalon Anglesea Holly Beach Ocean City Sea Isle City Wildwood New Jersey Ocean City Maryland and Rehoboth Delaware. Return limit covers ten days vacation. Details from W Leyda, Wooster Ticket Agent.
A single summer excursion will run via Pennsylvania Lines to ten Atlantic coast resorts on July 31. Round trip tickets with through car service will be offered to Atlantic City May Rehoboth Ocean City and Wildwood among others. Return validity is ten days. Inquiries directed to ticket agent G W Leyda Wooster Ohio.
Reduced fares apply to local excursions and select events with Pennsylvania Lines. Special rates cover trips to Lacome Wab Portland July 16–20 for YPOU Annual Meeting, to San Francisco or Los Angeles for Presbyteriad Church gathering, and to Salt Lake City for Grand Lodge reunion with dates July 6–8.
A recent Pennsyllvania Special run from Alliance to Pittsburg covered 83.2 miles in 1 hour 30 minutes and showed speeds from 63 to 78 mph on upgrades. The test hints at possible 16 to 18 hour Chicago to New York service with higher speeds and improved equipment.
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