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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1897
Page
4
A torn notice explains post office and subscription law. It warns subscribers that failure to cancel with notice may keep them liable for arrears and continued delivery. Publishers may collect until debts are paid and courts uphold removal only after proper action. Fraud penalties for nonpayment are cited.
The piece rails against Prohibition critics and liquor interests, arguing rum traffic dominates American politics and harms the poor. It urges a return to principled temperance, condemns concessions to “middle ground” approaches, and cites Lincoln and the Anti Saloon League while warning Republicans to nominate a clean representative or face scrutiny.
A grocer's note to a buyer outlines a yearly order of staple goods totaling many items from flour and sugar to tea and soap. He reflects that saving 20 cents a day on liquor could fund a family’s full pantry for a year, contrasting merchant credit risk with saloon revenue and calling for economic choices.
A faith driven exhortation urges perseverance and patient action for a righteous cause, promising eventual victory if God is trusted and work continues. A second item reports the death of James P Harian near Moorestown New Jersey, once a prominent lawyer, killed by a train while residing at the almahouse amid liquor problems.
The Cleveland Leader denounces all night saloons as headquarters for footpads burglars and highwaymen asserting Chief Corner backs a midnight to 4am closure as a tool to curb crime. It condemns partial reforms while calling for a full 24 hour shutdown to eliminate criminal havens.
A harsh anti establishment sermon denounces the political order and calls for arraignment, impeachment, and indictment of the governing parties. The speaker invokes past butchered kings and desolation to argue for drastic action against corruption.
A Sunday school teacher printed slips asking what to be thankful for. A child answered with sobering honesty that she is thankful there are no saloons in heaven. The piece questions worldly temptations and references prayer for God's will on earth as in heaven.
A writer decries daily drunkenness and saloon liquor deliveries as a public health menace. They argue beer and whiskey poison bodies, ruin families, threaten public peace, and justify strict prohibitory laws to protect the common welfare and prevent disease and crime.
A prosaic, fiery appeal condemns impure water, tainted foods, and legalized drinking establishments. It laments hog pens in city streets, argues health and safety are tied to public morals, and urges state action with a $350 sale offer to fund enforcement and cleanup.
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