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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
4
The page fragment cites Beal law limits on express liquor shipments to dry towns, notes Harrison County Ohio inmates, Cadiz wealth, and comments on land values and drinking culture. It mocks prohibition era economics and urges savings amid dry-town restrictions.
A Wooster business advocate argues a dry vote would shift over 126000 dollars yearly from saloons to local merchants. The piece details liquor shipments, saloon expenses, and potential boosts to rent, furniture, clothing, groceries, and charity if sales were redirected to legitimate businesses.
Amid Wooster’s 6000 residents 18 saloons yield 2700 to 2700 in levies and fund infirmary farm and children’s home costs. If saloons closed the tax would drop but 1800–2700 residents would bear higher dues. critics argue removing them saves money and harms none.
In Wooster readers meet Jimmie, son of a saloon keeper, who bears the stigma of his father’s trade while striving to prove his own worth. He remains loyal yet longs for a life free of the family business as peers drift toward brighter futures.
Dr Irons a former Wooster pastor now resident in Xenia reports Xenia as a dry town. He boasts that business men welcome it and asserts temperance work has been thorough with smugglers and sly sellers punished. Dated May 25 1903.
A local voter argues Wooster should become dry despite Wooster township remaining wet for two more years. He warns saloons may relocate there to evade prohibition and urges residents to vote for a clean town now, fearing enforcement and Sunday sales pressure.
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