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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
1
Rev S Ezra Nelkirk delivers a baccalaureate style sermon to the Century Class at the Reformed Church. He speaks on faith, environment, character, and lifelong study, urging students to keep books as they enter life and seek wisdom beyond their own era as they face future doors and unknowns.
A lengthy Prohibition appeal arguing liberty, moral duty, and political action against the saloon. The speaker cites national heritage, religious duty, and civic responsibility, urging Ohio citizens to vote for Prohibition to curb drunkenness and its social costs. It attacks both major parties for inaction and calls for the Prohibition Party as the nation’s saving source.
Community notes span deaths births school news and legal actions. Ellenor Bell 77 dies at Millbrook with burial there. Ada Weiker dies in Shreve age 25 with Cardington burial. Shreve reports teachers hired for next year and a married couple from Wooster start housekeeping. Probate court handles numerous estates with July 6 hearings and guardians named.
The fourth reunion of Wayne County farmers association gathers at the Experiment Station grounds on Saturday June 16 1900 at 10 AM with a basket dinner at noon. An afternoon program includes addresses on station work potato culture and land use plus music and reports.
Court docket lists jury trials for June 6 to 8 with cases including Blair forgery and multiple civil suits. Real estate transfers recorded in Wayne and surrounding townships show numerous warranty and quit claim deeds, deeds of executors, and school district transactions with prices ranging from a few hundred to thousands of dollars.
An old advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for an incurable case. It asserts F J Cheney and Toledo druggists endorse the remedy and claims it treats catarrh internally by affecting blood and mucous surfaces.
Simon Christine aged 83 formerly of Wooster died at his son Thomas's home near Waynesburg Stark Go on May 30. The funeral was held Saturday.
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