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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
2
The notice outlines yearly subscription rates before and after April 1, 1899, and mentions advance payment and copy deadlines. It warns about objectionable advertising and requires proper identification for address changes or communications.
The speaker denounces the saloon as a servant of crime and a silent partner of government, arguing licenses rob patrons of money, health, and virtue. He insists laws fail to curb drinking, minors, Sabbath sales, and late hours, urging youth to fight the saloon for God and neighbor.
In a harsh critique the writer accuses Buffalo of lacking will to control vice, claiming police covenanted with vice and that liquor traffic justifies sacrifices to a modern Moloch, with dollars guiding state reckoning.
In Chauncey M Depew cites 21 years of local observation in Peekskill. He notes that those who drank died or wrecked their families, while churchgoing, thriftier peers own homes and save, contrasting outcomes across social groups.
The article argues that gambling and alcohol ruin men morally, physically, and spiritually, citing prison statistics from Obie penitentiary and a temperance sermon. It notes many prisoners claim drink harmed them or others, and cites a fatal shooting by a drunken man as stark proof of the danger to citizens.
Wooster community lists sales days at Daye in the DC Miller Room and social visits to local families. Mentions illnesses, a poisoning case at a children's home, a rural delivery meeting, and residents’ travel. Knights of Pythias and pastor's sermon in the Lutheran church are noted, with Rey Naftziger named as pastor.
A brief item notes a sales day event held by Wooster Hardware Co in Wooster Ohio. D D Miller Room is mentioned as the venue within the store for the event.
A Monday afternoon blaze at West Salem razed two stables and their contents belonging to Joseph Folger and John Zehner. Investigators traced the fire to a spark from Bishop and Son's saw mill, and flames spread before discovery, leaving nothing salvageable. Maple syrup labels printed at the Herald office.
Reports of surgeries, fires, deaths, and civic matters. Notables include Mrs Latta Yocum's tumor operation, a mobile home fire near Frederickaburg, and several deaths in early March. Also listed are property losses, legal cases, road and rail developments, and local public notices from Wooster and surrounding towns.
An excerpt lists organ specifications including Open Diapason, Flute Harmonique, Oboe, and Pedal movements. It details stops, couplers, tremulants, piston actions, and wind pressure for a showcase by Wooster Hardware Co during Manufacturers' Sales Days on April 3, 4, and 6, 1902 in Wooster, Ohio.
Public auction at Hartzler’s Westernville place on Friday March 3 1802 features John Leatherman David Byler 8 P Hartzler et al property including a yearling heifer wagon farm implements household goods seed potatoes corn fodder and more Sale starts noon cash for $5 and under credit one year with approved security John Gilmore Auctioneer MARRIAGE LICENSES Paul Cronchard Eliza Miller Orrville D Silvia R Shafer Florence A Lilly Wooster
A verbose listing details passenger train connections and sleeping car service between Cleveland and Cincinnati via Columbus and Columbus Union Station. It notes parlor car routes, car occupancy, and daily or weekly operation hints, with times and stations including Alliance, Pittsburgh, Crestline, Chicago, and Indianapolis.
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