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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1903
Page
2
The piece argues that a candidate who claims friendship with temperance groups and appeals to saloon interests without opposing their petition is a duplicitous tactic. It condemns such figures for trying to carry water on two shoulders and deserves no support.
Local tensions flare as saloon interests clash with temperance advocates in Wooster. The dispute centers on free speech forministers and a push to keep municipal politics nonpartisan amid cross‑party candidates and calls for lawful action.
The temperance independent movement shifts from caution to active policy as saloon fears drive new political moves. Local factions weigh consequences as public temperance efforts gain traction and challenge established interests.
A critic questions how the world can respect a man who openly seeks support for the saloon and notes unrest within the church over men’s influence and power.
Rev F M Hickoh opened with prayer as Captain Joseph Meltel land spoke in Wooster about life forty years ago. He noted saloons and drinking then and now, citing Captain Clelland who returned from Cedar Rapids to Wooster to find the same conditions persisting.
A forceful oration recounts the dangers facing Wooster youths amid alcohol and vice. The speaker recalls friends who died or suffered, warns that saloons threaten moral wreckage, and urges collective action to shield young men from ruin.
Delegates at Wirthwerpas Hall in Columbus gathered for a four perches course on liquidity and sales tactics. The session titled How to hold up the Siam Warness offered practical suggestions to improve dealer operations and compliance.
A speech warns that consuming limits on drink will hurt families and businesses. It argues early moral work among boys forms lifelong habits, urging penny offerings now to secure future profits and prevent hunger. The speaker emphasizes appetite creation as economic strategy.
Essay fragment discusses courage of conviction and the sweetest part of life. It asserts that being right and knowing it defines living, with emphasis on inner certainty over external validation. The tone resembles reflective aphorism from a historical column.
A satirical line notes the devil finding vanity in a church pillar to tease a seat as vice president of an old party meeting. The quip suggests he will recruit the proud target for any dirty political task.
The article outlines the Wane Stark Bicounty Teachers' Association meeting at Canton on April 10-11 with speakers from University of Chicago and Wooster College. It notes topics on high school aging, arithmetic reading, music, and school classifications, plus a closing sale at D Nices. It lists marriage licenses and a closing out sale with various items and prices.
Promoter A T Cook of Hydes Park hawks temperance seeds with promises of better measure, premiums, discounts and large packets. He claims tobacco seeds are not sold and urges readers to write for a sample packet in exchange for a dime or 12 cents in stamps.
In a contested will, a witness testifies about the testator’s appearance and habits. The cross examination probes intimate knowledge, culminating with a wry admission that the witness had never seen the testator and had married his widow.
A historical look at early sleds made from barrel staves nicknamed stampers and skippers, their rigid riders, and the shift to paired staves for stability. It also notes 19th century umbrella heaviness, oilcloth coverings, and a Bernard Shaw anecdote about a lone booer in London.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls an elderly woman astonished by electricity in town. She visits a grocer and asks how to make the glow, joking about candles and paraffin. The shopkeeper explains it runs on a series of electric currents.
A snippet explains that moist air is lighter than dry air at equal conditions and discusses how vapor reduces density in a mixture. In a Kansas town a butcher and a customer rolled on a sawdust floor. the customer came to buy dog meat and the butcher asked if it should be eaten there or wrapped.
Reduced fares via Pennsylvania Lines for multiple excursions to Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Northwest New Orleans St Louis Los Angeles and San Francisco with dates in March April May June and July linked to national associations churches and unions. Tickets cover home seekers medical and educational events and are tied to conventions and assemblies across the United States.
Baltimore and Ohio offers cheap homeseekers and colonist rates to southern western and northwest points. Tickets on sale flat and third Tuesdays of each month through April 21 1903. Inquiries at BO and QO ticket agents or with M G Carrel D P A Cleveland Ohio.
Baltiotery Ohio Railroad announces sale of excursion tickets from stations west of the Ohio River to New Orleans at a single fare for round trip. Tickets valid return to April 19, extendable to April 30 with depot payment. Colonial and Pacific route tickets also offered to western points via Pennsylvania Lines.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a morning block near Bowman Road and Beas Avenue in Wooster with unclear names and details. The readable bits mention a loss and a potential event but lack concrete dates or entities. Further context is unreadable.
Notice declares the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church North America and associated boards filed in Wayne County Common Pleas Ohio for an order to set a time in Wooster for a 1608 distribution of proceeds under the last will and testament of George Hendrann. Attorneys Mahlon Quach and the boards are named in the filing dated March 131d 190%.
Paragraph dialogue reveals a courtship conflict as Miss Flash inherits a father’s wishes while asserting a fiancé arrangement with Mr. Foreman. The Richmond Dispatch reports on social maneuvering surrounding inheritance and engagements in a historic setting.
A clipped quip from Galveston News notes a playful exchange about meaning in a song lyric and a warning that an epitaph comes too late. The passage humorously contrasts poetic restraint with public display.
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