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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1902
Page
2
Prohibitionists in Wayne County report strong attendances at rallies with Dr. Hickok Rev J H Deeds and Daniel Harter leading efforts. Speakers argue the saloon harms finances, morality, and families while Christians wake to conscience over party machines.
Friday evening October 31 the ME church parlor in Burbank hosted a warm welcome for Rev and Mrs Hoak. The decorated room featured palms and chrysanthemums. Guests enjoyed chats, refreshments, and choir songs as they recalled his Civil War battlefield talks from a Washington DC GAR encampment and Virginia tours taken during his recent vacation. The event closed around 10:30 with continued merriment among attendees.
The report lists property sale at $2500 for the 18 acre D E Livengood farm south of Wooster, pension increases for Zenas Fook and Crish Clause, multiple obituaries including Thonas W Phillipen and David Lohman, marriages such as Miss Margaret Arline Webb and Edward Proct, and various local events. Also notes about Anna Ada Conrad suffering a foot injury and a Justice-related divorce petition by Minors Canfield.
Three linemen from Millersburg Wooster and Orrville Telephone Co were injured on Vine Street Tuesday evening. James Kean and Thomas Gunn of Cleveland and Charles McNiel of Sapduaky sustained serious wounds while fastening a guy wire, Kean breaking his left wrist and several ribs, Gunn receiving a deep neck cut and other injuries, Mortel struck on the head above the right eye after falling on a barbed wire fence.
Voters in Wa ne county backed the Democratic slate as results trickle in. Unofficial totals list several races with Democrats leading, including Secretary of State Herbert Biglaow and Sheriff Armstrong Brown. Republicans win the circuit judge race with Thomas McCarthy defeating M Douglass by about 1500 votes.
Ainslee's Magazine asserts in its essay that in England a wife is a partner to her husband sharing labor and fortune. She manages the household like a chancellor of the exchequer, studies public questions, writes letters, and supports her husband’s ambitions. The article notes rare sentiment after the first year, but a lasting unity of purpose grows.
Dr Huot, recently returned from Cleveland where part of his left foot was amputated, underwent a second operation last Saturday after Toaleg was found severely diseased and amputated between knee and hip. Surgeons Dudley P Allen and R A Breckno led the procedure with anesthesia by Kate Johnson and L A Yocum. Postoperative condition deemed satisfactory. officials hope disease progression is halted.
The Cleveland Leader reports Q C Culley died Monday November 3 at his son John L Culley’s residence 124 Handy Street. Born July 4 1820 in Mohican town Ty AIA van Onia he learned cabinet making in Erie County. He helped develop early rail and timber processing equipment and was father to George Culley and FLW Culley. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 9:30 am and interment followed in Ashtabula.
A dialogue unfolds where an amateur detective claims he can read occupation from looks and dress, insisting a man opposite is a barber as a butcher, while his skeptical friend corrects him, noting the other man’s whitened shave.
The 1751 Gentleman's Magazine recounts Richard Carson of Hay Herefordshire believed dead. A doctor said he lived and forbade burial, but kin ignored it. The grave was opened. the body showed profuse sweat and nosebleed, but he could not be revived and died soon after.
A narrative recounts Dr Talmage visiting his lawyer where two parishioners discuss private legal matters. The lawyer asks if they are black sheep or white, to which the doctor replies he cannot tell yet but suspects they will be rejected if they stay much longer.
Very sad remarks relay a wry Chicago Post observation on marriage norms. A cross of opinions about training spouses leads to a fraught domestic scene with lasting consequences.
The Jama or Hama pack animal, common near La Paz at alta altitude, travels farther with less food than the burro and carries up to 160 pounds. It kneels to load and will not rise if weight exceeds 150 pounds, requiring even distribution across its back.
A doctor touts grape juice as a health tonic that dissolves gravel cleanses the system and improves digestion. He claims it restores stomach and bowels to health benefits even the consumptive gains fresh life and rich blood from daily tumblerful use.
The article outlines the extreme rapidity of lightning, noting a rash lasts far less than a millonth part of a second and the eye needs a tenth of a second to fully perceive light, leaving only a faint idea of its brilliancy.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers excursion fares from local stations west of the Ohio River to Chicago Indiana for the Third International Live Stock Exposition. Fare is one fare plus 200 for the round trip, tickets valid for return until December 7.
A whimsical exchange in Town and Country features the oil remarking on waning shine and the wick confiding that Miss Maude rejected it due to the arrival of a young Ampleton. The vignette hints at social dynamics and local romance.
A murky Wall Street exchange chatter questions whether the market will rise or fall. A playful exchange suggests mixed signals as participants weigh bulls and bears amid shifting sentiment.
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