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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1902
Page
2
Notices outline subscription terms and editorial correspondence, urging readers to send payments and addresses. The piece emphasizes civic sentiment, moral questions, and Beall Law petition drives as Wooster contemplates elections and local reform.
A Wooster citizen argues closing seventeen saloons would reduce bloodshed and improve business. He cites Shreve West Salem Orrville and nearby towns shutting their doors on drink, asserting merchants lose 80 000 annually to bars and would gain legitimate commerce if Wooster went dry.
Amid Wooster tensions a group of church fathers in good standing oppose the saloon to protect town life and youth. They fear the establishment will draw boys to the bar and erode moral order.
A public exhortation warns that open saloons imperil every home and calls citizens to act with moral courage. The plea urges individuals to judge by higher standards and choose virtue over temptation, invoking divine witness to fuel the resolve.
A historical sermon card lists thirteen arguments for temperance, citing health, mental clarity, social impact, church welfare, personal influence on drinkers, moral renewal, and divine glory. It argues alcohol harms minds, families, and society, and promotes sobriety as a path to evangelization and heavenly aid.
A guest objects to missing soup on the menu and the waiter explains the issue was caused at a different table. The banter unfolds as a light dining room exchange reported by the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
A sketch of Scheveningen life highlights a village breakfast of sweet rye bread and fresh herring, a dutch lunch of rye bread and cheese with rich milk, and scenes of morning milk carts. It notes maidens in smocks, the bright barrels, and a celebrated cleaning spray used on windows and shutters.
The article recounts Lully's invention of the conductor baton after evolving from foot tapping. It notes a fatal wound from a six foot pole and the baton’s influence on modern conducting. A second fragment describes a hunter’s fox chase on ice and a dog pursuing it, ending with the dog vanishing in the water.
A humorous misreading of a domestic quarrel where Catalant’s piano remains unchanged after a carpenter allegedly cuts two inches from each leg. The wife urges adjustment while the husband, portrayed as stupid, accepts the claim with a soothing remark.
A kind hearted old gentleman consoles a crying boy who explains he was struck after Billy Wells bit him, then again after telling his father the first bite, revealing a cycle of blame and punishment.
Sailors use a simple test to judge new fish varieties. A bright silver coin is boiled with the fish water. if the coin keeps its color the fish is deemed good to eat, but if it darkens the fish is rejected.
Secretary of State Laylin lists 71 Ohio municipalities still classified as cities under the new municipal law. The roster includes Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Dayton Akron Youngstown Canton Springfield Ashtabula Chillicothe East Liverpool Findlay Hamilton Ironton Lima Lorain Mansfield Mari etta Marion Newark Massillon Piqua Portsmouth Sandusky Steubenville Tiffin Zanesville Alliance Bellaire Bellefontaine Bowling Green Bucyrus Cambridge Canal Dover Circleville Conneaut Coshocton Defiance Delaware Elyria Fostoria Fremont Galion Glennville Gallipolis Greenville Kenton Lancaster Martins Ferry Middletown Mt. Vernon Nelsonville New Philadelphia Newberg Niles Norwalk Norwood Paines.
A sequence of place names includes ville Marys Salem Sidney Joy Urbana rt 4 ington C. H. Warren Wellston Wellsville Wooster and Xenia, indicating a regional focus across multiple communities.
The record shows 12 336 votes for Neade of Varions Tickets at the polls in Beets, Ohio. Secretary of State received 811,467 votes, with total votes 880,131 and 97.7 percent for the head of the ticket. The passage notes the distribution among candidates for the various offices.
Several probate items including administrators appointed for Isaac Jobe John Long Sylvanius Craig and others. Real estate sales orders bonds filed executors and guardians accounts hearings set for January 2 and November 24. Emma E Moore adjudged insane and committed to Massillon State Hospital.
The Wooster campus prepares a December 11 dedication program with notable educational speakers. Local items include Miss Lena Swineford’s Olivesburg visit, Miss Carrie Harrold with her parents in Daktor, and Rev. James Houston returning from Brazil. The Wooster Denison game ends tied 6–6, with a home match against Otterbein upcoming. New campus buildings are named Kauke Hall Severance Hall Scovel Hall Taylor Hall. Cincinnati Enquirer notes Rev. Frederick N. McMillin as a pastor candidate with Wooster ties.
Charles E Foreman of Arlington was found intoxicated and slightly injured near a gas plant Tuesday evening. He was taken to the city prison for the night and released Wednesday morning. He claimed to have wandered the railway track and fallen from Henry Street bridge. He said he was headed to West Salons to work in a hoop factory.
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