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Newspaper

Wayne County Herald

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 29, 1902

Page

2

Ad Rates and Subscription Notice for East Corner Press

The notice outlines subscription terms per year with rates before and after April, and advertising space pricing. It notes publishing address near Publin Square, handling changes of address, and that communications require sender name and return postage.

Pusat Umes Woustar Nonth East Publin Square Downing Block Hxaato Tueaday Thia Fesreig Addaexa

Wooster Farmers Endorse Move to Curb Saloons

Farmers in Wooster express hope the town will close saloons to protect youths and uphold safety. They argue that sobriety supports decent conduct and reduces insults to girls, urging action on the drinking establishments.

Wooster

Wooster Citizens Circulate Beall Law Election Petition

Wooster residents push a petition under the Beall Law seeking an election. They report good progress but note that 26 percent of the voters are required to trigger an election, with efforts continuing to gather support.

Wooster Two

Businessmen sign petition urging vote against saloon

A group of local businessmen sign a petition and urge the public to vote against the saloon. The appeal cites backbone in facing liquor interests and invokes the legacy of Hale Johnson, urging Wooster citizens to vote with conscience and resist crime and misery associated with alcohol.

Hale Johnson Wooster

Beall Law Enforcement in Wooatar Questioned After Dry Cambridge

Readers hear debate over Beall law in Wooatar. Cambridge recently went dry after a vigorous fight. Detectives investigated liquor law breaking, the grand jury returned 426 indictments, and trials resulted in fines from 100 to 500 dollars. Some suspects promised to quit and leave the county.

Wooatar Cambridge Bales Ely Finea Weeater

The Saloon and Prohibition Debate In Bosfort Circular

A Bosfort Wine and Spirit Circular review argues abandoning the saloon to prevent liquor prohibition. It condemns the average saloon as a public nuisance and a menace in towns and the South, fueling drunkenness and disorder, urging the trade to reject defending it.

Bosfort New York

Abolish Prohibition Opponents Urge Temperate Trade Shift

T W Powderly and Religious Telescope publish a campaign denouncing saloons and urging a licensed, accountable liquor trade. They argue against open temptation, warn of ruin to families and communities, and call for character standards and public reform to replace the saloon with lawful commerce.

Hell

Thanksgiving Service Planned At Reformed Church

The union Thanksgiving Service will be held Thursday at 10 o'clock at the Reformed church under Pastor Rev S Ezra Neikirk. Rev John H Deeds will preach. local pastors take part. The President commands observance by Divine worship. All are invited to attend. Come on time.

Reformed Church S Ezra Neikirk John H Deeds

Nellie Vaughn Joins Saunders Concert Company

Nellie Loulee Vaughn of Wooster, now in Detroit, joins the Nellie Peck Saunders Concert Company as second contralto. She has been soloist at Forest Ave Presbyterian Church for a year and studied under Samuel Richard Gaines who praises her deep rich voice with striking intensity and lacks masculine tones.

Detroit Free Press Nellie Loulee Vaughn Wooster Nellie Loutee Vughan Nellie Peck Saunders Miss Vaughn Forest Ave Presbyterian Church Ladies’ Quartet Saunders Company Samuel Richard Gaines

Orrville Local Notes and Nearby Incidents

Short items from Orrville and nearby towns report social, legal, and minor events. A wreck near Wooster, remodeling plans for the Metropolitan block, a horse accident injuring Thomas Edwardson, and the Traction engine damage verdict of 680.50 appear alongside police arrests, sheep injuries from dogs, and church leaders reviewing saloon closure in Orrville.

Whitman Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway

Thanksgiving notices and local visits in Orrville and Wooster

Orrville and Wooster residents visited family members and attended services. Miss Dessa Swanger's return from Olivenburg. Mr J Miller of Cincinnati visited. Mrs Dick of Michigan stayed with Daniel Shelly. A harvest home service at the Lutheran church featured light bearers and choir anthems. Thanksgiving dinners and sermons planned at Lutheran and Methodist parsonages and churches.

T Swanger Petterman Orrvile Mias Clara Derr Sonedecker Curtis Yoder Ransell Orrville Daisy Derr Martha Sellers Wooster David Derr Henry Rhoads P. Rhoads Creaton Dessa Swanger Olivenburg J. Miller Cincinnati Michigan Daniel Shelly Lutheran Church Naftzger

Dedication Meeting Sets Plans for New University Buildings

A Monday gathering at the Mayor’s office formed the dedication committee for the new university buildings. Walter D Foss led the meeting with various subcommittees appointed for reception, press, decorations, music, carriage, and luncheon tasks, urging broad public participation and church notices.

Walter D Foss Board of Trade George Schwatz Holdan Ad Strodsei LH. Severance Cleveland Hotegraph W Z@ Bennett George Kettler W D Foss H Dawson Carriagea C.ol Gray Robin Taylor Johnson Sweeny David Nice I N Kincey Jease McClellan M M van Nest J G Sanborn Luscheon George J Schwartz Jamea A '‘Shamp Warren Kelater WC Myers George Koutler J F Marchand Quintio Gravatt C E Hoffman O A Hills D D Albert Shupe J G~ Sanborn John F Barrett S G Gill Gua Unger F Ankley J S Eakin Henry Boleprain J 8 McCoy A. J Fredrick J B Minter Julian Thiester Charles Haupert Holden D. D Smith Board of Educating TL A

Long Wait in Anteroom Delivers a Bill

In an anteroom a physician asks who waited the longest as Tallor recalls delivering clothes three years ago. The scene contrasts patient patience with a society that struggles to blame or forgive actions, reflecting the Indianapolis News’ cautionary tone.

Tallor

Exchange over bread and butter sparks chatty quips

In a light exchange the Pittsburg Press notes patrons query about dating a chicken’s death while Walter refuses to provide dates, citing only bread and butter. Clarence jokes about money and common sense as Uncle Henry and others join in.

Walter Pittsburg Press Henry Clarence Boaton

He Knew Her Reggie at Night In Your Eyes Tonight

The dialogue hints at a nostalgic romance with a sense of old time affection. A couple speaks in intimate tones about love and desire amid memories of past days and present longing.

Reggie

Would Surely Raine Reverse

Editorial argues licensing fools would reduce taxes and maintain the surplus under a single tax system as proposed by the Monterrey California Independent.

Montesano

Cryptic Philanthropist Speaks In Odd Mr. Diction

Fragmentary overheard speech shows a titled elderly benefactor offering a coin to a child. The odd phrasing hints at eccentric manners or a humorous coin toss exchange. No clear place date or organization is identified in the readable text.

Akep

Yorkshire Men's Fingers Joke From Pearson's

A joke about a Yorkshire and Lancashire man discussing finding a Yorkshire man’s lost fingers. The foreman tricks searchers by tossing a shilling into the sawdust, causing the missing fingers to pop up, illustrating a mischievous method to locate them.

Yorkshire Lancashire Bill Yorkshire Dan Dan Pearson

Modern Surgery and the Sterile Surgeon’s Precautions

A detailed portrait of the sterile operating theater where the surgeon, fully covered in a head to toe sterilized gown and gloves, enters through an anteroom after cleansing. Attendants in the sterilizing room assist him with sterile attire and no human contact accompanies the process.

Sahryen New York Press Colar Hla Alice

Change Across Generations and the Fate of Languages

John Fiske discusses how cultures evolve as older generations die away and younger ones rise. He cites the Cornish language as an example, noting Dolly Dentreath's death in Cornwall ended fluent Cornish, rendering it a dead language.

Dolly Dentreath Cornwall John Fiske Harper's

Smart Walking as Medicine for Fatigue and Toxin Build Up

The piece argues that fatigue and a sense of emptiness among business men stem from toxin buildup. It praises two meals daily and active exercise, especially walking, as preventive. It cautions that walking should be purposeful, not merely sauntering, and suggests brisk, intelligent walking as effective.

Orkney Islands Constituency Boasts Sparse Voter Reach

The Orkneys contain a single member in Parliament, with 60 inhabited lands and a voting body over 90 000 people. Norse gifts once secured a queen's dower, never redeemed, while voters must travel by boat up to eight miles to reach polls.

Orkney Orkneys Norway England

Do It Now Motto Guides Post Office Bureau Chief

The head of the stationery bureau of the post office department keeps a motto over his desk. Do it now is his directive, arguing that acting promptly avoids bearing the burden of delays and removing unnecessary tasks by meeting the real need quickly.

Post Office Department Deak

Truth and craft in a restless life of wit

A reflective piece on truth aligned with steel like resolve. It argues truth remains constant, always near and ready to surface, while life tests a man’s cleverness, forcing invention to adapt under pressure. The quote contrasts simple truth with the burdens of creating convincing tricks.

A Glimpse of Public Voices and Witty Quips

A column notes editorials and quotable lines from Bazoo Bugle-Go and New York Weekly. It reports a New York Weekly remark on human nature and provides humorous exchanges about a surgeon son and a hungry man praising appetite.

Colonel Gore New York Weekly

Good Reason Exhibit Sparks Family Debate

A fragment shows a heated exchange about supporting a daughter with questions of responsibility and capability. The dialogue hints at tension within a family or community dispute over resources and care.

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