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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1885
Page
3
A speaker recalls pleas to stay in a homeland valley as memories of olive vines and warm sun rise. Despite imagining foreign bloom, the speaker vows to return to the familiar valley dim with pines where old loves and old faiths may be rekindled.
At a Westville picnic the rich heiress Capitola Stern flirted with Dr. Claude Aultman and the plain Dr. John Benton. A cliff edge accident leads Benton to save Capitola and Aultman. Benton is burned while rescuing a violent patient from the asylum fire and is later celebrated as a hero. Capitola cares for him as he recovers and they marry.
A Denver Opinion quips about a suburban trucker setting winter crops. The tourist praises fine bean-poles while the trucker boasts that their hoes will yield ten bushels more per acre this fall, reflecting optimism on Colorado soil fertility.
A brief note reports that the Russian czar walks ten miles daily as part of his routine. Observers note the habit reflects a regimen of strict personal discipline.
A reflection on the modern girl as a product of education and liberty, praising her vivacity, industry, and social equality. The piece argues that liberty and equality advance women beyond servitude, contrasts them with past oppression, and cites Prof. David Swing on conduct reflecting one’s own actions.
Otis Pettee, in the New York Engineering News, notes the value of manufactured and imported liquors at 44 629 560 dollars. He converts this to weight in silver dollars, estimating railcar loads and trips to transport the yearly liquor value, and contrasts it with how the money could supply food, tobacco, and clothing for every person in the country.
A Chicago periodical argues that high license taxes corrupt public life by making towns, newspapers, and officials complicit with saloon interests. It warns that even modest licenses fund local services while the broader system dulls public conscience and taints governance.
The California Patriot accuses the State University of turning into a wine making facility to favor liquor interests. It cites ninety six wine samples shown at a cultural convention and claims expanded facilities promote hard liquor industry, prompting calls to shut the university to protect abstainers and taxpayers.
The Church of England Temperance Chronicle reports an innkeeper from Dover who offered dancing with his wife to disprove a drunk charge in Buxton. The bench rejected the idea that dancing proves sobriety and imposed a fine.
The General Assembly proposes amendments to Articles II III and X of the Ohio Constitution. The plan sets elections timing for senators representatives and state officers. It specifies biennial legislative terms and October 1885 submission date to voters. The executive department counts governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer and attorney general elected in November. County officers elected in November for up to three years.
The document outlines exact ballot phrases for voting on amendments to sections of articles two three and ten of the constitution as adopted by the legislature. It lists Yes and No options for each amendment and records signatures of A D Marsh and John G Warwick with an adoption date of March 25, 1885.
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