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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1897
Page
4
A 19th century notice outlines duties of subscribers and publishers. It covers renewal assumptions when no notice is given, continuation of service after nonpayment, liability for uncollected papers, and fraud penalties for evading payment. It notes removal without informing the publisher risks continuing charges and arrest.
A Canton communication dated Oct 12 1807 recounts Stark and Carroll counties shifting anti-saloon votes to the Republican ticket. It credits a Republican state senator candidate linked to the M E church with attracting anti-saloon votes who then backed local option measures, yet Haskell Harris local option bill failed in a Republican-dominated legislature, underscoring perceived GOP resistance to temperance laws and urging anti-saloon support for the Prohibition party.
A Wooster Republican voice argues that the people already hold equal rights to express their views on liquor traffic via their ballots. The piece condemns efforts to “secure” or restore rights, insisting voters possess practical power to oppose saloons without external restoration.
A heated exchange questions alleged garbling of statements by Anti Saloon League speakers in Creston and Wooster. The letters accuse opponents of misquoting and urge public scrutiny as Mr Wenger and Mr Baker face claims about adherence to past legislation and Prohibition debates.
The speaker recounts a sobering case of alcohol abuse leading to domestic tragedy to urge votes against whiskey. A Christian girl and her fiancé recall a wife’s suffering and a drunkard husband whose appetite for whiskey ends in violence, shaping a grim warning about drink’s consequences.
A dramatic 19th century scene unfolds as a husband confesses his wife’s murder attributed to heavy whiskey. The account follows the execution, appeals, and a preacher’s sermon urging prohibition, urging citizens to act against liquor in Ohio amid a looming election and party tensions.
The letter argues the party should back county local option and Harris bill, noting Mr Wenger would vote for it if elected, while opposing broader non intervention or popular sovereignty. It asserts Wayne county Republicans are aligned with this commitment and frames prohibitionists as having little to gain in the clash.
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