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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
2
Prohibition party announces its presidential candidate John G Woolley of Tjilois and running mate Weary B. Met watt of Rhode Island for the national ticket.
Secretary of State J Knox Montgomery Greene county. Supreme Court Judge E J Pinney Cuyahoga. Dairy and Food Commissioner J M Scott Licking. School Commissioner Samuel A Gillette Crawford. Public Works Enos A Brosius Stark. Congress 17th district J H Dickerson Wooster. County Sheriff Howard Crosby Apple Creek. Prosecuting Attorney Mahlon Roach Wooster. County Commissioner John O Clark West Salem. Coroner Dr John T Wisner Wooster. Infirmary Director Joseph Gault Wooster.
The Prohibition party of Ohio declares allegiance to God and condemns the liquor traffic as a societal menace. It advocates forming a political party to outlaw production and sale of alcohol, oppose local option laws, and secure suffrage for women, urging voters to join at the ballot box to end the liquor evil.
A historical editorial argues that liquor interests and Prohibition clash in American democracy. It warns that voting for license parties funds the liquor trade and corrupts governance, urging readers to consider moral duties over party loyalty and to withhold support from those who would profit from saloon revenues. The piece asserts the need for duty to country and calls for voters to resist profligate political machines.
Citizens of Dalton and vicinity will be addressed Saturday evening November 3 by Dr Hickok at Schoolhouse No 1. The Wonderful Two Horse Wagon will be presented and several speakers are expected with music provided by the University boys.
On Tuesday evening October 30 at Music Halls Dr Hickok will explain why all men should back the Prohibition candidate for President. The meeting will follow the YMCA service and begin at six o'clock. Students, young ladies and gentlemen are cordially invited to attend.
The United Presbyterian Church historically opposed slavery and admitted no slave owners as members. It reflects on its stance as a reform church striving to progress. In 1882 the General Assembly endorsed alcohol prohibition as a civil remedy and supported absolute prohibition.
A long lament on prohibition in 19th century politics highlights the General Assembly's stance against liquor, urging voters to support anti liquor platforms. It cites past resolutions and editorials from The Christian Instructor The Midland and The United Presbyterian urging abolition through ballots and party platforms amid McKinley era politics.
Attendees at a tent midway on Wooster public street near Wooster and Wayne county report a naked female dance drew lawyers, businessmen, and elected officials. Mayor Smith tried to suppress the spectacle but observers followed him to his home around 11 p.m. Wednesday as the crowd thinned and calls grew to act.
The eye specialist Dr Frederick Pratt will beat the Yoder Honee Parlors every Friday regularly with office hours from 8 a m to 6 p m The notice outlines a recurring appointment window and promotes the practitioner's regular Friday availability at the listed location.
A missive from G. A. Ouster Priv calls for recommendations of a suitable young man or woman to conduct a business course at Savanneah Academy and to place them in correspondence regarding the position.
In a New York bank near Wall Street, clerks labored for hours to balance daily transactions. The mistaken extra forty five cents paid by one bank to another triggered a long, humorous chase as the search finally ended when a rival’s clerk spotted the overpayment on a cash slip.
A Rhode Island governor from Newport, a Congregationalist, marries an Episcopalian. On a Sunday walk they debate religious choices, pause at the church corner, and decide to attend Trinity Church, thereafter becoming devout Episcopalians.
An account in the Journal d Hygiene notes Brazil’s rat surge leads to domestic giboya snakes being sold in Rio Janeiro to guard houses. The serpent supposedly hunts for pleasure, not hunger, and can return to its owner even after being moved far away, similar to domestic cats.
In a terse exchange, Madam tests Mike who vows to stick to his plan, insisting he will do only odd jobs and not chores like wood chopping, as he proclaims his word. The piece closes with a quirky note about printing apple batter labels.
The National Prohibition party met in Chicago on June 27 23 1900 to declare a platform built on Christian principles. It denounces liquor traffic as the nation's core moral and fiscal issue and attacks President McKinley for saloon policy and army canteens while urging prohibition across territories and government.
Government figures show liquor exports from the United States to the Philippine Islands rose to 467 198 in ten months of the fiscal year ending June 1 1900 from 3357 in 1893. In contrast Cuba bound liquor exports did not exceed 30000 for reviving American occupation, totaling 851 055 for the fiscal year 189? with details obscured by error in the source.
A scrambled note references railway lines including Wellington and Bice 9 and Cleveland, with mentions of Lou 3 and punctual mouths. It also notes a September day and a person named Baily, along with averages and connections to Chiago and Ny.
The notice lists Cleveland Wooster and Muskingum Valley line trains with connections at Orrville and North Route, effective November 15. It provides multiple train numbers and departure times from 4:56 am to 10:26 pm, including local service and express options through various stations.
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