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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1899
Page
2
A fervent call against saloons and liquor interests. The piece links party loyalty, reformers, and church voices to a national push for Prohibition, arguing temperance as a moral duty and condemning political leaders tied to the drink trade. It cites a vast annual liquor bill and urges cross-partisan unity for a decisive election.
A fragmented notice laments saloon prevalence and condemns leaders who praise empty reputation. It cites Peona distiller as spending $20,000 on McKinley visit honors and argues lack of party support weakens Prohibition, criticizing two major parties.
J W Rose of Elmira Fulton County, aged seventy, born 1820 in Wayne County near West Salem, has spent a long legal and teaching career. He was admitted to practice in 1855, taught forty four terms, served as prosecuting attorney three terms, and has long supervised Elmira M E Sabbath School. The Bellwood reminiscence notes life’s brevity and value of wise living.
Probate court proceedings list numerous guardians and administrators filing accounts and final dispositions for estates. Orders authorize private sales of personal property, real estate sales petitions, and guardianship actions. The notice includes bond amounts, appraisers, and various hearing dates, along with a classified ad seeking managers in nearby counties.
Harry Boegner and Minnie Schaad wed in Ort. on Oct. 25 at the German Evangelical church with Rev. Kraffi officiating. The couple, both from Wooster, celebrated with friends as gossip and local licenses followed, including Franz McCarthy and Bartha Graber and others. Lost monkey tur capo reported between the Children’s Home and Wayne church.
Mixed local items report social news, marriages, deaths, legal changes, and small incidents. Mentions include Andrew Romich moving from Bloomington, Lizzie Batdorf's pulmonary illness and funeral, McKinley Thanksgiving Proclamation, a store partnership forming, a divorce granted in Wooster, a marriage near Wooster, and minor city updates on mail boxes and a small arson scare.
Stenographer Wies Lacera serves Metlure Amyser of Wooster with year round employment and monthly pay. Goats trouble Kent Young of Doyleetown. High School football beats University Juniors 10 to 0. Edith Zimmerman injures tibia at West Salem. Local hull drilling resumes after oil wall issue. Constable sale to cover fine for chicken thief at Unmetown. Scientific American notice advises tar and turpentine fumes for diphtheria relief.
In a fragmentary notice a police officer warns a man to mind his business amid chatter of saloon activity. The piece also mixes literary quotes and a travel advertisement for a special rail excursion by the Cleveland U and PA lines, noting trains from Woodson and Akron with parlor car service to Orrville for a teachers meeting in late October.
Readable parts indicate a public notice from an Ohio courthouse or official body. The fragment mentions North High Street and a general agent or attorney in fact, with unclear names and identifiers due to OCR errors.
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