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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1885
Page
7
A verse from Sailors' Magazine reflects on sealed orders as a ship sails from harbor under moonlit skies. It speaks of mystery, faith, and duty guiding sailors through darkness toward a final port where God’s orders bring safe anchorage.
Aunt Jane recalls Annie Beldon once lively but worn by sorrow and poverty. Luther buys a black silk dress for her in a storm, falls ill, dies, and Annie endures hardship, pride keeping her from charity while the dress becomes a haunting symbol of unfulfilled dreams.
A summary of the 1793 Fugitive Slave Law detailing its four sections. It empowered owners or their agents to seize fugitive slaves, present proof of ownership, and remove them to the state of origin, with penalties for rescue or obstruction. Source notes indicate passage by the Senate, House approval, and President Washington's signing.
An antiquated widow in mourning chats with a wealthy bachelor about happiness. She quips that her calm mood stems from seeing him eat a biscuit roach this morning yet continue dining as the summer sun drifts over sleeping valleys, quoted from Pretzel’s Weekly.
A cheeky lawyer and a woman of property clash over marriage and deed transfers. The suitor asks for vows and a deed in his name while she murmurs love. The exchange hints at practical marriage motives and skepticism about sanctimony.
A New York letter relates a photographer who arranges a dead woman for a postmortem portrait. He pins drapery to the flesh with a waistcoat pin, insisting the drapery will not harm the subject, arguing that the corpse cannot feel. The account questions his restraint and implies possible misconduct.
The Canon City Mercury prints a lengthy temperance lecture delivered in the Colorado penitentiary by a prisoner to fellow inmates. He argues intemperance creates crime, calls it monstrous, and says the prison can be a refuge for a renewal life if prisoners choose a sober path and redeem the past.
A Southern colored brother sings a verse about politics and party action. The piece notes an annual average of 4450 personal crisis reports into Prussia over five years, with 508 due to dipsomania and delirium tremens.
The article presents a fragmented statement by Tay Buter (S. Cy) arguing that barrooms are fully organized and government chartered. It references Swedes, smoking, snuffing, cremationists, and a cryptic budget remark, ending with general cautions about whisky and crooked roads.
The document outlines proposed amendments to Articles II III and X of the Ohio Constitution. It specifies election timing for senators representatives and county officers and defines terms of office and the executive department composition. The amendments would be submitted to voters on the second Tuesday of October 1885.
The document records official ballot instructions for voting on amendments to sections of articles two three ten of the constitution. It lists Yes and No choices for each proposed amendment and is signed by A. I. Marsh, Speaker, and John G. Warwick, Senate President, with adoption dated March 25, 1885.
The Ohio Secretary of State certifies a joint resolution adopted by the General Assembly on March 25, 1885. The document records the true copy from original rolls filed in the secretary’s office and bears the official seal.
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