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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
2
Fragmented OCR shows a public notice page from Utica area with references to voters and changes in items or filings. It mentions advertising, communications, and terms related to notices and approvals, suggesting a local municipal public notice context.
The slate lists John G Wadley of Tilinola for President with Henry B. Met calf of Rhode Island as Vice President, J Knox Montgomery as Secretary of State, E J Pinney of Onyahoga for county judge, J M Scott of Licking as dairy and food commissioner, Samuel Aill latte of Crawford as school commissioner, Iran A. Broalus of Stark for public works, and J 13 Dicks on of Wooster for Congress, first district.
The Ohio Prohibition party declares its platform at a state convention. It denounces legalized liquor traffic as a societal plague and calls for outlawing manufacture sale importation and inter state transport of all alcoholic beverages. It asserts political party alignment to achieve abolition and urges universal suffrage for women.
A fragmentary account cites Frank Carpenter describing trade in the Philippines, noting beer imports, cotton goods, and local prices. It links tensions over a canteen president to broader corruption, army presence, and civilian complicity amid wartime occupation.
National Chairman Arawart reports steady applications from towns along the Northwestern route for the special train through South Dakota and Michigan Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota. State chairmen Cayton Britten and D Ellett plan stops and speeches with days set in Baraboo Milwaukee and Detroit.
An old public notice warns against mercury based catarrh cures and promotes a local remedy claiming no mercury. It lists names such as Oliver W Stewart and a Chicago office, notes purchases and payments, and cautions readers about dangerous ingredients while endorsing a product as genuine.
Mrs Fraora remains low as the Apple Creek Presbyterian Ladies Mission and Foreign Missionary Society meet September 20. Dr Cameron of Apple Creek marries Eva Pannell of Troy with reception at the groom’s home. Guests and relatives attend a week of visits as church events and centennial observances draw the community together.
A wedding for Mina Elizabeth Heim Brambaugh and Frederick Herm took place Wednesday evening at the home of Vrn Adem Karz in Binamington with about 200 guests assembling. The ceremony featured a ring exchange officiated by Rev David Irvin, reception in the dining room, and a supper served by local helpers. The bride, a Wooster University graduate, wore white brocade with a long train, and the groom is employed at the Wooster Preserving Works.
A Chicago gathering of the National Prohibition Party denounces McKinley and calls for a nationwide prohibition policy. It condemns army canteens abroad, liquor influence on government, and expansion under liquor interests, urging unity at the ballot box for a prohibition-led republic.
A broad religious coalition denounces liquor traffic and urges a two party unity to end saloon dominance. They claim Democratic support for liquor and Republican stance against it, calling for a national coalition to uphold prohibition and Christian citizenship.
Fragmentary OCR lists westbound connections among towns including Lodi Burbank Wooster and Millersburg with lines to Cleveland and Wellington. Mentions No 14 and No 103 and multiple junctions at four points, but details are unclear and partially obscured.
Train schedule update lists new local and long distance times effective November 19 1899 for Cleveland Wooster and Maxkingum Valley lines. East and west bound services show departures from Wonster Istoliowa and Wooster with multiple No numbers and times.
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