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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
2
The ticket lists G Woolley of Titnots as presidential candidate and Henry B. Met as vice president from Rhode Island urging support.
The Ohio Prohibition party in convention pledges earnest thanks to God and calls for perpetual warfare against the liquor trade. It advocates abolishing manufacturing and sale of all alcoholic beverages, aligning voters to outlaw alcohol and sever government ties to the trade. It rejects sex-based suffrage denial and urges patriotic citizens to unite at the ballot box to end the liquor evil.
A late 19th century style public notice describes a Prohibition Special with speakers including Woolley, Stewart, Cushing, Diekto, and Rev Knox Montgomery. It calls all men to attend near the square to hear candidates urge church and home reforms and criticizes liquor in politics.
Mahlon Roach, as commissioner, found unpaid stock subscriptions totaling about $4,000 should be collected but released due to director and stockholder negotiations. Directors claim about $11,000, with creditors over $1,100, to be paid after other claims. The report, read aloud for 90 minutes, details extensive figures and cautious final allocations amid complex proceedings.
Charles Hiloman of Paint Town ship sustained a severe injury Monday morning after a scaffold collapse in his barn while preparing throphera. He was found bleeding from the nose and mouth with brain concussion but doctors hold hope for recovery.
David Brenneman of Shrove died Saturday evening aged 48. He was a partner in Foltz & Brenneman and long operated the Shrove flouring mills. He held a high position in the community and his death caused general sorrow.
Geo W Ryall of Ashland died at his nephew Dr Geo W Ryall’s home on South Buckeye Street Sunday evening. He was born November 2, 1931 and served several terms as surveyor in Ashland County. Funeral was held at 10:30 Tuesday.
Michael Miller retired from the Board of County Commissioners after two terms. Daniel Leiner of Wooster succeeded him. Sudden death claims Rose Chaffin of Dalton aged 70 who collapsed at a meeting in the Odufel Hall. She is survived by her husband and three children.
Emmett McCaron was granted a divorce from Agoes R. McCarron on Saturday on the grounds of shadomnent for three years.
Burglars entered the home of George Foot in New Pittsburg on Friday night and stole twenty dollars from his coat pocket according to police reports.
The document records the National Promisition party convention at Chicago on June 27-28 1900. It proclaims a legal and moral program to ban intoxicating drinks nationwide, denounces the McKinley administration and army canteen policy, and argues liquor control as essential to national welfare and expansion policy.
A 19th century political tract argues that religious groups unite to oppose liquor traffic. It cites Baptist and Methodist condemnations and calls for a single anti liquor party, urging voters to join the Prohibition policy and form a united front at the ballot box. It frames alcohol as a central moral issue affecting government, church, home, and school.
The notice lists updated departure and arrival times for trains on the Western Ohio and related lines. It details east and west bound schedules, local time cards, and connections for the Cleveland Wooster and Muskingum Valley routes effective March 19, 1909, with specific numbers for each train and their new timings in Central Standard Time.
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