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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1899
Page
2
The rambling discussion urges Prohibition as the path for Christian voters while criticizing license and saloon interests. It notes Wooster’s push for Camp’s railroad, warns of the $80,000 annual saloon drain, and cites a Frank Beard cartoon tracing the drinker’s descent from home to clubs and dens of debauchery.
The fragment discusses a moral road toward control and its dangers. It contrasts shifting bans from intelligence to madness and purity to chains, noting the road grows steeper toward a precipice. The only danger is the lack of early warning, which could have prevented the fatal fall of travelers.
Craighead & Co hosted a Saturday potato exhibit featuring The Craighead potato variety. The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station praised its size quality and keeping ability and seeds were saved for planting. Prizes were awarded to farmers for best half bushel yields with 60 participants attending.
The probate docket lists Bele as administrator of Charles AlcCormish with bond set at 1000 and appraisers named Miller Jackson Lyon. Jane McDowell will probated with OG R Shordel as executor of Ford Rhondel and second accounts filed. guardians named Elizabeth Taylor for Blanche L Mabul E Borelo M Nellie Taylor with bond. Howard J Cooper finalizes John McCluggage estate. Frederick administers Joseph Dest. Ezra Unser administrator files petition to sell land. Susan Rickel widow of Michael Rickil elects to take under will. Henry Houmard declared insane due to recurrence of insanity.
Large warning against using catarrh ointments containing mercury. Halls Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo claims no mercury and targets the blood and mucous membranes. Also notes Dr. E L Emrick of Wooster elected president of the Association of Assistant Physicians of Hospitals at a Cleveland convention.
Tickets from Wooster to Loudonville for the Street Fair go on sale for October 4 and 5 at a reduced price. Return is valid until Friday October 6.
Wayne County Fair progresses under the indefatigable secretary J N Kinney with a strong display across mechanical art grain and vegetables. Aiming to please, exhibitor turnout grows with Wednesday offering excellent weather and notable live stock and poultry sections.
A list of marriage licenses shows multiple couples from Wooster Fredericke burg Poe Shreve Canaan Orrville and nearby towns. Officiants include Roy Perl a hour Rev Janes Baldwin and Rev P Hushour with multiple ages ranging from 16 to 32.
The D and C0 Floating Steel Palace Steamers begin daily runs between Detroit and Cleveland with two weekly trips linking Toledo Detroit and Mackinac Island. Regular service starts June 17. Send 10 cents for an illustrated pamphlet to A A Bhantz GPA D and C Line Detroit Michigan.
An excursion ticket from Canton dates unclear offers round trip transport to the Stark County Fair with a Saturday return. The fragment mentions transfer rules and inclusive rates, but exact dates and prices are unreadable.
Fragmentary OCR notes list places and personal names including Wanday and Nauean with references to a tress, Daltisadre, Kissing, and Agen. The readable portion hints at a geographic or genealogical listing rather than a complete narrative or event.
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