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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
2
Local notices recount family visits and community events in Delta and Oak Shade. Mentions toasts to church dedications, schoolhouse debates, and Decoration Day preparations. Reminiscences include travel to Detroit and California, plus a testimonial about Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from Crooksville.
Effective Monday May 15 1916 Standard Motor Bus Lines lists departures from Wauseon at 845 am and 445 pm and from Napoleon at 715 am 1140 am 840 pm Rolland G Neff manager Napoleon Ohio Local notes mention Gilmore McCance building a 50 by 14 foot hen house with R Elliott in charge F McConkey attended A Clark funeral at Ted row Sister s B McConkey called to Telelo by death of grandchild Garrett Losure Bert Garrett of Detroit visited friends D Griffin hosted visitors from Toldo I E Shipman and family visited E E Shipman and wife
Large turnout for the eighth grade commencement at the M E church in Oak Shade with seventeen graduates. The event was a complete success. Nearby social visits and events include Ruth and Josephine Taylor and Ruth Cochran in Wause on Sunday, a minstrel show in Morenci Starr auditorium, and governor Willis slated to speak at the Otto Kee fair grounds next Saturday.
Wauseon residents weigh the value of a mausoleum project amid questions of durability and title risk. Reynolds Monumental Works of Wauseon defends the plan, offering to cover travel and entertainment costs if doubts persist. Obituary notices follow for Vergie Thompson Clark and Hannah Jane Repp Free, detailing birth, marriage, church ties, and family. Card of thanks from Ira L. Clark and family. Local water rate increase set by Village trustees effective May 11 1916.
Wheat prospects in Ohio are now 65 percent of average, down 1 percent since April 1. Excessive cold rains this past month harmed the crop, with many areas likely to be plowed up or shifted to oats or corn. Northwest Ohio worst at 48 percent of average. oats planted at about 95 percent of last year. Fruit prospects at 88 percent. peaches reportedly winter killed. livestock in good condition despite mild winter losses.
The health and economy question asks if a housekeeper prefers a cream of tartar powder like Royal or a powder based on alum or phosphate. Labels reveal whether a powder is genuine cream of tartar or an alum or phosphate variant. Royal contains no alum nor phosphate.
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