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Newspaper

The Wayne County Democrat

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1913

Page

5

Assailant Attacks Creston Woman in Home Invasion

Mrs. Ella Newberry described a brutal break in at her Creston home by a tramp demanding money. She fought back, was struck and knocked unconscious, then recovered after her husband and townspeople searched the area. A suspect captured at Sterling was later cleared. the intruder escaped on a freight train. In Sharon, two boys, Charles and Thomas Buck, 7 and 9, were injured tackling a dynamite stick, Charley losing a finger and Thomas risking eye loss.

Creston Larry” Newberry Trgmp Sterling Sharon Charles Thomas Buck Charley Susan” Miller Frank Muller Common Pleas Jake Hagerman Massillon Miller Madison Hill Trey Sary

Progressive Farmers Meet Deliberates At May 29 Gathering

A meeting of Progressive Farmers will be held Thursday afternoon May 29 at the home of Mr and Mrs J D McIntire east of the city. All former members are invited to attend the gathering.

Tion J. D. Mclntire

Local social notes and church events in Fredericksburg

Fredericktown area residents visit relatives and travel to town. Oberlin student Helen Warner visits home. Presbyterian mission band meets with Miss Iona Richards and Mrs J C McClint on East Clay. Alumni banquet held Wednesday night at a local cafe. Mr and Mrs Wellington Mitchell visit family in Millsburg. George Ammeron from Cleveland returns home due to his mother’s illness. Commencement exercises scheduled for United Presbyterian church Tuesday at 7 30.

Fredericksburg Edla. Rhail Moorlainl S B Maxwell Wellington Mitchell Millersburg Helen Warner Oberlin College The Presbyterian Church Iona Richards Aylesworth Cloyd Steinmetz Wooster Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church J C Mclin East Clay Street John Goodin Hay Ilorida Isabele Goodin Southhill George Ammeron Cleveland Hi Mother United Presbyterian Church

Lisbon veterinarian dies in late night fire

Dr Taylor 58 a Lisbon veterinarian and former resident died in a house fire Monday night. He was alone when the blaze destroyed the building. his body was found and identified. He leaves a wife Dora Tastor and three daughters, with four brothers and two sisters surviving. Funeral plans not yet set, burial expected in Lisbon.

Taer Janes Taylor Lisbon Eiiy Monda Taylor Groward Tayiors Dora Tastor Lucife Reok Iona Varlor Lorna Taylor Thomas W .A. Joseph J. G Taylor Jennie Taylor Wooster Keildyrman Bedford Stewart Conegress Grant Taggart Pr ‘Taylor Wayne County

Riot Dims Paterson Silk Strike After Hours of Turmoil

More than 30,000 striking silk operatives clashed with 50 policemen using revolvers clubs and bricks in Paterson New Jersey yesterday. Mounted police charged crowds as patrol wagons rammed through the mêlée. After a brutal hour and a half thirty seven of Arthur Price company workers sought refuge in the mill gates and the crowd dispersed with eighty five taken into custody including twenty five women. The stand aimed to force workers to stay out and prevent a mills resumption of operations.

Paterson Arthur Price Company

Governor Cox to Visit Wooster Wheat Field Day

Governor Cox will be at Wooster June 29 for the annual wheat field meeting hosted by Director Thorne and the experiment station staff. Farmers are invited to tour long term plots showing varied treatments and breeding tests, with pig feeds and new poultry buildings nearby, to observe ripening differences and gain understanding of station work.

Thorne Wooster Nature Animal Husbandry Department Coa

Ohio Supreme Court bans minimum charges by utilities

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled it unlawful for electric light and gas companies to impose minimum charges. Wooster Electric and East Ohio Gas now fall under the ruling, which requires billing only for actual usage. Critics warned some firms may try meter rent to skirt the rule. The Springfield case began three years ago and affects municipal rates and consumer payments for unused service.

Ohio Supreme Court Wooster Electric Company East Ohio Gas Companies Oster Electric Company East Duto Gas Company Supreme Court Springfield

Estate filings and real estate transfers recorded in probate court

Probate filings include petitions to sell real estate for Ella Heckman and Price Russell as executors of John He k neir estate with orders granted and monthly hospital reports noting Massillon State Hospital with four patients and one discharge. Multiple estates show bonds, letters, appraisals, and orders of sale including Clark Bartram, Frederick Villard, Sarah Mendnay, Elizabeth Plath, and Magdalena Steer, plus numerous guardianship, administration, and appraiser actions. Real property transfers list many township deeds with prices from $1,195 to $36,000 and various executors and heirs involved.

Ella Heckman Price Russell John He k+neir Waller Ella Herckman Halte Heckman Charles E. Bixler D J Ulav Clark Bartram c Frederick Villard Waser Florence Arnold Mars Huptsbereer John Villard Fe Bk Graber J Jo Schlafles Blosser J J Schlafley A. S Robert Mary A. Fortnoy Woor Fishburn D. I. Soliday Edward Bo Marta Leonard Flath Elizabeth Plath Stephen D Wurtz Alson Hilbert John Shondel J. W. Tlartel J W Zimitterman Exeutor Magdalena Steer Samuel Steiner Hazel Polsky Helen E. Leavitt Mary Steiner David Steiner Hhearing Steiner Martha Steiner Mary Hile Nathan Steiner Samuel J Steiner David Po Steines Charles Kimber Simuel S Mor Margaret Kimber Albert Stami John FO Uhieyo John Co Uhter Serafino Garlengo Angelo Sforza Agrelo Sforza Jacob Stamm David Grube Rebecca Grube Aaron Hirsh Bera Ho Wurst Bauxhinan Township Emma Horst Jacob Martin Baughman Township Edwin Schmuck WP Snyder Franklin Town Carl C. Bechtel Franke Eo Stewaru Orrville Vemma McCreran Bsa Sir

Financial ledger items and court notices from Wooster area

The document lists numerous commissioner and county expenses including Blosser labor and supplies, bridge and road work costs, and various dockets. It also reports the death of Giffen and details a court case involving Robert Bucher versus Gehan Behae, with witness testimony about unpaid services and estate claims. An appeal urges National observances of Flag Day and related commemorations in June 1913.

Brookvillebridge Co Jacob Bat Toa Petstom MFE Charles Tot Orspessiter Co Ji Abridge Co Elles Fot Otho Poole Blosser Feorestom Structiral Iron Co SGEG Mob Bosser Alfred Moune Alfred Motor Edward Trester Hartt Elizabeth M. Giffen Ernest Champley EF Young Infirmars Solomon Levers Charles Zaring

Schalk Sparks Sensation As Rookie Catcher Gains Attention

Ray Schalk, newly acquired by Milwaukee from the Taylorville club for 10 000, sparks buzz as a top catching prospect. Ed Sweeney of Hillmen predicts he may be the best catcher in the American League. Schalk is 20, born in Harvel Illinois, with German parents, now based in Litchfield. He began playing three years ago in Illinois and Missouri leagues and drew Milwaukee’s notice after catching several games last season.

Chicago White Sox Ray Schalk Milwaukee Ed Sweeney Hillmen Schalk Harvel Litchfeld Tayloravile Milwaukee American Assocution Club

Damning With Faint Praise by Otto H Kahn at New York dinner

Otto H Kahn praised presenting only worthy art at a New York dinner, saying opera should please the people while avoiding unworthy works. He defended Strauss as great but noted public interest can waver, and offered a sharp aside about overexposure and the public’s taste.

Otto H Kahn Metropolitan Opera Company New York Strauss Alan

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