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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1900
Page
1
An exam listing questions for a Boxwell test at Wald to Wooster High School on Saturday April 14 with about 100 applicants. It covers math problems on area, volume, geometry, proportion, and arithmetic. geography sections. historical and grammar prompts. and science topics including physiology and the nervous system.
Professor H. Erans returns from New York after his father's death and attends Wooster alumni events in Columbus. Reports show an enthusiastic Wooster gathering. The university prepares for a new library foundation, cataloging progress, and a growing student brass band interest amidst campus notices.
Jos S. Wiley aged 50 died April 11 in St Louis Missouri. He was a printer by trade and a brother of Col A Wiley of Wooster. Funeral was held Monday forenoon from Col Wiley's home in Wooster with interment at Reedsburg.
Advertisement seeking a boy aged 16 or 17 for a printing trade apprenticeship at the office. Inquiries encouraged immediately.
Mrs Polly Crane, born March 27 1807 in Roagell Massachusetts, died April 7 1900 at her daughter Mary Orr’s Worcester Ohio home. She and her husband Zanas Crane had nine children and lived much of their lives in Jackson. A private service was held in Worcester with a burial in Jackson Presbyterian Church graveyard.
April notes record Fred Brant relocating his family to the Mellinger property on Milton Street after leaving Akron. Funeral notices include Mrs. Wesley Weimer of Congress and John F Befa who died at 72. Epworth League convention dates at the end-district event have been postponed.
In Jefferson on April 16 the village notes a new house on Jesse Jolliff property and a Board of Education decision on the site for a new school. Ed McAffee travels to Wooster for Jacob Daratine. Local visits include Wallace Werrick and John Parker in Wayne. Mercy and Help Department of Oak Chapel Epworth League raised funds for India famine relief totaling 12 dollars with many small gifts listed.
Local notes recount guest visits Miss Jon Snyder of Madisonburg, religious services at the Presbyterian and Methodist churches, a women’s quartet debut, and a spring Easter concert. Funeral services honored Ave. E. L. Herman, age 38, wife mother and Christian, with Rev. Lang presiding.
The notice page records events in Pittsburg area including a well patronized ham and egg supper by the Ladies Aid Society Saturday evening. Finley saws framing lumber for a household addition. D W Musselman administrator sold a Main Street house and lot to E M WaVar privately. J B Osker bought a new team for the mat route. A wedding occurred Sunday April 16 at the bride’s parents home in Clinton township, E M Weaver and Miss Jasonie Robinson. Various locals, including J W France, Mrs David Brown, Vida Borgey, Ads Jackson, and Mrs Elizabeth Eberhart, are noted for recent visits and activities.
The Springfield Progressive Farmers gather Thursday at 10 o clock. Programs include music by Miss Ada McCracken and Mrs Harriet McCoy, recitations, papers on the New Woman and Our Country School, talks on farm life and rapid transit, and questions for May led by Mrs Jarvis.
The Eye Specialist Dr Frederick Platt will be at the Yoder House Parlors every Friday with regular hours from 8 a.m. to p.m. for patient consultations.
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