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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
1
A parade of local births deaths marriages and incidents fills society pages. Doylestown and Wooster area residents are noted for illnesses funerals and changes as July and August events unfold including births in S Market street and a large horned horse sale near Millersburg. Community meetings, school openings, and road work round out the bulletin of everyday life.
Cardinal Giuseppi Sarto was elected pope on August 4 after the seventh ballot by the college of cardinals and chose the name Pius the Tenth. Born in 1835 at Riese in northern Italy, he served as parish priest before becoming bishop and then cardinal in 1893, later titled Patriarch of Venice. Crowds greeted his first appearance at the Basilica amid ceremonial acclamations.
Found dead Leo Willaman 53 at the Nation House in Lima. He had recently been confined and spent nights in the hall chair near a water glass given by landlord Mrs Zaring. Coroner’s room for the body. interment planned in Lima. Also death of Mrs Hiram Fisher from bowel cancer at 67, with funeral led by Rev Lowry. Two separate road accident reports note a 30 foot embankment fall near Zoar when a steering spring failed and ferried a car into the ditch. all aboard escaped with minor injuries.
Jurors designated as special panel for the C and S Traction Co vice president Elizabeth and Peter Krig report Monday August 10 to Wooster venues. Names include Wm Caskey Wayne Paul Cabot Paint David Foltz Clinton Edi Finley Cheater J B Orvarhnit Second ward Woos ter James McVicker Congress dobo Plasterer Plain Horace H Barrett Second ward Wooster Wm Redets Salterack Wm Hunteberger Greene Geo W Hershey Chippens D E Robisons Third ward Wooster John Rickabaugh Plain J W Walters Kat Union Wm Sidle Clinton Wm Rhineokl Baughman.
A list of exam prompts across physiology, geography, history, arithmetic, grammar, and teaching methods. It covers topics from animal and vegetable life, food and digestion, to standard time, railroads, U S geography, Civil War events, tax and treason terms, Louisiana Purchase, and various mechanics of language and instruction. The document appears as an old school assignment packet for prospective teachers.
Problems ask about investing 2800 in stock at 70 percent return and calculating percentages of income, cone volume with slant height GL ft and base diameter lg ft, and note discount terms for 120 days at 8 percent to settle a note of 450 with interest 6 percent due in 1 year 6 months 20 days.
Wooster police officers Brown and Mann were discharged last Friday afternoon for physical disability. The chief cites Section 152 of the municipal code granting dismissal authority for incompetence or other grave causes. Neither officer was examined for disability. the chief said neither could pass the exam, deeming the exam unnecessary expense.
Dr Harry J Stoll of Wooster and Aisa Georgia Guiles of Hiram were married at the Giles family home in Wooster at noon on Thursday March 30. Miss Christine Giles of New London served as bridesmaid. The ceremony was performed by Dr James A Beattie of Hiram College. The couple planned a honeymoon trip along the St. Lawrence River to the Thousand Islands, then back through the Hudson, New York City.
A series of land and lot transfers filed in Orrville, Wooster, and nearby townships. Transactions include parcels in Cheater, Union, Sugar Creek, Banghmoon, Smithville, Marshallville, Milton, Creston, Shreve, West Salem, and other areas with prices ranging from 50 to 2,520 dollars. Names include Henry L. Dreyer, Fanny Dreyer, Edward P. Smith, Catharine Musgelman, John Sigler, Hugh Collins, Maggie McDonald, Rosa E. Jacobs, Anna Spaid, Adaline L. Norris, James Shullenberger, Elizabeth Wenger, Joe Campbell, John J Bowman, Harry G Kountz, Simon P. Smith, Ally G. Bowers, Lola Graber, Philip Scat, Claude L. Matteson, Frederick Haller, H A Haller, Ellen Eddy, Alonzo Dow, Harry W. Carmack, Mary A Fishack, Thomas J Carmack, Hazel Graber, Arthur Graber, Mary Graber, and others. Records show parcels identified by lot and outlot numbers and township designations with varying prices.
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