University notes recount Wooster events and visits
D H Graven of Nashville and H Brown of Waltersburg visit Wooster en route to university masters. Prof G M Johnson of Savannah Academy visits Wooster. Jubilee Singers from Athens perform. President Scovel lectures on study and immortality. Local weddings, arrests, farm sales, and civic notices populate the week.
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D. H. Graven
Nashville
Ht. Brown
Waltersburg
Ada
O. E Hoffins
Olnctaatt
G M Johnson
Savannah Academy
Kilmer's Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief
An aged advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims urine tests reveal disease, urges relief from back pain and frequent urination, and offers samples by mail from Binghamton NY with a local Wayne County notice of offer.
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Wayne County
Henato
Kilmer & Go
Binghamton
Thia Paper
Thia
Orrville Fair dates set and local projects advance
The Orrville Fair runs September 14 to 17. Wayne County Teachers Institute meets at City Opera House next week. Bethany Baptist and Sabbath School picnicked at Highland Park Tuesday. A county exam saw 00 applicants for teachers certificates with A D Starn of Smithville sole bidder on the jail barn contract. Ft Wayne depot gains a new platform using Wooster shale brick. City Education Board to elect a successor to Prof BH. Work at Harvey Hardy's Chester township residence planned for fall with John Moore of Lattasburg involved. Wooster Preserving Company pushes ahead as ground breaks for a new building. A festival is planned at Branch schoolhouse Saturday evening.
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Orrville
Wayne County Teachers Institute
City Opera House
Bethany Baptist Church
Bath School
Highland Park
D. Starn
Smithville
Ft. Wayne
Wooster
City Board of Education
BH. B
Harvey Hardy
Chester Township
John Moore
Lattasburg
Personal Paragraphs From Wayne County Visit Notes
Mrs William Annat and children are Ged. Kline and family enjoying an outing at Round Lake. Mrs David Nice and daughter visiting fields in Columbia. Miss Flora Noland of New Mexico visiting Wayne county friends. Dr T K Davis wife and daughter Alice visiting St Paul Minn. Mrs D M McKay and son of Mansfield guests of Afre W F Kelter J Walter Robbon of Norwalk O was guest of Wooster friends. First Chief Gorlach and wife spending days at Cleveland and Lakeside. Mrs E D Peebles and son John of Berea visiting home of I Woner. W J Bremmons Eq and wife of Peoria Ill visiting Wayne county friends. Jesse McClellan called to Xenia to attend funeral of a relative last Saturday.
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A. I. Gow
Washington D.C
Mise
Lucy Taylor
A. A E. Taylor
Colambue
Wooster
Wayne County
Smithville
Thoreday
George
Cleveland
J. G. George
North Market
Carey
K.-Gregory
Wonater
Klondike
A H Hoot
Marie Rham
Helen McGregor
Mt. Eaton
Maude Harrold
Frank J. Whites
Wayne Co. Democrat
D. W. Shives
New York City
Select Hoffman
Justus
Mary Brendoger
West Lebanon
QO. E. Joff
Dr Lucas
India
Pross
Notentein
Compton
Otsego Lake
Widh
Matz
Bloffton
George Silver
Emma Cressinger
Ashland
Womans Fellow Corps of Obin
Shamp
Rollin Woodard
University of Wooster
Auburn Theological Seminary
Grace Carr
Bloomington
Fe Ze
Columbia
Charles Lyon
Medical College
Philadelphia
P Renalyll
Lyon
J. M. Blanton
Department of Ohio
G. A. Wey
Soldiers
Harry Mee Clarran
William Annat
Ged. Kline
Round Lake
David Nice
Flora Noland
New Mexico
T. K. Davis
Alice
St. Paul
Minn
D. M. McKay
Mansfield
Afre
W.F Kelter
J. Walter Robbon
Norwalk
Firs
Gorlach
Lakeside
E. D. Peeblea
John
Berea
I. Woner
Buckley's Arnica Salve Ad Promises World Best Cure
An old time advertisement touts Buckley's Arnica Salve as the best salve for oats bruises sores fevers chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin ailments with a money back guarantee. It sells for 25 cents per bar through Lavence and Borp.
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Tex
Lavence & Borp
Lake of Ink and Fabled Waters in Arizona Volcanoes
A late 19th century oddity feature describes a black lake among 3 500 Cucopah volcanoes in Arizona. The water is extremely hot near the surface, feels oily to touch, and its surface remains agitated by rising bubbles. Bathing reportedly yields strong sensations and potential cures for some Indians and a few white visitors.
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London
Food that man needs and how to combine it
A discussion cites Mrs S T Rorer on balancing repair foods with carbonaceous elements. It advises a two to three parts ratio of protein to starch, seasonally adjusted, and suggests starter dishes before meat courses with paired sides like beef and fruit, mutton with rice, or chicken with toast and rice.
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Mra S. T Rorer
Ladies'’ Home Journal
Bat in a Tomb Story Amid Lincolnshire Mystery
A 1800 naturalist buried at Blankney Lincolnshire supposedly left a gray bat in his tomb. The bat was sealed with the corpse and reportedly remained alive when the vault was opened in 1806. Relatives later cared for the bat, with reports it still lived despite being with the dead.
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Blankney
Lincolnshire
Quattara
Pearson
Domestic Servant Conduct Notice From Gossip Column
A satirical exchange in the New York Herald features a Mrs Gayaponse and an applicant discussing the conduct of a domestic servant. The dialogue centers on firing a girl for winking at the husband, illustrating era attitudes toward household staff and propriety.
Wayne County Teachers' Institute Opens in Wooster
Aug 16 20 1897 Wooster Ohio hosts Wayne County Teachers Institute at City Opera House with lectures by Roark, Schaeffer, Mateer and Graves. Executive committee led by Lachat and Murdock oversee program while students urged to attend all week.
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City Opera House
Wooster, C
Land Auctions Set in Several Townships This August
A sequence of 1897 auctions lists multiple tracts of land across Chippewa Wayne Chester Milton and Canaan townships. Appraisals range from 4760 to 8610 dollars for parcels from 50 to 169 acres, with sales dates August 7 21 and 28 and names including E Weypgandt Susan Gingerich Jeople Cammar Elmer F Myers Perry Wicka and others.
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Congress
Natinal Bank of
Conneantyne
Daniel A Howitt
Canaan
Charles Frost
Thomas Mowrer
Wayne Two
David Erwin
Nathaniel Mowrey
Chester Two
Madison Hill
Wooster
Wooster Two
Theater Two
Chester Twp
Geo. H. Hay
E.P Wilford
Milton Twp
Wayne County Medical Society Meets in Wooster Hall
The Wayne County Medical Society will meet Tuesday August 17 at 10 a m in the City Hall Council Chamber Wooster. President N B Dawson M D of Storing delivers the inaugural address and H Blankenhorn M D presents a paper on Acute Gastro Enteric Infection Prophylaxis and Treatment. Afternoon session at 1 p m in Wooster University Building features Ji N Mateer A M M D on Methods of Precision in Diagnosis with demonstrations W Bennett AM PhD discusses The X Rays in Surgery. Subscribe for the HERALD.
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Wayne County Medical Society
City Hall
Wooster
N. B. Dawson
H Blankenhorn
Wooster University
Ji. N. Mateer
W . Bennett
A. M
Trains Adjusted Schedules on Cleveland Wooster Route Hoxsie CCC Local
The new time card for the Cleveland Wooster Muskingum Valley line lists adjusted stop times at Wonster with west and east bound departures. Officials CHAB G. SCULL and L. 5 ALLEN announce the revised schedule for connections and exs while noting most trains run daily except Sundays.
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Se & O
Cleveland, Wooster & Muskingum Valley
Tim North
Gunday
G. Scull
Baltimore
ALLEN
Asst
Unicego
C. W Kisling
Wonster
Wonster Aa
Fa. &C Railroad
Seerints North
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Athens
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Gaylor Camron
Jeromeville
Will Magia
Bia
Murray Frame
Chatanqua
Orrvilla
Spring Chickeawa
John Ickes
West Salem
Irene Palmer
Archer House
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Arthur Locen
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Nellis McConkey
Shreve
Jefferson
Scaad
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Levi Fiabburne
Ganilt
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Mougey Hons
Wooster City Park
W.T Ditmara
Columbus
Garver
Pleasant Home Camp Grounds
Addreen W. W. Garver
Presideat, Wooster
Westminster Church
Ray
Hal Young
Supch
Millereburg
Arguet
Democratic Party
Citizens Band
Amos Walter
John Kampl
J.hanke
Beall Avenue
Kavke
Ohio
A. Alasgow
Brazil
Blanche W W Glasgow
Neaw
C. T Newstetter
Strongsville
Webster, Selby
Mully
Detroit
Mich
American Association For the
Haupert
Gnadenhbutten
Touscatawas County
Myere
Stance
M.clara & Co
N. J Smith
Mies E. M. Pendicton
University
Chantanqua, NY
Farmington, Ill
Enoch Totten
Washington, D. OC
Michael Totten
Hall Young
Tacoma
Seattle
Eganta
John F. Winter
Wooster Preserving Company
Hovae
Social Souness
W. J. Bremmons Eeq
of Peerle, Lll
Jesse McClellan
Xenia
Buckley
Pope
Europe
I Civil En Muucniop
Cassier
McClure
Southwest Corner Public Square
Wooster Poatofice
Anna Wale
Elna Lehr
Bolomon Abrahsulan
Pink C. Fowler Ludolf Weign
J F. Manonann
P.M
Wayne County Teachers’ Institute
Moxony
Roark Tesspay
F. Seavel
Tutaspay
Supt. Schaeffer
Rurion Roark
Uatrecetty
Kentucky
Lexington
N C Schaeffer
Fennaylvania
L . Graves
Massillon
JB Mohler
Greville
Hon Mateer
University of
Woorirr
Tow Lachat
Koch, O
Nelson Sauvain
Wuaster
Leisy Sarshath
Afembria
Es Offico
Institute
Mary Murdock
Orrrille
Wayte County
Waching
de Burle Roark
Boban
Hola
N ©Achaeffer
Pennsylvania
State Normals
Schaeffer
Bebacher
New England Journal of Education
Mablers
WN Mateer
Univernsity of
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Macbeth
the Herald Printing Co
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Hoxsie’s CCC
Buffalo
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