Wooster News Briefs and Local Obituaries Echo 1850s Rail Era
Minor note on about 1850 tickets sold to Silver Lake from Wooster. Numerous local obituaries and notices across Wayne County include Mrs. Card of West Lebanon a cow death by liquor last Saturday. Mrs. C. Costs of Creston and others. Descriptions of funerals, marriages, school appointments, and shifts in local offices fill a wide palette of community life and small events.
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Silver Lake
Wooster
Mra
Card
West Lebunum
Liqu Uioy
Costs
Creston
Asg
Waneral
Fires Ravage Curry Lumber Yard Barn and Barn North Street
A series of blazes struck Curry’s Lumber Yard and nearby properties Tuesday morning. Shingles burned at Curry’s yard, a cigar stub sparked Archer House barn, causing burns to Joseph Stein. Varn and hay fires at Collins barn led to heavier damage, with insurance on the barn and further damage to Leiner’s paint shop. Ashland County teachers’ institute begins Monday, five days.
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Curry’s
Watubean
Archer House
Joseph Stein
Stein
Hugh Collins
East North St
Collis
Maury Leiner
James Laubach
Collins
Firetmoon
Charlie Oyler
Chautauqua Notes and Local Departures Inspire Community
eMITHYVILIS reports a refreshed tone after Chautauqua activities with residents taking up duties anew. Wayne County teachers joined a recent excursion as a highlight, while Joan Kober travels to Mount Clemens for rheumatism treatment. Effie Horst attends camp meetings at Beals Park with Christiana Missionary Alliance and Y S Baker with Mrs Webner engage in a social life at Mount Crychar. Meat of the guests return home as Mrs Eliza Wisne enjoys a Chicago visit from her daughter. John Horst visits his sister near Norwalk Cottage and a prayer meeting is held at Grandma Shoeman's home Tuesday evening.
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Cheatangas
Silver Lake
Wayne County
Joan Kober
Moun Clemamens
Mias Effie Horst
Bealsh Park
Christiana Missionary Alliance
Charles King
Norwalk Cottage
Grandma Shoeman
Ticket Agents of Pennsylvania Lines Fare Notice to Cleveland
For information about fares and other details apply to Ticket Agents of Pennsylvania Lines Teo Cleveland via 0.4 0 By Sunday August 23 excursion tickets to Cleveland sold via C A & O Ry at $100 round trip from Orrville good going on special train leaving at 10 104 m central time.
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T Ticket
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
C A &O
Orrville
Reduced Fares in Columbia via Pennsylvania Lines
Excursion tickets to Columbus will be valid via Pennsylvania Linea account Democratic State Convention returning until August 27. Special fares to Tennessee via Pennsylvania Lines for Wilder's Brigade Reunion.
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Columbia
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Chattanooga
Pennsylvania Lines
Wilder's Brigade
Special Lew Fares to Mt Vernon via Pennsylvania Lines
Excursion tickets to Mt Vernon are sold for the Ohio State Camp Meeting Association event from August 8 to 19, inclusive. Applies at Pennsylvania Lines ticket agents.
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Mt Vernon
Pennsylania
Mt. Vernon
Account Meeting
Ohio State Camp Meeting Association
Pennsylvania Lines
Monument to Pigeons in Paris Commissioned
French sculptor M Fremilet receives commission for a Paris monument commemorating the pigeons used to carry messages during the siege. The pigeon post, begun at the siege’s start, sent thousands of letters and dispatches from Paris.
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M. Fremilet
Paris
Gambler's tale links Worth to 1880 Chicago debt
A veteran gambler recalls aiding a stranger in Chicago in 1880 with $2,000, later discovering the man was Adam Worth, famed for crime over fifty years and a Duchess of Devonshire portrait theft. Worth repaid the debt through later exploits in Constantinople, illustrating a strange bond of gratitude and high-stakes gambling lore.
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Pat Sheedy
Chicago
Lucky
Constantinople
Baccarat
Adam Worth
Duchess of Devonshire
Agnew Gallery
London
Pinkertons
Devotion to Duty Roosts in Rochester Birds
Editorial notes a robin who mourns for a fallen mate who died after swallowing a knotted cord. The surviving bird raises its young and defends the nest against a cat, earning praise for duty. The piece questions whether a child may have placed the cord, suggesting mischief by a thoughtless boy.
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Rochester Post Express
Consecrated Ground in Waldorf Corridor Prank Tale
A Meadow Brook Hunt member recounts visiting Hempstead where a groom halted a passerby to respect a “consecrated ground” stringing a tale about concrete flooring laid in a passage near the stables. The observer laughed at the misunderstanding and the joke's timing.
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the Waldorf
Meadow Brook Hunt Colony
Hempstead
New York Press
Movement Against Fees Spreads in Germany Declares New League
A special newspaper titled Orgin der Anti Trinkgeld Liga has appeared in Hamburg as opposition to fees to waiters grows. The piece notes a broader movement against gratuities spreading across Germany.
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Walters
Germany
Orgin der
Hamburg
Parson Tough Hobson at Annapolis Beach Rescue
Washington Star recounts young Lieut Hobson nicknamed Parson Tough after a near drowning during a swimming lesson at Annapolis. He let go to save a classmate, sank briefly, was rescued, revived, and praised by peers as a remarkably hardy young man.
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Annapolis
Hobson
Excerpt of Houston Post on Herod and extenuating circumstances
A fragment from the Houston Post features a dialogue debating Herod and alleged extenuating circumstances for infant slaughter. The exchange questions justification and sympathy, highlighting a mock serious confrontation between unnamed speakers.
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Jones
Herod
Houston Post
Dairying In Ireland Aims To Boost Butter Quality
Treland leads in dairying efforts in Ireland as it plans to motivate producers with surprise butter competitions. The goal is to encourage better butter making and careful packing to improve quality and engage those in the trade.
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Ireland
Treland
Detective Sergi William C Welser Resigns
New York detective Sergi William C Welser announces resignation after admitting $200000 saved for retirement. He says his future work will be clipping coupons from bonds rather than active duty.
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Sergi William C Welser
New York
Poachers' Institute Hosts Inaugural Instruction Session
After a quiet spell, local news notes a new institute at Wooster with lectures by Prof Park who stressed grammar. The event drew interest and a promise to return to Wooster. Nearby, electricians work at the power house as track work aims to reach town. society attendances and minor notices accompany a sewing machine sale and transit schedules.
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Newa
Thia
Polot Breeze
Park
Wooster
Wooater
Livestock Prices and Market Terms From Sparse OCR Data
Fragmented sale listing shows various livestock items with mixed quantities and prices. Entries include hogs, cattle, sheep, and yorn type terms. several figures appear inconsistent or garbled, limiting precise interpretation.
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Heopinger
Marshallville
Muthero' Mra de Etson
Join Wagner
Fast Union Two
Elias Langell
Toll
Wonster
Joseph McClelland
the Mighty
Holmes County
Weuk
Aliss Naty Bucher
Applecreek Achools
Mies Jenuie Daniels Ale
Ted
Frederickeburg
Edward Mang
Mt. Eaton
John Aitkenhead, Jr
Wayne Two
Glasgow
Scotland
Christine White
Io Wooster
Doylestown Presbyterian Church
Levi Miller, Jr
James Blunter
Shreve
Ao Cleveland Hospital
Louis Roop
Ashland
Lattasburg
Pleasant Home
Robert Taylor
Welker
Frankie Two
Tuead
Ohio
Wayne
Virgil A Eberly
Edward Gardner
H Goddard
John C. Mosratty
Robert Moffet
Irwin Royce
Chas Stetzer
Misa Sylvia Miller
Mise Sao Rife
Mary P. Scott
Calvin Parker
Pennslvania
Cresline
Lucetta W Keraweller
Larwil
Wue
Dalive
Switzerland
Hiad
Chester Two
Wooster Fu
Huld
Thoraday
Over
Orrville Crescent
Ulrich Saurer
North
Rachel Joineon Barten
Frank M Siggs
Wayre County
Depauty
Isaac Johnson
Pleasant J Higes
Creaton Journal
Elgin Gensemer
Alf Losk
Ashland County Teachers’ Institute
Emithyvilis
Teo Cleveland
Tetassessim
Washington Post
Mra Burden
Gray
Birdland
Lieut Hobson
Alleshouse
Curatine
Mt Eston
J Froble
Mauruing & Co
WRAT
Toledo
TrUam
Daily Mail
Daly
Davy
Dae
Cation Tee Ae Satan
Fred’k W. Platt
Woostsnide & Coal 60
Massillon and
Parkey
Reece
Air
P.duff & Sons
8Th
Liberty Ave
Pittsburg
John Roocokhy
Wacker Bros
Sewar
Comer
Dadtur
Martina Meeuigg
Leon
Alow Mallon
H. A. Hart
Omve Np Downing
Resdens Cor Bowmac
Nattruts
Sondern
NY & Go
Io Aizes
Ohio Shoe CO
Wast Liberty
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