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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
3
Local items report thefts and accidents around Orrville, Wooster, and Wayne County. Notes include hospital stays, obituaries, church activities, school and club elections, weather and property damage, plus local notices and a medical remedy advertisement.
A report mentions Samuel Brown of West Lebanon receiving $16 for a child and Gana. Willie Fisher, 13, son of William Flaber near the County Infirmary, caused a gun wound while his parents butchered on Tuesday evening. Dr Stoll extracted the ball. Kelster Bros advertises its largest holiday candy display and invites orders.
In a Monday session Tanner v Fulmer for damages over a farm lease, jurors awarded the plaintiff one dollar. On Wednesday Wooster Improvement Co v Boor and Son proceeded, action to recover rents claimed.
The C A C Ry offers excursion tickets at one and one half fare for round trips during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Tickets are valid from December dates through January 1 1900 and good for return until January 21 1900. For details contact C A C agents or C L Kimball A G P A Cleveland.
A fragment from Philadelphia press style, noting the cruelty of the copy reader and satire on newsroom practices. It surveys censorship in Finland and Russian reactions, with marriage licenses listed for local readers.
Pennsylvania Lines ticket agents offer inquiry service for low fares to Florida and southern winter resorts. Free information covers tourist tickets, time tables, and arrangements. Contact nearest representative or C. L. Kimball in Cleveland Ohio for details on travel plans and party size.
Sabbath School Christmas exercises are planned at multiple churches. Frederickaburg Presbyterians, Wooater English Lutherans, Weet Salem Evangelical, Weat Salem M E, Frederickeborg M E, Congress Presbyterian, Dalton Presbyterian, Applecreek Reformed, and Burbank U B are all scheduling Christmas trees, cantatas, entertainments, suppers, and services from December 22 to Christmas night.
Mrs Caroline Hamaker Crosby wife of John B Crosby of near Mayaville died December 10 1899 after a brief illness She was born in Dauphin County Pennsylvania July 30 1825 She united with the Presbyterian church of Applecreek in early life The Crosbys married September 24 1866 They have one living son Arthur Howard Crosby and one infant son died Mrs Crosby was a beloved member of the Presbyterian church of Fredericksburg where she later transferred her membership Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. Rev C R Compton preached from 1 John 3 2 A wide circle of friends mourn with the afflicted ones.
Train times for the Cleveland Wooster and Muskingum Valley lines updated to November 19 1899 with connections listed. Schedule shows North Central Standard Time times for Orrville arrivals and departures including Nos 27 2 85 38 9 28 and mail and express services with specific p m and a m slots.
H N Mateer MD offers special attention to diseases of digestive organs blood liver kidneys and lungs. Special examinations of blood stomach fluid urine sputum aid diagnosis. Office at Orricx and Lanoratony 8 W. Corne North and Buckeye Streets. Hours 9 to 5. Telephone 16.
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