15 Dec 1883
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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1883
Page
1
The Queen notes a twelve page Heraxo issue with diverse items. Local items include Rev Speer preaching in Cannonsburg and a Christmas outdoor concert by the Young America Band if weather allows. Mentions of county commissioners report, church dedications, county legal cases, and community events across Wooster, Defiance, Massillon, and surrounding towns.
The Lyceum Concert Company will appear at the Opera House Monday evening with Ella Chamberlain Edith Christie Frank Reynolds Albert Conant. Tickets sold by the Library Association agents can be exchanged at McClellan's Book Store for coupon tickets with reserved seats. The company promises a splendid entertainment and good patronage.
Superintendent R C Hughes leads a Christmas program crowded with over two hundred in a small room. Recitations music and a tree delighted the Tyroleans provided music and friends supplied candy. The aim was to raise thirty dollars for a mission school in India.
Public attention falls on Jennie Cloman accused of murdering an infant by overdose of laudnum. Carrie Baird, a resident exposed by exhumed remains and inquest verdict supports murder charge. Detective Dougleson, Coroner Brant, and Mayor Jeffries involved. Cloman’s whereabouts unknown as community notes appeal for subscriptions to Wayne County Herald.
The Pennsylvania Company announces low price excursion tickets for Christmas and New Year travel on its lines to December 22 1883 through January 1 1884 with return by January 3 1884. Agents will provide train times, fare rates, and further details. Also news of the Standard Coach Pad Company electing a new board and officers after increasing capital to 30000 dollars.
Will of M Gottfried for probate with hearings set December 27 and January 3. Elizabeth Miller vs Buchholtz continued for settlement. Guardians and executors named including Lytle and Sanderson. estates and guardianships listed. Baseball game Fredericksburg vs Applecreek not played. umpire awarded to Applecreek. stake $25. Local ads note wares and goods from Wooster and Nice.
A fragment page shows varied notices including shopping appeals for sewing machines, pianos, and boots, plus shop callouts for D Nice’s and Wisner & Matenich. It references social events at Mr Felger’s, a birthday surprise, a township teachers meeting plan, a house fire near Balmer, and local paintings by Wm McCalmon. It mentions Mr Willard Sneeden leaving for Minnesota and a court-related matter in Wooster.
Local notices advertise compressed yeast for buckwheat cakes from Kunyn and Craiguead. a cow for sale by J M Wurtz of Wooster. shells as Christmas gifts at J Horrman & Son. home for sale two miles east of Wooster with 1.5 acres. work at Foltz and Co.'s gallery praised. shoes at Wisner and Musenich. Christmas candies at Kully and Craigneap. mufflers and ink handkerchiefs at D Nice's. domestic sewing machines from J Hoffman and Son. warm boots at Wisner and Musenichs. D Nice's line of gloves in Wayne county.
Stoner on West Liberty offers to close out all sewing machines and other goods within ninety days. Purchasers paying fair retail price receive $10 in glassware, queensware, shoes and groceries as part of the deal.
Doylestown observes Thanksgiving with quiet church attendance and a new Town Hall gathering hosted by Gatehouse Post G. A. R. War songs speeches and relics mark the event. A notable birthday party for ex Mayor Biglow drew crowds in costumes from decades past. Rev Schmoggrow announced plans to leave his current charge for a nearby town.
Sheriff H R Messmore transfers to C M Yocum a lot in Shreve for 580 dollars. David P Brentieman to Margaret Fittler a lot in Orville for 86 dollars. Geo Snyder Jr to Addi Shearn six acres in Waynes township for 550. David L Welty to Benjamin F Welty nine acres in Plain township for 2000. Robert C Bushford to Benjamin Blackston and Howard M Blackston 120 acres in Sugarcreek township for 10000. Jacob Leathery ran to hilip Abbl four acres in Chippewa township for 425. Samuel Huster to W D Kosier lot in Dalton for 150. David Rudy executor Peter L Snyder to David Y Roebuck 61 acres in Sugarcreek for 9283. Peter Schultz to D Y Roebuck lot in Dalton for 700. David Robison Jr and W H Robison to Joseph Boeshart lot in Wooster for 350. Rebecca Brader to Amanda L Baugh man 123 acres in Chippewa township for 1050. Amanda S Scott to W D Kosier lot in Dalton for 215.
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