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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1882
Page
1
Miss Irish visits Washington while Miss Amanda Flattery vacations in Fredericktown. Local residents report a rich harvest of congealed fluid and various social activities including Knights of Pythias decorations, church events, and a large Christmas season schedule.
Local notes report MarisGela visits, Mrs Hiner hosting Wood County residents, and building progress near a depot. Lutheran women host Emma L. Parry of Cincinnati for a talk on missionary work and branch society formation. Articles cover pie pilfering at home, a youth accident injuring a horse rider, and the Burton association meeting with speeches and officers elected for school topics.
Minor versus Bow man settles will dispute while defendants prevail on the verdict. Divorces granted for Pepper and Leeper cases. State cases include Snyder guilty of petit larceny with fine, and break in cases near Orrville with fines and jail. Liquor-law indictments lead to mixed outcomes. Two 1882 marriages reported in East Union and Mt Eaton.
Marriages announced for Solomon Levers and Tillie Bowman of Wayne county on December 14 1882 by Rev C Windigler. Andrew Stuck wed Violet E McDowell at Dalton December 14 1882. Henry Snyder of Massillon wed Sophia Quallman of Orrville on December 15 1882 at Henry Coats residence by Rev E Sass.
Married Tuesday evening December 19 1882 at the residence of the bridegroom by Rev J C Truedale Miss H M Firestone of East Union Wayne county Kansas and Mr K Q Shoup of Kansas were united in matrimony.
A 13th inst examination at an Akron Wooster Medina trio area named X Schmitt Nelson Bucklin Hoyt Wise Latimar McClure Taggart Banet Jameson Billman Kapp Seaton. Billman earned first rank and McClure second. Billman recommended cadet ship with McClure as alternate. Council halted further expenditures due to treasury overdraw. Brothel complaints urged action to close nuisances. Delinquent poll tax list sent to City Marshal. bills totaling 183.58 approved.
The police and Marshal Hor' Thursday evening shut down a house of ill fame. The Madame pleaded guilty to keeping the place and four inmates to residing there. The Mayor fined them heavily and they pledged to leave town to avoid infringing women's personal liberty. A ladies committee plans a Christmas treat for Children’s Home residents with broad local support.
A Canaan note mentions a Christmas Eve concert at the M. E. Church and Misses Maria and Arta Scott attending a school five miles west of Wooster. Other items report icy Killbuck conditions delaying Santa, a choir situation with Mr Rickett, boys driving rabbits home, and a humorous pie anecdote about a half moon turnover.
The advertisement extols Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a remedy for coughs and catarrhs. It warns that neglect leads to consumption, implying a broad health risk to civilized nations.
Classified note seeking a loan security with first mortgage on a 174 acre farm valued at 18 000 to 20 000 dollars. Cages available at the Herald office.
Local ad fragment promotes Christmas purchases at Schmuck and Pollocks with unspecified product lines and seasonal offers. The readable text emphasizes gift items and holiday shopping.
Barrett & Ogden offer Holi damish assortment while Kuhn and Craigheads advertise Buckwheat. Avenics sells 65 cent umbrellas and Schmuck Pollock promote Curly Head cigars. Pierson Co displays Gent's Furnishings for gifts and Jesse McClellan boasts Wooster’s largest Holiday Card selection at low prices.
Schmuck and Pollock's advertises the finest Can and Tub Oysters available. The note highlights their seafood selection for customers seeking premium shellfish.
Barrett and Ogden display silk moustid s and handkerchiefs. Kuhn and Craigheads offer ground pepper for butcher purposes. Jesse McClellan features photo frames and engravings. Dave Nicz showcases silk ties mufflers and handkerchiefs. Schmuck and Pollock advertise Paradise Meadow cranberries.
A glance at Barrett Ogden in Wooster reveals a display claiming the finest Silkk Mufflers and Handker chiefs in town. The window banner touts quality and variety aimed at drawing shoppers.
The Hat and Cap shop of Dave Nic offers a large selection of furs robes and hats as the holiday shopping season starts. Customers are invited to call for details on prices and quality of goods.
Pure candies of all kinds cheap at Kuhn Craigheads Mage Home preasawn and give your wife or daughter a holiday present that will be of service not by buying a trinket but by placing in your house one of those quiet light running domestic sewing machines sold by J Hoffmann and Son mere west side Public Square Wooster.
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