Wooster University Rebuilds After Fire Victory
After a major fire, Wayne County and Wooster rally to raise funds for Wooster University. A 15 member committee, county canvass, and sustained gifts from farmers, students, alumni, and local businesses push total pledges beyond 120000 in sixty days, with final surveys placing the goal in reach. The effort spans Orrville to Shreve,Createon to Reedsburg, led by Walter D. Foss and the Board of Trade’s support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eixty
Gentle
Wooster University
Wurdler
Wayne County
Wooster
Phus
Ite Flercent
Board of Trade
James Mallins
Synod of Ohio
Walla
Presbyterian Church
Orr Villa
Reedsburg
Shreve
Creaton
Holden
Walter D. Foss
Dr L E Holden
L. P Obliger
F. W Millar
D. EB. Firestone
David Myara
J S. R. Overholt
George F Schwartz
Robert C Taylor
Charles Mc Gray
Walter J Mullins
J O Notestein
J. H Dickason
D.S. Tintsman
Alvinzi Cunningham
Albert C. Dix
Walter D. Fosa
Neglcrs
Usust
Given Wooster University
Valogale
Jcome
Sketch of Andrew Carnegie
A biographical sketch traces Andrew Carnegie of New York from his Dunfermline birth November 25 1835 through a rise from telegraph messenger to steel magnate. It notes his Pittsburgh railroad work his $40 000 oil strike yielding over 1 million cash in a year and his vast philanthropy including churches libraries and endowments totaling about 46 637 852.
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Andrew Carnegie
West Fifth Street
New York
Dunfermline
Scotland
United States
Sattle
Pittsburg
Andrew
Atlantic & Ohio Co
He Jong
Haen’t
Washington
Gifting Leads to Big City Donation and University Welcome
The article notes large gifts to the university including a $50,000 donation from L. H. LaVerance of Cleveland. A city and county press chorus praises the support, while students and faculty greet the donor with a band procession and speeches before a later Opera House gathering.
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L. H. LaVerance
Cleveland
Cleveland Party
Holden
Homs
Opera House
Wooster University rebuild drive fuels donor pledges
A community rally for Wooster University follows a devastating fire ten weeks earlier. Dr Holden announces a $100,000 pledge from an unnamed philanthropist and a further $60,000 from another donor, boosting total cash and pledges past $41,500 with plans for new buildings and labs.
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A. Hille
Walter D. Foss
Our University
Wooster
Holden
Wayne County
Jesse McClellan
Louis Edward Holden
Dr Holden
Severance
Andrew Carnegie
New York City
Mr. Carnegie
Wooseter
Mr Carnegie
Larwill Real Estate Sold At Administrator's Sale
J F Larwill conducted an administrator's sale at noon Monday, selling Larwil real estate including Lots on North Market and West Peewill streets for 5000 dollars, 29 scrac near the Preserving Worke for 2005 dollars, four acres on Madison Avenue near the Catholic church for 325 dollars, and lots for the Catholic church for 17 dollars.
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J F
North Market
West
Peewill
Madison Avenue
Marriage Licenses Recorded for Four Couples
John C. Zook of Feshannock Pennsylvania and Sadie Moose of Vallera ville are issued a marriage license. Edwin C. Hoover of Sterling and Beatrice McConaill of Ritt man also receive a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Zook
Feshannock
Sadie Moose
Valleraville
Edwin C. Hoover
Sterling
Beatrice McConaill
Rittman
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Walle
Alcommand
Peor
Wooster U
John Howard Dickadon
Joan D. Fackler
Holdsn
Dr. Holden
Reverance
Pocle
Elias Compton
Walter Mallins
B. Taylor
H. Dickason
John D Fackler
Wilcox
Mesers Ametniz
Wise, Steiner
Irwin
Jamor
Shipman Brothers
F Scovel
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