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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
2
The notice outlines annual advertising rates and subscription terms effective before April 1677 and after April 1. It warns against objectionable material and states 31.00 per year prior and 79 per year after. It notes subscription continuance, discontinuance, and required payment upon changes. Editorial communications require sender name and address.
Stockholders of The Wayne County Herald-Printing Company will meet in the Wooster office on Saturday January 5 1901. President W W Wallace and Secretary J O Notestein urge full attendance. The notice closes with religious and temperance reflections and critique of liquor interests and canteen proposals.
The article lists beer sales at soldiers homes under the canteen program. Totals by location include Dayton Ohio, Hampton Virginia, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Tagus ME, Fort Leavenworth Kansas, Santa Monica California, with a combined value of 247 762 25 dollars.
The Canaan Presbyterian congregation plans a New Century program on Saturday evening featuring music, prayers, recitations, and lectures. Local residents attend events and visits, including Lily Zoellner, Hamoel Steele relatives, and visitors from Wellington, Smithville, Medina, and Akron mingle with church activities amid literary postponements and a box social success.
Rev D Willard Lyon and family arrived in Wooster to visit his mother on Winow wife Albert A Grafton from Bellaire guest of Prof J G Black. Dr O A Hills preached a centennial sermon to Westminster. Robert L Goheen to lead gym work next term. Miss Irene Flattery returns from Emporia. Archie Z Atland and Mins Hall wed Dec 25. Miss Tacy Phillips dies Dec 23. funeral Dec 25. Christmas services held across churches. gifts and lamp presented to Dr and Mrs Hackett. Santa visited children. New Year watch meeting at Presbyterian. bells tolled, handshakes exchanged. Continuous notes on local families and church activities.
In 1843 John Numbers Sr and family traveled from Holmes County to Fulton County in a two horse wagon. Philip Numbers, who stayed in Illinois, later moved to Oregon in 1854 and disappeared until last fall a stranger in Cottage Grove revealed Philip’s kinship to Zemos Numbers of Applecreek. Philip is now 77, Zemos 87, with only two brothers and four sisters surviving.
Mrs Susan Painter died Wednesday morning from age related illness. Born March 7, 1817, she was a daughter of Jacob Fahr and wife of John Painter, married July 17, 1836. She had four children and joined the Evangelical church in youth.
John Johnson, a former Marshallville resident, suffered a crushed leg in a shop machinery incident in Akron. Amputation was required and he died from the injuries. Burial will be at Marshallville cemetery.
Three thousand blast furnace men in Mahoning and Shenango valleys were notified of a 15 percent wage increase to take effect February 1. The notice appeared as a New Year’s adjustment affecting striking workers and regional steel production sites.
A dated railway notice from A S Mitten General Passenger Agent announces a May 27 1900 effective change. The fragment references rail connections and arrival of Peau with named agents and locations.
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