Wooster Pianist Elizabeth Speer Praised in Notice
A complimentary notice from the Daily Citizen of Searcy Arkansas extols Elizabeth Speer, a Wooster born pianist with Berlin study under Heinrich Barth. The piece highlights her versatility, virtuosic technique, and prospective concertization, noting her leadership role at Goway College and anticipation of frequent future performances.
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Searcy
Arkansas
Daily Citizen
Elizabeth Rebekah Speer
Spear
Miss Speer
Wooster
Ohio
Wooster University
Karl Merz
Berlin
Applecreek Visitors and Local Obituary Highlights
Rev and Mrs Burne visit Applecreek for vacation while Mrs Worth Clark and her children stay in Columbus with U S McClure. Akron bride Grace Brown wed Bowlinger. Mrs Catharine Dill dies at 76 after cancer battle. funeral at Presbyterian church. pastor quotes I delight to do thy will O Lord. Amos Moore ill. many locals attend Mrs Dill’s funeral. Fourth of July gathering noted amid fire alarm response.
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Rev
Burne
Worth Clark
Columbus
U S. McClure
Frank Logan
Langell
Elmer M. Patterson
Jennie Brown
Smithville
Patterson
Akron
Bowlinger
Grace Brown
Applecreek
Christ
Dill
Presbyterian Church
William
Burna
Herrington
Kansas
Wolbaugh
Scarborough
University Notes Social event and faculty news in Wooster
The term opens with a reception at Hoover Cottage attended by students and teachers, followed by a short literary program and refreshments. Rev T T Reynolds, 94, ill at Irwin's Station with Bright's disease, remains gravely ill. Several Wooster faculty and alumni, including Prof G E Shields 95, Prof Sauvain, and Prof Leyenberger, are noted for travels, appointments, and summer studies. A marriage is recorded: Sharon H Scott 03 and Mary Stewart Osborn, June 24, Dayton.
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Hoover Cottage
Miap Nottie Martin
Tiffin
T T Reynolds
Irwin
Bright
Lowden
Greeneville
J F Elder
New Presbyterian Church
Derry
Sauvain
Marshallville
G. P. Knowles
Kilbuck
Jessie Wideman
Seville
Minnie Cleghoon
Wellington
Mary Franks
Mooreland
Gertie Reed
Wooster
Leyenberger
Mankato
Minn
S.C. Moore
Wollaville
Will Emrich
Carl Ayres
Frank Scott
Ashland Co
E.T Obeetham
Poland Academy
Prof. Gleagow
Barberton
Misa Lucile Genther
Canal Dover
J.t.glenn
Toledo
Prin. W. D. Stam
Canton
Wallace Notestein
Ilousteen
Robert Platter
Otsego Lake
Michigan
Prof. Compton
Dr Scovel
State Teachers’ Association
Dayton
Sharon H. Scott
Mary Stewart Osborn
New Paris
Elderly Wirt relative recounts Dresher self harm attempt
From the Orrville Creacons, Nicholas Dresher, 69, a bachelor with a history of misfortune and mental decline, disappeared from his home last Thursday. He returned with a neck wound of three-inch gashes not severing major arteries, after a period of unstable behavior and travel through several states. His recovery follows a marked improvement in mind, though the act shocked his family and neighbors.
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Orrville Creacons
Nicholas Dresher
Dresher
Mary Wirt
Aho
Tum
Alm
John
the Enamyer
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Tiko’s Peak
Wirt
California
Oregon
Nicholas Wirt
Sterling
Kanaaa
Kansas City
Orrville
Fire and town events mark quiet Wooster day
Most women were out as a fire near MP Malora’s Darn and Mr Wolgamot’s ice house partially burned the barn likely caused by a sleeper dropping a match. In town crowds gathered for the soldiers monument unveiling with speeches by Everett, Wiley, and Kieffer though opinions are unshared. The day included a festival, a woods baseball club, fireworks, and lively saloons amid temperance talk. Miss Mattie Brown of Wooster visited. Herald Office offered wedding cabinets and school closing cards at N. E. Corner Public Square.
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Malora
Wolgamot
Prof
Everett
Gen. Wiley
Mattie Brown
Wooster
Herald Office
N. E
Saloons in Wayne county pay half of $350 Dow tax
The People report about thirty eight saloons in Wayne county paying the first half of a $350 Dow tax. Listed are Applecreek John Meier Samuel Graber Congress Wm Carlin Dalton J W Donald Doylestown Wm Mourin Jos Wein R W Rébb Jos A Steinmatz Mr Eaton Fredlard Orrville T eies Bros Adam Fogel John Nichter Riley Howey Richard K Brooka Paul Frey West Lebanon Obediah Morgan Wooater Peter Rouch J J France James Rich Kate Diehl William Fischer John Sweeble Geo Young Bevard List W W Meeka Isiah Fisher Edward Young Mrs Odessa Rogers Harry Stumter Mrs E Faber Emil Rotthaus Chase Schuck Mrs G W Schuck Jacob Mougey
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Wayne County
Applecreek
John Meier
Samuel Graber
Congress
Carlin. Dalton
J. W. Donald
Doylestown
Wm. Mourin
Jos. Wein
R. W. Rébb
Jos. A. Steinmatz
Mr. Eaton
Fredlard Orrville
T.eies Bros
Adam Fogel
John Nichter
Riley Howe
Buaklen’s Araton Salve advertised for skin eruptions
An 19th century style advertisement promises Buaklen’s Araton Salve cures for bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever boils tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and related eruptions with a money back guarantee of satisfaction or refund. Price 26 conte per box, sold by Lausacy & Born.
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Lausacy & Born
Wheat cutting opens after long delay in town
George Wagoner returned from To edo last Friday and opened the old homestead and wore harvest clothes. The mercury climbed to 98 degrees on July 4 with similar heat on the 3rd and 6th nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wagoner
Toedo
Quiet Fourth in Wooster as saloons ban nickel drinks
The Fourth of July passed quietly in Wooster despite heat and town events. Mayor Jeffien ordered banishment of the nickel in the ud aattinea from saloons, while Orrville saw lightning strike a Miller farm barn and a busy harvest season unfold with corn, hay, and wheat needing attention amid gatherings, parades, and meetings.
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Wooster
Jeffien
Ud Aattinea
Bern
L. C. Miller
Orrvilla
Obituary of Mrs. Mary Earnest Died in City at 78
Mrs. Mary Earnest died Tuesday evening June 2 1807 in this city at age 78 years one month and four days. A Middletown Pennsylvania native, she lived here forty years and was a devout Christian Indy cherished by many friends. She passed at 1 p.m. Thursday at her daughter Mrs W F Kellar’s home 66 N Walnut. Survived by two children Mrs Kellar and Miss Emma Earnest.
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Mary Earnest
Middletown
Christian Indy
Mra W.F. Kellar
Walnut
Mra Kellar
Emma Earnest
Clinton Township Lovers Quarrel Headlines Sensational Charge
A Clinton Township tale erupts as Arthur Lucas accused of abducting Miss McConkey after a church Children’s Day service. Lucas disputes the claim, says they were in love and engaged, and that there was no attack or dislocation. The affair spawns a Justice of the Peace arrest and a forensic tour through conflicting narratives.
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Clinton Township
Ieep
Arthur Lucag
Clinton Town
Ahip
Toledo
Miss MecConkey
Stewart Wickmano
Olmurah
Hickman
Lucas
Sbe
Poiaon
David Kauffman
Kaufman
John Chosrown
Shreve
Justice of the Peace
John Lebr
Jocas
McConkey
Justice Court
Wooster
Mise McConkey
Kauffman's
Chestowe's
Vyleasant Home Notes and Local Happenings
Vyleasant Home reports warm weather with 98 in the shade last Sunday. Visitors include G P Emrick and family with D. J Miller after services. The Peasant Home Union Sunday School dispute remains unsettled and still anticipated. Local updates cover funerals, injuries from a mower accident, visits from Mrs Clyde Holmes and Laura Ziegler, a craftsman idle, Cravenstott’s horses, and large ripe strawberries by George Wertenberger. O J Matthews traveled to Akron for business. wheat coloring fast and nearing readiness.
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Mercury
G P Emrick
Wooster
D. J Miller
Fair Haven
Peasant Home Union
Black-Smith
Mss
Wayne County Fair Free Admission For Children
The 11th Wayne County Agricultural Society exhibition lists Aug 24 to 27 1897 with free admission for all Wayne County children aged four to fourteen. The premium list shows increasingly liberal race purses and a plan to distribute tickets through county boards of education and local officials.
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Wayne County Agricultural Society
Wayne Co
Board of Education
Board of Isdlucation
Ttckata
Farr
Community Notes From Bloomington and Wooster
Bloomington reports Andrew Romich and several residents ill with grip and declining health. Others ill include Mrs Rev Brown, Mrs Rev Speer, and Mrs J L Smith. F L Wise of Cleveland visited for the Fourth. John F Winter plans to work on a Youngstown contract. Jessie Powers of Chicago visits J W Blocher. Farmers harvest hay and corn. Class of ’95 at Miss Fern Kieffer’s party with Prof C E Shields and several guests. Subscribe for the IMERALD.
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Andrew Romich
Youngstown, Co
Mies Fern Kieffer
University of Wooster
C. E Shields
Deer Lodge
Montana
A. H. Habbell
Mame 'Rabin
Richemond
Laura McArthur
Duluth
Minn
Helen McGregor
Willoughby
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Appleoreer
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N. G. Cook
Truscot
John Cook
Paint Valley
Holmes Co
Mose Thompson
Fredericksburg
Enos Johnson
Mayeville
Henry Worley
Mary Noland
Near Moreland
Lillian Noland
Wm. McC
University Notes
G. E. Shields
Murdock
Daniel Horn
Manafield
Nccholas Dresher
Buaklen
Cnstain
Jesse Marshall
Lewis McClure
City Opera
Havas
P A Baker
Cleveland
Thoreday
Lake F. Jones
Rev Nowell
E. Bowmanet
Rev Meeker
Ars
O. Waters
Naw
Col. Galger
8Th Regt
M .G
C V Hard
Col
Geiger
Hard
ON. G
Tasc
Board of Edocation
Salt Creek Township
Johnson’s
Brown
Mt. Nebo
Bessie Grosjean
Freed
Dor Frease
A A. Ball
Ganningham
J. D Acott
Mayaville
Almeda
Lucas Henry
Vyleasant Home
Mr. Smith
Ashland
Will Campbell
Bart Glater
Dr Fargesone
Weat Salam
Mise Laura Ziegler
Sinter
Clyde Hoalmes
Washington
G. H
NB. Yall
New London
Carter, Jr
Weaterville
O. Burr Lincabury
Celina
O. W. Hallbill
Newark
Oo. Seymour
A. W. Fretzinger
Zanesville
A. Baldwin
Medina
Hiram Goodwin
Mansfield
W. H. Gilford
Lebanon
O. Geo
W. Cary
New Lexington
D. C
Chappelear
P. E. Seas
H. W. Streb
Elyria
W. B. Johpaton
Ailladale
Mich
W. Terwilliger
Uanton
Bloomington
Jessie Powers
Chicago
J. W. Blocher
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