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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
4
Akron man Ira Brown was arrested Tuesday evening and fined one dollar plus costs for intoxication. The page lists a string of local notices including marriages, purchases, deaths, and community events from Wooster, Doylestown, and nearby towns with several named individuals and firms.
Dr Delbruck of Bremen told the International Anti Alcohol Congress that excessive beer drinking does not combat alcoholism. He cited 149 northern German patients in private asylums: 41 drank spirits, 38 wine, and 78 beer. Delirium tremens appeared among beer drinkers as well.
Joseph Yoder attends his mother’s funeral on Tuesday. Epworth League hosts a lawn social at A Brenneman’s home. Mrs J Morratt and Ruth of Akron visit postmaster Norris. Lem and Mr Davidson of New Bradford visit Mrs Shallenbarger. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society meets at Merchant Gettlemass’s home amid heat. Miss C H Webzer and Ella Brener leave for Chicago for city visit and Blue Island camp. Mrs Mowery of Wooster visits A Brenneman. Mrs Hile and Glann of Doullastown visit her mother and sister, with mother accompanying home for weeks. Medinah children of Medina visit. Mrs Kimmel, Mrs Huntsburger, and Mrs Kiefer of Shanesville summoned. Mr and Mrs Ira Ranffone of Massillon visit S Miller’s family. Mrs West hosts Juniors Friday evening.
An Italian tracklayer on the square’s electric ring was struck on the jaw by a falling crowbar Tuesday afternoon. He was stunned but resumed work after washing away blood.
At the Wayne County Soldiers and Sailors reunion held last fall Mahlon Roach was chosen chairman of an executive committee to arrange the next annual gathering. The committee includes Chatrmain Mahlon Roach Secretary J P Van Neat A Branatetter J B Taylor T A Elder Aaron Boffenmyer I H Myars.
Arthur Strong and Elizabeth Finnegan of Smithville Millerhouss of Wooster Morne and Yeder of Welloraville and Amanda Fetzer of Rittman appear in a community notice listing residents and associated towns for a local event.
The Wayne County Law Library Association met in the court room on a Wednesday morning and elected officers including President James B. Taylor and Vice President Harry R. Smith. A purchasing committee was ordered to invest $1200 in books, to be kept in the courthouse under law library provisions.
A 19th century notarized notice by Frank Johneyn and A W Gleason of Toledo pledges Hall's Catarrh Cure, offering one hundred dollars per case cured, with testimonials and internal use claims. The document lists Orry ToLaDo Lucas Coustr and Cheney Co as involved parties and notes notary A. W. Gleason dated December 1886.
Probate court heard first and final accounts for Haskime estate and Frank Taggart’s sale of Swainkart real estate. Guardians Whitman and Royer filed appraisements and petitions to sell. Administratrices Myers and Morrow submitted inventories and appraisements. Reed and Winger filed for probate. Continuous hearings set for August 7.
Clara F Welland of Wayne County Ohio filed a petition in the Common Pleas Court on July 11 1903 seeking divorce from Wilson L Holland on grounds of extreme cruelty and neglect of duty. Alimony and restoration to her maiden name requested. Cause set for hearing after August 28. Lara F Holland represented by Mahlon Roach of Wooster Ohio. July 15 1908.
Capuin Mansfeld recalls a Maine coast house with a lopsided portico built after a foggy day. A Boston architect allegedly traced rule marks into the fog and later used lumber to form the foundation, with wind bending the chalked measurements. The tale appears in Youth's Companion.
A wedding in Totland follows English practice with a two by two procession into a semicircular seating around the pulpit. The ceremony includes Scripture readings and a exhortation by the pastor, with Bible gifts to the couple and relatives. Calvinist custom forbids kneeling to pray. Bible distributions accompany the service, reflecting state generosity and explaining the small number of Laory Scriptures in Holland.
The city once among Europe’s richest towns showed rapid wall decay. Its burghers inspired Pope Pius XI’s remark about a citizen’s luck. In the fifteenth century Durenberg crafts reached Nuremberg, introducing watches cannons glass painting and more. Four hundred towers stood long ago. only about a third remain.
A brief survey traces mattress origins from rag and reed beds to shakedown terms linked to matrah. It notes medieval wealth favored feather beds, colonial inventories valued mattresses at $200 each, and various materials such as hafr rabbits fur and vegetal fibers were used in different eras and places.
In Elizabeth I era she owned eighty wigs while cousin Mary Queen of Scots had as many as a hundred. During confinement at Lochleven she received numerous wig gifts. Gentlemen pleased ladies with latest hair shade and styling, a modern twist imagined as a back hair gift.
Leslie Jelliff six year old son of Was H Jelliff of Pittsburg avenue fell while playing with a baby buggy and broke his cellar bone Saturday.
Pittsburgh magnate Rockwell arranged a private special to rush from Crestline to Pittsburgh to dine with President Charles Schwab of a steel company. The coach ride cost $240.65, and the trip took three hours and forty minutes after missing Limited Train No. 6.
Wooster Ohio July 14 1903 list of names includes Gahaan Brunner Vereign Rev George C Doolitte Ora Flack Eugene Franks Lewis Franks George Keets Frank J Kysela W M McClure A L Swank John Smith Geo Williams Mrs Beryl Chapman Miss Margaret Cooper Miss Florence Cory Miss Alice Esselburn Dellie Kimbro Mrs Geo C Middaugh Mrs Bettie Newland Mrs Hanat E Wing Eureka Co Pkg Dorothy Florence and others.
In Wooster an eye specialist named Dr. Elder confronts a dangerous threat related to a nose spectacle device. The case unfolds as medical authorities assess risk and advise caution while patients seek treatment.
A damaged OCR fragment lists prices for staples such as butter per pound cheese per pound white beans and potatoes with scattered figures including onions and peppers. The readable terms reference market items and per unit pricing in a historical grocery context.
Market activity steady with prices for cattle hogs and sheep noted. Receipts include 10 carloads and varying bids for prime and heavy cattle and lambs amid a light supply of sheep and lambs.
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