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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1903
Page
1
Seventy seven candidates are listed for certificates at the Quanty Teach 162 examination scheduled Saturday March 7. The large class includes applicants from several districts and will be held at the city testing center under supervision of the examination board.
A mixed list of orthography spelling queries and grammar rules asks for definitions of syllables contractions capitalization and reflexive pronouns. It also covers verb tenses pronoun uses and diagramming sentences alongside broad tasks on states canals oceans and notable places.
Transfers of property recorded including Mandilla Beard to Susan Crow for Lot 1037 in Gi'pos ar. J J Gillam to E G Cook for Lot 31 in Orrville. Mary A Fye to Isaac Jewell for 1 acre in Clinton township. Melvin Jewell to Elizabeth Wise for 8 acres in Clinton township. David E Folts to Charlotte Rothgoatlet No. 10 in Shreve. Nathan W Spear to Granvilla G Werdman for 5 acres in Greene township. T A Taylor to Otto Troutman for 3 acres in Shreve. Irene Blough to Rebecca H White for Lot 418 in Wooster. M E Delong to William A Radley for part Lot 7 in Burbank. Wm J Bertelette et al to John Palmer for part Lots 104 and 105 in Shreve. James W Christy administrator to Lucy Ann France for 13 acres in Chester township. Harry B Bertelette guardian to John H Palmer for part Jets 104 and 105 in Bhreve.
The Wooster board of trade debated a proposed Chicago Short Line route and funding plan. C W French outlined selling scrip backed by a first mortgage on the Ashland & Wooster line, with notes securing the transaction for buyers. The board endorsed the plan and Walter D Foss was chosen to represent Wooster on the new railway board.
County board approves claims for sheep killed or wounded by dogs. Names include Wm Raser Cannann with one kill and one injury worth 5 dollars, Martha C Richwine East Union with one kill worth 550, Orin Fraze Chippewa with three kills and five injuries totaling 16, and others from Chippewa Canaan East Union Wayne Baughman and more with various counts and sums.
A roundup of village notices includes appointments, accidents, marriages, deaths, divorces, and legal actions. Entries mention Gus Unger weighs mail on the B and O line, Jacob Smith injured by an Erie train, Roy Crawford and Lovin Netswander married, and numerous divorce pleas and civic matters. Also listed are military musterings, property sales, railway improvements, and smallpox vaccination push for Ohio manufacturers.
At the Wayne County quarterly session George Kettler was named trustee of the Children's Home. A. D. Metz finished his second term, with the board including A UL Miller, Allen Brown, D Vo Hulman, and Kettler. Various estates and guardianships were approved or continued, with April hearings set for several accounts and real estate actions. A carriage collision on Spruce injured two from the Fry and Seigler families.
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