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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1883
Page
1
The issue notes a mine blast near Wanton injuring two miners with one fatality, local officers chosen for fire departments, and community highlights from Wooster and surrounding areas including lectures, banquets, arrests, and public notices.
Monday night and Tuesday fire skirmishes razed several structures near the city. The Mort residence barns and stock were destroyed with losses around 1200, 1000, and 40 dollars cash. A Reed butcher shop and a Jackson area residence also burned with substantial losses. Residents suspect incendiary causes as fire crews battled blazes beyond city limits, saving some adjoining properties and continuing warnings about temperance and local enterprise.
The Herald announces its office will move from the current location to a building east of the Downing block at the north eastern corner of Public square. The move aims for more convenience and improvements in the office and job department, inviting friends to visit.
We offer for each new cash Herald subscriber secured by a reader a two year old Catalpa tree. The Catalpa is a rapid grower and ideal for posts and fencing, reputed to last up to ninety years. The offer is arranged with Mr W H Flattery the nurseryman and former Herald friend.
Temperance voters of Plain Township will meet in convention at Blatchleysville on Saturday March 31 1883 at 1 o clock PM to make arrangements for the upcoming state and township election. By order of the Committee.
Plymoth Rock eggs will be produced at 40 cents per setting with 18 eggs per setting. Z YODER, 22 near Smithville, invites orders and notes Schmuck blocks’ Webster, O will be promptly filled.
An ad-like fragment argues nature governs health with UB law and warns of throat trouble and consumption. It claims a positive cure by Bigelow disproving Poll 18 and promises free bottles from Laubach & Mey.
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