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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1903
Page
4
A largely readable ode to better roads highlighting their value to farms and communities. It argues that good transportation raises land values, boosts local commerce, and reduces toll and trouble, urging unified support for road improvement and civic effort.
A San Joaquin Valley committee urged broader adoption of highway beautification measures. They argued a prettier landscape would boost property values and attract settlement, claiming improvements along main routes would be more valuable than extra crops.
The text describes European mountain routes with wind, buttresses, culverts, walls and tunnels as feats of engineering. Stone culverts span ditches and streams, while rock projections are carved into tunnels. Slanted embankments are grassed and maintained to endure rain.
Mra West called to Orrville Sunday evening to discuss missions. A meeting at Mrs Norris's home Wednesday afternoon featured flowers from the Methodist church group. Rev Venury Davoon's funeral at Bethel Church honored his Christian life. The bereaved include a wife and thirteen children. Interment was in Whoser cemetery. Locals and out-of-town guests attended from many towns and states.
Dr E W Hilgard of California explains how deep plowing and strategic irrigation can break hardpan, restore moisture, and promote deep root growth. He urges varying plow depths each year and directing water to deep furrows to saturate substrata and sustain crops.
The article reports on Dr Swed and expert cautions against undue alarm over a foot and mouth outbreak. It warns about generalized fear, notes transmission mainly to animals with rare human contagion, and gives nonmedical home remedies. It also includes farm guidance on milk, isolation, and handling affected cattle.
Whip snap promotional offer from Woosten Hardware Co of Wooster Ohio. Readers asked to return the whip snap and Kraus circular with their Djeming notes on April 9 10 or 11 1908 to receive the whip free. Special prices offered on hundreds of store items before April 8.
A list of marriage licenses issued between January 1899 and March 1903 shows officiants not recording the unions. Names include Marcus D Johns with Rosells Edwards, F A Braden with Dora L Eble Urish Meese with Emma Sonil, John M Graanotto with Marie Curane, Conrad Barth with Hetty Conrad, Clyde H Kimber with Ambrozia Zaring, Charles A Raymond with Emma D Sevier, Charles Messenger with Anan Henry, John A Richards with Ella S Brown, John A Wenck with Maggie R Spake, Sabbatino with DeDominico and Marie Carand, Benj Sharpe with Amelia Hage wan, Martin D Standers with Blanchie McC', Charles Ro Cark with Niog M Oyler, Peter Whistler with Sarah M Peters.
Doctor Warren offers homeopathic services at 193 East North Street with special attention to diseases. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. Telephone 153 listed for appointments.
A notice indicates a trainee at Wo begins service on February 8 1903 in the east bound direction.
Time table notice states the Ashland and Wooster Railway Company will effect a new schedule starting January 9, 1903. The change affects departures arrivals and service intervals on the Os line serving Ashland and Wooster.
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