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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
4
A decipherable fragment mentions the Peat Cop at Wopater and class matter at the North Mast Corner of Public squares Baslef Downing Hlesk. The incomplete text hints at a local notice or civic matter pending clarification.
A Prohibition party sheet calls for suppression of liquor traffic and immediate breakup of government ties to alcohol. It urges voters to back the initiative and referendum, emphasizes suffrage for all ages, and links saloon danger to children, citing Bishop Potter and New York street franschises as contrasts.
A Prohibitionist editorial criticizes liquor backers and calls for church members to bear responsibility for saloon harms. It argues that politicking should follow principle, denounces saloon tolerance, and questions readers about voters’ duty amid fires and public safety failures.
The Wooster area reports minor notes from Easter preparations to local business changes. Bee D Nice advertises next Sunday. Wooster Hardware Co. promotes a grand opening. B and O railroad raises ties price. J G Dysart family families perform dances. residents share illness news including pneumonia and possible death. Community updates cover marriages, guests, and a forthcoming buggy and implement opening.
The transport ship Cook arrived in New York Tuesday with a cargo of bodies from the 8th Ohio and other units. 1000 dead are awaited for return, with identified remains to be released to relatives. The vessel departed Banago March 23 and will proceed to Santiago to collect more remains. Three jurors are summoned in April and Teocaraol Jones Reid faces a shooting with intent to kill charge.
A morning house fire before 6 in Bloomington destroyed most of the residence while occupants escaped. Firefighters saved part of the structure but a store room used by Rev G M Genners could not be entered. The Watson home contents were saved. the property owner Rachel Johnson was protected. Meanwhile Wm D Patterson, longtime superintendent of the Manafield reformitory, died in Cleveland from heart failure after 23 years at the Cleveland workhouse.
Mrs S P Downing died on Monday evening at Dowotw after a long illness. She was 65 and survived by her husband and several relatives and had long been a member of the United Presbyterian church. The funeral is set for Friday. A separate case of McCarlough et al vs Armstrong was heard by Judge Maxwell on Monday.
Edward Pyse unknown residence. J W Dysmadel filed petition in Wayne County Common Pleas Court Case 733 seeking partition of lots 6 and 12 in Orrville per Caldwell map 1897. Defendants must answer by April 1899 or judgment may be entered. JW Dysleet al. Johnson and Taylor attorneys.
Notice states the firm Burkholder & Go machinists on Walnut Street Wooster Ohio dissolved by martial content on March 1 1599. Frank Burkholder will conduct the business and is authorized to wind up accounts and assets.
A list of individuals tied to Orrville Wooster Burton City and nearby towns appears, naming Conrad Apple Henry Forrer Henrietta Markle Percant Ron Young Oliver Mock Florence Intire John Midler Emma Curia Harry Suptee and Mien Ta A Mav. Other connected residents include David A Rock Iva Mertelle Barnes Geo W Rehm Abdhie Fry Royal Williams Mary Jana Jennings John G DeMiller Jennie Muler Braderok Meier and Gertie Jacobs.
The final meeting of the temporary organization to establish a permanent YMCA was held at the Reformed church on Monday evening. Committees reported and were discharged. The location committee recommended either the old clubhouse or the third floor of the Dow ning block for the new association. Directors were elected including Jacob Frick and F. Helm for the first year.
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