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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
1
A mixed column notes brief items including local notices, deaths, accidents, a fire, a crime report, a double wedding, and civic rulings. It cites people such as Mrs. O V Dibble, Isabel Christine, Frank Taggart, and Adin Dewey, plus places Wooster Sterling and Doylestown. It mentions a Supreme Court decision on prize money and a May 8 Wooster Sabbath School meeting.
The Wooster city council held its last meeting on May 2 marking the end of an 1869 organized government. Reports show small treasury receipts from fines licenses and street work, with several ordinances read and then adjournment sine die. The piece recalls Wooster’s incorporation in 1868 and lists former officers and council members by ward.
The Wooster High School hosted an 86 applicant teachers examination on Saturday May 2 with questions across arithmetic physiology and narcotics grammar geography history and theory and practice. The item lists tasks such as door to board feet in timber, cube roots, interest problems, and various science and language prompts.
The article explains corn breeding as applying animal and plant breeding principles to corn. It cites sugar beet gains from seed selection and notes vast offspring variation enabling fixed useful traits. Examples include increasing beet sugar, shank length, stalk height, and leaf width through selective breeding. Two men, Holderman and John Bader, were fined for drunkenness and disorderly conduct Saturday night.
Benjamin Weygandt aged 77 died Friday from paralysis after months of illness. Services were held Monday conducted by Rev Knugeri. County Recorder notes numerous real estate transfers including Adaline Firestone to Peter Firestone 84 acres Chester $5,000 and Walter Fickes to Daniel Rush 260 in Plain Township among others totaling thousands of dollars.
Mrs Anna Blasic widow of John Blasia died at her East South home on Thursday May 30 aged 89 years 10 months from injuries after a fall. Born in Bavaria Germany she had lived in Wooster over 60 years Funeral services were held Sunday.
James E Elliott sued Edward M Quimby for 1000 dollars over sewer neglect on W South street. Appraisers Mongey and Ball valued the office furniture at 173 dollars and the three story building at 3000 dollars. Wooster Ohio May 4 1903 and a listed letter batch follows.
The Patterson law exam produced 29 successful pupils including Hmme Shafer Baughman Maggie Clouse Congress Condit Kathy Footer Maude Walmer Greene Mildred Smith Franklin Alvin Welty Bast Union Oliver Bandurs Congress Zela Rose Congress Archie Brow East Union Myrtle Stoll Baughman Lizzie Schloop Chippewa John Wiend Wayne Delpha vilgard Franklin Frank Sartzler Milton Arthur Posner Paint Edna Weaver Baughman Alma Steiner Baughman Arthur Lower Baughman Anns Gilgen East Union Iria Cunningham East Union David Schwartz Baughman Zona Zaugg Saltcreek Ada Graber Baughman Verne Ubi Chippewa Claire McKelvey Franklin Elale Razor Canaan A G Zook Milton Vera Graham Clinton
The Progressive Farmers Club met at the home of W V Bruce north of Bloomington with a program including discussions on Postal Savings Bank Life Insurance and women voting. Speakers Willis Jarvie J M Grady and others debated finance and suffrage while Harriot McCoy read a paper. The next meeting is set for May 28 at Harriet McCoy’s Spring Valley Farm with talks on regional competition and primary attendance.
Willmot J Therzten of Akron and Jessie Menderson of Skreve. Henry G Marty and Rose E alophard of Orrville. C Mt Orr and Daisy G Hawk of Cannan. Harry Glick of Wooster. Ian Greve of Smithville.
Funeral services over the remains of J and Bissell were held Sunday afternoon from the residence and were largely attended. The services were conducted by Rev G C Smith. The pallbearers were Joseph F Firestone of Columbus, Leonard Lease of Osnaburg, Charles Montgomery of Canton, Lee Monseley of Canton, W Baraman of Louisville, and L P Obliger of Wooater. Interment was in Woonter cemetery.
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