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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
2
The Herald Wooster Ohio lists subscription terms and annual rates, notes acceptable and objectionable advertising, and explains changes of address and return of communications. It invites readers to submit editorial information with proper postage and author details.
Wayne county stands with state prohibitionists at Columbus for a major Ohio gathering. The message condemns license payers and saloon power, arguing government and voters enable vice, while calling for Christian activism and liquor law reforms.
Wayne county plans an aggressive fall campaign to raise funds and push the work. Officials expect Wayne county to become a Prohibition stronghold in the state.
The report recalls John G. Paton pleading for the islands of the wee and urging an end to rum sales. President McKinley replied that he could not assist this missionary and his work.
Mrs Ellen Correll aged 75 wife of Joseph Correll of Franklin township died at 5 a.m. Friday from diseases linked to injuries from the Tunasway accident years earlier. Born in Cumberland County Pa she moved to Wayne County as a child and spent about 50 years on the Franklin farm where she died. A devout Church of God member she left 17 children including John Correll Carbondale Kan D W Elsenberger Wooster Anna Toland Big Horn Wyo Roy W V Jeffries El Paso Ill Joseph Correll Jr Manxis Tex Owen Correll Newkirk Okla George Frank Hettle Stanza Primo Correll and 27 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral was at 12 p.m. Sunday from her home conducted by Rev Solomon Kline North Baltimore Ohio with Rev T W Bellingham assisting and burial in Wooster cemetery.
The Wooster U P church observed the Lord's Supper on Sabbath May 20. New members received on profession of faith were Mrs Olive Virginia Coe Miss Margaret Estelle Cummings Miss Ophelia Smith and Miss Bessie Pearl Allen. Miss Allen received the baptism title.
Henry Stewart shares farm guidance on sheep and cattle care. He stresses mutton over pork for health, warns sheep are hard to breed, and urges careful feeding, training young bulls, and attention to wool quality. He notes fat steer weight trends and discusses roots, silage, water's role, and mangels yields.
A midnight blaze in Creston destroyed Troxel and Law's laundry and spread to Geo H Hay planing mill Cran nis and Co creamery and copper shop. A W Harris dwelling also burned. Loss estimated at 7000 with no insurance. fire deemed incendiary. Seville department arrived as flames came under control.
The following transfers of real estate were recorded with the county recorder Florian Scheer. Warrants cover undivided interests, quarter acres, and full parcels across Franklin, Creston, Clinton, Wooster, Orrville, Paint, Congress, East Union, Greene, Haughman, Doylestown, and Wooster areas with prices ranging from 400 to 8,800 dollars. Notable deeds include transfers to Daniel Heller, Lena Cayhoe, Alexander Scott, Mary Obl, and university and church parcels.
Wooster University defeated Western Reserve University 10 to 7 on the university campus. The score details list Wooster players Brickman Graham Blaser Neidegger Schmidt Atkinson Goheen Lucas and Sickman among others with notable hits and runs. For WRU, Uhlman Stewart Ryan Elliott Fairfax Peterka Connor Leonard Garver contributed, with pitching by Neidegger Sickman Fairfax Stewart and others.
Notice from County Treasurer Anthony W Blackburn requests taxpayers in Wooster and county areas to settle dues promptly to avoid crowds at closing. The item also notes the death of Elizabeth Dresher Stinebring, aged 72, in Hometown, with funeral held Friday. It then surveys old age pension ideas in England and Denmark, comparing systems and proposals for the United States.
The eye specialist Dr Frederick Platt records regular Friday visits to challenge Yoder Howes Parlors. Office hours run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each Friday.
A Houston England rector recounts an experiment showing a ten month old puppy mimicking the older dog to gain entry when the nurse failed to notice. The older dog’s calm behavior contrasted with the puppy’s persistent scratching, and the room incident ended with both dogs at the door, illustrating rapid learning by imitation.
Public excursion notes list trips from Camden to Overden Indiana with low rate round trips via Pennsylvania Lines. Tickets available from stations within 100 miles of Camden on specified June dates. Extension of return limit possible by deferring ticket payment to the Central Passenger Association.
Sunday excursion to Cleveland via the Baltimore & Ohio Railway offers round trip fares from Millersburg and Fredericksburg at 1.50, Orrville at 1.50, with departures 9:22 a.m. from Millersburg, 9:00 a.m. Fredericksburg, 10:08 a.m. Orrville. Return same day by 6 p.m. The trip includes a day in the Forest City for Lake Erie, visiting friends and sightseeing. Also notes annual conventions and other excursion deals along the B&O system with various destinations and return by dates specified.
Effective November 10 1899 times listed in North Central Standard Time show Wooster No 10 and No 107 trains with arrival times 8 40 p m and 12 40 p m and a 4 55 p m descriptor and 3 06 p m for 10R suggesting timetable adjustments or connections in Wooster and nearby lines.
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