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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
1
A scattered set of personal notices covers a November 4 payment for paving bricks to Norwalk streets, marriages and deaths in Creston Shreve and Oak areas, a bookkeeper hire, and a lab accident. It notes a Wooster explosion injury, a Kellifer lab mishap, and a race of community obits, along with church and school updates and a saloon incident in Doylestown.
The home of Rev and Mrs W W Anderson in Highland Plaea hosted a wedding for their daughter Mary Ada Anderson and D W Metzler of Wooster on a Wednesday evening the 4th inst. Guests ranged from music to social hour and a p m luncheon. The couple plan to reside in Wooster after December 1. The bride, trained in music from Wooster University, will be missed in local church circles. The groom is an industrious Wooster man. The ceremony featured the Lohengrin Wedding March and Annie Laurie variations by Miss Ozella Stone.
The Salvation Army presents itself as a global temperance force with millions of adherents, officers, and musicians across 46 countries. It reports weekly meetings and conversions, highlighting its impact in the United States and Buffalo where drumkards have served prison terms and cost the state money, while two assistant pastors in major cities were saved from drink through its work.
Mrs Barbara Wells of Burton City died at 63 after severe burns suffered while pouring coal oil in a stove on Oct 29. She had been unconscious much of the last days. She survived by her second husband Benj Wells and a son Tarence Sharp of Waynesburg. Funeral services were held Thursday with interment at Dalton.
The report from the second assistant postmaster general cites total annual mail transport expenses of 63.59 million dollars and a cost per mile of 12.89 cents. It notes 1,400 traveling post offices covering 186,298 miles with 10,555 employees, 15.99 billion pieces sorted, 1,387,664 errors, and 378 mail-car casualties including fatalities and injuries. It discusses postal box delivery on star routes, higher per-contract costs, and a proposed retirement fund for disabled railway clerks with a payroll deduction plan.
Herry Derr, a mail carrier from the depot to the post office, was riding on Larwill last Thursday morning when his horse halted and knelt. He spotted a live electric wire under the horse, removed it with help from a passerby, and the horse rose unharmed.
Pioneer David Lawrence, a longtime Franklin township resident and respected citizen, died Saturday morning May 7 at age 47. Funeral services were held Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church with interment in Franklin Cemetery.
Probate Court before Judge R. C. Adair hears multiple matters. Executors and admins are named: H. H. Kerns as executor of John Kerns. A. J. Miller guardian for Israel Tagg. Thomas Feroe adm. of Wm P. Feroe. J. H. Smith adm. of Joseph G. and Mary F. Smith estates. J. M. Angus estates probated in Caltox and Sugar Creek with executors appointed. Bonds set, inventories filed, real estate sales and hearings scheduled, and a request for increased allowance for Sarah Fair.
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases and it was once deemed incurable. Science now treats catarrh as constitutional and prescribes constitutional remedies. Talis Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co claims internal use affects blood and mucous surfaces. They offer one hundred dollars for any cure failure. Address Toledo, Ohio. Sold by D. Ite 75c. Mall's Pills recommended.
The Gas City Indiana Journal lauds Misa Eleanor Blacher of Worcester for an elegant Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society recital. The event, held in a prettily decorated church, featured Miss Blacher's original, natural humor and graceful stage presence, with Mrs. Buzby and Mrs. Maud Stranahan contributing.
The Commissioner of Education reports a total of 16 925 887 pupils enrolled in common schools for the last fiscal year, about 20 percent of the population, with 10 999 273 in average daily attendance and a 145 day term. Teacher wages averaged 49 dollars for men and 40 for women, with 28 percent male teachers. Private and public totals bring total enrollment to over 18 million in general and special schools. Orrville Courier notes additional schooling figures.
Mrs Eliza A Sichley aged 1 years 3 months and 15 days wife of W H Sichley died at her home on N Grant St Saturday morning Nov 7 after an illness of many months She was born in New Jersey daughter of Peter Wy cof brought to Wayne county as a child and spent most of her life near Wooster Survived by husband and three children Himer Sichley Plain two Urra Sichley and Mise Delpha Sichley of Wooster Funeral services were held Monday.
A rear end collision Saturday morning near Woodverville wrecked a caboose and three stationary engine cars. The caboose caught fire and burned. Brakeman M B Sullivan suffered a broken ankle.
Clyde Talley adopted son of EB W Talley of Smithville arrested in Cleveland after forging his benefactor’s name on two Smithville bank certificates of deposit. About $600 obtained. he had been adopted from Waynes County Children's Home at age four, living with the Talley family for eleven years. He left for Salem after fraud, later found with funds in Cleveland and brought back to Wayne County.
The Rally Day season offerings topped previous records at the Reformed Church totaling 170 dollars on each event, aiding a 4000 dollar fund for a new building. A Thanksgiving week fair in East Liberty Street will feature needlework, baked goods, sausages, and secondhand clothing to raise money for the church organ and building completion.
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