Wooster News Roundup Reflects Local Events and Notables
The item collects varied Wooster area notices including court actions, divorces, births, deaths, and accidents. It cites Frank Wiles in Jefferson struck by brick, Mrs. Alice Barmard’s death, a marriage in Cleveland, and the Mansillon and Wooster Glass Co offices moving to Wooster. It notes bridge damage from recent storms and rail/ depot developments, with multiple obituaries and society notes from September and October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wiles
Scar Jefferson
Electric Railroad to Start Wooster Track Laying Soon
G and S Electric Railroad plans track laying in Wooster within days. Material already shipped and due soon, with work in northern Wooster during carnival week. Ties to be laid under brick paving, with lines aligned to pavement. A request may extend track along Liberty street and Market street if property owners consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland & Southern Electric Railway
Wooster
Liberty Street
Council
Rrn
Market Street
Wooster Street Fair Announces Baby Show Prizes
The Wooster Street Fair issues its premium list for October 16 at the City Opera House. Baby show prizes include seven dollars in goods at A J Fredericks Co and five dollars in goods at Wm Annat's plus a cabinet photo prize at H Dawson's. age limit 18 months. A parade at noon accompanies carnival day and night, with organizers pushing for a grand fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Opera House
J. Fredricks & Co
Wm. Annat’s
H. Dawson's
Village notes summarize social events and local changes
Smithville hosts a surprise party for Mrs. T C Pontius. Mr and Mrs Zimmmerman thank neighbors for support during illness and death of their mother. Ward comes home from Sweden due to ill health. R Wehner resigns Wheeling Depot post to join Pennsylvania Lines. Peterman welcome a son. J Taylor wins four prizes at Wooster fair. Virgil Eberly hosts gathering. East End makes improvements. three property owners update properties. Rev Thomas Bollinger visits A R Shauff. Wm Wagner visits grandmother. Beilman family visited Venice Pa. John Brant and Sarah Pence visit Hayesville. C D Smith becomes new Wheeling Depot operator. Harry Lehman of this city is detained in Warren Ohio on lunacy charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Pontius
Mr. Zimmerman
A. Peterson
Sweden
R. Wehner
Wheeling
Pennsylvania
Peterman
J.taylor
Virgil Eberly
East End
Thos. Bollinger
Huntington
Ind
A. R. Shauff
Wm. Wagner
Akron
I’. Beilman
I’. Beilman and Son
Venice
John Brant
Sarah Pence
Hayesville
C.D Smith
Long Run
Wayne County Fair Draws Large Crowd Despite Rain
The Wayne County Fair drew a large audience Friday and Saturday despite mud. Exhibits were strong across departments including Agricultural Experiment Station displays and fruit and vegetable displays. Harding & Co offered a wide range of wagons and implements, musical entertainment by the Oddfellows band of Wooster and the Burbank band enhanced the event, and races were close with one horse falling and the driver thrown but not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County Fair
Harding & Co
Oddfellows Band of
Wooster
Burbank Band
Assault at Applecreek Leaves Cotterman Injured
Michael Cotterman was assaulted at his Applecreek home when a stranger hit him with a shovel handle then struck him again after pursuit. Neighbors intervened, the assailant fled dropping the weapon. Bloodhounds could not track due to rain. a $500 reward was offered for the arrest and conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Applecreek
Michael Cotterman
Mr Cotterman
Local notices on deaths and community visits in Ohio
Mr Lewis Richenbaugh died Sept 23 at age 68 years 10 months. Funeral at the Reformed church conducted by Rev Miller. He helped found the church in this place and leaves a wife three sons and two grandchildren. Relatives and friends from Warren Indiana Bluffton Indiana and other nearby towns visit or travel through. The Endeavor Society of Presbyterian church held a missionary meeting at the union service last Sabbath evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanne Ryan
Burbank
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Edward Swartz
Wm. Annat
Atore
Lewis Richenbaugh
Reformed Church
Miller
Richenbaugh
The
Belle Wisner Rittenhouse
Warren
Ind
Waling
John Sweeney
Bluffton
Ohio
Basil Tracy
W Shaffer
Toledo
New Washington
Williard
Frank Burnett
Knox Co
Job
East Liberty Market Report Mixed Prices for Livestock
East Liberty market notes light supply with steady to strong demand for hogs and heavy lambs. Prime cattle and heavy Yorkers fetch around 7 40 to 7 65, pigs about 6 20, lambs show strength while sheep market lags with wethars near 63 80 and ramble prices 6 10 5 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sx Ra
Sidg Batuhera
Bolle
Frank Cowa
Wooster Bride Weds William A Dunaway at Presbyterian Church
By Rev R L Campbell ceremony united Mine Graao daughter of Mrs Liberty street and William A Dunaway of Ottawa Illinois. Bride praised for grace and charm, and guests from Ottawa St Louis and Chicago attended before a trip east then to Ottawa Illinois as their future home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mine Graao
Trig
Liberty Street
William A. Dunaway
Ottawa
R. L. Campbell
Presbyterian Church
Henry, Ill
Rivard
C. E McAfee
Mendetavehn
Tucker
George and
Etta Dunaway
Ottawa, Ill
Clarence Linden
St Louie
Leonard Barrett
Chicago
Death of a Former Resident Rachel Lonsbury
Mrs Rachel Lonsbury a former Wooster resident died at her daughter Emma Shipleys home in Cleveland on Tuesday Sept 23 She leaves eight children Mrs C L Hoffman Wooster Mrs Homa Shipley Cleveland Mrs O R Matz Toledo E B Lonsbury Akron H Lonsbury Sulmey J W Lonsbury and Miss Cora Lonsbury Cleveland The remains were brought to Wooster Wednesday and funeral services were held at C L Hoetfoans residence on E North street Thursday
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Anderson
Pitteburg
Woester
Common Pleas Court of
Pittsburg
Char KE. Plattenburg
Lyman Franko
Doylestown
Chippewa Twp
Jas. B. Meech
Kipfer
Arkon
al Franks
South Dakota
Franks
Buffalo
Edward Adair
Milleraburg Republican
Allston Grove
Paint Valley
Wooster
Century Club
P.8
Ihrig
Bloomington
W. F. Kean
Rachel Lonsbury
Emma Shipley
Cleveland
C L Hoffman
Homa Shipley
O. R Matz
Toledo
E. B Vonsbury
H Lonsbury
Sulmey
J W Lonsbury
Mies Cora Lonsbury
Mendelssohn Male Quartet Delights OSU Lecture Night
The Ohio State Journal praises the Mendelssohn Male Quartet's Tuesday lecture course performance as high quality with finely blended voices and an excellent quartet rendition. Winona and Assembly Review highlight a strong organization of trained artists offering the public a delightful entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Journal
Mendelssohn
Winona
Assembly
Zola Found Dead in Paris Apartment
Emile Zola, famed for defending Dreyfus and Jewish rights, died of asphyxiation from stove fumes in his Paris apartment on Sept. 28. Born April 2, 1840, he received the Legion of Honor in 1888 but lost and later regained the decoration during exile and return. Frank Armstrong to sell farm near Golden Corner October 13 with horses cows calves implements and household goods. Sale starts 1 a.m. David Martin, Auditor. Mt Armstrong to move to Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Zola
Dreyfus
Paris
M. Zola
Ion
England
Zola
Claude
Marseille
Madeline Ferat
Frank Armstrong
Golden Cornere
Wooster
Burbank Road
David Martin
Elizabeth Tucker Dies. Wooster Figure Honored
Mrs Elizabeth Dallas Tucker former Wooster resident died at her Bedford Virginia home last week. Daughter of Vice President George Dallas she inspired the Tucker Society of Wooster. Her son Reverend Tucker led St James Episcopal Church in Wooster for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dallas Tucker
Wooster
Bedford Virginia
George Dallas
Tucker Society of
Rev Tucker
St James Episcopal Church
Wooster Board of Trade discusses water supply and committees
At Wooster city hall on Tuesday evening September 24 the board of trade reviewed the deficient water supply with no action taken yet. They plan to aid water trustees and form committees for the year including New Enterprises and Industries, Public Improvements, Finance, and more. A two member committee was appointed to draft resolutions urging immediate improvements to the water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Wooster
D Norris
West Salem
J Mullios
J. R. Zimmerman
H. A. Hofferott
J. C. Schultz
Walter D. Foss
Frank W Miller
H. St. Smith
C W Kisling
C. A. MacDonald
S. H. Dawson
L. P. Obliger
John Nelle
David Nice
W J Seelge
W. L. Firestone
John M. Criley
P. Ohliger
Wm. Annat
L. E. Holden
Albert Shupp
A. J Rich
F H Harding
John Johnson
Geo. Kk. Laubach
A. J Fredrick
D C. Curry
C. D. Smith
C. M. Gray
I D. Evans
R. J. Smith
J. G. Sambora
Robert L. Adair
A. D. Metz
John McSweeney
W. F. Kean
Manufacturica
Geo
J. Swartz
R. J Sweeney
Chas
F. Barrett
Forbes Alcock
G. F. Pocock
John F Marchand
Geo. A. Clapper
Q. M., Gravatt
C. E. Huffman
Jesse McClellan
R. J. Sweeney
A. B Pockinpaugh
E. B. Eskelman
W. B. Bryson
Chas. M. Gray
F A. Naftzger
F. Everhard
Special Wooster Council meeting awards Beall Avenue sewer contract
A Wooster special council meeting awarded the Beall Avenue sewer extension contract to Iaane Griast for 6774416. The 600 foot sewer must be finished by October 20 after a $1000 bond was posted. Other items on Pittsburg Avenue paving and city scales were referred or postponed due to lack of interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Beall Avenue
Corporation
Pittsburg Avenue
Ghioat
Pittaburg Ave
Pennsylvania Company
E. Mc Quinby
Also Mentioned on This Page
Furniab
William Force
Franklin Typ
I Maseillon Hospital
Harry K Brady
Avalon
Alice Barmard
John N Boores
Madisonburg
Daniel Curran
Doyleatown
Mary A. Taylor
George Brandt
Kate Brandt
Fthward
Millie Kintz
Mansillon Bottle and Glass Co
Wooster Glass Works
Pennnsylvania R. RB. Co
Howard Taylor
Samuel Taylor
Arken
Edward Baum
Creston
Castondy
Perrynville
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Zellera
Canaan
Frank Naftzger
Maude Parrish
Charles Garver
Lorain
Wooster Hardware
E. J. Cowan
John Cowan
Ashland
J. C. Burneson
Experiment Station
GMH
Hammond Packing Co
Hammond
Mise Jeannette Mehl
First Ward
Akrom
Jane Hoff
Congress Tno
Congress
Henry Weckasser
Marshallville
Weckester
H. B. Christine
State Board of Examiners of
Columbus
Mr. Christine
Myers’ School of Embalming
Springfield
Orrville Crescent
Woonter
E. M. Beck
J. B. Beck
Mt. Eaton
Reformed Church of
Orrville
Europe
Africa
John Michel
Manioh
Germany
Egypt
Michel
G. & S. Electric Railroad
O Wooster
Bugunia
Few Dara
Wooster Street Fair
Smithville
Harry L. Lehman
Warren, O
the County Fair
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East Liberty
Gra O Shrig
W A Donaway
Wooster Board of Trade
Special Council
North Beall Ave
Isaac Ariest
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