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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1899
Page
3
A collection of brief items from Wooster area: arrivals and visits, church and school activities, and small-town incidents. Mentions include residents traveling to Philadelphia and Cleveland, a fall causing injuries, funerals, clerical services, burglaries in several homes, a bronze statue project, and local club and society gatherings.
A fragment from a Washington Star piece examines stamp production in 1893 1895 and 1898 noting about 2.5 billion 2 cent stamps issued and estimating stack height and travel distances for deliveries. It cites per capita postage expenditures by state including Massachusetts New York District of Columbia Colorado and Connecticut and mentions crepe fashion and a barber Frank Mann found dead. Excursion tickets to Chicago offered by Pennsylvania Lines during a fall festival with President McKinley and Cabinet participation noted.
Arthur Hess, a Wooster youth son of Mrs Lonian Hess, was struck on the head by a scraper pole while playing near Killback ditch. He was conscious on return home but died at 1:00 a.m. Thursday. Funeral arrangements not yet made. services likely Saturday.
The Experiment Station reports that universal emergency warnings from the Weather Bureau will be sent by wire when Korea anticipates extreme weather such as heavy snow rain high gales or cold waves. Businesses schools and property interests should prepare to use these warnings, which are rare but critical. Flags will be displayed at the Administration building when extreme conditions are received. An unrelated note mentions an Orrville excursion via Pennsylvania Lines on an October date.
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