Tragic Suicide of John S. Elliott Shocks Wooster
John S. Elliott a respected Wooster businessman, apparently hanged himself in his barn around 6 am. He left behind a wife and four children. A longtime entrepreneur in hauling, transfer, coal, and feed, Elliott faced setbacks and despondency tied to business ventures. He was about 45, a Royal Arcanum and Odd Fellows member, with life insurance carried for these orders.
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John S. Elliott
William Dager
Elliott
Wooster
Frm
Elliott & Wacker
Bulleter Be
Eliott & Smith
Page Ree Tae So Foundry Rotom
Buckeye
E. Northers
Porallly
Eliott
Sod
Royal Arcanum
A Gold Blooded Murder Near Killbuck
The village at the junction of the CO A and C Ry and the Dresden Branch is in an uproar over the murder of F. A. Pendberwood the 35 year old station agent for the O A and O Ry shot Thursday evening while en route to the station. Pendberwood left home to meet the train. his body was found with a shotgun wound near the path to the village. A tramp seen in town purchased a shotgun shell and similar shells were found near the scene but the killer remains elusive. About $700 reward is posted for the arrest of the guilty party. Pendberwood was buried last Sabbath with a large crowd attending the Knights of the Maccabees ceremony.
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Killbuck
Dresdan
Millersburg
F. A. Pendborwood
Penderwood
Flo
Paasangera
Abells
Knights of the Maccabees
Prosecution Chief Rosas W Funck Reports Year’s Work
Prosecuting Attorney Rosas W Funck filed the annual report to the County Commissioners for the year ending Sept lat 1897. It shows 30 Common Pleas Court cases with 18 pleas of guilty and 9 jury convictions, 1 hung jury, 2 not guilty verdicts, and 1 conviction on another charge. All lower court verdicts in higher appeals were affirmed. In Probate Court Funck handled 12 cases with all parties pleading guilty. The record reflects strong public enforcement of laws and is favorably viewed.
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Rosas W Funck
Mc Fenck
Common Pleas Court
Fanck
Successful Applicants From Saturday Teachers Exam
List of successful applicants paused the teachers' examination on Saturday September 4 1807 per Prof James L Zarlog clerk of examining board. Names include Ella M Horat and Vera E Roach from Wooster Smithville Orrville Applecreek West Salem and Dalton among others with multiple grades and locations.
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James L. Zarlog
Yesra
Ella M Horat
Smithville
Vera E Roach
Wooster
E. (. Mower
Orrville
Sarah
Lantenachlager
Applecreek
Nellie Reed
Emma Nafiigger
JC Mallineaux
Weat Salem
Anna MeEthjinnay
Dalton
Margaret McFetridge
Doyleatown
Ida M. Beal
Ira A. Richards
Oveston
Myron FE
Matt Madisonburg
W. A Lehr
Plain P O
Harry R. Bruce
O. L. Wirth
Closing sermon honors Pastor Rev E M Beck
The Reformed congregation heard Rev E M Beck’s final sermon last Sabbath after 8 to 9 years of service. He married 70 couples and conducted 82 funerals while in Wooster, received 137 into the church with 106 remaining, baptized 85, held 33 comotions, and preached over 800 sermons plus prayer meeting lectures. The piece closes with well wishes for a future call to broader ministry and divine blessing.
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E. M Beck
Wooster
Divorce Granted After Continued Hearing in Wayne Court
Judge Maxwell presided as evidence and argument in the divorce case of Samuel Cayhoe versus Margaret Cayhoe, with Margaret granted a decree of divorce and ongoing alimony terms to be settled later. The village council case against the Board of Waterworks Trustees regarding a windmill pump was postponed to October 0 for further hearing. The petit jury was dismissed after no case was ready, with court activity limited to scheduling and motions. The next term of Wayne Common Pleas Court begins Monday, November 15.
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Judge Maxwell
Couneal
Samuel Cayhoe
Margaret Oayhoe
Plaintownship
Crosa
Bia
Board of Waterworks Trustees
Court of Wayne Common Pleas Court
Council Proceedings In Flushing Wersl West Bowman Street
City Council meets with most members present. Sewer complaints due to dry weather lead to flushing plan using Red Dick reservoir water. Geiselman and Gerlach to flush sewers under Sewer Committee. Bids for filling West Bowman approaches discussed but no action. Multiple street and property issues referred to committees. North Buckeye sewer project approved. ordinance passed to pay bill. Meeting adjourned.
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Mr Smith
Jeffries
Lee Geiselman
Wm Gerlach
J E Barrett
Geiselman
Reddick
Gerlach
Sewer Committee
Severs
Calvert
Bowman Street
Weat Bowman
Samuel Betaon
John*Mowery
J. W. Lehr
Council
McKinney
Robert L. Adair
Robert
Bardon
Palmer
Michael Booth
Shreve
J E. Barrett
Roberts
Palmer Street
Zimmerman
Bucklea’s Armies Salve Advertises World’s Best Cure
Bucklea’s Armies promises Saire Soraa Dhara Sait Rhou Fever Soren Tetter Chapped Hands Chil blains Corns and all skin eruptions with guaranteed relief for piles. Money back if not satisfied. 25 cents per box. For sale by Lavsacn & Boyn.
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Lavsacn & Boyn
Republicans Nominate State Senator Candidate at Milleraburg
The Republican Senatorial District convention met in Milleraburg to nominate a State Senator candidate. Jacob Frick of Wayne was chosen chairman and E R Thornberg of Holmes was named secretary. Thornberg of Mt Hope Holmes county was then nominated and the convention adjourned.
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Milleraburg
Jacob Frick
Wayne
E.R. Thornberg
Holmes
E. R. Thornberg
Mt. Hope
Holmes County
Personal Notes From Wooster and Nearby Towns
Dr H. N. Mateer visited Cleveland on Tuesday and many residents are noted traveling to and from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan. Court activity, moves, and family visits fill the week with several local figures relocating or touring, including educators, businessmen, and clergy.
Public Sale Announces McClarran Farm Auction in Wayne County
On October 14 1897 J W McClarran will sell at his residence 4 miles south of Armstrong Station Wayne County Ohio horses cattle hogs farm implements and household goods. A 100 acre farm with a frame house bank barn and orchards is offered at 29 00 per acre. A separate sale on October 13 1897 by Harry B McMandia features farming implements livestock and farm products half a mile south of Jefferson five miles west of Wooster.
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J. W. McClarran
Armstrong—Station
Wayne County
Ohio
Jefferson
Wooster
Elliott Sale
Buckeye
East North Ats
W. P. Snyder
Wooster Notes Include Elections And Local Events
A Wooster period item highlights ongoing Wayne County activity with the U S Convention in Millersburg, a Republican senatorial meeting, a county teacher examination, and cemetery association officers. It also notes a fatal B&O track incident, a fire at John Hershey’s residence, a marriage in Loudonville, hotel management change in Millersburg, and upcoming horse sales. Local weather hints, saloon closure, and various civic matters fill the regional update with named places and people.
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J P. van Nest
P. D. Hall
James Rich
Frank Tider
West Salem
John Hershey
Burton City
George Maeser
Wayne County
Kent, C
Central
Millersburg
O. B. Yoder
Grandest Remedy Assures Cures for Consumption
Greece, a Virginia merchant, credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing his consumption after other treatments failed. He reports relief within two bottles and returns to work after years of struggle. The medicine is advertised as a guarantee for coughs colds and consumption with trial bottles free at Lanbach Boyd’s Drug Store. Also mentions wedding cabinets and souvenir cards from the Herald Office in Wooster.
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Rob
Greéce
Chilbowie
Dr King
Lanbach & Boyd
Herald Office
N. E. Corner
Wooster
Destructive fires hit farms near Doylestown and Easton
Destructive fires devastated a Ben Kapler farm near Doylestown last Thursday, with total loss of barn contents though uninsured for about 1000 dollars. A bank barn between Easton and Wadsworth also burned, destroying hay grain implements and 30 hogs. Bloomington field fires caused by boys damaged 60 rods of fence, with Hugh McCoughay’s house and barn saved. Quick work by Walter Nice and Fred Figert stopped a roof fire at Mrs. Armstrong’s North Buckeye residence. Electric Bitters praised as a nerve tonic and blood purifier, sold at Lau Bach & Boyd’s Drug Store.
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Doylestown
Ben Kapler
Bam
Henry Bouch
Easton
Wadsworth
Reddick Dam
Bloomngton
Hugh McCoughay
Boya
Mra. Armstrong
North Buckeye
Walter Nice
Fred Figert
Laubach & Boyd’s
Sterling News Summary of Local Personalities and Deaths
Sterling items note visits and illnesses including Mrs E M Smith ill with malaria. Wm Baird, long time Sterling resident and R B restaurant proprietor, died Sept 2 and buried Sept 23 in Seville cemetery. Rev E S Wolmer led funeral at U B Church. Also mentions teaching staff appointments and relocations, school opening Sept 27 with Principal O A Hoover, Verna Johnston and Ida Lovecux in posts, plus local personnel changes at the W Y P and C depot and other small notices.
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Migs M
Earl of
Leroy
Earnest
Mies Della Amatutz
Cleveland
E. M. Weimer
Beach City
Wm. Baird
Seville
Baird
Sterling
Pittsburg
Bia Gon
Reaper
Wolmer
U. B
Miles Carrie Befchler
Misa Loulaa Barna
D. H. lLornaux
Wooster University
Andrew Thomas
G. H.batchler
Steiner
Obve Lee
Paulding
O. A. Hoover
Verna Johnston
Mias Ida Lovceux
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Faonck
Wayne County Commissionera
EM. Beck
Court House
Court OF Common Pleas
Council Proceedings
Mr Rhodes
Flushing &Werl
North Awckeye
Buckeye St
Bowman
Spring St
Bucklea
H. N. Mateer
J. A Santh Ia
Indiana
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Bethehens
N. G
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Obaa
E. Obliger
Pennsylvania
McClure
Columbia
Taeeday
Anthony Leles
Viellog
E R. Leles
James Vallandingham
Orrville Crescent
Ed J Krieger
School of Pharmacy
Ann Arbor
Mich
F. E. Bahelman
Pennsylvania Lines
Ed. Mott
Heratn
Mise Ledema Phillipa
Indianapolis
Tod
Ray Pinkerton
Akron
Taggarta
Bute
Cornelius J Miller
Wichita
Kansas
G. P Emrick
C. H. Rockey
Sheperdetown
West Virginia
de. WA. Porter
Clevelandia
G. Woner
Berea
Berea With Mrs. Wa Parents Who Will Soon Go To California, 8. G. Gill
Woos*tar
A C. Ruoff
Canal Dover
Obnord
V. M. Hafield
Ossian
Ind
Geo. D. Hatfield
Will Smith
Zimmerman & Co
Eastman
Poughkeepale
Misa
Harriet L. Funck
Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity
Madison
Wisconsin
Jacob Geiselman
Blackburn
Ankeny
Iowa
A W. Shearer
Texas
Lone Star State
Andrew Reiman
St. Thomas
Canada
W. J. Kieffer
J. ©. McClellan
Holnes County
Elizabeth Doolap
Grace
San Bernardino
California
U. S
Curtis Rittenhouse
Atola
Samuel Krieling
Reedsburg
Kinney, Cooley
Co's Hardware
West Liberty Street
Banj Thompson
Edward Thompson
The
Methodiat Church
Bloomington
Brenneman
J. M. Bair
E. M. Smith
Herald
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