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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1903
Page
3
The roster lists Company A through Company K with officers and privates from Wooster and nearby towns in Ohio plus several out of state entries. Honorary members include numerous Wooster area matrons and relatives, reflecting a formal assembling of veterans and supporters.
A collection of short notes on railways planting trees for profit and snowbreaks, epigram versus epitaph, consumptives in a Frankfurt sanatorium with glassless windows, a Rock Island railroad bossing a section by a woman, and cave-dwellers of Mexico spanning long distances. The piece blends curiosity, social observation, and quirky facts across topics.
A brief look at the distribution of blood quantum among the five tribes Cherokees Creeks Choctaws Chickasaws and Seminoles shows less than 15 000 of 86 000 Indians are full blood. Experts in Herrings export large postwar herring shipments to Europe. Citric acid addition to sea water yields a harmless mineral water. A shipwrecked man could drink for a week from seven ounces of eltria acid. Sperry publishes a two hundred page book on bamboo varieties in Japan with one hundred illustrations.
Japan imported 2.7 million dollars worth of bicycles that year, mainly cheaper wheels priced 13 to 26 dollars. Bicycles are used for business and by the army, reflecting strong domestic and military demand. A note mentions polonium as the latest metal emitting light and guiding currents, claimed to power a collar button as lightning protection and a headlight.
Pennsylvania Lines advertises reduced fares to Denver Detroit and Kansas City via Pennsylvanian routes for various meetings and events from October 1 through October 20. Special trains depart from Orrville Cleveland and Wooster area stations with round trip offers and return validity dates. Details via local ticket agents and the World’s Fair pamphlet offer are provided.
On October 1 1903 an order of attachment was issued in the case styled Elzate Gettleman et al against Wayne Abraham Gettleman and county defendants in Wooster Ohio for one hundred sixty two dollars and thirty five cents. The notice is dated October 7 1903 in Wooster.
Low fares to California and Cleveland offered via Pennsylvania Lines with tickets available October 6th to 16th and October 7th to 16th. Expositions and itineraries tied to local events run by Knights Templar of Ohio and related groups. Also listed are land transfers in various townships including Jefferson, Canaan, Sterling, Wasne, Paint, and Milton with quantities and prices specified.
Nina Fortney Waples wife of Jacob M Waples and daughter of John and Catharine Fortney died at her father’s home Tuesday evening September 29 age 31 years 9 months 28 days Survived by her husband and three children including a infant a sixteen month old and an eight year old child
David Emery, a long time resident, died of paralysis at his home on Wednesday night aged 76 years 5 months and 24 days. Funeral services were held at a Lutheran church with Rev Harris, and he was interred at Mary burying grounds. The item lists local visits and travels of several residents including Frank Weaver, Grandmother Speck, Mre H Ebert and Mrs Calvin Ebert, J M Waples, W L Ferrie and family, Mr Ocker and Edith Glasgo, and Mrs Resig and Mrs Washburn, along with local ill health and recoveries.
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