Smithville Visit Teems With Society and Travel News
A party of forty from Wooster visited Smithville for an evening of festivity with Hoosier Cottage escorts. Guests enjoyed a chicken supper, hotel music, and college yells. Multiple notices report visits, funerals, Epworth League activities, and social events at the Methodist parsonage, with travels to Sedalia and Idaho.
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Ram Wooster
Hoover Cottage
Escoorts
Peter Amstutz
John
Marshal, Mich
Mr. Derr
Daisy
Clare
Miss J Rhoads
Artie Ott
Massillon
Wesleyan
Epworth League
J Rhoads
West
J. C. Russall
League
Clara Mackey
Thoburn
Lizzie Rhoads
Great West
Russell
Charles C. Webner
Huron
Sedalia
Dietor
Boice City
Idaho
J. A. Wagner
Emma
Will Wagner
Akron
Wagner
Wm. Shoch
Edith
N A. Gettleman
Milton
Olivesburg
Merchant Gettleman
Leroy Smith
Nova
Mra
Eliot Mackey
Artie
Creston Friends
J. M. Eberly
Chicago
J. N. Winter
Wayne
Seville Friends
Simon Miller
Charles
North Amherst
Bitzer
Havanah
Henry Stauffer
White Pigeon
Mich
Orrville meat market robbed of cash and coat
Harrison Bowman of Orrville reported his meat market robbed about 5 pm on October 9. Two strangers spoke with him at the front door while a third man entered the back and took $30 from the drawer and Bowman’s coat. An arrest was made but evidence was insufficient.
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Harrison Bowman
Orrville
Bowman
Carrie Nation
Feeding Calves For Rapid Growth And Dried Blood Remedy
The article discusses using grain rich rations with oil meal and flax to speed calf growth, aiming for 400 pounds at several milestones and 1,400 pounds by age two. It notes dried blood as an effective treatment for scours in calves, recommending a spoonful per feed and gradual increases, with instructions on mixing and sourcing from packers. It highlights cost efficiency in early feeding and superior market performance of well-fed, well-bred calves.
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E. A. Burnett
Nebraska
Prairie Palmer
Kanans
Kansas Station
Cheap Breeding Sires Warn of Poor Stock Choices
The National Stockman argues buyers should not skim by using low priced breeding animals. Quality sires cost more up front but improve herds, while scrubs raise costs and lower overall stock value. Buyers should pay fair value for superior sires and breeders should focus on selling only stock worth a fair price.
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Reault
Thi
Demand for Horses Depletes National Stock of Good Horses
The article notes a severe shortage of quality horses due to their use in military service over recent years. Demand is concentrated on heavy horses suitable for cavalry and hauling heavy trains, with a shortage persisting for years to come.
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C. F. Wells
Villa Ridge
Infertility of Eggs and Fertilization Questions
H S Babcock argues hatch failures arise not only from nonfertile eggs but from fertilized eggs whose vitality dies before incubation. He cites repeated buyer reports of clear eggs after three weeks, despite proper sitting, and notes variability in egg vitality. Transportation, climate, and inherent germ vigor likely destroy vitality. multiple causes explain early nonhatchables beyond incubation methods.
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Babcock
Country Gentleman
New Method of Preserving Eggs in Italy
A system in Italy removes shells and packs the egg interior together in airtight drums of 1000 eggs. Great care is taken to exclude air and prevent spoilage. The method cuts breakage risk and pleases pastry cooks. Eggs are sold to merchants now, with plans to ship directly to buyers, bypassing middlemen.
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Italy
Excursions via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers half rate excursions to Zanesville Ohio on October 22 and 23 for the Ohio Baptist Convention with return by October 25 1901. Special rates to Buffalo and Chicago December 2 3 and 4 for the International and National Live Stock Expositions with return by December 8. Tickets must be deposited with Joint Agent on arrival in Chicago and a 25 cent deposit paid.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Focal A
Ohio
Zaneaville
Ohio Baptist Convention
Bufalo
Ohio River
Chicago
Ili
Special excursion rates to Pan-American Exposition from Akron
Persons who have not visited the Pan American Exposition are offered a low coach excursion from Akron Route on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays in October. The Exposition closes this month. this is the last chance to see it. For rates and details contact G W Leydx, ticket agent, Wooster, Ohio.
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Akron
G. W. Leydx
Wooster
Pan American Exposition Buffalo Excursion Offers
Special coach excursions to Buffalo via Akron Route run in October with low fares. Tickets good returning through Oct 31. Six day and other excursion tickets sold Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays, limited time to see the Pan American Exposition before it closes. Obtain fares and schedules from Akron Route agents in Wooster and surrounding offices.
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Buffalo
Pennslyvania
Pennsylvania Lines
Expo
Akron
Americas
Nisvara
Falla
Jag Aion
Leyde, Wooster
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanis
Wooster
Bufalo
Vale
Aneda
Rotorta
Canada
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Smithville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baliimore & Ohio
B. N. Austin
Pennsylvanian Lines
G. W. Loyola, Wooster
Pan-Am Forpo
J. B. McCormick
Holmes County
New York City
Cleveland
Fredericksburg
Orr Sars
Zea An
Harding &Co
Mr Wells
Mall Post
Taft Bros’ Medicine CO
East 180Th St
N.Y. City
Chas, L. Pettis & Co
Duane Arrest
New York
Leonard Yariley
Wayne County
Walte
Rept. Ltd
Jacob German
Alice H. Geiselman
Babae E
Geiselman
Ohto
Herald Office
Public Square
Wooster, Q
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