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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
4
Chas. E. Thorne reports Rhode Island tests at Kingston and Ohio experiments indicate lime improves yields on sandy clay soils. Half acre wheat limeed yields rise. corn shows gains. alfalfa grows more vigorously. Fresh unslaked lime preferred. apply before planting. avoid mixing with manure or ammonia fertilizers.
Orin Wagner of Marshallville and Della M. Zimmerman of North Lawrence. Charles S. Case of Loudonville and Lula May Bell of Shreve. Bert A. Anderson of Wadsworth and Ruth Cayhoe of Shreve. Jerry Vitallo and Paulina Careno of Wooster.
A wedding is planned for Railroad Day at the Pan American Exposition on September 14 in a gilded cage holding twenty five lions at the Esplanade center. The wedding party will enter the cage before the crowd, followed by a supper inside the cage amid the lions, described as romantic. Tickets for the Pan-American Excursion are sold at a low fare via O. A. Ry. information from ticket agent G. W. Leyda.
The Ohio Sunday School Association will supply each school in the state with copies of a Rally Day exercise at cost, provided a collection is taken for the association. The item, featuring a new piece, fills about twenty minutes and is to be used around September 29 or soon after. Send requests to Joseph Clark, General Secretary, Columbus, Ohio.
Local notices record births deaths and pickups in Wayne County. Mentions include openers of schools and academies, a mood of civic events, railroad accidents, and a slate of obituaries. Prominent names include Prof. O E Torbett and Dr. Kata M. Johnson among others.
Dr Frederick Platt the eye specialist will operate at the Yoder House Parlors every Friday from 8 a.m. to noon, providing regular eye care services.
Football practice continues daily on the university grounds under coach Sedgwick. Few students have shown enough interest to form a solid lineup, but officials expect higher turnout as school opens. The first game is slated against Obio Wesleyan University in this city on Saturday October 1st. Manager Blaser seeks a September 28th game but has not secured one yet. The Pan American Exposition observance Railroad Day is set for Saturday September 14th with travel tips from O A and O Ry ticket agents.
Baltimore and Ohio offers low rate excursion tickets to Buffalo and New York during the Pan American Exposition with return options via Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and Buffalo. Tickets on sale daily through October 20 with various stop over privileges and conditions available from agents. Also offering half rate trips to Louisville Kentucky during the Louisville Interstate Fair with return by October 7 1901.
A detailed notice promotes Railroad Day at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo on the second Saturday in September. It highlights a grand parade, unique demonstrations of transport methods, speakers like Hon. Chauncey Depew, spectacular night illuminations, and special low fares via the O A O, Ry and O&O Rr to encourage attendance.
Pennsylvania Lines announces Richland County Fair excursions to Mansfield with tickets sold Sept. 10 to 13 from Wooster Upper Sandusky Tiffin Quakoto n intermediate stations. Also reduced fares to California via Pennsylvania Lines for the General Conference Episcopal Church Sept. 18 to 26 and Sept. 27 for trains rejecting Chicago or St Louis. Ticket agents provide details.
Pennsylvania Lines offers discounted excursion tickets to Indianapolis for the Sovereign Grand Lodge meeting September 13 to 16 with return by September 7. Also on sale are Pan American Exposition tickets to Buffalo with return options and stopovers, including coach and road rates, via Wooster. Special agents and timetables available for details.
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