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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1892
Page
3
Local notes report Mansfield boiler and machine works destroyed by last Saturday morning fire and Sammy McClarran new post office messenger. Resignations and hires include Massillon resident Chief Clark family moving to Wooster and Markley resigning as city engineer.
The California Fig Syrup Co reports continued success and wide adoption of its Syrup of Figs as the universal laxative. Sold by all druggists.
The district already lists Lake Jones John B Brown Alex Graber Jacob Franks Capt Mitchell J W Kirkendall McDonald Smith Coroner Huntsberger J S McCoy and others as Democratic sheriff candidates. A man and woman died, thefts occurred, and a church spire was struck by lightning causing significant damage in Doylestown.
Mrs James McAnaney of North Grant Street seeks news of her son Edward T Carpenter who last spoke from Fargo North Dakota in December at the Washington House. He asked for money which was sent and received, and no word has come since. Any information on his whereabouts would be greatly appreciated.
The joint Grand Army and Citizens' Committee in Wooster outlines arrangements for the Frick Soldier's Monument and Fountain dedication in the Public Square on May 6. Officers and committees are named, inviting Grand Army Posts, civic groups, and local officials to participate in a historic day.
The Cleveland Wooster and Muskingum Valley Railway will not build a depot at Shade Creek. A mile farther west four acres of ground have been secured for the station and sidetracks.
The sixth and final entertainment of the University Lecture Course will be at City Hall Opera House next Tuesday evening April 12. The Ariel Thomas Concert Company a ladies vocal quartet led by John Thomas the inimitable will headline. The group closed last season with strong demand and is expected to draw a big crowd.
Isaac Bergen aged 65 a bachelor farmer near Apple Creek died this morning from rheumatic fever amplified with brain and heart trouble. He had been ill for some time but was bedbound only one week.
A low voter turnout produced a clear result in Mondays local election with about half the regular vote cast overall. Democrats swept most offices while Republicans took a few posts, leaving the city council split eight Democrats to two Republicans.
Fragmentary OCR lists names of trustees and education board members including Water Works Trustee and Board of Education figures such as John F Yarman K TalS4 72 and W B Bryson along with other named individuals and a sequence of numbers. The readable items imply a city notice listing officials and positions with associated codes or districts.
In Plain Township Republicans sweep the ticket with Martin Landis and others elected. Across Dalton and neighboring towns, sensational charges about Ada Eversole's poisoning surface, while a jury absolves teacher Martin Teeple of sexual misconduct. Dowell presides as verdicts stun crowds. votes shift in Doylestown, Chippewa, Smithville, and surrounding areas.
A promotional piece extols Hostetters Stomach Hitera as a universal medicine from the Americas to the Isthmus of Panama and Mexico. It claims efficacy against miasma born diseases, stomach and liver disorders, rheumatism, kidney complaints, and influenza while noting a robust constitution offers no defense against ailments.
Street Commissioner Isaac Greist and Salona Laylone were secretly married at her residence as the reverend officiant joined them. Neighbors in the 4th Ward heard a noisy reception afterward.
A vintage ad extols Brandreth's Pills as a fifty year household remedy used by over 150 million people. It claims small doses cure dyspepsia costiveness rheumatism liver bile and blood impurities. The pills are described as purely vegetable harmless and safe at any time sold in drug stores plain or sugar coated.
Reduced round trip excursion tickets for the Quadrennial Conference of the M bh Chuareh in Omaha Neb are available via Pennsylvania Lines on April 27 28 and 2th returning until May 30. Agents of the Consylvania Lines will supply details on request. Also advertised are wall paper window shades and curtain poles on the square 42tf oe-se.
Woot Wheat Flour Corn Oats Rye Barley Clover Seed Flax Seed and Timothy Seed prices listed with per bushel and per barrel figures. Produce items include Butter Eggs Lard Hams Cheese White Beans Potatoes Salt Wood and poultry prices per pound or per cord. Prices corrected by Fricks and Tyler and Craighead and Co. Groceries and Provisions dealers.
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