Easter Services Spark Wooster Churches Across Denominations
Easter Sunday 1896 in Wooster featured widespread church services from Catholic to Reformed, with large crowds, floral altars, and special choirs. The day included sunrise prayers, communion, and Knights Templar ceremonies, plus lively music and processions as worshipers filled churches and later visited the cemetery and streets.
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Wooster
Wooster Cemetry
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Father Ankly
C. Schaeffer
W. W.criley
Los Angeles
Cal
Epworth Lesqueat
J Frank Smith
Bethel Church of God
J W. Kingston
Conkling
Cleveland
EK. M. Beckley
L. C. Edmonds
Canaan
J. S Ross
Our Lord
St. James Episcopal
James Trimble
South Dakota
Trimble
Wooster Commandery
Knights Templar
James B. Milier
Land heirs review 850 acres in Philadelphia heart
Colonel Gamma and L. Pogy return from Philadelphia with two abstracts on an 850 acre tract once owned by Samuel Pegg. A meeting is set for April 11 to decide a course of action as heirs.
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CoLtames
G 8Mma
L. Pogy
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Land Abstract Company
Samuel Pegg
Bresawick
Brunswick
Charles Smith
Brunswick and Western Railroad
Pranswick
Downing Company
Dealera
Bay Street
Ocgan
High Hat Nuisance Laws Prompt Theatre Dilemma
The Fosdick high hat bill at the City Opera House becomes law, risking fines for ushers permitting hats that obstruct the view. Managers expect compliance through notices in programs and polite requests, believing the measure likely constitutional but prepared to act if challenged.
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Fosdick
City Opera House
Fosdirk
The Half Not Told Spanish Atrocities Shock World
Mr F H Taylor returns to Cleveland recounting Cuban torture by Spaniards at Moro Castle and in Havana prisons. He claims prisoners are strung up by thumbs and left to suffer while molasses is used to draw crowds, with many other brutal methods described to shock Christian nations.
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Cleveland
F H Taylor
Cubs
Moro Castle
Havana
Worsening Toll From Ky Cloudburst Drowns More
A Kentucky cloudburst on Little Sexton and Buffalo creeks caused greater damage than reported with 16 feared drowned. The surge swept gorges swiftly, swamping cabins and outbuildings. Five people were confirmed drowned on Little Sexton with nine believed missing as of early April.
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Boongville
Little Sexton
Buffalo
Tasteo Silencia
Wiro
Money Order Record Highs in 1895 Quarter
National money order transactions in the last quarter of 1895 set new volume records. Audited accounts show receipts totaling about $105,765,971 with domestic orders issued near $49,000,000. Reporting from Washington in the Daily Republican.
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Washington
United States
New Orzveanss
St. Landry Parish
Opelousas
Foster
John Glynn
State National Guard
St Law
Glynn
Washington Artillery
Underhul
Alliance Spain Britain Pact Rumor Shocks Markets
A London financier claims England and Spain may forge a strategic alliance to curb the Cuban question and restrain French and Russian moves. The report cites Milan, Gibraltar, and Malta as critical to British naval aims, with Europe awaiting a possible announcement within ten days.
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New York
London
England
Spain
Europe
United States
Washington
Great Britain
West Indies
Great Briiain
Rt Br Ls
Great Botan
Mediterranean
Cartegeno
Salisbury Ministry
France
Rusia
Italy
Germany
Anatra
Rnssis
Gibraltar
Malta
Toulon
Russia
Britain
Militia Called Out In Louisiana Election Tension
In Opelousas and Lexington reports, political strife over the negro question has sparked fears of bloodshed as town officer elections loom. Breckinridge canvasses Kentucky voters amid renewed Ladies’ movement rallying against him after the Pollard damages suit and prior tight race with Owens.
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Lexington
W.C P. Breckinridge
Madeline Pollard
Congress
W. Owens
Miss Pollard
Breckinridge
Owens
Kentucky
Died from assault victim Ira Stilson in Akron
Ira Stilson, hired man for Alvin N Stone, died Sunday after being assaulted by the same assailant who targeted Stone and his wife a week earlier. He could not recall details of the attack, recalling nothing during the brief interval of consciousness.
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Ira Stilson
Stone
Akron
Alvin N Stone
Tuberculosis Found in Michigan College Thoroughbred Herd
Dr E A Grange of Michigan Agricultural College reports tuberculosis in the college farm herd of thoroughbreds in Lassiya Mich on April 6. Despite Sopracure and Sexercise used on the cattle, the disease persists across the herd.
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Lassiya
Mich
E A Grange
Michigan Agricultural College
College Farm
Fraternal Notices and Camp Plans Lead Week in Woostar
Fraternity affairs across Woostar and Wayne County describe efforts to revive a Sons of Veterans camp with strong early signups. Lodges lease Werner's hall for a modern lodge and plans a masquerade ball. Ohio Patriarchs Militant encampment slated for Marton July 13 to 20 with drills, parades, and day events.
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Woostar
Wayne County
Dtf
Butler
Canton
EK. P
Rising Star Lodge
Morgen Stern Lodge
Ohio
T Patriarchs
Marton
Canton Wright
Wayne Rebekah Lodge
Martha Kramer
Iss Tawney
State Assembly of
Wayne Lodge
Loudonville
West Salem
John C. Whitaker
Dayton
Odd Fellows
Marfor
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Schnecker
J. B. Minter
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Des Schnecker
Iawn Mo
Daves Row
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Merkie
Sanctzs
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J. B Minner
News of Home Churches
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Wittenburg College
Johnson’s Hall
Sterling
Kiefer
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Epworth League of
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Journal
Big Prairie M. E. Sanday
Albert Butler
Elmer Sprang
Zelma Lee
Letta Aylsaworth
Frank Lovett
Nettie Quick
Elmer Morris
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Doylestown Journal
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Delaware
Essioe Borden
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Gracie Wharton
Ters
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Japan
Charles Filer
Shiloh
Williama
Ban Spolbes
Polen
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Simon Burn
National Windowglass Worker’ Association
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Coatmakers' Protective Association
ToLepo
Ohio Agricultural Department
Massinhos
Azy Soncennetta
Frank Soncennetta
Navarre
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Variousville
Isaac Kramer
Charles Kramer
Fraternity Affairs
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B. P. O. Ellis
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