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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1902
Page
4
In a sprawling ledger of town chatter and political jabs, the Wooster area reels from a far flung mix of election buzz and public notices. Local names surface amid accusations, with references to Bryan, Depew, and Jones as political players. The piece blends campaign talk with society notes, railroading, and scattered community updates from Maasillon to Millersburg, with a breath of sensationalized reportage on the day’s events.
A fragmented notice recalls a Burbank community gathering, honoring fallen Civil War veterans like G. W. Holloway and J. A. Palmer. It notes evergreen tributes, local relocations, and social events, with scattered references to brewery worker activism, a Glasgow disaster, and William Rhodes' bequests and scholarships.
Bertha Cassiday returned from Cleveland after weeks with her sister and relatives in Stark County. Mr and Mrs RoE McAfee hosted visits while Anna Miller earned praise for teaching fifty six pupils. Luther Loveland and wife traveled to Creston for a business trip and Sunday guests included Mr Teck of Pennsylvania and Miss Reekwoof Creston. Continuous weather notes and social events mark a brisk community column with anniversaries and supper gatherings.
An unclear wartime fragment references a brother of Beg Cima Walser and a person named Wane eer. The text hints at disease, a warehouse, and a brief scene with someone who went to show something. The readable parts are too fragmentary for a precise event.
Pleasant Home residents are noted in a brief column. Mrs Lindsey is seriously ill with pneumonia, Wilbert Greenlum and Mrs Hehman show health changes, and Mrs Brenlzer and a maids’ family are mentioned. School resumed last Monday with Miss Meoy as instructor while Grace and Nellie Dreibethis visited Congress relatives. Anna Stanley of Congress started a music class and will teach soon.
In Washington on April 3 the senate debated the phoomaparine bill with lively exchanges. Senators Bailey of Texas and Depew of New York delivered bright, witty remarks. Depew’s with Bailey’s jests about the American girl elicited laughter on the floor and in the galleries.
At midnight near the Pennsylvanian railroad station Byron Thomas the night agent and two others in similar uniforms were robbed. One guard kept watch while the other grabbed about 200 dollars in cash. The box holding 1200 dollars in bills was abandoned as the robbers could not hear the coin jingle. A private service for Cecil Rhodes was held in Cape Town. The body was brought to Govite Schuur and placed before Parliament, with a rich display and a note on reverence.
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