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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1906
Page
3
An official from Curry Lumber says it is too early to gauge this year’s building activity due to the cold snap. Despite many talks of growth, the library addition at the University and a new dormitory face funding delays, with several thousand dollars still needed to proceed.
W A DeMiller, longtime Wooster resident and Indianapolis concert manager, plans a Wooster visit next week with relatives to arrange a date for one of his touring companies. He hopes to bring Bozenhoff the noted Russian pianist and Narita the famous baritone among others.
Trustee Ross W. Faonck, settling Wooster Brick plant affairs, says several offers have been received for sale and prospects look good for a sale within weeks. He declines to name bidders. two offer general brick manufacture and a third is rumored to build bricks for the Panama canal contract.
The Board of Viction for Wayne County Charitable institutions met Friday in Probate Judge Orr's office and elected Joseph Gallagher of Smthville as president and Mr Blankenborn of Orrville as secretary. Col A Wiley declined to serve and Mr Giotlogher was named for the vacancy.
Elmer Landes former superintendent of the Dalton schools has been invited to give the annual commencement address in this city.
A dubious claim from Waynesboro Pa mentions a “Scientific Wonder” curing a dismessing case of piles. It asserts healing for sores, boils, ulcers, cuts, wounds, chilblains, and salt rheum, offered for 26 cents by Ttaubach & Boyds drug store.
A jumble of clippings cites opinions from the Louisville Courier Journal on simplified spelling with the line Spell it wrong and you’re right. Other notes mention Andrew Carnegie offering to pension his incapacitated former boss, a telegraph messenger from Altoona, and a quip about Uncle Joe Cannon’s autocrat billing in a Chicago Record snippet.
A collage of quotes laments on spelling reform and editorial practice from East Liverpool Review Rochester Herald New York Mail and St Louis Globe Democrat noting editors blue pencils reactions to Justice Brewers spelling and consumer savings bank growth in the anthracite region and other brief snatches with sharp commentary.
Common Pleas Court records show Joseph Zimmerman filing to foreclose a mortgage against Jesse Brinkerhoff of Barbsank over the property known as Silver Hat and several burgs acd barnes. Eugene Carlin serves as Zimmerman's attorney.
The National Association of Liquor Dealers will sue to overturn Ohio temperance laws in the state supreme court. Attorney Dudley Wayne claims Lt Gov Harris blocked full senate expression on the Aikin bill and the local option provisions limit franchise rights. The case may affect officers in every county and challenge Governor Pattison’s administration. Governor Pattison, treated in Cincinnati, shows no ill effects from the move and will remain in hospital for about two weeks before returning home. The attack also targets legislative actions including the Cincinnati Investigating Committee and appropriations for 1906. Prosecution immunity questions and anti trust probes in Huron County will unfold next week as the grand jury sits.
In Columbus on April 7 Mrs Joseph Busch of Franklin Avenue gave birth to twins via caesarean at Grant Hospital. A boy weighing 7 1/2 pounds and a girl 7 1/2 pounds survived, with Dr J F Baldwin performing the operation through an incision in the abdominal wall. Both babies are reported doing nicely and expected to recover.
Trade notice states Liquia Cream Balm is marketed to all druggists for intradyn use. Mail order and spray log details sent from Ely Brothers at 36 Warren Street, New York.
A Columbus Pennsylvania reader requests another bottle of Crocker's Rheumatic Remedy praising its效果. The note, dated February 5 1908, mentions having previously used two bottles and feeling improved, with a money order enclosed through W A Wilson.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions sale dates April 24 to May 4 and references to preventive measures and stage, but lacks clear events, people, or organizations to form a factual news summary. No defined outcome or identifiable entities beyond vague phrases.
A Portland fire on April 7 destroyed the eighth floor of a Chamber building, killing Homer E. Hallock of the William Traction Company after he leaped to the central court roof. Loss set at $100,000, with panic among 1,500 workers. Separate items report Mount Vesuvius eruption near Torre del Greco, Bracatore as danger grows. Other items note a river steamer incident near Warsaw and a gambling raid aftermath. Public notices include political statements, bank arrests, and local ads for remedies like Doan's Kidney Pills and a laxative cough syrup.
An English wool exporter J B Stock vanished near a Tartar village and his body was recovered from a lake near Karajas before being returned to the water. The viceroy allotted top detectives to his friends to locate the murderers. Stock carried 10000 dollars at disappearance. The report also notes unrest in Santo Domingo with a revolution at Samana and American interests unaffected.
Forby Alcock was the lone Wooster participant in the Wednesday game at Birmingham against Detroit. He held center field with a clean record and knocked down one hit. The Birmingham Age Herald ran a Thursday picture featuring Billiard Wilhelm Clark and Alcock in the Birmingham team image.
A large turnout of township trustees attended a county Good Roads meeting in the common pleas court room on Saturday afternoon. Farmers showed clear interest in road improvement and urged county commissioners to act on recent legislation to build and improve county roads.
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