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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1901
Page
8
April items report Hilltop director election John Bricker, a Wooster wedding of Miss Emma Miller, and various area happenings. Entries note patent runaways, farm sowing oats, carpenters painting, pipe organs, new buildings, and local visits. Contains farm, social, and civic tidbits with multiple residents named.
April notes report Ed Sprang recovering from lung fever and about town. J N Pinkerman heads to Kentucky to canvass for maps. Charles Slater and wife welcome a baby as about 24 youths mark Clair Windigler’s 71st birthday with supper and games. Rev W W Windigler and family visit from Elmore then return home. S E Springer leaves for Buffalo for an extended stay. Funeral attendance at Mohicanville for Anna Murry formerly Karns. Locals attend a Jeromeville minstrel show. April events include Clem Schamp of Creston and a town gossip thread about summer beef prep and Boor family.
April 160 Morris Johnson returns from Indiana after time with friends. Joda Betz visits Lodi Mountain. Alda Myers lies ill with pleurisy and worsens. A gathering at the Etz home last week brought cheer. Wayne society women plan aiding a South Carolina school. SE McCoy visits town and now stays with sister in Burbank. Farmers harvest oats and report fair wheat prospects.
Central Passenger association sets travel rules for G A R National Encampment in Cleveland September 10–14. First bands pay half fare, travel round trip on solid ticket in band uniform. second committees limited to three per post, travel on solid tickets, pay half cost, one ticket tip. No evasion by cash or concessions. Extra forms required from connecting lines, tickets valid for continuous passage only, sale dates September 12–15, return by September 15, then return trip to October 8 with fifty cent fee and noon deadline. Luggage handled by general barge agents. no sleeping cars assigned during encampment.
Mrs Elizabeth Schaad wife of John Schaad died at 1 AM Monday at her home at Hastieney and South Bever streets after months of poor health. She left behind husband and child Minnie who died young two years earlier. Born in Buffalo NY she lived all her life near Wooster. Funeral was set for 2 PM Wednesday from the residence with interment in Wooster cemetery. The bereaved husband and family receive sympathy from friends.
Miss Margaret Crotty of Brooklyn New York died Saturday evening at her sister Mrs Julius McClarrans home after months of illness from a fever related illness. She was born in Wooster 43 years ago and funeral from St Marys Church Tuesday with interment in Cath Ne cemetery. John B Warner aged about 60, eldest son of Joshua Warner of Wayne County, died Sunday at his home near Wa after months of illness. He is survived by wife and three children. Funeral Wednesday.
April 16 Millbrook notes report Mrs. W. L. Brown and children returning to Akies after visiting S. B. Wyre and wife. Prof and Mrs. J. R. Hayes left for Freeport from J. A. Kister and family. Mrs. David Landis and children of Burbank spent weekend with Cyrus S. Case and wife. Dan W Strock and family saw Jay and Karl depart for Westerville to manage Mr. Strock's farm for the summer.
Mis Elizabeth Troutman Snyder of Wooster died Tuesday evening at her daughter’s home after a long illness. A lifelong Lutheran, she lived mainly on a farm south of Wooster and leaves children R. B. Snyder Mrs Am Bentz Mrs Alice Boyston and Dr C H Snyder. Funeral from Bentz residence at 2 p m Wednesday with interment in Wooster Cemetery.
Cysaas Apell visits Smithville guest Millie Lichtys hosts. Bessie Battley returns from Vkenu to visit family Harry McMannla hosts in Fe Terson. Mira Herman visits son Fr Henry Hotchkiss. Brother-in-law death prompts trip to Overho. Rey Quy misses Sunday due to illness. Local youths attend Loda Betz birthday at Colden Corners. Presbyterian Ladies Missionary Society grows. meets at Mrs Scott’s. aims to strengthen its long-standing prosperity.
The Republican schools of Sugarcreek township will hold their spring convention May 3. A good program has been arranged. The commencement exercises of the school will be held May 24. The baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class will be preached May 18. The class this year has 11 members. Rob Stinson has been ill but is better. Mary Wertz entertained friends at her home Saturday evening. Mrs Snyder has the contract to build several houses this week. Adam Seth and wife are visiting over the arrival of a daughter in Wayne County. A large number of relatives are expected to attend the present. John Caldwell is having coal shipped from Pillsbury to supply customers during the miners’ strike. Rev Wm Hubbell and family were in Massillon Tuesday.
On December 13 and 14 the Boston and Maine Railroad will sell one way second class soldiers' tickets from all stations west of the Côte to California and intermediate points, and one way first class settlers' tickets to certain points in the West and Northwest. For further information call or address the nearest ticket agent.
Ashland Mansfield to Cleveland Wooster electric line promoters push for right of way and funding. Walter D. Foss and Fred T. Pomeroy report pooled interests, aim for summer construction, with possible delays from opposition and need for free rights of way. Line to Medina to start, Wooster and Ashland to follow. project capitalized at 1 million. Alvinzi Cunningham conducts consent drive on North Market and Bever streets amid local resistance.
The May term of Wayne County Court of Common Pleas opened with Judge Eason on the bench. The Grand Jury, listed by townships and wards, began work Monday afternoon. Foreman Squire L B Burus among jurors. calendar focused on docket calls, motions, demurrers, and petitions in error.
Mrs Joseph Lutz visits Sharpsburg as Joe laments a cold home while a babe is away. Bellefontaine visitor A J Dietrick attends mill affairs. Dr G W Littell attends Wooster Presbytery in Loudonville. Funeral attendances mark recent losses. Mrs M Knestrick away at La Carne. Woman's Missionary Society speaker Dulla Geggie to lecture at M E church. Henry Knepp replaces John Carbaugh as night watch with Falstaffian humor. School board election yields three Republicans and one Democrat. Locals in Cleveland and Medina area on business. remarks on county politics and local loyalties.
J M Hagerty, former AP correspondent in Alaska, recalls William H. Funston as a quintessential soldier of fortune. Hagerty notes Funston’s energetic, theatrical style and readiness for risk, including his Klondike days and wartime exploits, asserting he could have become a capable general with or without West Point training.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a local item labeled Settlers Rates with unclear details. Readers are advised that the readable portions reference municipal or property matters, but key facts such as places, dates, or amounts are not recoverable from the current text.
Special correspondence reports German police seeking Rompuoli an anarchist linked to a plot against Emperor William amid Berlin unrest. No further details available due to fragmentary text.
The Columbus correspondent notes Emerson’s fall from grace after failing a geography exam and credits Major A. B. Critchfield of Wayne with boosted prospects for Clerk of the Supreme Court on the basis of his Civil War service with the 8th Ohio. It also mentions W. T. McLean of Sidney entering the race and claims he has not been fully credited for his aggressive campaign.
Berlin dispatch reports Major Von Schoenberg leading troops to disperse robbers northeast of Chang Ping Chau, with Chang Ping Chau forces intercepting their retreat. Tariff talk suggests no full clash. cereal duties may rise slightly but not to clash with foreign nations. Shanghai notes court moving toward Hu Pei province capital relocation. six boards' officials have left Pekin for Sian Fu. Little Rock Senate approves licensing for drinkers. $5 annual fee. New Orleans sighting of the derelict Warwick by the Mayfield from Norfolk April 38.
A long standing practice of stealing scrap iron and pig iron from Alliance yard cars led to wholesale layoffs of conductors and brake men. Investigations traced finds sold to junk dealers, with officials saying the scheme ran along the entire road and caused significant losses to shippers.
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