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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1906
Page
7
The advertisement promotes a floor covering store with rugs in many styles and sizes. Prices span from 75 cents to 37 dollars, with carpets, tapestries, velvets and other weaves. Curtains and Swiss embroideries are listed with varied price ranges. William Annat.
The Board of Public Service plans to start searching for water near Apple Creek soon with hopes of a quick start. Delays stem from the purchase of preservers and a proposed pumping station. If water is found, officials aim to erect a new pumping station and access coal via multiple roads.
The fragment suggests a railroad company temporarily laid off many workers to improve the division’s financial showing, with timing around May or later. Names or places are garbled, but the gist is workforce reductions to boost quarterly results.
The Wooster Branch of the B&O shows an 8 percent drop in passenger traffic in March year over year. The new 2 cent fare is a convenience for men along the branch, while around ten people can travel to Wooster for a dime.
A selection of short opinions and satirical lines from various newspapers. Remarks touch on poetry contests immigrants at Elba Island naval courtesy in launching ships constitutional rights in Russia a Texas hanging judged legal mocked Christian Science Roosevelt Senate politics Missouri boodlers release social questions Washington post humor about good behavior and Manchuria tensions with China.
Charles H. Lee, a Had Prairie merchant, fell thirty feet while trimming a willow tree on his farm and struck his head on a stone. Witnessed by wife Mrs. Lee, he died the next day from a fractured skull, medical officials saying the injury might terminate fatally.
Very valuable books are presented to the Worcester Public Library by the Thursday, Travelers and Monday clubs forming The Federation. By agreement each member was to donate a book and nearly all have complied already.
Charles Kimberling of Wheeling collapsed at home plate Friday afternoon in a Lodi baseball game due to heart disease. Kimberling was a printer in The Review office.
Reporters interviewed most men who quit the sale of intoxicants on April 1. They said they would obey the law, with plans ranging from new ventures to staying in the same rooms as lunch counters and pool halls. Several mentioned moving into groceries, real estate, or other businesses, with varied outlooks.
Seven hundred drivers of mail carts struck at Vienna for an increase of wages. Richard Garnett, 71, the English author, died at London of internal hemorrhage. Failures this week numbered 192 in the United States against 214 last year, and 26 in Canada compared with 20 a year ago. New Zealand has started in business as a dealer in coal, having established agencies for the retail distribution of state mined coal. A warning to feel tired before exertion is not laziness it’s that the system lacks vitality and needs the tonic effect of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Sufferers should not delay get rid of that tired feeling by beginning to take Hood's Sarsaparilla today. For more than seventeen years Dr Shoop's has prescribed and compounded a cough remedy Dr Shoop's Cough Cure. The Spanish Americans in and about the Rocky Mountain districts call this plans the sacred herb. Always specify Dr Shoop's Cough Cure, it is sold under guarantee that it contains no opium or other narcotic poisons. Sold by Bixler Modern Pharmacy from now if you are suffering from indigestion or sour stomach take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, Hon Jake Moore of Atlanta says I suffered more than two years with digestion. A friend recommended Kodol. it relieved me in one day and I now enjoy better health than for many years. It digests what you eat, relieves sour stomach, gas on stomach, belching, etc. Sold by all druggists.
A fire damaged a residence owned by Mrs. Ponseler on Nold Avenue Friday afternoon. The blaze started on the roof and caused significant damage before firefighters contained it. No injuries are reported.
A fragmentary report recounts a horror tale told by a Kentucky merchant J W d Vile in Bac Ky about blood in a home, with references to a dog and an attempted cure for hemorrhages and chronic ailments, though much is garbled.
Police arrest alleged conspirators accused of systematically robbing Pelletier dry goods in Sioux City Iowa. Watt University of Iowa and a church worker attempted suicide and is hospitalized. Charles M Wade, a county coroner and surgeon, attended a conspirators meeting but denies participation. Mrs M J Merrill, head of the Huen department, is named ringleader, with J W Shedd and M J Bender also arrested. Recovered goods valued at $600.
Washington reports steps to dispatch military aid to safeguard Indian agent Major O C Edwards at Umatilla agency after threats. Brigadier General Williams authorized to send a reliable officer to Pendleton and, if needed, one or two cavalry troops from Fort Walla Walla. Gorky declares health slight yet firm on revolutionist stance. New York note cites his twenty-year role as a revolutionary.
Fire at Lexington track destroyed three stables ten cottages and ten horses belonging to George W Bissell and James Baker and others. Loss about 50000 with six horses killed including two year olds Bandido Bronze Wing Arocia and Mayor David S Rose. Citizens aided horsemen in saving animals and wind saved remaining plantings.
Washington April 18 a House committee favored direct election of senators by popular vote. Mr Norris of Nebraska introduced the measure to amend the constitution, while Mr Foraker defended the railroad rate bill as unconstitutional and urged broad judicial review. He argued courts could assess whether rates are just and reasonable amid disputes over rebates and discrimination.
Report says a proposed bank with 50 million capital may regulate money and sterling exchange during financial stringency. Interests linked with the Stock Exchange and the National City Bank of New York weigh the plan amid Wall Street tensions. London reports Dr LeGrand Norton Denslow claims a cure for locomotor ataxia and has achieved notable recoveries. details to follow when ready for publication.
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Heart Cure for heart strain and pain, claiming it strengthens nerves and muscles, improves heart action, and relieves misery. A testimonial from Charles Goodrich of Caruthersville credits the product with curing his heart illness after other doctors failed. Elkhart Indiana promoters guarantee refunds if not helped.
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