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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1877
Page
3
A fragment notes a New York advertising firm, Gxo. P. Rowe & Co., praising Republicans as a reliable market for paper and noting expectations of favorable pricing. The terse line reflects 19th or early 20th century business sentiment and promotional language within the period.
Time of trains shows East bound Nos 6 8 4 2 with times 6 31 AM 8 45 AM 2 02 AM 9 14 PM and West bound Nos 1 6 7 8 with times 6 5 10 4 12 1 PM 2 57 PM 8 12.
Local items report various townspeople, events, and happenings through Wooster and surrounding areas. Notables include court and hotel appearances, temperance activities, church services, elections, and a shopkeeper's disputed removal claim. A fire damages farm property, with significant losses and insurance.
Rev Wm M Ferguson will deliver a celebrated lecture on Mordecai at Quinby Opera House next Thursday evening. The talk has drawn large audiences across Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana. Admission is 25 cents with all proceeds to the University Observatory.
A mountain of store boxes at Bissell's Corner signals a recent arrival of new goods. The vast display of dry goods lines both sides of the building, with prices soon to be announced for quick sale. Call Bissell & Bro. to learn bargains.
The notice states the optician, a non resident, enjoys liberal city patronage and long standing customers. It praises his merchandise, claims reliability and exact spectacles, and notes his stay at the American Hotel until Monday evening April 28.
At a creditors meeting Capt J H Kauke was made president Jehiel Clark secretary and the works were ordered restarted to manufacture the onhand material. Kauke Trustee is empowered to run the establishment and report semiannually. About twenty five to thirty hands to be employed initially. He will use energy and judgment for creditors' best interests.
Rev Henry Ward Beecher will lecture in the Congregational Church Mansfield Ohio Thursday evening April 26 for the benefit of the Lacheys Aid Society. Theme Hard Times. Seats should be secured early to avoid the rush and exclusion. Local residents may order seats through Lyman A Strong after the 15th. Tickets including reserved seats 1 25 each.
Two young men posing as sewing machine experts deceived Wooster residents by gaining trust, promising a shirt factory in Mowrer's building and employing women as factory girls. They collected patronage then absconded, leaving unpaid board bills, while defending machines with a three year warranty from tar Telephone and J B Power's.
Mrs F W Leopold and Migs Rossel announce the opening of their Ladies millinery and dressmaking rooms on South Market in Trimble's building upstairs near the corner. A new assortment of hats trimmings and fancy goods offered at low prices at Mahaney's Millinery Wooster Ohio. Geo W Blafford rebronzes gas fixtures and ornaments to look new. Terms renegotiated.
A Philadelphia buyer seeks bush apples and Early Rose potatoes for shipment. At Central Hotel, Mrs Cutter Suvart offer hats bonnets flowers silks and more with daily openings at the North Side Public Square, Sunday closed.
The Wooster city council meets with most of the board present. The water committee reports on the completed water works, its costs and contracts with Reddick and others, noting bids, hydrants, and the completed reservoir in 1875 1876.
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