23 Apr 1890
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1890
Page
1
Wayne County notes describe garden and field labor, church visits, and social calls as spring weather returns. Local news reports farm activity, horse sales, student visits from Wooster University, and village business including a wheel director election, barber shop update, and a barn fire. Miss Morrosr dies after long illness. funeral led by Pastor Muler.
April 21 notes show toe farmers busy with PFOW stoulfer and Fos crops. Landes travels selling buggies carts and skeletons. Mrs Dr CS Elliott and children visit Greenville Ohio at John Witr... Allen Landes adds new front fence. Miss Stevans hired for summer school. Choir met at Ephraim Lehman. J B church Sunday School Convention set for three weeks from next Tuesday. Misses Dill and Jane Kintner visit from Canaan. Rev Richey of Akron visits town. Rev Fuller and Rev Barnes preach weekend services.
Thirty whispery lines describe a Clinton township election on the seventh at J. M. Lehr’s home, plus a Wooster visitor to J. C. 33 A. Lakerap shop. The passage mentions Kilas Smith tax assessor estimates, a 1890 Beane oath, and Eliza Wonder born in 1822 in Lancaster before moving to Ashland County.
The article notes H I Sheppard and wife joy at twins born recently, while many names share health updates and village visits. It mentions Dr Chaces Aylesworth in Cleveland with his wife, schooling begins in Lecky district, and local socials, weather, and garden work dominate the week.
Richard Elaon of Canton was in town on Saturday. John Jackson clears fields of stumps. Samuel Speck’s barn struck by lightning last Tuesday. cow knocked down but no injuries. M E church service well attended. Locale tors collection held. number of qualified voters uncertain.
Town clerk Wuitted posts notices stating no election will be held next Saturday. Citizens were informed the election would be postponed and no voting activity will occur as scheduled.
The column lists residents and visitors including Mo Gibson moving to Lorain A Ditzer in Wooster Wil Slaffey headed to Washington State and many others visiting or relocating to nearby towns It notes local weather cool mornings and busy farmers preparing ground with little other news of importance.
April 22 notes report farm activity with oats being sown and peach blossoms scarce. Misses Annie Upswith and Laure McDonald lead Sabbath School primary, Prof Black again able to preach, and Mrs Slemmons relocating to Cleveland with sister. Several residents visited Fields near Wooster. Blanche McWonala returns from nearby friends. Lingering illness improving. community weather and crops viewed cautiously.
April reports show Dr A C Kuestatck of Creston on a professional call Friday. Lawyer Tom Keeler of Westsaem visited town. Kline acts as N P Y O agent during E W saltsman’s absence at Marion. John S Dennis, our mutual Fried, visited Wooster. Revs Irhart and Sprinkle travel to Georgia for two weeks to revisit earlier sites. Warm spell spurs activity as several building projects advance in Wooster area.
A chronicle of Hemmrich Zimmerman, ancestor of Jan Zimmerman, tracing his 17th century exile from Zurich to Alsace then Philadelphia and Germantown. The memoir covers migration amid persecutions, hardships on ships, settlement near Germantown, and later land purchase in Lancaster area. It follows Emanuel Zimmerman, George Zimmerman, and John Zimmerman, detailing marriages and careers, including John Zimmerman the subject of this sketch.
An advertisement proclaims sarsaparilla cleanses the blood and expels impurities from monthly confinement in poorly ventilated stores and tenements. It claims to cure scrofula rheum and similar diseases and sells in one dollar doses.
The Mason & Hamlin company describes an improved method of fastening piano strings from 1482 that enhances tone richness and durability while reducing detuning. Their organs and pianos are noted for superior tone quality, with illustrated catalogs of new styles and instruments available free by writing to the company in Boston New York or Chicago.
A claim describes Lane’s Family Medicine discovered by Dr Silis Lane in the Rockies as a cure for constipation and headache. The mixture combines Oregon grape trout and herbs and is prepared by steeping in boiling water. Sells at a small price per package.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Shiloh’s Vitalizer claiming to cure dyspepsia and related symptoms. It mentions a price of 10 and 76 cents per bottle and lists Laubach and Boyd as sellers with multiple misspelled phrases about relief and propriety.
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