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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1907
Page
6
A historic plan to renumber all passenger trains across the system is explained. The overhaul creates separate numbering series for each branch line and an eastern series, mirroring freight car practice, with many trains adopting new numbers from June 1.
Charles Vanover of Larbank wins title dispute in Medina Common Pleas Court over bay ownership. Jury finds Gerhart tainted by hay, Vanover entitled to bay. Attorney Bos Werts represented VanOver. Local teachers association plans meeting April 27 with program on teacher certification and rural school reforms.
The article notes James Cornelius faced execution and that the date was set for Friday April 26. It mentions his time in the penitentiary since December 2216, his nerves growing, and that he remains hopeful his execution will be postponed.
Marathon board members and attorney Roach discuss possible plant relocation by Col Morgan Morpan and water rent disputes with Alliance authorities. Town leaders fear loss of jobs and economic impact if the Morgan company leaves the city amid mounting planning and operational tensions.
Wan and Mt Vernon parties begin drilling on the David Martin farm near Ankerman station aiming for oil or gas. Ohio Fuel Supply Co of Columbus leads the effort with capital backing confident a productive field will emerge in the Aukerman Station area.
A large party led by F. R. Kebelmann visits Beecamond and surrounding areas for the Jamestown exposition. Nearly fifty officials of the avisen travel with the group to Old Point for their convention aboard the Potomac Railroad campus.
A Wooster resident, Hofackear of East Henry Street, touts Dean Kidney Pills for kidney pain and backache. He claims years of use brought relief and urges others to try the product through local dealers and national agents.
An ad touts a laxative cough syrup as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles with claims of preventing Brights disease and rheumatism. It promises a thirty day treatment for a dollar, with a money back guarantee, and notes no opiates but alcohol avoidance and easy stomach tolerance. The sale is through Krieger drug store and claims compliance with Pure Food and Drugs Law.
Walter D. Foss, president of the Wooster Board of Trade, urges a unified Harmony Plan to keep Wooster and Bonstein united. He explains the board already supports a Boosters Club, noting swift fundraising and a mayoral meeting on Wire Basket proposals while defending the board of trade’s purpose and procedures.
The Thursday club convened on April 1 and resolutions condemn the morality of recent entertainments. They urge action to stop art exhibitions and moving pictures deemed inappropriate for children and youths, calling for community standards to be upheld. Mrs George P Bacon Mrs Thomas Flattury Mrs Frank Maize sign the committee notice.
Orrville failed to lure the Gersten slager carriage works, needing less cash than Wooster but unable to raise funds. Wooster celebrated a rare industrial boost as the courthouse paused to mark the claimed windfall, amid gossip and a whispered warning that more money would come.
The Republican reports a brick two story parochial school building planned for the Catholic community here. Cost around £8,000 exclusive of tarniakings. Mr Davis Beall handles the contract amid local discontent with the trap company's management. Also notes a street railroad prospect, a burial in Chippewa township, and rapid rural telephone expansion. Weather harsh causing bad roads. rural mail arrives late since April. Seiberling of Jonenboro, Indiana visiting.
Telegraph and telephone cables along the Pennsylvania lines will be placed underground to form conduits and iron pipes. Work has begun at several locations and will extend along tracks and yards. heavy cables across tracks from the tower to the freight yard will be laid underground first. Western Union wires from the Pennsylvania depot to the up-town office are expected to go underground as well.
A large Bucyrna crowd gathered at the Presbyterian church for Mary Elizabeth Beer soprano’s recital. The Wooster alumna, soon to debut in grand opera in Rome, impressed with powerful tone, wide range, and expressive clarity, drawing high praise from friends and peers.
Grosset & Danlap of New York filed petitions Thursday against Hoskins Washborsze C1 and R B Washburn and Jakho Hoskins. The notices were given in Orrville Dro 20 1905 and relate to the pursuit of the Gurtes.
Complies with National Pure Food Law Guarantee No 3041 filed in Washington. The ad boasts up to 30000 letters daily and four million gifts shipped yearly. A customer letter from Mrs. De Tarnatte praises the coffee as leading, healthy, and worth three times its price.
An advertisement claims ARIOSA coffee dominates sales nationwide, urging consumers to buy Arbuckle Bros product over bulk coffee. It touts money saved and gifts, counsels speaking plainly to grocers, and instructs readers to write if bulk coffee is pushed.
Former county representative A F Wells retires after 40 consecutive years as superintendent of the Shreve Christian church Sunday school with 25 years at Shreve and 15 at Ripley. A presentation rocker honored his punctual, tireless service. a committee notes 2080 Sundays and calls for publication in the Shreve News.
A weather observer notes an unusual April cold snap with heavy snow in the past weeks. He cites twelve days with snowfall and 14 inches last Sunday, saying no April compares to this experience. He recalls the April 39 storm of 1901 with 43 inches of snow and a two foot average depth.
Police were tipped Friday evening about a visibly intoxicated man challenging public decency near Walnut Street. Officials identified him as Elzie Martin, a local reprobate. After dinner Saturday Chief Letogr detained him, but his guardians declined court, offering departure from the town as an alternative. He agreed to leave town for good. Local authorities suspect the man’s condition may be worsened by drink.
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