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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1906
Page
5
April 24 reports guests from Jeromeville Mohican and Reedburg with a Shreve show and a ball team reorganized in Creston. Local church activities, health notes, and street improvement talk frame a snapshot of small town life with families visiting, sermons, and municipal concerns.
In Little Village the AES Congress Team is listed as ready for baseball with plans for new uniforms in early May. Community notes report Mrs Dora Criss’s nervous condition, a pneumonia recovery for Mrs Sarah Carlin, and funeral services for Mrs Milton Painter. The Congress Band has formed, with John Sheppard as president and manager, Zoel Good as treasurer, and Cliff Martin as captain, issuing a call for game inquiries to Mr Sheppard. A box social is planned at the town hall on April 28 to support the club’s needs.
Hail storm hits Sunway area and Dalton area reports include social notes. Jesse Howard of Wooster visited the town, Elmer So Lanses unable to accept commencement address, Prof. Park of Ada hired to speak. Dr Samuel Stinson rumor clarified, Toowas Hnisicker attended brother's funeral at Williilawsspurt, local banker Harry Young praised, Philip Maraley surveying fences, Ladies Cosmnetes raise $50 for relief fund, skating rink masquerade planned, Eleventh Regiment to provide music.
Tuesday drawn names include Joan Nellie Kant Taggart First Ward Wooster John son Sweeney Third Ward Wooster Wm Moxchenick Second Ward Wooster Charles Porta Plain Thos Hont Paint Joan Goareon East Union Edward Sears Greene 84H Beepy Chippewa H8S Yoder Milton J A Keister Clinton A N Weygandt Baughman and R Brothers Salt Creek township Henry Gable Chester
A notice urges subscribers to buy a phonograph at a small sum, saying the offer will close soon. It compares phonographs to the proverbial cake and notes ALS Appleman has just received 830 units of the latest Edison records.
A fragmentary local note outlines a quiet period with residents pursuing plain work for the almighty dollar. Mentions John Rutt plans a veranda, David Bowman house painting, Mrs Painter’s death and funeral, a church service led by Rev Gochanoer, and a town hall performance of Down to Dixie with an orchestra and cast praised for its effort.
Mrs Violas Lautenachlager and con Ray of Aaron visit Nichules Schatz and wife Taylor Wolgawat and wife attend the funeral of Seres Skel ley at Milerthores last Friday. Joan Hunter in law attends with affection for the Kore F Nusbaum and wife at the funeral of Mrs John Rumstatz at Sonnenberg last Sunday. Geo Hackett and wife and Clareme Hackett attend the Blos set reunion at Mrs Bro Thera at Fredericksburg last Saturday. Vernon L Bitt visits Seville Sunday with Josiah Palmer. Two boys celebrate 14th birthdays two days apart. Rev Palmer and family are well known in town.
April 25 report notes Mrs. Mart Shiferly and family from RR No. 6 spent Sunday with Bert Warner of Lodi. DWW Closar and family hosted Saturday night dinner. Miss Pearl Giason works for Miss Etla Wilson. Miss Margaret Crom, Elisa, and Lucile Campbell were sick last week. Nellie Clacon spent Sunday at home. Emma Miller of Wadsworth visited the area Sunday.
On Monday a parrot was observed in a tree near the Natestine farm in Canaant. Mr Mc Ananey shot the injured bird with a flobert rifle, bringing it down. The parrot, about one foot tall and feathered sparse, likely escaped from a cage. Carcass taken to city. local events include church collections and visits from residents and relatives in nearby towns.
The Joint Athletic Committee releases a new athletic folder profusely illustrated with campus views, the basketball and tennis teams, photos of Director St John and Coach Skeels, and a compact guide to athletics. It lists track records and is marketed widely. copies may be obtained from Prof W H H Wilson Graduate Manager.
A fragmented notice reports the phonograph department of The Republican selling devices rapidly. Prices listed around 85 cents, with posters promising delivery within a week or two. The item description mentions family use and a widespread demand among households.
A spring snow storm hit Sunday night into Monday, with thunder and hard rain transforming to cooler air. Periodic showers turned to driving precipitation, leaving several inches of snow in low areas and disrupting late weekend activities as residents reported a deep, slushy coating.
Breavement clouds the family as widow Mrs. Shaffer, widow of George Shaffer, suffers a broken left hip after a Monday accident near South Beaver Street. Neighbors aid her to a house, then doctors attend. Her daughter Miss Maggie Shaffer deeply cared for her during her father’s illness.
Salvation Army kettles boiled again before the post office and the court house on Saturday and Monday. The notice stated that money deposited would go to San Francisco sufferers, raised by Woosterites and county citizens.
A short note requests quarters for hats of any shape from Stetson, indicating flexible design options and customer interest in varied hat silhouettes.
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