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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1877
Page
3
Fragmented OCR lists express and mail train names and times. Mentions Nos 1 through 8 Express and Mail services with morning and afternoon departures and arrival times. Indicates GOING WEST direction and mixed schedule references without clear narrative context.
Citizens are urged to note MAJOR KAIRA NUNHAM of Salt Crack TE as candidate for Clerk of the Court of Common Preag subject to Republican nomination. I D Cornell of Shrewd No 4 stands for County Surveyor pending party decision. Jos A Fone Chester Tp seeks Treasurer with Republican backing. Finnlaskins not Canaan Fp runs for Commissioner awaiting primary outcome. Many voters urged to participate.
Wooster civic items include Councilman Miller activities on Black River and a Third Ward juvenile militia. McClarran Caskey report first peaches. various society, school, and church notices. road and plow exhibitions planned. multiple local visits and arrivals. and the death of R B Stibbs with funeral details.
Under Tras M. E. Choreby patrons plan a Wooster Ohio Citizens Band excursion on Thursday August 9 with fare for the round trip at cents. Excursionists must bring provisions and depart from Wooster at 10 a.m. Tickets available at Belk, Ball’s Baby and other local shops. event linked to a community fundraiser.
Water Works Trustees reduce wages for workers on the Water Works Improvement project. Four or five leaders push for restored pay. majority to accept cut if not increased. Workers quit. daily rate set at 405 dollars and paid to street hands by the city. Superintendent Smith to resume when new crew hired.
On Wednesday night four or five burglars blew open the gate and door of Esq Otis Dalton's store. They used powder to blow the safe and fled on horses, escaping before dawn as citizens and a marshal pursued without success.
Mrs Hartman aged about seventy fell while descending stairs after a call on Dr Duratine’s family in Phoenix. Her left arm broke at the upper bone and her face bruised, but she received prompt care and was reported steadily improving at last accounts. Mrs Patina is noted as the mother of J B Hartman of Woostar.
The Doylestown Journal reports Akron firm Bahl & Derhammer won the $8,150 contract to build the new St. Peter and St. Paul Church. Architect W. H. Smith of Akron designed the structure. work includes most labor and materials except glazing and interior finish. Ground broke on Monday the 2nd.
The committee reports the Hall Building corner of Public Square unfit for use. North west corner settled 2 inches out of level, west wall cracked, upper floor sunk, leaving the building unsafe. Mayor Swartz later discusses a remitted fine and other city actions including road and sewer resolutions and water bonds.
The 1877 Oberlin commencement, held despite a railway strike, featured graduates from fields like arts and medicine and praise for the Leipzig Conservatory. The college, with low tuition and endowment gaps, aims to educate the poor while expanding winter terms and maintaining strong teaching staff and facilities.
Fragmentary OCR text references a person named Bese or Bissell, mentions wife and penalties, fan, risks to feet, and a fine. No coherent event or context to summarize into a dated news item.
Corrected by J. Frick the Wooster Grain Market lists flour varieties and prices including Red Wheat New White Wheat Oats Corn Barley Timothy Seed and Wool with retail figures. Cattle sale numbers show increased turnout with mixed quality ranges and quoted prices for cows and calves in a local market report.
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