09 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1905
Page
1
A. J. Fredrick & Co offers a major August sale starting Tuesday August 8 featuring white fabrics. White suitings waistings bed spreads napkins towels embroideries laces and mohair goods priced with bold discounts including 36 to 48 inch mohair and extensive yardage on embroidery and laces. Numerous price points noted to attract buyers seeking white textile essentials.
Monday saw frayed tempers and dramatic testimony in the Taggart divorce action at Fort Leavenworth. Capt. Taggart’s confinement and Capt. Morton’s deposition fed the dispute as Mrs. Taggart and witnesses described alleged misconduct, social clashes, and family strain while the case moved toward further proceedings.
Elder C C Maple preached at the A church Sunday morning and evening. Ladies of the church organized a local branch of the Heplers Union and Central Missive Society to aid church expenses and the pastor. First meeting at Mrs Henry Saunders home next week Thursday with Rev Sirs Fleming of Oberlin as speaker. Friends invited. Next pastor appointment on the first Sunday to September with preaching also on the Saturday evening before Communion Sunday.
Aug 9 report notes many locals attended the Wooster show. Elder Chester township resident Mr Flager is very ill after a paralysis stroke. Snyder family visited Clem Harmen and wife, Geo Miller and family visited Dennis Endfield, John Woodward and wife from East Union visited W H Bowers, and several locals attended the New Pittsburg entertainment with a favorable program.
The board of education at 1 p.m. Monday offered the old schoolhouse property on North Walnut Street. Kelster acted as auctioneer. Bids came from Harry T. Mowery Jacob Palmer and George A. Fisher. Fisher bid 1105 the highest, with the board reserving the right to reject bids. It is expected sale proceeds this week.
Special to The Republican Albany August 8 workmen removing a pillar during remodeling caused the center of the John G Myers department store to collapse. Four floors fell into the cellar trapping about three hundred workers. At 11 am seventy five were rescued others were injured or believed buried under debris.
A blaze devastated the St Thomas Episcopal church described as the nation’s most richly furnished. It damaged valuable paintings and a costly organ, with total losses estimated at about 250000 dollars. The church stood near the residence of John D Rockefeller and other wealthy residents.
An out of town staffer scene at Wooster centers on Evelyn Campbell a sharp woman reporter chasing a scoop amid court house proceedings. The piece notes local garden crop concerns and a colorful Cannon green corn anecdote as part of Wooster's social web and news chatter.
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