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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1901
Page
4
A long OCR fragment from a Wooster Ohio paper dated August 14 1901 mentions Carrie Nation Webster Davis coyotes Rooseveld doctrine and a series of political and public notes. It references figures like Garne aid and Crandler Evans and notes on trials explorers Baldwin and Sampson along with gossip about Grover Cleveland and other topics. The text is a rough collage of headlines and stray sentences reflecting a busy issues page.
A fragmentary political column questions whether Wayne County Democrats will back the governor candidate chosen by a convention deemed repudiated, or stay loyal to party principles. It notes Jerry Simpson’s Kansas movement, the Schley inquiry, and includes stray items about Chauncey Depew resisting interviews and a chaotic mix of political and social snippets.
Two Wooster boys from Wooster University sold a dictionary of counts to President McKinley on a morning porch visit. They aimed to raise funds for a road to Canton via their traveling book agency, and McKinley subscribed, paid, and signed the prospectus with a fountain pen for delivery in late August.
In a Tuesday session at the University grounds the proposed pew chapel construction was reviewed. The bids were found excessive above the estimated price and the project was set aside while officials reconsider options.
A village cat shows counting behavior as a man and woman observe it nearby about a drama of kittens and a missing or killed tabby. The events hint the cat’s unusual receptivity to numbers amid a sequence of kitten movements and shifts in caretakers.
Probate court notices list administrators executors and guardians across many estates. Names include Neha, Joan Peller, Pat Brenner, Maureen Poh, Otto Prontman, Daniel Musser, Katles Jones, John Ackerman, Lydia A. Brenneman, Samuel Reichard, John Romich, M S Willems, P J Baird, I M Halloway, R V Steele, H P Dannemiller, and Phoebe Heerin. Hearings set for Sept. 6 and sales of real estate by private or public sale noted.
In a long Saturday game Sharon edged Wooster in 12 innings. Pitcher Reed fought for Wooster but was outmatched by Sharon’s hits and speed, while Wooster’s Vasbinder fanned many and the crowd witnessed a tight, rain-softened contest. A social visit featured Wooster players and musicians in Sharon, with a local dance afterward and a Wooster-Quartette performance boosting village spirits.
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