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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1901
Page
5
Threshing dominates the week as residents share travel tales and local notices. Aug 27 reports include park picnics, band festivals, school opening, and community visits from Canton to Ashland, with updates on crops and several families visiting relatives.
The Aug 26 report notes the jury ruling in favor of Frank Miller in the wage dispute against C Kabel. Other local items include M S Gish in Wooster on ditch business, county commissioners granting an Esh county ditch, and social notices with residents visiting relatives and attending a birthday surprise at David Gish in Lodi.
Miss Katie Derrenberger of Loudonville died Sunday after a week with typhoid fever connected to Odell's Lake trip. Mrs. Mina Hile, about 55, wife of George Hile near Big Prairie, died Tuesday after a long illness with funeral at 10 am Thursday.
The Pennsylvania will ran a special train to Cleveland leaving Wooster at 8 p.m Tuesday morning Sept 10 arriving at Cleveland at 11 a.m Fare for the round trip 145 The Wayne county soldiers headquarters will be at the Waring Street School House Corner of Payne Avenue The train will stop at Payne Avenue A BRANSTETTER Co OW McCutke ENos PIERSON Committee on Transportation
Marriage licenses issued for Wm Mickerow of Barberton and Harriet Franks of Wooster Perry A Houser and Manda Wy er of Marshallville Frank E Elliott of Ravenna and Florence E Carlin of West Salem Irvin Gamber and Maud Franks of Shreve John A Rechards of Sterling and Ellan Brown of Applecreek William N Bowers and Alice G Garvis of Marshallville Henry D Johnson of Canton and Sadie Dull of Congress
Boston Aug 27 The Northeastern Indemnity a fraternal benefit institution with headquarters at Lowell applied to the insurance department for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of its affairs The association was incorporated Aug 31 1900 and it is owing to lack of interest in the affairs that a voluntary proposal to reform Rebels Threaten a Town in Colon Colombia Aug 27 reports say rebels from Bluefields Nicaragua threaten Boca Del Torre The US gun boat Machias anchored in Colon harbor Wayne County Fair Sept 10 11 12 will feature the Famous Irvin Family in eight acts daily
Cloyd Steinmetz of Garrett and Steinmetz, Wooster, announces a poultry car will be at the Penn s tay on the afternoon of September 7 to pay the highest price for old hens. G A Brown, 7 Naw Buildings, urges farmers to bring stock, noting 21 years experience and honesty as policy.
A large crowd and an even larger Sunday turnout filled Chautauqua grounds at Keecelicas Point. Notable performers included Eberly and the Apple Creek Band with local talent from Smithville, Orrville, and surrounding towns. Dr Geo Hall of Chicago delivered lectures and sermons to enthusiastic, orderly audiences, with encored musical numbers and plans for subsequent evenings.
In Burbank on Friday August the Frizzell home welcomed friends of Mr and Mrs Frizzell for the 33rd anniversary of their marriage. A speech by Mrs A E Luce and a silverware gift followed by a large dinner organized by lady guests allowed local and visiting friends to celebrate with Ella Daniels and others from Wooster Chatham Lodi Lafayette Seville Cleveland.
The page lists produce prices per pound and per bushel including butter eggs lard hams cheese and beans with wheat corn oats flax seed hay and other grains. It includes extensive market figures for cattle sheep hogs and dairy products with regional price ranges and commodity notes. Names of items appear alongside price.points and quantities reflecting midwestern market listings.
Local reports name residents and visitors from Mt Eaton and nearby towns. Notes recount injuries and accidents, family visits, travel, and community events, including a burial in West Lebanon after a long battle with throat cancer. Names include Villard, Numbers, Stautfer, Tasker, Thompson, and Hinch, among others.
The Wooster football schedule is partly set with an opening game planned against Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware. An early return to Wooster before term aims to allow several days of preliminary training. Coach arrival is expected soon, and Charley Louis may join the squad this fall.
Social notes announce the marriage of Miss Annal Immel of Jamestown New York to Mr Earnest Amos of Sidney Ohio set for Tuesday September 10 at the belde home. The couple will live in Sidney where Amos is a proprietor of the Sidney Party News. Immel is sister to Mrs T L Flattery and known in Wrooster where she once resided. Amos is Wooster Wolver s graduate. The event follows a Monday evening gathering hosted by the Misses Grossenbach with music by the Muschenich Mandolin Club and a serenade at 10 o clock delighting twenty five friends.
The County Commissioners on Monday awarded the work of cleaning the Seanin ditch in Wooster and Clinton towns. All the upper end and later bids were submitted by Patrick Kenned, and several bids rejected for irregularities. The awarded contractor will begin work promptly under the terms set by the board.
Community snippets describe Will Martin and Agatha Kindy’s visit to Chautauqua Niagara, Chester Lawson and his wife’s troubled marriage ending, J C Sigler building a double atom room with living quarters, Mrs HS Elliot’s prolonged illness, and talks of an electric railroad, high telephone tolls, and Ohio Salt Co drilling plans. Local gossip blends with infrastructure hopes and notable residents.
The correspondent’s picnic drew an estimated 144 attendees. Events highlighted include a strong musical feature and a veteran secretary De Ho Sullivan’s successful program. Local groups and families from Hickman and West Salem attended various reunions and camp meetings at Pleasant Home grounds with multiple church and township participants.
Finussey Brothers threshers of Dalton suffered heavy loss on Friday while moving a threshing outfit to Peter Eckerd’s farm east of Dalton. On a wooden bridge a girder failed causing the engine and heavy equipment to plunge twenty feet into a ravine. The gear and vehicle were badly wrecked and the scene described as a total loss.
Superior Grain Drills, pian and fer tilizer nhs fanpine and Cn offerings listed for the upcoming farm supply auction. Local merchants and buyers will gather to bid on equipment and agricultural inputs, with emphasis on durability and value for large acreage operations.
Auction sale of the Stair farm comprising 80 acres will be held at 1 p m standard time. The farm is located in Pisin LOW Wesent Wayne County Detotrat. A notice of sale lists details and terms for interested bidders.
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