Obituary notices from a small-town paper
An infant daughter of Jerry Vrtxro and wife of Palmer Street died in Palmer after birth, burial Sunday. John Givans, 68 years 7 months, died in Sterling Kansas last Sunday morning after long illness. Mrs Irvin Keys, aged 86, of Shreve, died Tuesday August 22. Funeral Thursday afternoon. interment in Shreve. Mrs Keys survived by several children including Miss Mattie Keys, Mrs Belle Garrett, Mrs Ellen Kane, Miss Emma Keys, J J Keys, E E Keys, and Thomas Keys.
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John Givans
Sterling
Kansas
Wcienpars
Irvin Keys
Shreve
Keys
Mattie Keys
Wooster
Belle Garrett
Ellen Kane
Emma Keys
Columbus
J J. Keys
E. Eeys
Thomas Keys
Texas
Obituary: Henry Cooper, longtime justice of the peace
Henry Cooper aged 74 years a native of Vermont and for 40 years a local justice of the peace died at midnight Tuesday at the county infirmary Interment will be at Dalton Wednesday He had lived in Baughman and Sugar Creek townships and was an inmate of the institution for four years Death due to infirmities of old age
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Henry Cooper
Vermont
Baughman
Sugar Creek
Dalton
Peacain
Squire Cooper
Wooster Preserving Co starts up engine plant
The Wooster Preserving Company began operations under its own power on Wednesday and reports ample orders for the year. Despite a late start, they will not produce as many tomatoes this spring, but officers note a strong demand for their manufactured articles and a positive outlook.
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Wooster Preserving Company
Opening of Wooster Schools September 1905
Wooster City Schools open Tuesday morning September 6 1905 with a general teachers meeting Monday at 2 p m. The superintendent will be in his High School Building office all day Saturday and Monday before opening for school business. Pupils are asked to arrange classifications on these days. Parents should consider matters of gratification exchanges in the high school. Teachers encourage conferences with pupils and parents.
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Wooster
Giants Defeat Massillon in Low Attendance Baseball Tilt
Massillon Independents fell to the Giants as playing dropped off with pleasant weather drawing only about 150 fans. Roesman pitched for the visitors in the second inning, nine runs scoring after two outs. Agler steadied after a wild first, with Nolan replacing Kettler and yielding better results. Alcock continued strong play down South, and Alcoca’s feats drew notes from The Age Herald. Canton’s Jamear Whitcraft, a Wooster alum, was seen in town to discuss athletic duties and later would join Wooster in the trolley league while taking up duties at the school lab.
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Massillon
Gossa
Giants
Phaettendance
Roseman
Kettler
Nolan
Mitch
Agler
Forby Alcoca
Zanesville
Wooster
Forby Alcock
Birmingham
Nashville
Nanville
Age Herald
Alcock
Devil
Eve
Adam
Issac
Rebecca
Samson
Cain
Ahel Abraham
Moses
Red Sea
Noah
Canton Repository
Jamear Whitcraft
Canton
Besinee
Whitcraft
Wooster University
Wiu
Unclear fragment prompts vivid garden and street scene
The excerpt mentions a street piano, trained parrots, Rambler Rose, honey kissed flowers, a veranda at H. R Smiths home on Woodland Avenue, and widening interest in gulf grounds and lawn mower use as grounds improve with daily visitors and growing sport enthusiasm in Wuosters.
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H. R Smiths
Woodand Avenue
Gulf Grounds
Daily Vt
Odd Army Cotillion Tale From Wooster Reader
A Wooster man comments on a curious scene as soldiers discuss a cotillion at an army post. He recalls a reportedly small horse squeezing through a narrow hole and notes how strange creatures can pass through tight spaces.
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Thacere
Des Moines Ad Lists Liver Tablets For Sale
An old newspaper fragment notes a sale pitch from L F Andrews of Des Moines Iowa for Liver Tablets. The ad mentions advancement and constipation relief and claims availability through druggists.
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Chanberiata
L. F. Andrews
Des Moines
Iowa
All Drugpiss
Unclear tonic pills sold by all vendors claim cure
Fragmentary ad copy describes pills marketed as a tonic for headache constipation jaundice and ear complaints. Text is garbled and lacks coherent details about ingredients or cautions.
National Encampment honors pioneering women leaders
The National Encampment 4-Denver in September marks the return to the pines of the Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. The order has spent over 2,500,600 in aid to comrades and now numbers nearly 40,000 members. Honorary staff appointments include three past National Presidents Kate B. Sherwood Sarah E Fuller and Elizabeth A Turner. The National President Fannie E Minot names Ellen Applebaugh to the Credentials Committee for the convention.
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Denver
Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
Zand
Arda Fon
Kate B. Sherwood
Ohio
Sarah E Fuller
Lizabeth A. Turner
Massachusetts
ATI
Fannie E Minot
Woostern
Ellen Applebaugh
Syndicate Mt Sterung Buys 2000 Acres of Pike County Coal Lands
North American Coal Company led by J Pierpont Morgan buys 2000 acres of coal lands in Pike, Jobrsent and Finedonnters valleys. Lands valued at about $1000000, development to begin at once with option on 10600 more. Mines to be opened and rail links built to connect with hesapeats and Ohlora travel. Eastern Kentucky entrance seen as unlocking vast undeveloped resources.
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Mt Sterung
The
North American Coal Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Pike Jobrsent
Santiv
Coutecampinv
Kentuct
Odd Cure Promises Risible Uplift From Local Quack
A garbled notice from Butterville mocks medical wizardry as an advertisement for dubious remedies. It mentions Dr Kony and various substances in a chaotic claim of cure for dizziness and weakness, highlighting the era's credulity in unverified treatments.
Through to Denver from Wooster to G A R Encampment
Special sleeping car service to the Denver G A R National Encampment departs Wooster September 2 at 11 12 a m. Travel via Chicago with no car changes, excursion tickets on sale. Captioned trip highlights Colorado Springs Garden of the Gods Pasa Chayenne Canon Royal Gorge Leadville Cripple Creek and Mount of the Holy Cross. Contact J Agent Cleve for details.
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Wooster
Denver
G. A R
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Colorado Springs
Maniton
Garden of the Gods
Pasa
Chayenne Canon
Royal Gorge Seven Falls
Georgtown Loop
St Peters’ Dome
Fremont Pass
Leadville
Mount of the Holy Cross
Cripple Creek
Roosevelt Under the Sea Demonstration on Submarine Vessel Plunger
In Oyster Bay New York a submarine demonstration aboard the vessel Plunger impressed President with its underwater maneuvers. Lieutenant Nelson guided tests including porpoise dives and a controlled 20 foot depth stay while waters roared above.
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Lieuteant Wolson
Nelson
Dr Caldwell's Katloe and Pepsin Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Katloe and Pepsin syrup as a universal dyspepsia cure. It promises instant disease progress checks and restoration to natural vigor with refunds and sample offers.
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Caldwell
Retary
New York Prison Appeal In Favor Of Innocent Theft Suspect
An attorney in New York plans to seek a pardon for a man jailed in Sing Sing for theft, claiming innocence. He will not reveal the woman whose reputation was saved to avoid scandal, while the woman urges justice for the prisoner. The case centers on a husband’s actions years ago and a man’s arrest, with the lawyer stressing the prisoner’s innocence and imminent appeal. Also includes a brief ad note for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets by Mygeos E. Wright of New London, New York.
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New York
Thin City
Sing Sing
Fisher Hanen
Fisher Hansen
Bern Frenis
Sing
Lent
Mygeos E. Wright
New London
Amusement notes and theatrical plans announced
A note details Pepsin Syrup Co agencies and a busy entertainment scene. It mentions a February production A Trip to the Soaks and a March engagement Babes de Toytanit, claiming high attendance and strong home talent. It also notes a wreck on a freight train, major theatrical figures and European tours, and quotes on acting realism.
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