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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
4
The memory of Enos Foreman lingers in the paper as a man who left a mark on county and regional politics. His character and service earned him respect, and his passing is noted with humble reverence.
County Auditor Hough presided as auctioneer in the county commissioners office Tuesday morning selling 4900 dollars in county bonds at a 70 dollar premium to Wayne County National Bank. Bids started with single bonds but failed. as a whole, Judge Frank Taggart and Otto Troutman led the bidding from Farmers Bank Shreve, securing the bonds at 70 above par. The bonds carry bearing interest at a rate of one half percent and run one to four years.
Warranty deeds record transfers in Wayne County including Ammon Tah to Charlot Younker for part of lot 12 in Burbank at 850 dollars and Daniel Thaber to Stephen Wolfe for lot in Creston. Also quitclaims and executor deeds across Franklin and Greene townships totaling about 1654 dollars to 190 dollars.
W B Bryson received notice that electric road service between Wooster and Cleveland will begin this Thursday. The first car is expected to leave Wooster at 6 a.m. with hourly departures thereafter. Until the car barn is ready, three or four cars will run to the Bloomington switch each night and be left there, with some workers lodging in Bloomington and others at downtown houses.
Benjamin Schubert of South Lorain and Sarah Zimmerman of Smithville. David E Lette of Orrville and Flo Marwell of Burton City. Ellis Trowan Fetzer of Center Canaan and Laura Luella Naftzster of Wayne. Richard B. Deiffoer of Lorain County and Viola Morrison of Shreve. Joseph Frombults of Applecreek and Elsie M. First of Fredericksburg.
The Mansfeld Presbytery met in Savannah on Tuesday evening with Rev W L Garges as operator and Rev W H Hubbell as stated clerk Rev Hanley of Canton to preach the opening sermon Rev W A Littell of Wooster and Rev W J McClintock of Fredericksboro also on the program for addresses Delegates to the next general assembly of the United Pesky foreign church will be chosen at this meeting
A CONGRESS CITIZEN debates whether a community should remain independent or join the country, arguing character and moral reform matter more than statutes. The piece questions prohibitive laws, urges honest study, and emphasizes education and virtue over harsh regulations.
Prof Venpert Toeslay nerv ing says the board of education and the board of health are intensifying efforts to prevent contagious diseases including scarlet fever in Wooster. A few cases exist but authorities expect strict vigilance and rapid isolation to keep the town near scarlet fever free. doctors urge calm and diligence rather than scare tactics.
Applecreek News reports on visits by Bert Wyre and Toedo party, Wath McCullough and wife in Tonedville, Mia Moore’s West Soleus trip, and Prof Wale nod family. Miss Bessie Lautenstaper Thanksgiving with HOG Lautenstinger in Akron. Charles Burchfield visiting Delano Moore in Akron for Thanksgiving. Funeral attendance for Mrs E S Mearig. local charity program at Applecreek schools. store ad for Rock Mountain Tea at Laubach & Beyd.
The community surprised pastor and wife with a gathering and dinner, sharing fellowship and devotional time. Levi Witherow and family remain sick with typhoid fever and tongue illness in recovery. John Heownman has struggled with life since Thanksgiving but can now be up some. Dr Lebr reports rheumatism improving with treatment.
Miss Mae Eugenia Hoegner directed a concert at Cooryess Methodist Church with sixty three pupils. about twenty five performed, delighting a large audience with varied entertainment and refined renditions. The church featured chrysanthemum decorations, the Crown piano was loaned by West Salem dealer Mr Touslee.
Fragmentary market column lists prices for butter, jam, beans, wood, chickens, and turkeys with several garbled figures and units. Key entries mention butter per dozen, white beans per bush, wood per cord, and poultry per pound, but many figures are unreadable.
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