City Council Debates Municipal Electric Plant Plan
City council met in special session with all members present to consider electric lighting options. Westinghouse tied to a proposal while Wooster Electric Light Co and others outlined independent plans to install operate and transfer a city plant, with details on using the current pumping station and a 150 horsepower power source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presjidnt Weiser
Uepounellinen
Noatitink
Woodsyer Flectric Lighting Co
Franks
van Nest
Weiser
Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co
Wooster Glectric Co
James Mullins
Col
Vo Hard
J. B Taylor
Michael Uuner
The
Wooster Electric Light Co
M M van Negt
Wyer
Westinghouse Co
Pittsburg
Engineering firm to complete building changes for city
An engineering company agreed to perform all minor changes in the building and supply tools and materials, relieving the city of expenses. The service was established to the satisfaction of the council and city boards.
Towns go dry sponge thirst with near beer jokes
Orrville residents recall old thirsts and mock near beer on tap as a town contemplates new electric light arches. Fables from the University Voice and Finney Luce tales show local wit, student josh, and civic debate on public notices, with officials in Wooster and Millersburg weighing arches and street improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Wooster
Marriage License Walter Schott and Emma Diehl in Wooster
Walter Schott of Wooster and Emma Diehl wed depending on license terms. David M. Sheldon of Akron and Helen A. Park of West Salem listed as related parties or witnesses in the license notice.
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Walter Schott
Emma Diehl
Wooster
David M. Sheldon
Akron
Helen A. Park
West Salem
Remedies for eczema and coughs offered by druggists
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Salve as instantly stopping intense itching from eczema, tetter, and salt rheum with many cures noted. It also promotes Dr Shoup's Cough Remedy as a safe, opiate free cure for tight or distressing coughs, claims lung shrub leaves provide its curative power, and recommends Baxter’s or Bixler's Modern Pharmacy as retailers.
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Chamberlain
St. Boyd & Co
Kidney health eludes buyers in garbled ad copy
Fragmentary OCR of an advertisement touts pills for kidney pain and backache. It mentions golden globules and direct action on kidneys but text is incomplete and unclear, with stray punctuation and misspellings. No verifiable dates, brands, or entities are identifiable.
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Wooster
Boise
Lions Party Visits Mexican Frontier for Big Game Hunt
Mr Bryan leads a party into Monterey area near Nuevo Leon in Mexico with Mexican officials and wealthy American friends. The expedition targets mountain lions bears and tigers in the rugged terrain. The group enjoys abundant game as Bryan contends with sparse hunting conditions.
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Reno
Texas
Bryan
Monterey
Nuevo Leon
Uryan
Pig Iron Duty Debate At Washington Inquiry
Washington officials heard manufacturers urge retention of Dingley duties on ferro manganese as the pig iron schedule was examined. The reason for the ferro manganese tie to pig iron fees was not clarified during the Ways and Means Committee session.
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Washington
Officials Guilty in Mt Pleasant Funds Case
Pittsburg dispatch reports that President His sen and Daeshler Mullin were found guilty of misappropriating funds from the defunct Farmers and Merchants National Bank at Mt Pleasant. The verdict closes the case against the officials connected to the bank.
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Pittsburg
President Hissen
Daeshler Mullin
Farmers and Merchants National Band
Mt Pleasant
Hedge at Meikleaur Perthshire Planted 1716 A World Famous Screen
The beech hedge at Meikleaur in Perthshire is the world’s most noted hedge. Planted in 1716, it runs about a third of a mile long and climbs to around 100 feet high. Planning, costing about $300, is renewed every eight to ten years with special apparatus.
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Henge
Harper's Weekly
Meikleaur
Perthshirt
Marquis of Landsdowne
Pittsburg Gazette Times
Sam
Bryan
Cleveland
France
Count Boni
Bramael
Boston
New York City
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Claims Rapid Cold Sore Cure
Leo F Zelinski of Buffalo New York says one application daily for two days cured a severe cold sore using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The product, sold under guarantee at 8 H Boyd & Co drug store, reportedly leaves no trace of the sore.
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Leo F Zelinski
Gibson St
Buffalo
Bucklen
Boyd & Co’ Drug Store
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for Nasal Catarrh Claims
The advertisement touts Ely's Liquid Cream Balm as a superior nasal remedy that never dries or irritates air passages. It cites growing testimonials, notes rapid relief of inflammation, and claims obstinate cases yield in days. Available from druggists for 75 cents with a spraying tube, or by mail from Ely Bros. in New York.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Dr Shoop Restorative Promoted For Weak Organs
An old fashioned dosing method is challenged by Dr Shoop who says Dr Shoop's Restorative targets the cause via the inner controlling nerves. The ad claims improvement in days and urges trial with Brixler's Modern Pharmacy and Krelger's Drug Store selling Foley's Kidney Remedy and Kidney and Bladder Pills as antiseptic aids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Brixler
Bloomington Board Considers New Test Well and High Pressure Mains
Bloomington public service board debated drilling a ten inch test well on city property with $800 estimate for full bore and $620 for test, to repurpose pumping station into Bloomington reservoir. meeting followed by private talks with a pump expert and council funding request. Nearby residents and officials, including Rev Gatterfield and Adjutant General Critchfield, were mentioned in the day’s social notices.
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Board of Public Service
Cty
Bloomington
Board At Public Service
Permmanent
Thin Place
Ontoon
Othe
J. W Lehr
Cleveland
Anna. Moore
New Willington
Rev. Gatterfield
Bart Bloomington
North Carolina
J. H Paddis
Rowsburg — Seltil
City Hospital
Catherine Pierson
Cincinnati
Mra Woodstart
Chicago
Mra
Lucas
North Market
Gertrude Young
Canton
Alice Billard
Spruce Street
Dena Costello
Sadie Lewis
Myrtle Craig
Isabel Clifford
Clara Cochran
Cadiz
University
Adjutant General
Critchfield
Remember the Name Dean’s Kidney Pills in Wooster
A Wooster reader recalls severe kidney trouble years ago and credits Dean’s Kidney Pills from Zimmerman & Co. store with a full recovery after using the remedy as directed. The testimonial, dated 1900, asserts lasting relief and urges readers to remember the product and its Buffalo agents FosterMilburn Co. Remember the name Roitane take no other.
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Conan
Wooster
Nelson
Pean
Zimmerman & Co’s
Dean
Dessert mishmash: a cryptic recipe fragment
A garbled block reads like a dessert instruction with mis-typed ingredients and steps. It mentions dissolving something, a packet, water, whipped cream, crushed items, and mixing until smooth, finishing with a note about serving or presentation, though many words are unreadable.
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Union Stock Yards
Live Stock Exchange National Bank
E. B. Childs
Wooster and
Wayne County
Hardware Store
W. Liberty St
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Rex Beaca
Nan
H. Barrett Will Horn
Pines
Harding& Co
Court House
Tag
Tim
My, Sineer
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Orrville
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Fred Faber’s
Finney Luce
Josh
Mr. Luce
Dytheway
Dr. J. Stahl
Fathers
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Mat Stuller
W C Myers
Millersburg
Republian
Lions
Mr. Bryan
Frazele
Aise
Mumer M.nowell
Badlo
Orrvie
Foley
Bixler Pharmacy
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Krelger’s! Drug
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Kut.chin
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