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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
7
A fragment references Erica and a promise to send a small amount of nourishment to those with cold thin bodies, mentioning Scott and Bowne at 409 Pearl Street, New York. The readable portion hints at a charitable or health related note but lacks full context or instructions.
Eminent speakers from education and other fields planned for December 11 and 12 to dedicate new university buildings at Wooster. Morning exercises in Memorial chapel start 11:30 with sermons, addresses, and music. afternoon and other halls host additional dedications, prayers, and a luncheon detail.
A full church heard Rev. J H Deeds deliver a fine Thanksgiving sermon praising God for national growth in manufacturing and crops. He urged duty to posterity, highlighted church and school roles, and honored Christian workers. The offering, $41, went to charity, the largest such collection in years.
A collage of short items from papers across the country parodies politics and society. References include the Old Hoss sale swapping chestnuts, Myron Herrick backing currency, Hatty Green foreclosing a Chicago church, Addick’s Delaware spendings, Carnegie’s death fears, ping pong origins, Martha Washington postage, vivisection debates, and Washington Post fiction notes.
A large Tuesday audience at the University Lecture Course heard Eugene Debs discuss American labor and American capital. He argued wealth concentrates with few, predicts government ownership of monopolies as the eventual solution, and delivered his rhetoric with magnetic presence despite a tall awkwardness.
A. J. Snell of Summer Hill New York feared stomach pains would ruin a party. A friend recommended Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. Two doses cured him and he enjoyed the party. The ad also touts Foley s Honey and Tar for throat and lung diseases and German Syrup by Dr A Boschee claiming rapid cough and lung relief with two million bottles sold annually.
A Venezuelan delegation appointed by President Castro works with Anglo American bankers to present a plan to settle claims against Venezuela. The plan aims to unify all government and guaranteed loans on stronger security, asserting no intent to stall Britain or Germany. The U S State Department will receive the proposal through the embassy after formal communication in Washington.
A letter from W. C. Wockner praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as curing a severe two month cough. The note, from a respected local resident, urges others to try the remedy and notes it is sold by all druggists. Also mentions DeWitt’s Witch Hazel and August Flower as popular remedies with broad U.S. usage and small price points.
Report says due to trouble at the glass works the whole force was discharged Tuesday night. One man caused the incident and the entire crew was let go to clear the plant, with the remaining workers leaving town already.
Thanksgiving day 1909 saw an unusually large number of marriages across Wayne County along with many social events. Couples listed include Quincy Patton of Mentor with Elsie E. Branstetter of Wooster and Charles C. Langell of Wooster with Ellyn H. Shipley of Wooster among others from Orrville, Lodi, Creston, Fredericksburg, and surrounding towns.
A mid aged man from near Millbrook and employed by Pendergast Lumber was severely injured Friday near Maple Grove church when a wagon load of pilings toppled. He was found unconscious, rushed home after partial recovery, and it is feared he sustained internal injuries.
Mrs Riley Power, preparing to move to Ashland, has disposed of her millinery shop on South Market Street to Mrs John McAnaney who will operate it in the future.
Berlin news reports stormy Reichstag scenes over a tariff bill delaying plan for a second reading. Socialist members surged onto the tribune, shouting insults at Speaker Bachém as Vice President Buessing suspended the session for thirty minutes amid the uproar.
A spark from cedar piles started a large fire at Rat Portage Lumber yards in Norman Ontario. Twenty five million feet of lumber burned. Lemay's shipyards six steamboats two barges and eleven houses destroyed. Firefighters fight to stop flames from reaching the town’s residence area.
Long hours and fatigue plagued the writer until Dr A W Chase’s Nervine Pills revived energy and health. The tonic is sold at 50 cents a box by dealers, with the A W Chase Medicine Co. listed in Battle Creek New York and featuring a portrait of A W Chase on the package.
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