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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
3
A Wooster editorials criticizes the University’s football season and urges supporters to back the team. It calls out defeatist attitudes, urges unity, and suggests fans should join student sections to boost morale and effort rather than complain.
Wooster finishes season without a title as Oberlin and Reserve emerge as top teams in the Big Nine. Ohio State hosts the cup with “No Championship” engraved. Wooster and Ohio State tied after Wooster beat Wesleyan, then Kenyon beat Wooster 5 0. Oberlin wins next. Wooster played strong but faced heavier, faster opponents.
Obituary notes Hon H Beck a Nevadan pioneer and longtime Pacific coast businessman born in Plain Township. Describes his integrity, political service in Nevada and influence in early state and federal politics including support for James Nye and H G Blair, and his enduring role in Wayne County political life.
A Republican reporter questioned David Martin about reports the gas well flow had ceased. Martin insisted the gas flow has not declined, saying his home was well heated and lit with six staves and 21 lights burning at once, proving the well’s vigor.
Turner Michigan resident Mrs Roslathal says Chamberlain Cough Medicine suits her family well and years of use confirms it as the best remedy for croup. Dr Shoop's Cough Cure is praised for stopping tickling coughs safely with a plant extract healing bronchial membranes. Bixler's Modern Pharmacy sells both remedies locally.
The Onze company presents the same production again next Friday December at the Opera House. The drama features distinct characters and bold situations with Belasco inspired lines. Rance acts to curb a card sharp, enforcing a sign of infamy without resorting to violence.
Capt. Wm Mitchell long resident of West Salem dies Tuesday with daughter named among survivors. Interment to be in West Salem. Mrs Anna McClure longtime Wayne county resident dies in Los Angeles. Unnamed 80 year old near Shreve dies Thursday. Funeral from Bigelow church Saturday. Mrs Morrell age 88 longtime Wayne county resident dies Wednesday at home in Medina Ohio. Funeral held Saturday.
Railroads in the Central Passenger association plan through rates to points within the territory, effective January 1, with holiday rates from December 24 to December 31. The change aims to ease through travel at about two cents a mile while a new fire law decision by the supreme court is awaited. The association will discuss the new through rates at its next meeting.
An old Fayette New York notice touts Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach trouble and aging woes, with Dr. B G Dailey offering veterinary and dental services two miles east of Woostar. It also promotes Foley's Kidney Cure and free examinations for animal patients, with 24 hour availability and phone contact.
An old advertisement promises clear bright skin as a sign of normal liver function and touts Rings Little Liver Pills as a remedy. It claims relief from headache constipation and biliousness and lists a price of 25 cents sold by Krieger's Drug Store.
Berlin reports reveal Herr Bebel accusing upper class vice and degeneracy and Chancellor Von Buelow defending the stance while Morrocan tensions loom and an international police under the Algeciras framework is discussed. In Chicago, John Ro Walsh’s bank trial progresses as prosecutors are blocked from introducing Walsh’s bookkeeper’s testimony about his personal checks.
London November 26 The world heavyweight championship bout between Tommy Burns of America and Jim Moir of England is scheduled for December 2 at the National Sporting Club. The event draws keen interest and high seat prices, but public viewing will be limited as club members fill draftable space. Bets favor Burns at six to three. Burns aims to weigh 168 to 176 pounds, with most expected near 180.
Two convicts, D. Ware and Albert Bunch, were burned to death when a stockade fire at the state convict farm in Lincoln county destroyed a stockade. During the accident three other convicts escaped, as reported from Little Rock Arkansas in November.
A blaze in a barber shop started by an overturned lamp wiped out about three fourths of Granite, a small mining town 20 miles east of Leadville Colorado. Estimated loss is $25,000.
The slight eruption of Mount Vesuvius continues with the crater and surrounding fissures emitting red ashes. No wind keeps the ash from not traveling far, and Vesuvian villages are not suffering. The text also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as an effective medicine for blood disease.
A man long exposed to damp lumber camps details his rheumatic pain and sleepless nights. After trying various remedies, he found Dr Williams Pink Pills cured his rheumatism, with improved appetite and vitality, and he urges others to try the safe remedy sold by druggists or the Williams Home Medicine Co.
City auditor Muller reviews the November payroll with about thirty regular employees including mayor and council members. Additional labor bills cover twenty to forty workers monthly for street, water works, and other local projects, totaling wages between six and seventy five dollars per man depending on the work completed.
A jumble of quotes from Nashville American Pittsburgh Dispatch Chicago Tribune and New York Evening Sun reflect public reaction to coinage and political figures. References to Saint Gaudens eagle and President Roosevelt appear amid debate on beliefs and illness transmission theory.
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