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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1896
Page
3
Grand Army, Junior Order and Knights of Pythias selecting leaders for the year as the season for lodge elections opens. Local fraternal groups announce forthcoming leadership contests and meetings.
Wayne Council No 14 R A discusses death of Jugger S Dowell and installs officers for Wayne Council 42 on Jan 6 1897. Wooster Commandery 48 KT and Ebenezer Lodge 33 FM hold convocations. Officers elected at Wooster Council 13 include Zimmerman and Stevens. Shreve Wreck court case updates cover damages and a perjury release for Abdon Lantsbaugh related to the 1892 Fort Wayne line collision near Shreve.
A Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern train and four specials collided near Storrs, injuring many passengers and killing the engineer and fireman of eight specials. The incident disrupted travel as officers investigated the causes and the wrecked cars were cleared.
P D Hall once a frequent visitor in Akron and major property owner left a vast estate. He died in New York after a week of pneumonia at age 79. He built a Akron retail empire from 1835 onward with Hall Brothers and later Hall Co. His holdings included East Liberty Street frontage, North Market Street brick property, West Hill farms, and multiple city houses. He never left a will, leaves nephews and a New York niece, and will be buried in Bridgeport Connecticut.
A. M. tonight presented a flag to each of the school buildings at Shawton Shatson Fairmount and Paintertown suburbs of Irwin. The exercises took place in the opera house which was filled with the G A H members of the Ladies Relief Worps and the Junior Order.
The Board of Deputy Supervisors of Elections dismissed all Fifth ward judges following a recent election dispute over ballots rejected due to a misread letter from the Republican Executive Committee. Supervisors deemed the error unintentional and asked Secretary Taylor for leniency, with plans to reappoint the judges next spring.
A history volume by Ben Douglas chronicles Wayne County’s centennial with emphasis on public buildings private residences and notable citizens. The work features illustrative samples and a gallery of over 100 leaders, aiming to be a key city and county editorial edition while inviting advertisers and readers to engage.
A lively street scene in Oskaloosa from a Fredericksburg link shows Ava Judy shouting for McKinley aboard a flagbearing rider while crowds gather. The town buzzes as Bryan free silver speeches wane, and local Methodist trustees restrict nonchurch entertainments and loaning church space. Subscribe for The Republican.
In Wooster she is hailed as the daughter of the 16th O.V. 1 and has earned a prominent post with the Empire Theatre Stock Co. in New York. The company, noted for balance and quality, features James H. Youn and the Romeo and Juliet production on New Year’s Day 1897. The Actor’s Holiday Co. travels with 80 performers under M B Raymond. Patrons are reminded to retrieve any left items from the City Opera House auditorium via staff.
Students in the Classics Club met at Miss Johnsons home to discuss Shakespeare and history with Miss Grace Ihrig presenting Shakespeare and History. The program covered Henry VI through Henry V with King John Richard II and Henry IV also explored. Miss Nellis Ihrig was unable to read Shakespeare in tragedy due to illness and Miss Batsford read Henry VIII and The Fall of Wolsey before a social supper and adjournment to January at the Funck sisters home.
University and high school students and citizens filled Kanke Chapel Friday to hear Prof. W Z Bennett read selections from Othello. The event showcased Bennett and Dr Bannatt s Shakespeare studies, with Bennett praising study over theater for mastering the master poet and presenting scenes from Macbeth. Miss Elsie Scovel sang Willow Song and two young women played a piano duet before the closing death scene.
A Bangkok missionary from Siam spoke at Wooster Presbyterian Church on Siam as a field for Protestant work. He described Buddhism, language challenges, printing and medical missions, schools and church self support, and called Siam a land of promise despite retrenchment fears.
Local church notices describe bazaars, sermons, and gatherings across Wooster area churches. Events include St James Episcopal food sale and concert, Ladies Missionary Society meetings, Presbyterian Society officer elections, and ministers visiting from Creston, Dalton, and Millersburg with upcoming services and missionary updates. Elkhart January 1897 conference aims at church union.
The article records probate actions in Emanuel Schriber and other estates with appointments, guardianship removals, inventories, appraisements, and hearings scheduled. Names include Isaac Fiber, J. C. Hull, Eugenia Menoez, Eliza Shafer, Joan Odell, and several others. Final accounts, inventories, and court orders appear across multiple estates with various dates and hearings noted.
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