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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1903
Page
4
The clipped text mixes postal room notes with random tidbits about shopping, typhoid fears, and prophecies of a long winter. It mentions Washington reports, Rathbone, and Bryan in Europe. A Boston candidate named Bean contemplates a school board run amid bean eater votes.
A fragmented report questions Panama’s national hymn title and cites claims about a disputed name. The item notes Kentucky shooting incidents tallying 250 deaths in two years and references Henry Watterson and John D. Rockefeller’s philanthropy, with garbled figures and names.
A New Orleans girl who was hypnotized was buried eleven days after the event. The upcoming funeral will include all rites for such an occa sion. The piece also mentions varied local notes and a market summary from Wooster with wheat, corn, and livestock prices.
An opinion piece laments public indifference as the city skims overt concerns for national issues, praising local character while criticizing sidewalks and cleanliness. It notes residents fixate on attire and social manners, neglecting civic improvements in favor of personal pride and repulsion toward external oppression.
A collection of brief editorial thoughts and reactions including calls for restraint against lynching in South Carolina 1903, Chicago World's Fair stock sentiment, optimism about democracy with cautious leadership, and an English perspective on American exposure to protectorate influence as noted by the London Times.
A very intelligent looking woman entered a store on a Saturday and chose the nearest item to call up her bose. On discovery of her mistake a flash occurred, the door slammed and she fled. The report notes the act was not committed by a man and laments the absence of forceful expletives.
Fast, rough armory games drew the season’s largest crowd as seniors beat preps 4 to 11 in a heated match. Juniors then defeated the Augustores 38 to 20 to claim first place. lineups featured Graham, Hingland, Meexs, Paisley, Davis, and others. Officials included Meese, Hamiston, Gasche, and Hartman.
William Knox aged 77 former Shreve postmaster died this afternoon after years of illness. The obituary notes general old age ailments and lists the early life as a longtime community figure in Shreve. A related notice promotes Ely’s Liquid Cream Balm as relief for nasal catarrh with a 76 cent price in New York, advertised by Laubach & Boyd.
A long plea warns catarrh harms many organs and winter cold is a risk. Dr Hartman’s Peruna is cited with unsolicited testimonials from M K Bousch Richmond and others claiming cures of nose throat ear and systemic catarrh after multiple bottles. Also notes a minor timetable change on the B&O railroad shifting Wooster departure to 8 46 am with other trains unchanged.
A series of customer letters from Ada Minnesota Atchison Kansas Pine Bluff Arkansas Hawley Pennsylvania Hammond Indiana Lafayette Indiana South Bend Indiana and Columbus Ohio praise Peruna for catarrh of the nose lungs urethra bladder stomach pelvic region and bowels. They claim relief after taking Peruna and related formulas with offers for free medical guidance from Dr Hartman President of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
Gathered at Lodi Bem f Abtinmeans is sorely aff ted with eryuipelon Harry Love inauffering with a badly sprained ankle at Taylor inn. Milo Warner of Lodi and Battle Scroogie of Olmstead Falla near Cleveland were united in marriage Dec 3 by Rev Erley of York at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Scroggie was a bartender for Bunnader & Homa. John Lowery of Akron visited with his daughters in Lodi.
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