This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
3
A local editorial urges residents to shop at home in Wooster for Christmas. It argues that local merchants offer better service and that keeping spending in Wooster circulates money locally, while spending elsewhere harms the community and provides little long term benefit.
Disjointed clippings mention ex governor Vardaman planning a newspaper, Swarthmore College ending a football endowment, and Thomas Lawson pausing public aid for money. References to James Corbett, Cleveland streetcar, London's growth, Republican convention June 1, and Seattle exposition pastimes appear amid stray lines on health, stockings, and Harriman interviews.
At a Monday open meeting at Beall Avenue, Dr. H C C Grumbine delivered a vivid Tennyson program. Guests praised the unique recital and clever parodies, while Prof. Hutchins sang Tennyson solos with accompaniment by Prof. J Lawrence Erb.
The commissioners paid numerous bills including Geo Smith for road work 2576 dollars Woos Electric Co for county buildings 470 dollars Amos Ritter road work 0 02 Asa Wheaton road work Sam M Wo & O Tel Co telephon ing 2115 dollars Wm Fritz road work 1 Frank Glasgow road work 2 Levi Zunge road work 1 J 4 Munogea culvert work 6 0hga J Smith bridge work 80 6 Wee road work 1040 Z T Henning road plank 77 R M Mamaw road work 10 Andrew Butler 2660 Milton township trustees rail work 42471 Wm Fritz road work 2 Philip Markley road work 445 Joseph Sullivan shaving prisoners 300 Ed Winkler hauling plank 4 B F Moory hauling plank 2 Central Union Telephone Co phoning 140 J & Petit bridge work 600 John Zaugg ditch work 2 Edward Young for court house 550 Geo A Fonce repairs on county building 37 05 Daniel Fonck life insurance policy 91 50 Wm Annat towers 1 YT & Johnsson bridge work 10 15 Wayne County Democrat supplies for sheriff 660 T S Flattery insurance nastey 10 50 H M Knepp road and bridge work 118 18
Dee 10 reports show Robert Houser and family from Plain visiting a Borser family last Sabbath. John Firestone and wife from Wonster spent the Sabbath with Firestone family. Mark and daughter Grace visited Ashland last Sabbath. W Masselivan and family and Solomon Premer and family spent the Sabbath at Reedsburg. J H Fdadia and family of Rewa visited M Jackson and wife last Sabbath. M V Ocker and family spent Saturday and Sunday at West Salem. Harry Peters and Miss Capitola Mussalinian spent Saturday evening at Reedsburg. Mrs Lacey Wile visited Reedaburg and Akron visitor Bernice Premer returned home. Eli Pinley and wife attended the Farmers' Institute at Jeromeville in Meade. Mrs WOW Kaufman and children of Reedshu visited Sunday evening.
Dec 10 notes show Mies See Kife spending a day with mother Miga Julia Bonewits who is ill with Brights disease. Nussbaum took a business trip to Cleveland. Ramsey and Mrs Gea Hartel visited Orrville. Corwan Swap’s wife and daughter Evelyn visited Earnest Shorp and wife in Orrville. EH Bevington visited Kent. Nora Kelphardt and Jeretta Bett visited friends in Orrville. On Dec 4 Mr Christ Bass and Minsararheru Bett were married at the Reformed church by Kiev 8 J T Flohr. friends send congratulations. Their journey home caused fear of loss of horse and carriage, but the minister lent them a horse and buggy.
John Gant wife and family spent Sunday with Letman family south of Cansun Mises Maggio and Fernlonse visited Izora Myera last Saturday afternoon. Mathew Jant and wife visited friends in our village last Sunday. Mrs Sue Whitworth of Creston and Sarah Elliott of Los Angeles spent Sunday with Joe Whitworth and his wife and daughter. Miss Mary Seifert spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Lodi. William Frazier improving. Wm McAfee and wife spent Saturday evening in our village. Jorge Settle near Canaan and daughter Miss Carrie Seattle of Sacramento spent Sunday with Joe Whitworth. George McAfee on business trip to Wooster Saturday. Marion Glouse and wife of Arm Afroig Station spent Sunday with James Clouse and family.
Workmen for Steve E Smith struck a heavy vein of gas while drilling for water on Alvinzi Canningham’s farm northwest of the city. Gas was found at 128 feet and, if it continues, could heat the house. When lit the flame rises eight to ten feet above the pipe.
Dec 10 A W Harris of Claveland visited Crestin. The Crestin council debates four street lighting proposals amid strong company claims. A moving picture show fills the council chamber and a nickel-in-the-slot repair is needed. Local shops and poets appear in playful gossip as Christmas events loom at MethodJet and Presbyterian churches. John Schuad Co sells coal warehouse to Dan Hewming, Achand moves near Marshallville. Evangelical meetings begin New Year as townsfolk joke about finances and politics in a satirical tone.
Mt Eaton updates cover social visits, sales, sermons, society meetings, and weather concerns. Readers report literary events at Mt Eaton, family visits from Hartman sillon and West Lebanon, a public sale, a blood poisoning setback, and a note on rabbit and chicken box dynamics amid dry weather. Local residents and neighbors referenced include Mr and Mrs Adrian Tasker, Morgan, Miss Eva Cabnt, and Rev Knickabocker in upcoming sermons.
Woolevar of Raysville promotes Bucklen's Arnica for piles, claiming cure 20 years ago. Pinevies promises kidney relief after one night's dose, Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is sold for cold relief with no narcotics, all at Krieger's Drug Store.
Fragmentary text provided lacks clear events or identifiable entities to form a factual headline and summary. No persons, organizations, places, dates, or actions are discernible for a proper card.
Market summary sent by wire shows wheat December 92 5 May 09 percent, corn December 53 3 g May 65 44, oats May 63 %. Wooster markets report Batter 22 5 cents per pound, eggs 26 1 per dozen, lard 10 cents, chickens 8 cents per pound, potatoes 55 cents. Grain prices list wheat 93 c, flour retail 5.00 to 50, rye 55c, oats 50 , corn 70c, barley 45c, timothy seed 2, clover 9 to 9.50, hay 14 to 16, salt 1.10 per barrel, bran 1.42 5, middlings 1.30, wool unwashed medium 27 to 28c, fine 28c.
Market cattle and hog prices listed from East Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati with varied classes from export cattle to calves, steers, cows, heifers, bulls, lambs, sheep, hogs and grain quotes. Notable regions include East Buffalo and Pittsburgh with price ranges for No 2 red wheat and corn.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.