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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1905
Page
7
In our Hat Department you will find latest models in hats and caps. Popular holiday gifts include cloth caps for street wear fur caps for driving and the latest blocks in stiff and soft hats. Nick Amster's special three dollars. Nick Amster's Own. Make two dollars Stetson four dollars Dunlap five dollars. Other makes range from a dollar to two fifty nine.
Tourists can choose a full line of suit cases for ladies and gentlemen priced from 1 to 15 dollars and hand bags ranging from 50 cents to 8 50. The ad emphasizes affordable holiday gifts and a complete selection.
Wayne Rebekah lodge held election for officers with N G U Stevens V G Mrs Sirs Will Bernard recording secretary Mrs don Wackert financial secretary Mrs Lizzie Panlos treasurer Mrs Ed Auavely sea A social hour followed with refreshments served by the social committee and all attendees enjoyed the gathering.
A pianist named Brahm Van Den Berg with the Cincinnati Symphony quarrels with two stage hands over smoking Turkish cigarettes during a rehearsal. He orders them off stage, then departs for Chicago after the concert, reputedly earning $200 per appearance.
A Salvation Army volunteer stood before the post office Saturday with a boiling kettle on a tripod collecting Christmas money for a meal program. Shoppers dropped coins and small bills as the pot stayed hot, the bell rang, and volunteers kept the kettle boiling for the city's needy.
A well dressed stranger at a Bowman distillery asks landlord Zeigler to name a party for heavy transferring. CD Smith & Son is contacted and sends teams, but the job never starts as the man disappears. The tale blends rustic comedy with dramatic tension amid Arkansas backwoods charm.
The next attraction at the opera house is a beautiful production titled Sandy Bottom, a romantic tale set in Arkspass hills. The play promises strong and intriguing plot elements with notable performances, while projectors and staging add to the appeal amid local chatter about the mayor’s alleged crime angle.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra led by Frank Van Der Stocken delivered what locals called the finest concert ever seen in Wooster. The performance filled the opera house Friday evening, praised for its orchestral finesse and the theatre’s atmosphere enhanced the event.
An unusual OCR fragment mentions remedies for indigestion and various terms like Sornticipation sour stomach and pother-pain. It references Ballisters' Rockynounte and Tex Willmake in a jumbled, mid-century style. The legible parts suggest a health product era classified ad tone with brand-like phrases.
The concert was not attended as it should have been, but as a musical event, it was without a doubt the finest that an audience was privileged to hear. Applause and attention from thorough musicians showed the performance was valued. The pianist Brahm Van Den Berg on the Bicfest Smith Nixon instrument was wonderful and judges declared he was the most refined player they ever heard.
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