18 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
1
The store invites Wooster and Wayne county residents to shop for a practical and beautiful Christmas. From top to bottom the selection features tasty and decorative items meant to be useful and memorable for many days beyond the holiday season.
Last regular meeting shows council to refer ordinance work to new council. Mayor Van Nest questions signing of ordinance as audit and solicitor discuss legal authority. Finance committee appointed for early year budget. session adjourned after advance planning and building-use discussions.
The primary and intermediate departments of the Lutheran Sunday school will present a Christmas cantata on Christmas night in the church. The Sabbath school is known for fine entertainments, making the event a to-be-looked-for pleasure.
Mansfield based architect Verron H. Hedding met Tuesday with county commissioners and attorneys to discuss courthouse changes. He will prepare plans and submit a cost estimate to the commission.
Dec 17 reports Harry Weaver of Cleveland on vacation at home. Mrs H J Eberhart visited Blacheryville last week. Miss Capitola Musselman entertained Kath Eberhart and others. Barnhart and Bernice held fever at 3 p m. Flossie Barnhart visited Wooster last week. Joseph Foes of Canton returned home after a week with relatives. Capitola Musselman Katherine Barnhart Zella Peters Clara Firestone attended services at Felt Haven. W W Kaufman and family of Reedsburg spent Sabbath with Solon Prewier family. D C Muselman staying several days in Akron. 3d Fisher kept home Saturday. The Young Ischea Sewing Circle to meet at Miss Clara Musselman’s home.
Mrs. Frank Cassiday died Saturday after burns from an accident in Wooster township. She was 11 years and 12 days old, daughter of Amos and Elizabeth Kistler, survived by husband and three children. Funeral held Tuesday at Wooster cemetery after a service from Oak Hill home. Many neighbors remember her kindness and readiness to help.
The Republican informs correspondents that due to Christmas the weekly edition will print earlier next week and country letters must arrive at this office by Monday noon. Letters received after that time cannot be set in type and will not be published.
Wooster residents debated a local option as Alliance voted on wet and dry status. Wisconsin style recounts show the wets narrowly winning by about 300 votes in the close race, while Wooster had gone dry earlier, with results highlighted in dispatches to The Republic.
The following letters remained on called for in the Wosster post office on December 16 including gentlemen Jas Ashley Abban Biasella Frank Collins Geo J Fuller L H Hall Peter Macko David Palmer arl Hirouash Sedotsa Valley Supply Co D D Wood Mrs Beac Mrs Emma Dodge Mrs Mary Kean Miss Alma Latimer Miss Mary Laufer Milas Anna Milbourne Mrs Hannah Miller Miss Edith Paneling Mrs E Vickers W B Ryson P M
Wesley Brotherhood was organized in the Methodist church on Sunday morning with officers led by President E. C Dix and Vice President Frank Hatman. Secretary Ray Pinkerton and Treasurer Roy Hartman were named to complete the slate.
A Sandusky telegram reports Charlen Knapp aged 76 died of heart disease Monday after being admitted to the soldiers' home from Wayne county.
Jefferson reports progress in schools and vacation plans as pastor Rev. M. B. Stolen outlines a January 5, 1908 start for two weeks of meetings. Local business notes include butchers McAfee and Swarts slaughtering nearly 100 hogs and new street lamps proving satisfactory. Glenn Warner returned home over Sunday. Lemaster's hosted Cleveland guests. Mrs. Wyke visiting Orrville. A wagonload of telephone leaves passed through the village. Fred Zimmerman’s public sale is today with relocation to Nathan Smith farm.
An old ad snippet promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup by claiming it is the best laxative with a money back guarantee. It mentions Bixler's Pharmacy and Boyd & Co. and uses fragmented copy typical of vintage pharmacy ads.
A sequence of testimonials from women across the United States extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh deafness and various ailments. Patients report dramatic improvements in children and adults, crediting Peruna for restoring health after doctors failed. Notes include Mrs Lawsayn from Navasuta and others praising its effects on coughs colds indigestion and weak lungs.
In Wooster the week end featured two weddings and several club gatherings. Miss Lottie Horn wed WI Gray at her home with Rev. C F Johnson officiating, reception with greenery and ferns, out of town guests from Galion Massillon Medina and Led. Another ceremony at 6 am saw Miss Julia Maagert marry Charles Fletcher, with Fletcher relocating to Chicago for Swift & Co. Mrs Fletcher has already won many local friends. The One Monday Club and Classics Club hosted meetings at Mrs. J R Overholt and Miss Miriam Hills respectively, while the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian church plans a Friday afternoon meeting with Mrs. Erarich.
Marriage licenses show William Gray and Lottie Horn of Wooeter and Charles Fletcher and Jolla Massert of Weoater. Jone (name fragment) appears incomplete in the record.
A wedding announcement from college circles confirms Miea Morri son and Mr Bye of Montana will wed soon. The ceremony is slated for Isiden ball but may be delayed two weeks and not held at Golden ball.
Francesco Guzzo aged 2 former Italian resident died Sunday in Elkhart Indiana from pneumonia. His father and brother were at his bedside when he wed. Remains brought to town Monday for Catholic cemetery interment. Funeral for Mrs Frank Cassidy who died from burns last Friday held Tuesday at West Wooster Church. Pallbearers listed. interment in Wooster Cemetery.
The Grand Rapids News hails Laurant as the city’s finest magician and illusionist. The show features the burning witch mystery on the parlor stage and relies on playful advertising from the Harry Askin Co. for Dec 24 with George Ade’s comedy The Land of Dollars billed as three checks from the Bank of Laughter.
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