Prisoner count and city notes in Wooster daily paper
The county jail is mostly empty with Mrs Lavina Ewing the only prisoner under Sheriff ver as a visiting committee from Salem council weighs adopting the Akron system. The city sees farmers and merchants but poor trade, with weather dubbed anti Christmas. Advertisements highlight local businesses, wages, and a Christmas turkey gift for workers. News covers entertainment, rail prospects, postal hours on Christmas, and a council meeting planned to vote on bond questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavina Ewing
Congress
Ver
Salem
Canton
Alliance
Akron
Gter
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Ad.Ellaperman
U. S. Express
Wooster
South Market Street
Will Fisher
Circus” Company
Sisteraville
W. Va
Wooster Holiday Visitors and Christmas Plans
The Wooster area greets holidays with numerous social visits and travel. Local residents and visitors from Akron Cleveland Columbus and Chicago gather for Christmas celebrations and merriment. Notables include Mrs J J Geltz Mr and Mrs George Thompson and families, J.B. Ridgely Anna, DeWitt Hubbard, Miss Nettie Kinkler and Capt H L Kuhns among others visiting relatives and attending weddings and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layfayette Shively
John Phillips
Jennie Wilson
Beaver Falls
Geo. Thompson
Will Hughes
Cleveland
DeWitt Hubbard
Chas. Koch
Newton Greaser
Ravenna
Wooster
Aug. D. Selby
Experiment Station
Columbus
A.L. Mackey
Allegheny Theological Seminary
Horace Rowley
Mt. Vernon
Speers McClarran
J.B. Ridgely
Anna
C.K Hoffman
Caroline Dysart
Mansfield
Rudolph Paul
Smithville
Lulu Frick
Painesville Seminary
Salicda Schmuck
Cora
Edna
Pittsburg
Solomon Warner
Overton
O. A. Warner
Almatrong
Daniel Scher
Wm. J. Athey
Clarksburg
W. Va
J. K. Snyder
J. S. Kéiffer
Kate Hein
Edna Smith
Grace Dunlap
Bacyrus
W. A. Rowe
Freedom
H. A. Rowe
Pittsburg Avenue
W. H. Long
Lewistown
Phil Spreng
Topeka
Kan
Nettie Kinkler
Philadelphia
Henry Kinkler
East South Street
H. L. Kuhns
Trinity Lutheran Choir
Canton
J. Sweeney
Frank Sweeney
Frankie McBride
Toledo
Ida Sweeney
Sheldon Stebbins
J.P. van Nest
Mabel
Chas W. van Nest
John
Gleveland
Alvin W. Koninsky
Chicago
M. Ellen Baker
Wayne Township
Jacop Davidson
Jury Finds Halter Guilty in Assault Case
The jury found John Halter guilty of assault and battery on Jacob Weimar of Maraballville after a short deliberation. Other items note Wa sson guardianship proceedings, a shooting case against Zape Cole in Orrville resulting in a verdict of assault, and judge Dowell freeing jurors until Jan 6. A divorce was granted to Mary J Wohlabaugh from James M Wohlabaugh with custody of two children and $400 alimony ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Halter
Jacob Weimar
Maraballville
Halter
Wasson
Nicholas
McClarran
A.J. Oncob F. Kean
John McSweeney
M. Il. Smyser
Wassen
Todd
Toledo Asylum
Mr. Watson
Dalky
Jory
Zape Cole
Orrville
Fred Weiler
Cole
Dowell
Nancy Lee
Celebrations and Social Gatherings Highlight South Market Event
The article chronicles multiple 1920s style social happenings in a small town. It covers a surprise 25th anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs Lambert Sellers on South Market street with gifts including a poncho bowl, a church wedding, and various at home entertainment and high society style gatherings. It lists numerous attendees by name, noting birthdays, entertainments, and hostesses such as Miss Alma Little, Miss Ethel Christy, and Mrs Wm Snook along with community figures like Mr Joseph Jones, a stock buyer, and families from Wayne county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Seliers
South Market Street
Mra Sellers
Preyer
Kev J
Toss
Harvey S. “App
Wayne County
Akron
Alma
Orly
J. W . Little
First Congregational Church
Ethel Christy
North Buckeye Street
Mary Cantey
Glenna Miner
Fanny Johnson
Mary Annat
Lilian Bailey
Martha Sanborn
Ethel McCane
Zalla Kean
Gertrude Haupert
Mary Snyder
Addie Downing
Jeanette Smith
Katie Bucher
Irene Miller
Margaret Saggart
Minta Heck
Fern Wrenawait
Amy Laubach
John McSweeney
Foss & Lee
Fletcher
Mandolin Club
Wm. Snook
Dennis
Snook
Joseph Jones
Miss Lawrence
Bloomfield
Holmes County
East Larwill Street
Lottie M. Allen
Toledo
Eva Gibbon
Tiffin
O. Daisy Landis
Ethel Plank
Ethel McLaughlin
Josie Taylor
Gyp Taylor
Margie Hay
Elsie Taggart
Bess Baumgardner
Sadie Eberhart
Nina Mower
Pearl Clapper
Dale Newkirk
Grace Marchand
Ada Marchand
Anna Wilbur
Gracie Whittier
Zella Wiler
Mila Branstetter
Carrie Phillips
Mae Russell
Della Boydston
Birdie Wilhelm
Ethel Lerch
Bertha Auman
Ida Lanbach
Laura Peters
Helen Donnelly
Nina McNamara
Christmas programs and funerals across churches in Wayne County
A roundup of holiday events and obituaries notes church cantatas and Santa visits by United Presbyterian and other churches, with Sunday schools, Christmas sermons, and student recitals. It also records the death of John Bacher Sr. in 1899, his family, and local social visits and market updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bacher
Mr. Bacher
Wooster
Bacher
Sarah Showalter
Ley
J G McKay
New York
United Presbyterian Church
Huriess
Lehman Church
Etta McCoy
John Gant
Pittsburg
Roed
Christmas Week News Flows From Creston Area
A busy holiday period with car merchants selling well and town folk buying gifts. The Antis saloon league held two earnest meetings last week as schools prepare a two week vacation. CW McGlewen returns from a six month Southern States trip. A Creston man plans to fight the editor over school town improvements. Miles Ewing and Dabbs Gensemer will spend Christmas with family. Canaan Township Edu board creates sub district No 1 Reston as a special school district. Georgiana Wells visits Sheriff Wells in Medina. Creston cornet drum by the Dalton band to headline a Christmas concert Wednesday evening.
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Fry
SLI
Bngréss
Wayne County
Uiton Co
Picter
Air Haven
M. Ludwick
Cyrus Stquifer
East Grilon
Fyohn T
Francie
Christie
Akron
John M. Good
Kehton
New
London
Theodora Hazzard
Cleveland
Wm. W. Thorley
Effie Winkler
Cedar Valley
Maria Smith
Isa Thorley
Wooster
Flo Stanley
Presbyterian Church
Misa Stanley
Congress Township
Lois Fresh
P. J. Brown
Benj. Swinehart
Lattasburg
Anna Holmes
Ruth
Dave Skeese Lare
Wm. Skeese
New London
J. K. Yoff
W. H. Oswald
M JZ
M. E
Lresbyterian
Muale
Sayior
Antid Saloon League
McGlewen
Creston Journal
Creston
Miles Ewing
Dabbs Gensemer
Canaan
Royal Hawaiian Band and Gleé Club Cancel Appearance
City Opera House management announces cancellations due to unavoidable circumstances. Royal Hawaiian Band failed to arrive by noon amid travel troubles from Cleveland and Magallon, with likely insufficient receipts to cover expenses. Ticket buyers may obtain refunds at Will Horn's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Opera House
Royal Hawaiian Band
Gleé Club
Cleveland
Magsaillon
Wooster
Will Horn
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Beye
Moen Foonb Pa Paiae
Liberty Street
Laketa
Marshal Edsperman
Edward Snavely
Blaine
Wash
Plymouth Rocks
Fair Grounds
L. B. Bolus
Canton & Wooster
Wayne
Tne
Century Club
W. Z. Bennett
Bennett
Thz Republigan
J.J. Todd
J T. Wisner
Samuel Ell
Jacob Hilderbrand
Edward Nevely
Joseph Sullivan
Spooner
Daniel Markley
Mary Dye
Timothy Sheehen
Mary Rimnie
John L. Donley
Sarah Chapin
Arthur Collier
Ida A. Yoder
QO. . Smith
Susannah Core
Woo. Crossman
Emma Albright
Albert Hartzel
Amanda B. Burkholder
Albert S. Hartzler
Ene B. Aldrich
Nora Violaagg
John Otto
Emma Conrad
Charles L. Labr
Lillian Duenkle
Clyde M. Friend
Rose
Reidel
Charles Holm
Emma Crites
Louis Jesandergoin
Jennie Cabot
Frank H. Keeney
Lottie G. Kosier
H. Randolph
Mary E. Lance
Price Russell
Augusta EF. Miller
Geo. A. Hooley
Sallie King
Hoastettier
Odessa Trout
Hoover
Sadie H. Kauffman
Beebe's
Rogers & Brother
Rogers Knives
A. Shibley’s
Public Square
Wm. Rhogs
Merritt
Beebe
Rae
Harding & Co
Golig
CNTR
Devon
Tsers
Charled'Jones
Infinedo
Ane Phelps
A. W. Stayner
HE. Joyce
Bubbedy Co
Lance
Windsor Hotel
Will G. Lerch
Dauquesne
Y. H.maurer
Salém High School
Martha Hanna
M. L. Spooner
Charles Plamer
St. Louis
Christ
Ross McElroy
Ohio Music Teachers Association
J. Frank Runkle
Wooster Brugh
Mary Swartz
Denison University
Granville
O. Ibert Adams
Sylvia Firpstone
Wobaster
Elector of Internal Revenue
L. P. Ohliger
Grev. Foss Schwartz
Auburn
N. Y
G. H. Knapp
Guy Bros. Minstrels
Martha Criley
Lexington
KB. K. Criley
Centropolis
Kansas City
Louis Boost
James R. Crosby
Moreland
The
Republican
J. UH. Angell
Christ Shelly
Bellfontaine
Frank D. Miller
Geo. Albright
Jos
A. Schach J. M. Reed
Crestline
Dudley J. Hard
Wil Derr
J. D. McAfee
Loulas
James McQuigg, Esq
Pana
Ill
Albert Gerlach
Bluffton
Henry Smith
Geo. W. Ryall
Wil
Delaware
R. W. Fonek
Galton
James McClellan
T.8. Orr
Plymouth
Nator
Woouter
Sary
Bnderittie Holler
Keck
Social Notes
Géntell
A. Shibley
Voog van
Tie RervaLioay
Sena Peon
Fridolin
Atky
Ma J Catholice
United Presbyterians
Christian Church
Baptist Sanday School
Santa Claus
First Presbytery
Methodist Sunday
J. Frank Smith
Wayne Pioneer
WoosTex
Shibley
Courthouse
Cleveland Weekly Leader
Ohio
Cok Etfs
Rittman Goree
Pele Holt
Minnie Gishane
Oxford Female Seminary
Swarts Murdock
Weaters Reserve College
Hudson
Frank Hickie
Medical College
Charles Gish
Ada Normal College
Rittman
Medina
Wei
Henry Stiner
Youngeau
Ida Rickard
Henry
C. W. Hoover
Mr. Holm
Huff
Sterling
Holm
M. E. Lance
Jake
Reston
Tak Wobsten
Charles Lahr
Wooster Brush Works
Lillian Dankle
Third Ward
Wm. Duckle
Dankle
McClarron
Lahr
Charles Jiones
Labr
Dynkle
Sakal
Smyrnas
Beobeln
Kieppenda
Alen
W.h.wiler
Win
Muschenich
Wayne County National Bank
Resources
Ohto
County of Wayne
Frank Taggart
Notary
Aginst
Jacob Frick
J. R Overholt
Daney
McCluire
Cee
Wrooden Ware
Melton
Bhobb
Holiday Presents
Cau
Geiselman Clothing Co
Laubach & Boyd
Rogers
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