26 Dec 1894
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1894
Page
1
A 1894 year end appeal urges immediate renewal for The Weekly Republican subscribers. It offers a New York Tribune gift with 62 numbers, urges prepayment of $1.50 for 1895, and extols growing patronage while stressing prompt payment to sustain the paper. The section blends civic notes and politics with broader news items.
The editorial laments growing subscription delinquencies, noting many owe hundreds of dollars in small, individual sums. It urges delinquents to settle promptly to avoid worsening financial strain on the Republican newspaper and its staff, threatening decisive action if payments are not made.
A smaller class, long taking THE REPUBLICAN without paying, finally sent notes for their just debt. Some paid promptly, others not at all. Until payment is made, this will likely be the last issue of THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN the paper can afford to send. Readers are urged to settle and consider a paid year ahead.
An advertisement stresses a special offer limited to readers who pay the Republican party for the fall term entirely in cash in advance. It emphasizes cash in advance and ties the offer to the Republican payment requirement.
Washington drafts a bill to arbitrate strikes, drafted by Labor Commissioner Wright and urged to Rep Erdoan. It would lock in union power via federal statute, criminalize employers who urge employees to avoid joining unions, and offer no protection for workers who refuse union membership.
In Chicago a disputed mayoral race raises crime talk as ballots vanish and tally sheets go missing. Custodians and conspirators are blamed for destroying ballots in several Republican wards to invalidate the contest.
Springer leads debate for a Carlisle wildcat bill claiming 8,000,000 national bank depositors hold $4.22 billion in deposits. The measure would weaken protections, while critics oppose a gag rule. The uncertainty appears to have dampened confidence and caused a one percent drop in Liberty bonds.
The Columbus Chair Company contract at the Ohio penitentiary expires soon and will not be renewed. Three idle houses housing men pose a management dilemma as state law blocks their employment. Critics question who should bear the cost. The piece also notes poor roads in Richland County and asks readers in Wayne County and Wooster about a possible good roads agitation, ending with a jab at pensions and a quip about Ross Tweed.
The piece reports a public discussion of Cleveland and Gresham tied to Admiral Walker’s delayed Honolulu investigation. It contends Cleveland seeks to abandon American interests in a pivotal Pacific region, presenting the matter as a new chapter in the controversy.
The piece notes mounting party and caucus pressure to push Carlisle's controversial scheme through Congress. Only 14 House members are listed to support the bill, 30 registered to oppose, 18 of whom are Democrats, with talk in Chicago of possible confessions by those tied to fraudulent activity that helped elect Hopkins as mayor.
Fragmentary text references finance and assets with many garbled terms and numbers. Opaque lines mention a total like 91 million and a 40 decline in gold, plus scattered phrases about sodet and aephee. No coherent event or entities are readable.
A near fatal crossroad incident on Prairie Lane prompts officials from P. F. W. & C. and B. & O. to seek a safety fix. A proposed plan by W. H. Potter would abandon the public road between the two tracks, rerouting under overhead crossing to landowners Paulus Tanner and others, easing access for cemetery traffic and funeral processions.
Acting Secretary of the Interior approves a report favoring resolutions by the Association of American Agricultural Committees and Experiment Stations. A division in the Agricultural Department would investigate new instructional methods and devices and publish them to the profession, with a recommended $60,000 annual appropriation.
Workers at Minglewood Mine near North Lawrence refuse to return to work after arbitration by Henry Mullen. The Independent notes mass dissatisfaction in Massillon district, citing John McBride’s blocked case before arbitrators. Miners demand pay for dead work under the new rate. if unmet, a second strike may follow after a district meeting in two weeks.
The Literary Society at No 8 Wayne township hosted a Thursday night session before a large attentive audience. Debate covered whether United States Senators should be elected directly by the people with lively, instructive discussion pursuing the subject in depth.
Wooster public schools boast top grades and efficient gains driven by active superintendents and a motivated teaching corps. Teachers join the Ohio Teachers Reading Circle under Supt Hanpert, meeting weekly to discuss Adam Bede and related works, while broad curriculum updates push higher standards across the district.
After an all night session the jury acquitted Rose Elmer and her mother Katharine Keimer of arson in the Dalton home fire of Oct 6 1894. The verdict brought applause and a relief fund collection for the poor defendants, while testimony showed strong public sentiment against the Reimer family and court figures.
The Wooster School of Music presented Handel's The Messiah at Cay Opera House. The performance featured 100 ladies in velvet gowns, 60 gentlemen in black, a 16-piece orchestra, and soloists Gustav Bernheike Fred Jenkins Virginia Wallace and Minole Lucile Carothers under Prof J B Oliver. The audience praised the chorus and soloists though attendance was not large enough to cover expenses.
The article lists many local residents and students connected to Wooster and area as the winter term begins January 2 1895. It notes Miss Lulg Walker of Akron will again represent Huchtel college in the state contest and mentions various faculty and alumni events, travels, and lectures around Wooster Creston and Alliance. It also references a church pastor renewal and student activities, with several names and places tied to the season's start.
The first Baltimore and Ohio extension train to Millersburg carried officials on an inspection tour to arrange a new gravel pit near Holmes County to replace poor Millbrook material. The trip also covered extensive yard work and ballast, with 16 000 yards of gravel used on eight miles of road bed. A social event at the Methodist Episcopal church featured Epworth League members hosting 138 guests with a formal supper and program. Community notices include marriages, entertainments, and city council actions on sewers, grading, and sidewalks, plus a new parkway and street plans.
Conflicting Ashland reports from Jeromeville on Camps railroad extension to the point. The Times notes Camp offers to take half the bonds and a plan to sell $19,000 in bonds to township residents to restart work. Hayes & Son refuse to buy bonds over constitutional doubts. A later report says Frank Miller and Mohican farmers aim to raise funds, hoping Camp takes $1580 in bonds and Mohican township covers $5,000, with no opposition to bonding Mohican and winter construction hoped.
Newark American argues for extending the Wooster to Newark line to connect east, west, north and south with the Midland system. It emphasizes Newark as a natural rail center with strong shops and coal access, noting a direct Millersburg route would ease travel to Cleveland and allow residents to reach Wooster’s newly elected Congressman. The article insists the extension to Newark is destined to happen.
In Cannon Falls Wisconsin the Beacon and Torun newspapers note a resident who spends 31.50 weekly on tobacco and beer yet cannot afford 1.25 yearly for a home paper. The piece comically extols wealth, journalistic skill, patience, local knowledge, and temper amidst fiscal quirks. It likens the man to figures like Horace Greely and Henry Villard.
An ad for Rudy's Pile Supposite promises to cure Pul and Constipation or a refund. It instructs sending two pier te iy suDgary and a free sample to MARTIN aatetak Pharmacist in Lane Portale. Message is cluttered with misspellings and garbled names.
From Philadelphia and Boston reports dated December wool markets show steady to firm tones. Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia fleeces command 18 to 22 cents for various grades with bid levels and fine delaine ranges cited. Boston notes similar quiet firmness across leading descriptions.
A medical ad claims deafness stems from an inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube caused by catarrh and promises cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It offers one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure and directs readers to seek circulars from J Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
On December 24th 25th and 2lst 1894 and January 1st 1895 excursion tickets will be sold from ticket stations on the Pennsylvania Lines nest of Pittsburg to points on those lines valid to Mat id until Jan 2d 1895 For details apply to nearest Pennsylvania Line ticket agent
Delegates from Wayne County Lutheran charges including Wooster Smithville and Orrville met in Canton to discuss raising 1000000 endowment for Wittenberg College in Springfield. Mrs Elizabeth Aukman Harter of Canton offered 23000 to endow a chair in practical theology in memory of her husband Captain George D Harter.
National Guard notes report a 70 member Co M Fifth Regiment muster led by Adj Gen Howe and staff. Major Vollrath postponed battalion target practice to Mansfield. Sureve Armory carpenters and painters completed work. Wayne County Commissioners to accept and turn over to Captain Critchfield Co H. 8thana. Guard inspection praised by Major Vollrath. growing membership noted amid ongoing governance disputes and court martial discussion involving Capt Bennet and Gov McKinley’s review.
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