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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1896
Page
3
The morning reads 6 degrees as Wooster reports on Saturday's Citizens Band concert on the Square, local court activity including Judge Kobley's ruling and charges, and upcoming public notices. Community events feature theatre previews, school activities, and social notices across Wooster and area towns.
On Friday evening a young man calling himself William Croskey of Killbuck Holmes county tried to sell a cheap horse and buggy in Shreve causing suspicion. Killbuck authorities telephoned and ordered Croskey captured. He hid in a train car but was found and jailed by Marshal Barcus. It was learned Croskey had forged his employer's signature on tire notes.
The snippet lists numerous named couples and individuals alongside promotional lines. It mentions Wilson H Trace, Aug McHunter, Katles Gelgs, Elizabeth Ferrer, Mary J Smith, Ellen Welge, Jane Orr, Dovie Metzler, Jacob H Eberly, Mary E Gable, J A Stauffer, Nellie Lehr, Florence Schaaf, E Kirchofer, Ida Nussbaum, Curtin McFaren, Nettie Minsger, Henry Bscharman, Abbie Lyon. It includes lines praising Schumacher flour, promises from Craighead & Co, Bradshaw silverware engraving, Maple Dyes that restore clothing, and Laubach & Boys products. The tone is a mix of social note names and local ads and promotions.
An advertorial boast promotes Sterling silverware as the town’s largest display with free engraving from W H Hradshaw. It also touts a Craighead Co coffee blend claiming three years to fruit and eight cent price with superior flavor and healthful appeal compared to Java or Mecia.
An ad from W. H. Bradshaw on the West Side of Square Wooster promotes free glasses and claims to be the only scientific opticians in Wooster. The message warns about improperly fitted glasses affecting sight.
Florence Bell age 10 of South Walnut Street earns praise for quick action when a comforter on a chair near the stove caught fire. She directed her younger siblings Ada and Harry to safety in the kitchen before alerting her mother and grandparents. Neighbors aided in extinguishing the blaze, and Florence’s calm conduct likely saved the children from serious injury.
A scanned report outlines visits and talks at the sixth annual meeting of the Ohio State Academy of Science in Orton Hall Ohio. Professors Webster Selby and J Fremont Hickman discuss insect fauna biology hover threats and forage crops while sessions highlight chinch bug hessian fly and crimson clover topics. Public notices offer eye testing and local business ads.
Mayor Jeffris dealt with petty offenses and arrests in a busy police court session. Darlington pleaded, bail posted, and Elmer Ciena of Holmes County testified. Darlington and Clanket faced fines and possible jail. Elmer Basna faced intoxication charges. Latimer noted unable to pay costs.
Local notes discuss a proposed Wooster to Canton railroad via Canal Fulton with possible right of way granted by Austland interests and Canton area manufacturers. Advocates in Wooster and Canton push for the route, arguing economic benefits and industrial growth for the region.
The wedding unites Bart Barnett son of James W Barnett of Shadyside plantation St Mary Parish and Matia de las Mercedes Childe daughter of Henry A Childe sugar planters of Sparta and St Mary parishes. Ceremony at Epiphany Church New Iberia conducted by Rev Kramer with many friends. After reception the couple traveled to New Orleans by special train with Col H Lombard presenting flowers. Honeymoon at St Charles Hotel. Mrs K S Barraques of Wooster attended.
Rev J G Baldwin and wife plan their golden wedding at the new United Brethren church in Ashland on Thursday December 31. Local church members coordinate the event with many friends expected. In Clyde Rev Thomas Morgan leaves that station to lead St Marys Catholic Church in South Akron serving 200 families separate from St Vincent de Paul, where Dr Mahar remains as pastor. Father Brann plans a 23 year tenure completing the construction of a new 8126,000 church adjacent to the new school building.
The Illinois McKinley Horn tent, built by Globe Furnace Works of Decatur, Illinois, visits Wayne County as two men transport the 80 foot long horn. They expect stops in Massillon and Canton with public viewings and a hoped but now unlikely $1,000 incentives.
A Baptist Christmas program at the Bethany Hap Lit church in Wooster drew about 28 children who performed in a lively Christmas pageant. Miss Mary McClarran as Cristobel and Miss Florence Sullivan led songs and recitations while Mgr. Wm. Woodland guided scenes, with a tableau of angels and a vivid finale of the Nativity.
A notice from Wooster reports the marriage of Neleto, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lehr, to Bert Stauffer of Springville at 6 pm with ceremony by Reverend Ss Htusa. Guests dined, and well wishes followed. The article also mentions local teachers, Christmas greetings, and Wooster’s ministry figures, noting many students entering religious vocations and Wooster graduates serving across states and countries.
An 1898 grain and produce listing from Alabert Wooster by W. D. Tyler details wheat, corn, oats, barley, seeds, flour, hay, and miscellaneous groceries with unit prices. It notes corrected wheat and flour entries and lists staples such as cheese, white beans, onions, spring chickens, and dried apples, reflecting a local market catalog.
At a recent meeting of Given Post No. 183, A R, a committee drafted resolutions denouncing the Spanish system of bullfighting and atrocities in Cuba. Read by Dr. Hugh A. Hart, the resolutions urged sympathy for Cuban patriots, praise for US Senate foreign affairs action, and urged belligerent rights for the Cubans. The report was adopted unanimously with next meeting plans to consider further resolutions.
The Salem Mennonite Church recently elected Sunday school officers for the coming year with J H Tachantz named superintendent and Rev Joel Lehman as assistant. The Sonnenberg matrimonial bureau predicts several weddings, and many Sonnenberg teachers plan a one week vacation between Christmas and New Year. The church held its annual celebration on the 25th and a meeting of Sugar Creek Township teachers was held at Kurker Housebunhouse last Saturday.
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