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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1896
Page
5
Advertisements and notices must be submitted by noon to secure insertion on the day. Special charges apply for notices of entertainments festivals and sales with deadlines set by the office. The notice dated Wednesday February 5 1898.
A compact scan of local notes. Court adjourned until Monday. Townspeople attended the Del county Teachers Institute in Londonville. A man, Kane, was fined for intoxication after falling into clat enes. Various small items cover court actions, local trade, church notes, a ferret killed as the animal, and minor legal matters in Wayne County.
The column records residents and guests in Wooster from Cleveland and Columbus, noting several travels, appointments, and health updates. Notables include A Wiley, L P Obliger, Mrs A Parrish, and many local figures visiting relatives, attending events, or in transit between Orrville Canton and Columbus.
A community financial summary lists balances and receipts for funds including Street, Paving, Sewerage and Refunding Bonds totaling 11 109 90 and 14 682 47 in total receipts 97 053 06 expenditures 83 643 16 balance 11 103 09. Advertisements promote clearance sales at McClure Hinton and D Nice including women footwear overcoats and dining ware with phrases urging economical buying and reductions from Samuel Taylor.
Special report from Clinton township describes two Sunday school groups with quarterly conventions. Last meeting at Nawkirks M E church featured President Albert Butler and Secretary Fanny Reynolds. Notes praise helpers I N Kieffer and H B Swartz from Wooster. Upcoming convention set for April 23 1896 at Lakeville chapel. Reports also describe mud pestilence and measles filling homes. Meanwhile local incidents include a pulley accident injuring Bert Lake and elocutionary tricks by Boyd Gill and P BR Aylsworth.
Post office department at Congress suffers disarray as local staff battle illness and accidents. Notable events include Postmaster Simon’s grippe and Mrs Simon’s fall, with other residents and activities listed from church notices to local entertainments and upcoming welfare events.
Judge Dowell spent the week in Common Pleas with multiple cases. Miss Susan Fisher was granted a divorce from Alexander Fisher with custody awarded to Mrs Fisher. Franda Masganer received a divorce from Nettie Messner with custody of three children. Charles Rice and Myrtle Rice faced divorce petitions citing neglect and adultery. K M Liggett v C M Yocum was continued to the next term due to attorney availability. Contempt of court actions and property sale disputes also featured in the docket.
Council members Ames Bellin Odenkirk Smyser Sullivan Suavely and Zaring attended roll call. Minutes were approved and reports on fire insurance loss and repairs to City Hall discussed. Ordinances and resolutions covered sewer coverings, cobblestone alley work, sidewalks, wires removal, gas franchise terms for A A Geigey, and special tax assessments on Bowman and Bealet avenues. An electric alarm at Madison avenue bridge was requested. bills totaling 731.30 were paid.
Grain market and produce prices from Wooster corrected by Frick and Tyler. Listings include wheat corn oats rye barley beans and beards with prices noted. also provisions and groceries with butter eggs and dried goods prices.
A testimonial claims Pyramid Pile Care cures all forms of piles after forty years. Major Dean of Columbus Ontario asserts the remedy provides instant relief and a permanent cure, having used six boxes. The advertisement promotes prices of 60 cents and $1.00 and offers a booklet on piles care.
Endeavor Day services were held across Wooster churches with special programs. Westminster youth led by Rev E M Beth and Ming O Miller presented Thy Kingdom Come while the English Lutheran service featured grand congregational singing and multiple speakers. First Presbyterian observed the day and its own Y P S C E birthday with a large program and a dialogue by ten speakers. Subscriptions for the Cleveland Weekly Leader offered via The Weekly Republican office.
Fresh a furniture factory foreman J. Rafgan narrowly escaped serious harm yesterday in Conanessy North It was reported he stood on a step ladder to adjust a ball when his sleeve was caught by a pulley pulling his arm upward He kicked free the ladder but was drawn up again tearing the sleeves from shirt and undershirt without further injury.
DaLton Ohio February 3 special report says Freet's clothing store was entered last Wednesday night by burglars forcing entry by cutting a back door panel. About $200 worth of goods stolen and discovered next morning. Bloodhounds from Canton used but burglars identified by a trap set by a local man. Two suspects in fine clothes were led to trial. bound over to court and jailed in Wooster Sunday.
In Canaan township the reputed oil area again releases gas alarming locals. Whitmyer and Slutz lease about 8000 acres marked on a blue map from Johnson and Kaup, aiming to secure refinery potential for Wayne County. Drilling expected once roads permit transfer of equipment. Samuel Taylor subscribes for the Republican.
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