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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1902
Page
7
Dr James W Kidd of Fort Wayne announces a life restoring elixir that cures countless ailments from rheumatism to consumption. He offers the remedy free by mail to any sufferer who states the ailment. Cures include walkers discarding crutches and restored health. The ad promotes a mysterious compound claimed to revive nerves and circulation.
A report from Applecreek notes a teacher B B McConnell leading a student sleigh party at the American House with games and feasting. many students listed. Senior prep and Freshman classes organize a Smithville sled ride. A card party at Mrs KB Quinby and an Alumnae gathering of Kappa Kappa Gamma at Beall avenue are described, with plans for the next meeting. A sleighride supper honors Mr and Mrs Fred Helm and Mrs Adam Kurtz, with protocol and socializing, and a 16th O V I group forms the 16th Regimental Social Club in Plain township after a trip to Jacob Shelley’s home for oysters. Other clubs, dances, and social events are recounted along with a university Freshman sledding party to Smithville and a Wooster dance at Orrville town hall with late travel delays. A card party by Mrs E M Quinby and a Christian Endeavor social at English Lutheran church close the week’s social notes.
An advertisement states headaches arise from poor air, overeating, lack of exercise or mental strain and malaria. Krause's Headache Capsules allegedly cure severe cases and leave the head clear. Price 250, sold by Proctor and Chail.
Exhausted and irritable conditions of the nervous system produce headaches. The cure is to restore nerve action and give the heart a tonic. Clinic Head ache Wafers act on the nerves and are a heart tonic. Absolutely harmless. 10 cents at all druggists. tth sk 6h
A Wooster crowd and guests from Ashland visited the home of Daniel Heller and wife Thursday night. The festivities at W. H. Brandt and Miss Lizzie Shay homes featured feasting and dancing with 20 couples at Caskey’s in Wayne township. One sleigh tipped in transit yet all returned safely, recalling a jovial rural gathering despite mishaps.
A reflective passage contrasts value across art, finance, and daily labor. It ponders Tennyson, Vanderbilt, the U S mint, trade, and a theater outing. The piece notes a city opera house event on February 14.
C N Gilbert of the Orrville Electric Light company petitions county commissioners for a franchise along the Orrville to Marshallville public highway to erect poles and wire a high tension line to Marshallville for lighting from the Orrville plant.
An advice piece extols Boschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for coughs and lung troubles, claiming it heals tissue, reduces inflammation, aids expectoration, and improves sleep. It recommends trying one bottle, notes drgists carry Green's remedies, and cites a Plainview Nebraska case praising Foley's Honey and Tar after years of failed treatments.
Indianapolis February meeting of United Mine Workers delegates and officers preserves the 1901 scale after calm appeals from President Mitchell and others. The joint scale committee report urged adoption to avoid nationwide coal disruptions and protect miners and communities. The vote favored adoption with few dissenters. London notes add British losses in South Africa at 25,305 dead or permanently disabled and 100,701 wounded.
The Board of Trade executive committee met at City Hall Tuesday and received a letter from a bottle and glass works firm regarding locating a placage factory at Wooster. The proposal was referred to committees for a visit, to determine needs, and to report soon.
Indianapolis Feb 7 A subcommittee failed to agree on a settlement basis between United Mine Workers and operators in four competitive states. The dispute centers on a 10 percent wage increase and the run-of-mine and differential systems. Miners support higher wages but seek to avoid dropping run-of-mine and differential proposals.
The Tuesday election approved erecting a new school building in the southern part of the city by a large majority. About 600 votes were cast with 547 yes and 56 no. Precinct results show varied support across wards, while judges note ballot marking errors. Some parties favoring the project plan to seek an injunction against the Board of Detention within days.
Wayne County records show numerous area transfers including Daniel Fox to Samust J Fox. Jessie E Joliff to Willie Smith. Welday to Anna Banpulan. McCoy to Jane McCoy. Everly to Harmon Miley. Tschantz to Rudolph Graber. Feightner to James Feightner. McEwen to Samuel Keck. Buckwalter to German Baptist church. Prendergast Lumber to Mary Metcalf. Stevie to Wooster Building and Loan. Wooster Building and Loan to Daniel Hershberger. Eby to Joseph Eby. Lehme to Jacob Swagier. Felger to George Richenbaugh. Prescott to American Agricultural Chemical. Zartman administrators to Charles Kramer. Was executor to Alerta Wolgamot. Mary Wiper to AB Lee. Guardian Laubach heirs to Franklin B Horo. Laubach properties in multiple townships. total amounts listed include hundreds to thousands of dollars.
In Birmingham Alabama on February 7 the grand jury indicted Sheriff Andrew Burgin, Jailer Mima and Night Warden Ball for gross negligence after the escape of Frank Duncan a condemned murderer and two other prisoners.
Paris reports in Matin that M Dreyfus sought to rent an Edmund Rothschild house apartment. The agent wired M Rothschild, who is in Australia, and he replied refusing to accept the tenant and breaking off negotiations at any price.
In Muskogee on February 8, Jimsey Fish and Wiley Buckner, members of Crazy Snake's band, were arrested at Eufaula and brought to Muskogee. Both are full blood Creeks who refuse to speak English. A deputy marshal holds warrants for 30 band members and remains on watch in the McDermott district.
Brussels reports Dutch government determined to abandon Boer cause amid power bloc tensions. Owensboro reports windstorm wrecks with thousands viewing debris. telegraph and telephone lines down, electric plant limited, streets blocked, $150,000 in property damage, and widespread damage to trees.
Company D defeated the university 19 to 16 in a tightly contested game at Wooster. University relied on two substitutes while Company D showed its best form with strong play from McConnel Begg Lucas Gosls Kester 3 Weld Reddick Gasche and McConne. Goal from fouls credited to McConne and Gasche. Referee Douglas. umpires Woolman and McDonald.
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