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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1907
Page
7
A vintage advertisement touts Swamp-Root by Dr. Kilmer as a kidney remedy curing rheumatism back pain and urinary troubles. It promises relief from frequent urination, burning, and liquor aftereffects, claiming quick noticeable benefits and offering sample bottles and a book from Kilmer & Co. with a Boston address.
Fragmented OCR lists multiple Wooster based lawyers and offices with patent and probate services. Notes include names such as John C McLarson Jones Charles C Jones R.C. Taylor and Swartz plus references to patent work and free consultations.
Jalvis Wheeler aged 26, son of farmer Charles Wheeler, shot himself with an 88 caliber revolver between Christmas evening and Thursday morning. He left home Christmas Eve and was found dead in a cave on a farm near Mt. Eaton. Coroner to hold inquest. neighbors recall him as melancholy recently. no known motive or prior trouble. Funeral held at 10 a.m. Saturday.
After two weeks of treatment at Park View sanitarium in Columbus, W H Singley shows no improvement and is threatened with mental paralysis. Dr. Rutter reports grim prospects. His brother George Singley of Moulton Iowa and brother in law Mr Cory of Des Moines Iowa are in Loudonville helping Mrs. Singley arrange affairs. Dr. Singley, noted for promoting the Mansfield Wooster road, spent much time at Wooster.
Telegram reports the death of Mrs. Albert Rothermel in Binil ton Indiana after weeks of illness. She was daughter of L. L. Martz and former Applecrack resident. Survived by husband and four children. Sister of Mrs. George Silver of Jefferson, who was in Bluffton when the death occurred.
A local notice lists names and amounts owed for costs in Mercer County. The reader is urged to call County Aprliter or deputy W. W. Starn to claim the funds, with totals ranging from pennies to several dollars.
Shreve asserts its band dates to 1865 after Civil War, led by John Carson with Willis Knox and David Sheard in succession, then J A Carbaugh since 1879. Contends 41 years of continuous organization, older than Dalton claim. Also notes Mrs. Wesker gave Wo. Yates a large watermelon from Hotel Carl farm.
In a Cincinnati Enquirer interview, Congressman M L Smyser says he took no side with President Roosevelt over the Brownsville incident. He criticizes haste in discharging the 6 colored troops last summer and questions the grand jury's decision to return no true bill despite extensive evidence. He speaks from a lawyer’s viewpoint and cites limited military insight.
Judge Frank Taggart of this city as a member of the Ohio State Bar association met with other members of the committee at Columbus Thursday to make arrangements to hold the annual meeting of the association at Put-in-Bay next summer.
Louis P. Obliger an eight year penitentiary inmate for banking law violations in the United States plans to appeal for executive clemency. He has served about one year and claims shielding a friend led to his sentence while denying knowledge of the friend. He has enjoyed favorable treatment as a model prisoner and may list District Attorney Sullivan and others in his pardon petition.
Wan Miss Gertrude Martin a popular Doylestown teacher eloped to Wooster where she met Frank Crosa of Elyria. They secured a marriage license and wed Christmas in Elyria. Martin is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs William Martin and a popular Doyestown figure.
At the January 8 gathering in Mayor Van Nest’s office the general arrangements and speakers committees reported good progress. The banquet will return to the Mongey hotel with speakers Gen I R Sherwood of Toledo on Democracy's Opportunity Judge Samuel B H Nicholas of Cosherton on Andrew Jackson and Eugene Carlin of Wooster. Music plans were left to a later committee report.
Julius Diehl son of Mrs A Buchheit entertained guests by imitating a lady’s facial expression. He laughed with his mouth wide open, the jaw sprang out of place and could not close. Dr J J Kinney restored the jaw to its normal position.
The state fire marshal has appointed three additional inspectors to visit and inspect all places where moving picture shows are given amid recent explosions and fires. Some pictures are claimed to be unfit for children and depicting crimes. In Cleveland Cincinnati and other large cities authorities have halted such pictures.
An aged testimonial warns against relying on local catarrh remedies. It asserts catarrh is a constitutional issue and only systemic treatment can affect the disease. The piece mentions Hall's Catarrh as a non quack remedy from J Cheney and Co and promotes their pills for constipation.
Mayor Van Nest says Wooster plans to push sanitation moves including an anti spitting ordinance. He notes signs in other Ohio towns and will bring the issue to the board of health after the next public service meeting. Federation of Women's clubs has several plans in view and promises interest once disclosed.
Ohio College Association forms a committee to grade member colleges’ scholarship standards after Dr Alston Ellis’s critique. Officers elected include Henry Churchill King of Oberlin as president and Thomas J. Sanders of Otterbein as vice president. Governor Harris appoints delegates to a Washington foreign commerce convention. Various local notices include a divorce injunction, office front draping for a railroad president’s death, and a streetcar permit dispute.
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