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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
3
Local officials on Saturday expressed doubt a wooden key could have opened the lock and suggested a possible felony behind the affair. They believe AnGiera may have received outside help though they offer no names. Authorities will press the prisoner to reveal how the escape was accomplished.
Walter D. Foss, president of the board of trade, received a letter from Pennsylvania official Mr Schreyer regarding locating a switch for the new brick works. The reply said engineers will be consulted and data on the switch, requested three years ago, would be looked up and sent to Worcester as soon as possible. It is not clear what the railroad will do, though pressure will be applied to permit the switch.
Westminster Presbyterian church members receive a holiday reminder in a free copy of Dr. O. A. Mill's New Shasta in the Old Mine published by Westminster Press Philadelphia. The book, a scripture exposition, is dedicated to church members and University of Wooster students from their beloved pastor Dr. Avs.
The funeral for Josiah Lucas was held at 2 p m Thursday from the residence under the Wooster lodge auspices. The service, led by Rev Frank Heilman, offered comforting words to the widow and children. A Lutheran choir quartet provided music, and floral tributes surrounded the casket. Pallbearers included sons Abert and Harvey Lucas, sons-in-law W H Wiler, Will Linn, H H Neptune, and grandson Chas Wiler. Interment followed at Wooster cemetery.
An Wooster reader touts Doan’s Kidney Pills for back and kidney trouble. The letter from Melvin Warner, a machine agent, praises relief for his sister and himself, claiming improved energy after using the remedy. Master-Milburn Co. of Buffalo is named as the U.S. agent. price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan’s.
Boston protest by Jamestown Exposition advisory board members denounces turning the exposition toward military display. Signatories include Carroll D. Wright Edward Everett Hale Cardinal Gibbons John Mitchell and Jane Addams. The document condemns a naval pageant and calls out Roosevelt on the Japanese question in Washington Bellingham and Copenhagen reports note reactions and plans.
Boston residents faced Sunday law enforcement in municipal court as battles between District Attorney John Moran and Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara shaped decisions by Special Justice Duff. About 1200 Bostonians were summoned as the controversy over alleged violations intensified.
The Wooster dispute over 1200 subscribers and 18 500 paid out of 20 600 seeks trial after Judge Beacon denied the Pococks demurrer. Kinney and Dix ruled to have authority as officers to sue for fund recovery. Defendants given until Jan 26 to answer. trial likely at the April term of the Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court. Adair and Adair and Judge J. Blandin represented the Wooster board. A Millersburg Wooster Orrville Telephone Co directors meeting followed with routine business.
Chicago January 5 An ultimatum prepared to be presented to leading railroad heads threatens to involve railroads employing 1 450 000 persons and could affect 175 000 workers. Three major unions seek an eight hour day and wage gains of 5 to 26 percent. Leaders include P H Mornsey A S Garrettson and John J Hanrahan with Rock Island and Burlington reps contacted but unsatisfied. The next 48 hours may decide on strike action.
Dun a Weekly Review notes a bright new year with steady inventories and ample contracts, especially in steel, with west dispatches showing brisk bargain sales and full plant operation when materials allow. Cannon's Choice reports the omnibus bill and committee reassignments as House proceedings pause amid war claims discussions.
Ed Landes of Landes realty agency sold two farms on Wednesday. The Samuel R. Taggart farm of 81 acres in Franklin township was sold to L Farrer of Peoria. The Jos Sturgess farm of 80 acres in East Union township was sold to Wesley Zaugg of Wooster.
A hearing before referee W F Kean in bankruptcy examined witnesses Thursday about denying discharge to John Spring of Burbank. J H Coas, attorney of Mansfeld, represented local creditors in that city.
Andrew Carnegie offers 750000 to build an international home in Washington for the Bureau of American Republics to be funded as needed. The project, supported by Secretary Root and President Roosevelt, aims to house headquarters for Latin American nations, a library, reading rooms, and a meeting place for Latin Americans in the United States.
Washington reports indicate the Justice Department will file in San Francisco to enforce the Japan US treaty guaranteeing Japanese children equal public school rights. The move contests the San Francisco school board’s segregation as a treaty violation. Steamer Lindholmen caught fire off Farsand from Christiania with thirty aboard. four suffocated, one drowned, another went mad amid a gale and spreading flames.
Worth Knowing. That Allcock's Plasters are the high out result of medics' science and skill and in ingredients and method have never been equaled. That they are the original genuine porous plasters whose reputation imitators trade on. That Allcock's Plasters never fail to perform their remedial work quickly and effectively for weak back rheumatic lung trouble bowel difficulty trains and all local pains they are invaluable.
Advices from Pescadero report the Pacific Mail steamer City of Panama wrecked near Wardell Beach about 16 miles below Pescadero. The ship had a crew of 30 or more, life rafts fully provisioned, wreckage ashore, but no survivors yet. A horse rider conveyed the news from Pescadero. A storm has raged along the coast for 24 hours.
A collage of 1907 news notes: Gibson county schools closed by high water. W K McDougal dies by self infliction in Mexico City. Kuropatkin’s Russo Japanese War history seized in Russia. DeP8 to publish in Leipzig in April. a Toccoa fire wipes out a new business block with 50 000 loss and 8 500 insurance. nurse Anna M Jones dies after morphine overdose. Casgatt estate valued at 8 million left to widow and three children. Akron gas main explosion cuts Cleveland gas. Sunday pleasure trend prompts church leaders to urge Sabbath observance. M J Keattey to manage Des Moines club in 1907 for 4000 dollars a year in the Western league.
G O Floyd of Kerkshaw S C writes that after eleven years since a near consumption escape he weighed 135 pounds with constant coughing. He credits King’s New Discovery after months of use with restoring health to 170 pounds and eradicating cough and trouble. Thousands cured yearly. a 418 BH Boyd & Co drug store offers guaranteed doses and a free trial bottle. Dr H G Diley Veterinary Surgeon opens a new office two miles east of Wooster offering modern treatment for domestic animals.
The Interstate Commerce Commission’s Harriman lines inquiry opened in New York with anticipated testimony from Harriman, who was ill and excused. The hearing examined modern methods of railway system consolidation, joint administration across Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and related entities, and claimed control over several steamship lines and interlocking rail arrangements. Additional testimony and visits to Chicago and other cities were planned to determine if restraints of trade exist among major carriers. Meanwhile in New Orleans, lumber overweights charged by railroads were debated as evidence of lost revenue, with witnesses defending lighter car weights and disputing claims of dirt or heavier cars.
The George D Emery company of Boston asks the U S government to send a warship to Bluefields Nicaragua to protect American interests amid growing tension over an arbitration dispute. Nicaragua seized the Emery concession claiming contract violations. arbitration was agreed through Minister Merry, but fears of unfair treatment persist.
J R Blanken ship of Beck Tenn promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for back and kidney trouble, claiming absolute certainty after several bottles. The remedy is sold at S H Boyd & Co. and comes with a guarantee. Also advertised are De Shoop's Croup Cure and a collapsible tube preparation for medical use, sold by Bixler's Modern Pharmacy.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as restoring nervous system function by nourishing blood. It features a testimonial from Charles W. Lowell of Shelburne Falls, recounting long struggle with nervous debility, improved appetite, sleep, weight, and vitality after use. Pills claimed to aid rheumatism, grip aftereffects, neuralgia, Neurasthenia, and even partial paralysis. sold widely for 50 cents a box.
W H Shenk of Emsworth Pennsylvania and Miss Edna M Weaver of Marshallville were married New Year’s Day by Rev W H Babbell. The bride, a Baughman township teacher, and the groom, a Pennsylvanian freight office worker at Allegheny, were honored when O U A M members presented the minister a rocker in appreciation of two sermons. Prof Charles Kelser and wife of Lorain and Miss Charlotte Townsend of Wooster University, with Miss Myrtle Hubbell, visited and stayed with Rev Hubbell over New Year.
Three boys Oberholtzar John son and Spooner who left home and were arrested at Circleville were brought home by Ezra Johns on Thursday night. The boys have had an experience that should teach them a lesson.
An old newspaper ad touts Ely's Liquid Cream Balm as a mild fast acting remedy for nasal catarrh hay fever and cold in the head. It promotes 75c spray kits and includes a reference to Warren Street product listings. Also features Dr Shoop cough cure praised for avoiding opium and chlorides and sold by Bixler's Modern Pharmacy.
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