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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1903
Page
3
A note explains a small payment will reserve any article until the sale ends, allowing selection from the full stock and the discount to apply. The policy emphasizes securing items with a partial payment to maximize savings.
Matters before Judge Robert L. Adair include orders for real estate sales and administrator appointments in multiple estates. Executors named include Alsdiah H Biggs Levi Neiswanger and L Royer with bonds up to 10000, hearings set for Feb 6-8. Guardian and trustee actions involve Jacobina Kimberline and Ora Heyl. Distributive accounts and final accounts filed for several estates with hearings scheduled and appraisals granted.
An advertisement extols Kilmer s Swamp Root as a great medical triumph for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims hospital and private use success and offers a booklet by mail, urging readers to request the formula and listing the Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root address in Ogden New York.
G J Ebright secretary reports Wayne County Fair finances with receipts 1225.40 gate admissions 823.86 entry fees 265.25 booth rent and privileges 277.40 state order and bee 40 277.40. Disbursements include due to treasurer 602.04 premiums 2309.55 permanent improvements 285.40 current expenses 954.80 total 4241.84. He notes balance due treasurer payable Jan 15 1903 and that premiums were paid in full. He thanks supporters despite unfavorable weather and quotes McKinley on fairs marking national progress.
Attorney General Sheets says county is responsible for illegal coal dealer combinations if firms operate within one county and are not corporations. Prosecuting attorneys should present facts to grand juries and seek indictments under the illegal combinations statutes.
Wooster and Millersburg Poultry Association held a successful annual exhibition in Millersburg with strong displays and finances. The group thanks local businessmen for support and hospitality and plans the sixth annual show in Wooster in December 1908. Elected officers include President C W Kisling, Vice President J M Yoder, Secretary A Lott, Treasurer J J Keister, Superintendent G Case.
Womans Relief Corps No 1 held its annual officer installation on Thursday night after the routine of business. Past Post Commander Andrew Branstetter installed the elected officers. he was detailed by Dept President Eien Wpplebaugh. Officers named include President Jennie Cameron and Senior Vice President Hannah Kinkler.
Wooster Preserving Company stockholders held their annual meeting on Thursday afternoon and chose J. W. Wilson W. S. A Lehman J Q SOB Sony and L P higler for the board. Officers to be elected soon. Reports show the year’s business very satisfactory and the outlook promising.
A Creston Journal item reports a new street rail line along Hubbard creek three miles north, with stone cutters at work and weather permitting a completed bridge and track inside the town. Officials expect streetcars to run soon, possibly Medina to Cres ton within two months. Five miles of track have arrived and are being distributed between Cres ton and Seville.
Report describes major upgrades at the Wooster home telephone exchange including a new switchboard and updated wiring. Quarters are redesigned, signaling enhanced capacity and a push to complete modernizations amid growth and expected competition. Also notes on chronic illness claims and a medicinal advertisement, unrelated to the main item.
Democrats in Warne county held the Eighth of January observance at the Opera House and banquet. Judge Critchfield noted Jackson’s enduring influence. speakers praised Jackson and Jefferson, with McSweeney critiquing trusts and congratulating party aims. A large banquet followed with 128 served and music by Alcock, Eberly, and Curry.
A parent from the West Indies family says ChamBerlain's Cough Remedy cured a severe chest cold in two days and prevented pneumonia in a child. The note claims the remedy counteracted the tendency of a cold toward pneumonia and notes seven years of use with success. Sold by all druggists.
A. L. Spafford reports a child fainted from a terrible croup attack in Chester Michigan. The note praises One Minute Cough Cure for reducing swelling and easing breathing. Local druggists Laubac Boyd and Zimmerman & Co. sell the remedy. Foley's Honey and Tar is extolled for preventing pneumonia and grippe.
Prof P J Parrott of Ohio delivered a lecture on birds and insects at the Farmers Institute in Cuyahoga Falls. He displayed 75 insect photographs across development stages and discussed insect-eating birds and pests such as cutworms wireworms and borers. He urged bird protection via nest boxes and shrubs. Prof E Thorne of Wooster Station attended.
A reader notes rheumatic joint swelling and muscle pain improved by Hood's Sarsaparilla. He claims the remedy lets him resume daily tasks after long soreness, citing his father’s lifelong struggle and dependence on the medicine.
Fragmentary OCR shows an early advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla with a misspelled caption about water and times of consumption. It references a tonic claim and typical marketplace tonic branding from the era.
Special to Tap REPUBLICAN from Columbus dated January 9 reports a man convicted of blackmail was sentenced to the penitentiary for thirteen months. The defendant Steele did not appear and is currently at large. friends say he will surrender when proper time arrives.
A roaring west wind at noon Thursday laid low five structures at the North Lawrence Improvement Company plant. The blaze destroyed a sawmill planing mill carpenter shop and storeroom. The fire, blamed on a hot box in the planing mill, was tackled by local stockholder W. J. Mulling of Wooster and firefighters.
News reports the death of Miss Misa Sarak Jones at 595 Park Avenue Chicago Illinois from scarlet fever after a brief illness. She was 19 and well known in the city as a charming young woman. Her sister Martha Jones died January 8 at age 16, leaving the father to mourn two daughters.
Mise B J Garing of 80 Bever St Wooster Ohio reports using Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills from Zimmermann Co 8 Drug Store. After use she sleeps well and feels steadier with better general strength and well being. The pills cost 50c per box and bear the portrait and signature of A W Chase M D on every package.
A historical notice offers multiple parcels for sale including 65 acres in Wayne township with a six room house and apple orchard, 41 acres with a bank barn on a state road, and 10 acres near Warner. additional tracts in Plain and Chester townships, plus 2 to 15 acre parcels in Franklin and Congress townships. Read as a former real estate list with location, size, improvements, and proximity to Wooster.
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