Petition Filed Sparking City Council Action Affects Officer
The local option petition with 619 names was presented to the council by Mayor Smith after a Monday session. A police misconduct charge was raised against Policeman Brown, with the Police committee to hear witnesses and report, and a special meeting planned for next Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Milier
Correttoi
van Nest
Vanover
Zimmerman
Moesars
Kinney
Myr. Vanover
Street Committee
Wile & Son
USA
Steam Street Roller
Hubbell
Edward Swartz
South Walnut Street
Swartz
Milner
North Market Street
W. A. Mougey
Policeman Brown
Mongey
Callahan
Walter
Kisling
Schad
Markley
H. A Mowery
Buckeye Street
Mowery
E. M Quincy
East Liberty Street
Jessees
United States
Cleveland
Montpelier Savings and Trust Company
HabLell
Busy Wooster items mix travel, repairs and sales
Dalton and Wooster residents share weekend visits and brief trips. Dr J A Stoll and wife plan three months in New Orleans for lectures. County commissioners meet in routine session. Bell Telephone opens a toll station at Archer house. University interiors near completion. Glassblowers seek fair rents amid landlord tension. A cast of local commerce notes coal, ice, and new offices. Will E Heller recovering from horse kick surgery. Green Bay offers and Birmingham interest in Stubby Clark. Delinquent tax sale yields few lots, mostly village plots. Glazer Clouse touted as top eye specialist in central Ohio. Archer house ad announces eye clinics and dental offers. Piano firm Boreherd’s Sons promotes catalogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Willford
Dalton
Wooster
Thomas Fitzgerald Lgetamnee
Wellsville
John Fitzgerald
East Henry Street
J A. Stoll
New Orleans
Stoll
Tnuslane Medical College
Bell Telephone Company
Archer House
Pennsylvania Company
Creatline
Orrville
Burton City
Charles Pressler
Dr Hunter's Hospital
A. B. Lee
Six Eagles
Clarence Hatcher
Tiffin
Naftzger & Mougey
Naftzger
South Walnut Street
Will E Heller
Harry Stoll
Blasehlanses Sweeny
Philadelphia
Anaconda
Mont
Harry J Church
Church
M. E. Church
Daniel Heller
Clouse
Ohio
Cleveland Avenue
Canton
Boreherd's Sons Co
Cleveland
Mrs Louis Miller Reamer Dies After Weeks of Suffering
Mrs Louis Miller Reamer widow of John F Reamer died at 11 pm Sunday after weeks of cancer of the breast at age 54 She was born in Wooster a Lutheran and well regarded resident She leaves brothers Henry Miller James Miller sisters Mrs Elinor Drabenstott and Miss Emma Miller Funeral from South Buckeye Street residence at 2 o clock Wednesday with interment in Wooster Cemetery Also noted a child’s croup episode in Plymouth Michigan where a dose of Cure alleviated swelling and inflammation briefly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Miller Reamer
John F. Reamer
Reamer
Henry Miller
Wooster
Lutheran Church
James Miller
Elinor Drabenstott
Emma Miller
South Buckeye Street
Woosters Cemetery
Mather to retire as Galion mayor
Former presiding elder George Mather announces he will not seek reelection as Galion mayor citing poor health. The longtime preacher mayor says his health prevents further service and notes changes in the city’s political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galion
Cleveland
George Mather
Temperance Meeting Opens Beal local option campaign
A city Opera House Sabbath meeting launched the Beal local option campaign. Rev H W Lowry presided, Rev John H Deeds pressed the liquor issue, and speakers urged action to curb drink. Postmaster compensation notes revealed $115,000 to $125,000 due Ohio postmasters from 19th century misinterpretation. several names and amounts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Opera House
Beal
H W Lowry
First Presbyterian Church
O A. Hills
D. D
Young People’s Union
W A. Littell
United Presbyterian Church
G C. Smith
Lutheran Church
Lowry
John H Deeds
Methodist Church
Deeds
W F Kean
Rev Lowry
Mr Kean
Mahlon Roach
Kean
Rowitch
Howe
J Be Taylor
Lowry Captain Taylor
Roneh
Opera House
Roach
Congress
Henatary Hanna
Ohio
Post Office Department
Orrville
Hoover
Henry Shreve
W S Culbertson
David @Hester
Alliance
Jacob G. Chamberlain
Frary
M. T Forney
Leetonia
John Sherzer
Massillon
D.L
Moncrief
H Shriber
Wooster Shale Brick and Clay elect directors and officers
Stockholders of Wooster Shale Brick and Clay company elected D C Curry Andrew Branstetter Chas Curry L P Ohliger Frank Harteger Deniel Heller John Stevens Jr Yost as directors. In afternoon session they selected W C as president John Stevens Jr vice president D J Carry as secretary and Chas Cheon as general manager. The year just closed was the most prosperous in the company’s history with promising prospects for 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster Shale Brick and Clay Company
D. C Curry
Andrew Branstetter
Chas. Curry
L. P Ohliger
Frank Harteger
Deniel Heller
John Stevens, Jr
Yost
Monda
Cers
W C
Retary
D. Jo. Carry
Ers
Chas. Cheon
Divorce Granted for Minnie Canfield in Creston Case
Judge S B Eason on Saturday afternoon granted Mrs Minnie Canfield of Creston a divorce from Herbert Canfield on habitual drunkenness. Canfield did not contest the decree. Price Russell represented the wife. Sadeaa-Saman bond released after desertion by Sadeaa. Adair represented Suman. Wilson D Gehr pleaded guilty to stealing five chickens and was fined five dollars and costs. Trial date for Alfred J Thomas for perjury set for March 2 at ten. Wayne county circuit court to convene in Wooster Tuesday Feb 17. Edward yet jailed for criminal assault released on bond of five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Eason
Minnie Canfield
Creston
Herbert Canfield
Canfield
Price Russell
Kah
Abraham Suman
Sadeaa-Saman
Sadeaa
Ham John -i- Adair
Suman Wilson D Gehr
Cheater Township
Alfred J. Thomas
Wayne County Circuit Court
Wooster
Edward Yet
Fire ruins Wooster couple's home and kills two
W Landis learns by telegram that his daughter Mrs Arthur King and her husband faced a total loss in a fire that swept their Spencer block residence. The blaze killed Mrs Norton and Mrs Dicorre and left others injured as neighbors supplied clothing. the total property loss reached about sixty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W . Landis
Arthur King
Newhbors
Cleveland
Wooster
J Dillon
R_ King
Srife
Thomas Conkey
Beers
Large
Charles. Zorbaugh
Od Nottin
Babe
Norsom
Nurse
Republican
Euclid and
Andrews Streets
Guy Norton
Jessie Dicorre
Zilker and Houmard Wed in Weekend Ceremony
John J Zilker formerly with the Salvation Army married Miss Amanda Houmard of Wooster on Saturday evening. Rev W L Neal of the Christian church officiated at the ceremony.
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John J Zilker
The
Salvation Army
Amanda Houmard
Wooster
W. Ll. Neal
Christian Church
Purported Wooster Water Spelling of a Cristine Bruders Tale
An 1908 Wooster column in German patois retells a humorous misadventure involving a Christine Bruder and a shopkeeper. The narrator describes odd encounters with a piano man, an alligator, and a resounding claim that water is unsafe to drink, ending with a rumor of a fund raising appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cristine Pruder
Noah's Ark
Cristine
Cristine Bruders
NEW PITTSBURG C E SOCIETY OFFICERS ELECTED
The C E society elected officers for six months with Margery Fortney as president and Ray Heiner as vice president. Other roles include Irma Zimmerman as corresponding secretary Zella Peters as recording secretary Kate Barnhart as treasurer and committees led by Mrs Wile Ciara Weaver and Mila Musselman. Albert Hartzel of Polk visited W A Fortney and meetings at the Lutheran church continue with 14 conversions reported so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Pittsburg
C. E. Society
Margery Fortney
Ray Heiner
Irma Zimmerman
Zella Peters
Kate Barnhart
Mrs. Wile
Ciara Weaver
Mila Mussleman
Albert Hartzel
Polk
W. A. Fortney
Lutheran Church
Irme Zimmerman
Maud Hemperly x
Wooster
Tive
Helene
College Basketball D Team Faces Two Road Tests This Week
The Company D basketball squad schedules two away games this week at Alliance and Shreve, while dealing with injuries to Reddick Keister and Albright. A planned Wooster versus Mt. Union game was canceled after Mt. Union demanded a return game at Alliance and Wooster’s faculty refused.
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Company D
Alliance
Company K
Minion College
Company H
Shreve
Wooster
Reddick
Keister
Scaacely
Arthur Albright
Allianes
Eighth Regiment
Canton
University
Mt. Union
Mt Union
Mountain Town Notes Show Coal Shortage and Local Trades
MT BATON Jan 19 reports scarce coal affecting miners and nearby towns West Lebanon Sonneburg and Applecreek supply lines. Local commerce includes Fritz Gerber selling six cattle and Sol Villard buying a 60 acre farm near Applecreek while Ezra Cotten sells village property to David Muncer. Christ Beichler seeks Paint township assessor job. Matrimonial cards list several engagements. A. C. Mathoit remains ill. Samuel Schaffter dies aged 8E.
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Lebanon
Sonneburg
Applecreek
Fritz Gerber
Henry Wertz
Dover
Bob Lucas
Ezra Cotten
David Muncer
Christian Stauffer
Mr Nussbaum
Indiana
Sol Villard
L . Reichenbach
Christ Beichler
Paint Township
First Precinct
Frank Bardine
Bell Huninger
John Srisson
Nina Hunsinger
Haverstock
Eaton
Maud Selders
West
Barnhart Erling
A. C. Mathoit
Samuel Schaffter
Covears
Cae Ses Tse CO Ag A
Indictments allege bribery involving C Hatcher and B F Phinney
Indictments in Wayne County accuse C Hatcher of Hatcher & Young and B F Phinney of Kingridge Co of Cleveland of offering bribes to County Commissioners John F Harrison and Simon L Lehman to influence iron bridge purchases and related contracts. Phinney pledged one lineal measure of iron bridges. Hatcher offered a percent of iron pipe purchase price. Hammond case notes reference to a bribery claim involving Pemumentoner Harrisons and Cantong Bridge Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Hatcher
B. F. Phinney
Tiffin
Ohio
Cleveland
Phinney
Benjamin B. Phinney
Kingridge Co
John F. Harrison
Simon Lehman
King Bridge Co
Wayne County
Simon I. Lehman
Harrison
Simon L Lehman
O. Hatcher
Hatcher & Young
Hatcher
Wlehn F. Harrisons
John
Ces
Hammond
Rigon
Burbank Election Passes Quietly Amid Faint Enthusiasm
Vague OCR notes describe a calm Burbank election with limited excitement. Sparse details mention Beal law and a nearby event, but exact results, candidates, or turnout remain unclear from the fragment.
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Cirires
Millbrook
Piloing
Golden Horn
Gray & Son
Eliza Dutton
Ann Bevard
Sherrodsville
Gray & Son Tuk
Louis Mandros
Youngstown
A. L. Spafford
Mather
Frick Mem
Block, Wooster
Ulster
Temperance Meeting
Wooster Shale Brick Company
Circuit Court
Social Notes
Mansfield
Mansfield Y. M. C. A
Plevera Thetax
Ooster
BDO Toy
MT. Baton
Burbank
Spaloona
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