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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1896
Page
5
Copy for advertisements must be in by noon to insure same day insertion. Notices will be given in the Daily and Weekly Republican for entertainments festivals and sales, otherwise all such notices are charged at regular rates.
Daily Wooster itemization reports a strings of small events from a busy Monday. People include Ira Bloxham struck by bricks in the City Hall alley, a man fined for contempt of court over Overholt Mill, a theft of canned beer and other minor misdeeds, with several social notices and local arrivals among the fragmented paragraphs.
Excitement gripped Orrville and Wayne County after a strait’s tram attached to a wagon ran wild near cattle yards, passing bridges and guards to reach Burton City station. The episode sparked a searchlight effort to locate the vehicle and harness, while horses were found slightly injured on cattle guards. Reports mention a fireworks like whistle from the electric plant during a Sunday, a large crowd gathered, and local figures including Miss Nannie McDowell and J. Marsh McDowell appear in notices. The page also notes legal items, court actions, and a Wayne County push to develop coal prospects, along with a notice about overdue taxes and a letter list.
Walter McClure serves as private secretary to Hon. A. S. McClure in Congress. Minor Scoves returns to Pittsburgh to work with James P. Witherow, a noted engineer and contractor. W. D. Tyler and wife mourn their brother-in-law Warren Laird, who died in Columbus and was laid to rest in Mansfield. Ha Sylvester Scovel’s family in this city relays word that she escaped Spanish authorities in Havana and is free again. The parson is awaited as more details emerge from the memory Dispatch war correspondent.
Nicholls of Butler Pa with Capt Van Doorn develops oil leases near Congress vil lage. Leases grant landowners one eighth barrel. work must begin in two years. George Freach Warmer and P D Campbell granted leases Friday. Local social news cover visits, illnesses, and school baseball final with Fairview beating Pleasant Home 15 14. Community birthdays, farm rentals, and pensions to Congress veterans noted.
The Daily reports the death of Gen Thomas Ewifig Jr after a cable car accident in Newark City. Telegrams from his son OmaS lowing detail the worsening condition, final death, and funeral plans, noting the Lancaster, Ohio home as likely site. The message reveals the family’s grief and requests for relatives not to travel.
The Republican expresses concern that some correspondents were overlooked in supply distribution and urges immediate word on needs. A goal is to maintain 80 faithful workers with proper provisions, and a special drive for sheetings is underway, whether made or in pieces, signed William Apnat.
Ohio Piper of New Pittsburg was being lowered into a 60 foot well when the rope broke and the ladder failed. He fell to the bottom and was rescued with difficulty. Doctors reported broken ribs, badly sprained legs, and multiple bruises. Shortly after, 16 year old George Weaver broke his collar bone while playing in the school yard.
Mr and Mrs Daniel Strode of Wooster Ohio correct a record on Charley Strock's death. He died at home three miles southwest of Wooster and was not sick away from home. The Republican notes the error arose from misreading condensed abbreviations.
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