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Newspaper

Wooster Republican

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1895

Page

5

Advertisements Deadline for January 23 1895

The Republican Printing Co informs advertisers that notices must be in by 12 00 noon to insure same day insertion. Free motions offered in the Daily and Weekly for entertainments. Printing of bills programmes tickets etc is available near the office. Wednesday January 23 1895.

Liberty Street Opy

Wooster Daily reports sheriff sale and local notices

A wide array of Wooster items fills the page including sheriff sale advertising resuming in the Wooster Republican, a death of Joseph Witzigman once a leading jeweler, raids on Nancy Lee’s house of prostitution, various court and town record updates, band elections, mine work resuming, and local incidents from sleigh collisions to lighting outages, with community notes on pensions, clergy concessions, and real estate activity.

P.F Wooster Board of Examiners Lake Jones Pill Thomas Woods Tor Wooster Garver Joseph Witzigman Congress Millersburg West Salem Mirs Nancy Lee Cathol'c Church Lee Wm Eberly Myrtle Marks Michael Higgins The Wooster Building and Loan Association W. O. Beabe Cooley J. C. Given H. A. Hart Harry McClatlan Jesse McClallan Samuel Metzler W. Peckinpaugh Samuel Il Boyd Frank Taggart

Personal notices from Wooster crowd the county

Wooster and nearby towns show a lively stream of visits and calls. J O McCullough travels to Cleveland on business, while Maze Frick of Canton visits Mrs Johnson Sweeney. Numerous locals attend court, church events, and social calls as residents travel to Lima, Marion, Akron, and Columbus.

J. O. McCullough Cleveland Asing Maze Frick Canton Mra Johnson Sweeney Monroe Harmon Ménafield Wooster Grocers A. Geo. Haettinger Hirst Thos. McCoy Chase Silvers S. F. Scovel Richards Crisp Post Office Department Payne Kentucky John Martin Wayne County Columbus Ohio Infirmary Officials Association Charles E. Thorne Wooster Ohio State Journal State Farmers’ Institute Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station

Local Newspaper Writer Denies Representing Any Paper

GEO KETTLE asserts in a circulating report that he is the correspondent of a Western paper circulated in the city on Saturdays. He claims twenty years in journalism and says he has never represented a paper he would be ashamed to let the public know about.

GEO Kettle

Bad Reports From College Initiation Parade

On a Saturday night, Mayor Jedries allowed a college fraternity to parade on the Square for initiation. The mock funeral with a coffin and robed members caused alarm as farmers thought a contagious disease was killing people. The event spread nationwide, with visitors learning the burial was a misinterpreted stunt.

Jedries

Golden Society Formed At North Market Street Meeting

Women gathered January 19 at Miss Morgan's home for a lively union session with 48 visitors. Devotions led by Miss Dysart followed by papers on charity work in Chicago and Mrs Lucy Stone. The group adopted the name The Golden Society in honor of founder Miss Madge Golden.

W Ct Misses Morgan North Market Street Moore, Brown Morrison Dysart Davin Chicago Morgan Lucy Stone Blackwell Anna Hurst Golden Society Madge Golden

Executors Sale of Solom on Stumbaugh Homesteads in Ohio

Executors announce sales of two Chester Township acres in Wayne County Ohio near Congress Village. The 100 acre frame homestead and a 100 plus acre farm with water access and timber are appraised at 4200 and 4290 dollars respectively. Public vendue to be held at Wooster Court House south door January 26 at 1 30 pm. Terms: one third cash day of sale, one third in one year, one third in two years with six percent interest secured by mortgage.

Solomon Stumbaugh Chester Township Wayne County Ohio Congress Village Court House Wooster Miter I. Ruweacaeg Solomon Rumbaugh Imuel B. Eason Attor- Hy

Wooster Notes and Obituaries From Local Visitations

Residents and visitors gather in Wooster with a list of regional travelers and events. W H Bohl travels to Burbank to begin painting on the M E church, Mrs A A DeWitt visits her sister, and Geo Kelffer returns to Wooster from Toledo. George H Clark returns from Michigan without a bride. Doctors Greenamyer and Pope attend Wayne County Medical Society meeting. Joseph Hushdur, 73, dies of pneumonia after living in Apple Creek and with his daughter near Wooster. funeral at residence then interment. Georges L Blackburn from Polk visits for granddaughter Maggie’s diphtheria burial. his daughter Ella Christy's other daughter ill with the disease. Local fear grips Polk and vicinity after death of the child.

Wooster Samuel Anderson Wayne County Independence Wm. Beresford Court of Common Pleas Geo. P. Enrich John van Nostran W. H. Bohl Burbank M. E A. A. DeWitt Catawba Isane P.C. Given Geo. Kelffer Toledo Hoe Apple Creek Erik Franks Georges L. Blackburn Polk, O Ella Christy North Buckeye Street Maggie THE Republican Christy Polk and Vicinity Pease

False report corrected on relief to Lawrence miners

A letter from Jawrs Mutirss clarifies a Cleveland Leader inaccuracy about shipping provisions to North Lawrence miners. He says relief was not sent due to workers not seeking work, except for one case funded via township trustee Janes Strown. He authorized store orders to address needs and promises further aid if urgent needs persist.

Cleveland Lrader North Lawrence Janes Strown Lawrence Jawrs Mutirss

Religious services broken up amid church dispute

A Sabbath morning scene at a church erupted over regulation of the Sunday school and church discipline. Members opposed to the pastoric board actions clashed as teachers were reassigned, voices were raised, and chairs and objects reported as thrown. The disturbance disrupted the Sunday worship and prevented services.

Sherrae Otcial Board Rev Koflea

Spectator tides and touring acts clash in Wooster gloom and glow

In Wooster winter crowds vary as burlesque grows the largest audience ever while a noted company plays to the smallest crowd. Amateur minstrel groups multiply as regional acts from Sousa Band to Bresy Time promise engaging evenings. A melodrama Fablo Romani features dramatic thrills with earthquake and Vesuvius. W.H. Wilers discount ad appears.

Cate Edo Gus Wiliams Fabio Ktoman Incinnat Io Wooster George & Mongey Minstrels Jodi Kodak Wooster Mulersburg Fablo Romani Mount Vesuvius

City Tax Payments Due Before January Twenty Sixth

Notice to taxpayers from County Treasurer C. M. Lovertt warns that the legal tax payment limit expires January 26 and a 15 percent penalty applies after the books leave the office. The Republican paper promotes local news and offers home delivery by carriers for 12 cents per week.

C. M. Loverrt Tor Y Republican

Union Prayer Meetings Shine Amid Local Church Camaraderie

In Wooster union afternoon prayers divide by church affiliation after daily weekday services. A Sunday program featured three unions for men women and children at the Lutheran Methodist and Baptist churches. Rev J D Irons led the final Sunday session on gathering fragments from Christ’s feeding of 5000. The series drew wide attendance and strong church cooperation.

Lutheran Church Methodist The Baptist Methodist Church J. D. Irons Christ Ooster Baptist Church J. 5 Hess Wooster

Local notes record many names and events in Millersburg area

A collage of community life from Millersburg and nearby towns notes horse trades, church meetings, sermons, tax sales, sleighing, illnesses, and social visits. It highlights residents and visitors, school events, baptisms, funerals, and local business moves with numerous names, places, and dates scattered through a busy weekly snapshot.

Grain Market Notes and Prices Across Staples

A broad list of grain prices and farm staples is presented with corrected figures for wheat flour oats and clover seed, plus prices for butter, eggs, hams, cheese and vegetables. Markets show an active tone with quotes for corn oats hay flax and timothy seed and a note on milk prices per hundred weight. Also included are live animal prices for cows calves lambs and sheep, and regional price reports from Philadelphia New York and Washington.

Finck Tvner Deners Bartey Cralybomut & Ts Hess

Death of Colonel B Remy Noted in Navy History

Notice records the death of Colonel B Remy, longtime advocate general of the navy. The obituary notes his service as United States Mariana retired at Merville, Massachusetts and confirms a 12 year tenure in his role.

Wasuixeton Jan B. Remy United States Mariana Merville Mass

City Council Orders Officer Leiner Restored to Duty

City Council met for the second time in 1895 with eight members present. Mayor Jeffries reported suspending Police Officer Leiner on Jan 17 and appointing Patrick Kelly to fill the vacancy. The Police Committee favored another trial but Leiner was restored to duty by unanimous vote.

Messrs. Ross Bell Keister Eason Lemuel Jeffries Henry Leiner Patrick Kelly Fifth Aid Bec Leiner Zaring Lerner Harry Phelps City City Hall Julius Eberhardt Eberhardt Lote, &c India Finance Committee Fire Department Denkirk Jones Kirkwood Columbus Sapbult Northwestern Sullivan Gags Works East Henry Street West South Street

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