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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1901
Page
2
The weekly Wooster court row reports 25 cases examined with 21 true bills. Indictments include burglary and larceny tied to local farms and a bank, plus forged orders and gaming device offenses. Sentences range from fines to jail terms. several defendants hear upcoming hearings in late February.
Dalton reports a minister killed a local snake on Malin street last Friday near Schultz wagon shop. The union evangelist services grow crowded with Business Men's Night this week. Also noted are residents returning to Ada for study, rheumatism cases, baptisms at J P Church, and a boyhood injury from stepping on a rusty nail.
Grand jury did not indict Anna FE Franks of Franklin township in Wooster for shoplifting. She pled guilty in Probate Court to three charges, paid fines and costs totaling 4.10, and was released. Articles recovered remain with Marshall Latimer and may be claimed by owners. Franks plans marriage to the young man she was to wed soon after arrest, who stood by her.
Cornelius N. Alford Jr., a bank teller who defaulted on $640,000, was sentenced to 11 years in prison in New York. The judge indicated good behavior could reduce the term to about nine years, calling the sentence an easy one.
A letter found in a mill town notes 40 stamps sent to Dayton Goudy of Wooster by a stranger claiming they were owed by his late father Henry Goudy, who ran a Maysville mill for two decades. The postmark is Fredericksburg and the sender signs none. The letter hints at religious sentiment and urges use of the stamps.
The Wayne Rebekah Lodge 328 installed its officers Tuesday evening with DG GM Mrs JT Kelster presiding. Past Grands included Mrs John Stussell Grand Marshal, Mrs A Plank Grand Warden, Mrs Emma Wacker Grand Financial Secretary, Mrs Lereh Grand Recording Secretary, and Mrs Geo Blandford Grand Treasurer. Newly installed officers listed include NG Mrs Lizzie Paulus VG Miss Hattie Limb Fin Mrs Lizzie Miller Ree Mrs Anna Hildebrant Treasurer Mrs M Goetz Warden Miss Nellie Young Conductor Miss Mattia Russell Re. S to N G Mrs John Russell L Soote N Gy Mrs Gerlach HooS VG Miss Lenore Schuster I. S. VV. G. Miss Emma Treeche 15 G Miss Emma Conrad OS G.J.5 Barnard Charlain Mrs J.4 Ktestor.
The Wooster Preserving Co met to elect officers led by President Frank A Warner and Vice President W W Wallace. They aim to add 300 acres for pickles and 100 acres for tomatoes, a one third increase over 1900, and to contract for strawberries raspberries and fruits in season. Secretary and treasurer report satisfactory business for the year.
A murkily transcribed docket lists numerous court cases including Armstrong vs Searight Foltz vs Foltz Redett vs Harrison Howman vs White Kline vs Buchanan and many others. The fragmentary text also contains an embedded medical advertisement praising Foley’s Honey and Tar with testimonial lines and family names.
The Millersburg Wooster and Orrville Telephone Company directors gathered at the Wooster office on Wednesday evening. Present were Geo Adams president M M Herron Frank J Beam Dwight Lo Sapp John M Ewalt Frank Griffith LP Onli ger and J Ro Zimmerman. The group discussed progress and contemplated improvements across lines and planned actions on bills and proposed changes with substantial spending anticipated to extend and improve service.
German Srup of Dr Baschee, a famed German physician, touts cures for coughs, colds, and severe lung troubles. It is described as non experimental and time tested, with annual sales of two bottles per person. introduced to the United States in 1888 and sold nationwide.
A hoard of local items from Wooster and surroundings notes Hugh Collins purchasing the Christ Bolus residence on McKenna Street, a new Shreve company forming to manufacture flat irons and light saw mills with $10,000 capital, and various county mentions. Also reports deaths, pension increases, court actions, a new railway schedule, and social events including a Lutheran church fundraiser and a birthday celebration.
A scanned Wayne County collection itemizes warranty and quitclaim deeds. Entries show transfers from J M Merriman to Tacy Philips. Mary S Bay Singer to Joseph Wein. Ellen Baughman to Charles and Catherine Adams. Benjamin Wilson to Florence Rose Wilson. Isaac Fetter to Levi Fockler. Daniel J Steiner and Sam Geiger to Andrew Welty. Mary Anne Murryheira to L T Cermell. L T Cornell to Rosetta Buchanan. Odessa P Rogers to James and Elizabeth Snoddy. Peter Anfang as Mary Collier administrator. Ellis Keck and Daniel W Keck. Daniel Stout to Annie Stout. Henry Kieffer to Jacob Kieffer. George Hestand to David Bylar. Caroline Greeny to Barbara Amstutz. Amounts range from $0 to $3,000 and include lot, acre, or parcel descriptors in Wooster, Shreve, and nearby townships.
Dr D L Moncrief long time Orrville physician aged oldest in the county section died Thursday night after a brief grip illness. Born near Canonsburg Pa September 23 1823 he graduated Jefferson Medical College 1813 and settled in Orrville 1807 serving as postmaster 1860 to 1868. He belonged to Wayne County Medical Society and was highly regarded in his profession.
Lake Fork notes report Rev Recard, former pastor now in Lorain, aiding Rev Fry at the WUB church revival. Ora Trease returns from Akron. Charley Sample’s funeral follows his Mohican creek drowning. body found Thursday. Mr Ruff and Miss Wright visit Fry family. Slater moves his father-in-law, John Hootman’s, kitchen. Dr Pocock visits Mrs Elmore Fley.
A civic leader discusses near future steps for piping hot water through Wooster Streets for heating. The plan may involve a franchise for alley routes instead of Liberty Street, with optimism that Council will approve the necessary street rights. The interviewee asserted strong benefits and confidence in success.
The University boys have revived interest in basketball and partly organized a team. They would like to schedule a game with Company D to be played in the Armory on a mutually convenient date, hoping to revive interest in winter indoor sports.
A Wichita dispatch reports Temple Houston, son of Sam Houston, relays tests by White Horse and his squaw on pepper versus salt as life prolongers. The squaw died after three years, White Horse remains active at 112, claims pepper aids longevity and even asthma.
Four year old Jeannette Marguerite Ackerman daughter of Mrs John Ackerman dies after contracting diphtheria on Thursday. Interment in Wooster Cemetery follows the Friday service. Separate notice reports Mrs Pheba Shoup of Shreve dies aged nearly 83, widow of Jacob Shoup, survived by her husband of 62 years.
A Wooster resident testifies to kidney pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Henry Lerner recalls back ache and kidney discomfort improved after purchasing from Zimmerman’s drug store on neighbor Collings’ advice. Foster-Milburn Co. markets Doan's in Buffalo New York as US sole agents with price 60 cents per box.
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