Wooster News Bits and Local Events Highlights
Saturday notices from Wooster and vicinity include a Canaan school entertainment on Friday January 27 1899 a recruitment drive three day fairs and a report on Wooster Electric Light Works lamp tests. Court and council news plus Debating Club plans and civic notices fill the page with local crime church and social notes.
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Nice
Doylestown
Canaan
Wooster Cuy Hand
Opera Hoge
Millersburg
John H. Donald
Wooster
Oflice
Wm. Hoegnar
West Salem
Pduln
Womans Relief Corps
Thurady
Spirlister
Futura
Otty 'Counci
Birthday Celebration for Dying Mr John A Lawrence
A birthday gathering was held at the home of Mr John A Lawrence 244 miles west of town on January 14 at 10 a m. Friends and relatives attended including son George Lawrence of Columbus City Indiana and daughters Mrs I E Wagner and Mrs McManus. The aged man enjoyed greetings a buvantiful dinner served by Mrs Wagoner and a German hymn sung by Father Lawrence.
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John A. Lawrence
Yiou
Tne
George Lawrence
Columbis City
Ind
I. E. Wagner
Mrrs. Wagoner
Father Lawrence
Charitable Neighbors Aid a Robe of Wood for a Suffering Farmer
Neighbors aided Bert Wil gard of Franklin tomueatip confined by rheumatism. They surprised him by sawing and splitting nine loads of stove wood to keep his family warm. The act was labeled charitable and remembered by the helpers: Geo K Ho renry Sooper Geo Hraug enslar Win Gigha0 Jacob Greene obu Green? St err E S sander son Henry Carter Gilbert Ploolck Isabeb Thompson W A Crow J Q Richards WH We haven Ydrges ktook of Hollow Blocks made from clay offered cheaply Gray & Son woz
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Frem
Bert Wilgard
Franklin Tomueatip
Rhenmatiam
Geo
Hoenry Sooper
Hraug
Enslar
Win
Gigha0
Jacob
Gree
Err
E. S. Sanderson
Henry Carter
Gibert Ploolck
Isebb Thompson
W. A. Crow
J. Q. Richards
Wooster Daily Highlights Personal Notices and Visits
The Wooster Daily reports social notes from Wooster and Millersburg with visits, engagements, and upcoming weddings. Messages mention Migs Jentip Staller preparing to wed Frank Reed, Rev S F Scovier departing for Baltimore, and locals traveling to Pittsburg and Washington. Several residents are reported ill or recovering, with multiple recruiting and business travelers noted.
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Derdho
M. F. Gophart
Flila Boydston
Wooster
Scovel
Philadelphie
Seve
West Liberty Street
Ateipoth
Wallington Stilwell
Millersburg
S. F. Scover
D. D
Washinerun
Baltimore
Migs Jentip Staller
Woolater
Pittsburg
Frank Reed
Saxton
Misa Mary
David Nie
Rocky political and bank case notes from January reports
A fragmentary 19th century wire of political, banking, and local notices recounts a district convention in Auburn and a claim that Wade was guilty of bank wreck. anti-Quay protests in Harrisburg. fierce legislative moves in Charleston and Millville. labor unrest rumors in Jersey. and scattered local social reports and attendance at meetings in Mount Vernon.
Man Reports False Suicide Rumor About Local Manager
A Republican reporter quotes Ilson, manager for the Mostd Tple graph Go., denying a suicide claim after a train incident. He says he left Worcester Friday noon for Orryitle, then Strongasville, then to his parents’ country home, fell ill, missed return, and found his family unharmed on return.
Day of Prayer Events and Campus Updates
The day of prayer for colleges will include an address at the University at 10 o clock and a union prayer meeting at the Firat church as public gatherings. J B Patterson smiles with a sprained arm while professors Absent from duty include Scovelin Kater more Kirkwood Be busegny and Compton. Mrs Notestein of Canaan visits with Professor Notestein. invitations sent for a reception at the Vonserva tory on February 14.
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J.B Patterson
Notestein
Canaan
Professor Notestein
Vonservatory
Bennett
Hopewell
Kance Trambo
Hoover Cottage
Cless
Adele
Scovelin Katermore
Kirkwood
Bebusegny
Compton
Mabelike
Smitthville
C.agoes
Aldus Myers
D. Gordon
Cleveland
Masa University
J W. Dicseo
Teachers’ Department
Ola
Firat
Cleveland Electric Railway Extension Planned To Wooster
A report from Cleveland outlines an electric railway extension connecting Berea Medina Wooster with a 6 mile bypass to the Puritas Springs property. The line would add over 40 miles of track as a booster route, with construction possibly completed before summer. The company expects the project to advance, with officials confirming the extension and funding plans while a separate lawsuit seeks damages in a related matter.
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Ana
Puritas Springs
Highland Avenue
Licdeute
Berea
Medina
Woeter
A. H. Pomeroy
eLyvr
Bald Bog
Lon Gale
Purflaw Dpriys
Bktenaivice
Matthieson
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Speaxrlen Gluon Committee
Speaxrlen Gluon Committee, Firmed the Story, Stating That the Commmitee
Cattle and Meat Prices Across Markets Command Buyer's Attention
A fragmented price list from Pittsburg to Cincinnati notes prime cattle and calves at various rates, with hogs and sheep showing wide spreads. Entries record per-head and per-cwt values for livestock, plus mixed grain bids for Wheat and Corn amid fluctuating regional markets.
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Lexus Lears
Annual Farm Institute Opens in City Opera House
The 20th annual meeting of the Farmers' Institute Society of Wayne County opened in the City Opera House with a large attendance. President C. E. Paesed and Mrs. H M McCoy reported, with lectures on bacteria, dairy cow care, vegetable parasites, home life on the farm, and propagating grafting. Several speakers and musical numbers followed, and officers were elected: President Court es Warner, Vice President E. D. Melntyre, Secretary Mrs. R. M. McCoy, Treasurer J. Stewart McCoy.
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Rarmery’ Inatitute Society
Wayo County
City Opera House
C. E. Paced
Ladies’ Mandolin Club
Wooster
Seletion
J. Fran Smith
Warner
H McCoy
W. A. Kellermar
Columbar
J. F. Aickman
Mandolin Club
Clalhoun
Ot Applecreek
Mandolin Q Club
W C Yost
Wooster Preserving Company
Repius Brinkerbiff
Mra
J. A. Campbell
Woorster
Nelfie Ibrig
Poe
K. Burford
State Agricultural Experimentation
Hiano Polo
Misa
Bopele Agune
Divorce Petition and Family Strife Report
Mrs Alice Horo files for divorce alleging abandonment and neglect while detailing past hardships and child custody requests. The article sketches her husband Horn’s absence, the couple’s rough years, and her claims of lack of support, while noting Mrs Dorland’s reminiscences of Congress township pioneers and family history.
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Alice Horo
Alice @itordi
Abe
Bjorn
Horn
D. Metz
Letter List No 4 Woosten Jav 1899 postal letter roster
Letter list shows remaining mail at the post office dated January 1899 with several partial names and notes. Entries include residents such as Jenking Kohler Letimen Parks Reemp Kano and others, with unreadable fragments and a Rural Free Delivery style listing.
Fires Destroy Sharp Foundry and Kill Fireman
Breubenvillé Jan 24. Sharp's foundry burned to the ground. Fireman Mike McGraw on the roof was knocked off by a water stream. he is paralyzed with doubtful recovery. Two hundred men left jobless. Also reports a boxing bout draw in Cincinnati and a pipe and steel combine formation talks. A man named Howard Phillips arrested for rape in Logan. Carl Geiger killed by a passenger train near Youngstown. Jacob Nye killed by a falling tree near Auburn, Mont. Senator Whiteside introduces a bill for 3000 to fund a purity in politics home in Helena.
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Hannah Dorland
Wooster
Jacob J. Mathews
Congress Township
Adam Poe
Ohio
Noedie Docey
Wayne
Sraniey
Sojyder
Naftzger
Bridgeport
Barbspk
Bo Doipyg
Tan
Jane Keeler
Fothig Happy Adoo
William Wallace
Lee
Musizalppi
Clinton Augustus
Yarah Catherine
Joseph McVicker
Pleasat Home
Thomas Benton
Adjoroing
West Salem
Biihn Keeler
Vcongreaa
John P Dortand Wio
Hanna Keeler
Ste
Breubenvillé
Sharp
Mike McGraw
Wild Orlige
Helena
Mont
Whiteside
Trime Society
Montana
Grain-UV coffee substitute promises gentler taste
A new grain based beverage named Grain-UV has been placed in grocery stores as a coffee substitute. Advertisers claim it suits delicate stomachs and is nearly indistinguishable from coffee while costing only a few cents per package, with benefits touted for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Energy in foods and Scott's Emulsion claims
The article explains foods supply energy like coal for engines and cites Prof Frankland showing cod liver oil yields two and a half times more energy than starches or sweets. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as pure cod liver oil with lime and soda hypophosphites, claiming strength, blood enrichment, nerve vigor, and tissue repair, with a New York price listing.
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Frankland
London
Scott’s
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