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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1892
Page
3
Readable segments show train departures from Morro Bounp and Columba Averee to Cedar Valley Shade Creek Burbank Road Garden Isle and Lodi with times from 4:5 P.M. to 7:45 A.M. Agent LB O R R Lodi and contractors Ryan and McDonald provide contact details for information.
Community illness and hospital news. repairs and burglaries. marriages, funerals, and travel notes. Mentions Mrs. Wm Lusk seriously ill, Geo Kennan at City Opera House Feb 8, and multiple local residents facing health and travel changes. Authorities seek aid, thefts recovered, and social events tied to Wooster.
Inspector McDonald submits his annual report to the Governor urging city inspectors for six operators, banning employment of children under 14 without parental consent, and prohibiting women from working in shops after 9 PM. He also calls for eight additional building inspectors.
Obituaries report William Geary age 81 and a boy Willie A Bittner aged 9 7 26 who died from injuries and a six year old son Walter Bauer. Court notes anticipate a January 29 start and a Swann Post G A R funeral. Local editorials urge supporting home merchants and details of mail weighings and Dr Thomas Harvey death are included.
Washington report says the Ohio Experimental Station will be removed from Columbus soon. Two prominent Cincinnati gentlemen are trying to locate it in Hamilton County. The note notes the county's lag in urban tasks while praising rural familiarity with farming.
The column reports the Grand Army Drum Corps organizing a brass band, a postmistress appointment in Burton City, evangelistic meetings led by Rev M J Maxwell, and police work by Central Ohio Detective Agency. It notes the deaths of traveler Seth Markle in Ashland and Henry McBride of Troy, and a fatal accident in Detroit involving Geo Gordon’s son. Burial services were held in Sterling for Gordon.
Jobin Johnston, a popular Hast Liberty street grocer, has purchased the grocery stock and fixtures of the late O M Albright and will open a store at the former location in a few days. Johnston learned the business in this very spot while employed by Albright, and old patrons will be pleased the business continues with a locally known operator.
Critchfield and Critchfield, representing Michael Landers and heirs, file mandamus suit against the City Council to force awarding the South Market Street improvement contract, alleging they were the lowest bidders. They seek to bar Herring and Straub from contracting. Judge Dowell grants an alternative mandamus writ and a temporary injunction. The writ is returnable February.
Wooster Lodge No 101 of the National LC app Life Insurance held an officer installation last Friday evening. Officials named include President Dr A H T Hunt Vice President Charles W McClure Speaker secretary Georgeschwartz Financial secretary Lemuel Jeffnes Treasurer L VP Dnhiger Chaplain Fred Harding Lsher Julian Jeffries Sergeant at Arms L D Craighead Door Keeper J kt Zimmerman Medical Examiner Dr A H Slunt Senate Deputy C A McDonald Trustees J C Given C W McClure C A McDonald.
Friends recall the passing of David Harting a longtime Smithville resident who died at his home near Chelsea Butler County Kansas on January 16. He previously survived a severe hand injury from a mill belt accident in Cedar Valley and later suffered blood poisoning after a runaway team accident. He served in the 102d Ohio during the Civil War.
Mrs Barbara Horn widow of John Phillip Horn died at her East Liberty street home at two oclock Tuesday morning after bronchial trouble aggravated by la grippe. Born near Wuerth France she came to America in 1831 at age nine. In Wooster in 1439 she married John L Horn. they had twelve children, nine living: Joan P Horn Philip Horn Henry Horn Kate Horn Tillie Horn Will Horn Mrs Hiram Plank Edward Horn Julius Horn. She resided in Wooster over sixty years, forty in the house of death. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. from the residence.
Advertises a laxative fig juice blend as a gentle, cleansing remedy for the kidneys and bowels. Promises relief from colds headaches and habitual constipation using plant-based medicinal virtues native to California.
Marshall Ellsperman and Special Officer Lew Bolus secured the arrests of Dora Swartz and William Spitler in Chester Township for a series of robberies in Wayne County. The men confessed and testified on how the crimes were committed. Both pleaded guilty to waylaying a storekeeper, were jailed on bond and await grand jury action. Also noted is the death of Dr John Cunningham at age 100.
One hundred acres of farming and pasture land in Franklin township on the new road from Moreland to Millbrook. Easy terms. For particulars inquire of Lute Aitne, Wooster.
A crowd of young county residents sleigh riding near Burton City narrowly escaped death when they halted to cross a railroad track ahead of a fast westbound train. One horse was killed, several riders were injured, and one girl reportedly became insane from fright though others were only slightly hurt. The engineer and nearby passengers summoned aid.
Creston report details Hess Hettinger a livery business entrant injured by George Fernwald in a hatchet blow to the head at Fernwald’s home Saturday night. Hettinger says he went to warn Fernwald’s family and was struck as he exited. Fernwald recounts Hettinger attempted to strike him and that the hatchet blow followed an earlier assault.
In North Bever Street a deep gas well proved unrecoverable. Workers failed to retrieve tools despite skilled labor and special aids. Abandonment began Monday as water and earth filled the shaft. The costly effort, estimated at eight to ten thousand dollars, will be remembered as a stubborn civic experiment.
The estate of Richard P Hedicktate deeded in Wayne County Ohio offers 14 head of horses and colts 4 cattle 115 sheep 175 bushels wheat 80 bushels oats 600 bushels corn 39 acres wheat in ground M tons hay farming implements household goods and other items. Auction set for February 4th at Y o'clock a m on the farm one half mile north of Wooster. John C McClarpens administrator of Richard P Redick deceased.
An advertisement mentions a charge building lot on North Beaver Street and Rice's offering the largest stationery assortment. It also markets 500 volumes of good books for winter reading at Rice's with price details unclear.
List of names of people with unclaimed mail at Wooster Ohio for the week ending January 25 1892. Names include Brother, Austin Myer, C Childs, Winfield Morgan, Mrs Mary L Getsler, Miss Anna Reyland, P M Iwhr, Joe M Shreve, B D. Advertisers must state they are advertised and give advertisement date. Samuel Metzler P M.
A letter from Rev Panlojlarez lauds the Cactus Blood Cure as a regenerature after a friend suffered a herpetic eruption. The writer, addressing Don Ramon Alva, promises to recommend the medicine and notes Geo Kenman’s 1888 90 lecture tour beginning October 14 in Northampton Massachusetts, covering over 30 000 miles and 200 consecutive evenings.
Farm three and a half miles southeast of Wooster contains 79 acres with 16 acres woodland and balance tillable land. Good fences cisterns wells and outbuildings. elegant nine room house with slate roof. Nearby Experimental farm on same road within 1.5 miles. For sale by Sam Mezler Wooster Ohio.
Alvan L. Green wood, former Supreme Treasurer, faced embezzlement charges in Boston over $30,000 of order funds. Court records show a 30,300 payment on Oct. 3 to Hampden Council, a lodge with only two active members remaining, effectively none at the time.
advertisement for the best sewing machine claiming to be the market standard. mentions location near City Hall and second door east. offers second hand machines for sale or rent and repair services with needles oil and supplies. signed J J Slanker.
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