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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1904
Page
8
Monday marches with zero 6am reading and rising measles cases across Wooster area. Local births and deaths noted, church moves, weather blizzard impacts, train disruptions, a McKinley day event planned with carnations and G A R entertainment. Numerous residents traveling or visiting, including ministers in Seville and Dalton.
Dr William Wallace Firestone a prominent Wooster physician died unexpectedly after a two week illness. Born February 29 1842 in Congress Wayne County he spent his life serving the community and practicing with his father before continuing alone. He was a surgeon for the Pennsylvania Lines and managed a large practice on North Market Street. He married Sarah A H Webster and leaves three children Alice Firestone Wol Firestone and Sylvia Adams. He was active in Masonic circles and Knights Templar and Rising Star Lodge. Funeral arrangements pending with Wooster Commandery KT to oversee service.
County commissioners Harrison Lehman and Lermer oversee repairs after floods damage bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio line but injuries to roadbeds are concentrated near Garden Isle and Killbuck. Trains running on the main line, with flexible safety measures, while crews shore up embankments north of Madisonburg and restore washed sections.
A lively week in Wooster features the Leap Year ball at Miller's hall with about seventy couples, a successful apple social at the Methodist church, and numerous club meetings. The Classics club, Thursday club, and Ladies of the Macratees convened at homes on Beall avenue and Westminster, while the Rathbone Sisters and other groups gathered for socials. A Jay wedding anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs Carson drew many relatives and neighbors, and Wooster’s social scene grows with new clubs and a Friday Night Card group.
Wayne County Bar members Judge 3 B Eason and county commissioners met Monday to discuss making court room changes. Noise from the street during sessions is a long standing problem, with a proposed full length partition to create separate spaces for the clerk sheriff and others to reduce disturbance.
Obi Reid known in the county for selling diamond oil endured a severe flood at a Garden Isle house near the B and O depot. Water rose quickly, he crossed to the second story, kept warm without a stove, and stayed hidden as neighbors finally brought food Sunday morning and he was able to escape Sunday night. He said hunger mattered less than the cold.
Mrs May Irrig Campbell of Wooster died Monday at her husband Rev Robert Campbell’s Marion Iowa home after months of ill health. The body will be transported to Wooster for services at her mother’s residence on East Liberty Street. She leaves her husband and twin sons and was born July 7 1867 in Wooster. Local friends will be saddened by the loss.
John Manges and his sick wife faced rapid flood waters that inundated their home. With the upper floor reached, he built a raft from house boards to reach the barn and save his cow, which he could not rescue as water rose several feet around the building. Relatives planned to aid by boat once waters recede.
The following market summary from Wooster stock exchange notes Wheat for May at 893 and July at 8134. Corn May 4914 and July 475. Oats May at 4 and July at Bay.
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