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Newspaper

Wooster Republican

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1902

Page

2

Hammer seeks divorce from John D over cruelty

Mary 5 Hammer of Wooster petitions for divorce from John D Hammer alleging lies about his salary, neglect of support, and repeated abuse. She claims Dec 10 violence, bread thrown, and ongoing cruelty, asking alimony or a return to her maiden name. Case settled with Perilstein buying Hartzler share. Perilstein to run the business. receivers discharged.

Saartha Mary Hammer Wooster SS Tovleg John Dae Ioarried Jah Ross Degtec Joseph Kartzler Joseph Perilstein Hartzler & Perilstein Orrville Perilstein Hartzier T. W. Orr Judge Taggart Hartzler Taylor & Taylor

Obituary notes from Ashland and county deaths

Obituary notes list J. D Backhouse of Ashland a county official and electric railway supporter died Friday. Several other local deaths follow including Wesley Glasgow of the county Mrs Glasgow died New Year’s Day and funeral services are noted. Peter Smith aged 63 died after two months illness with funeral and interment at Beech Grove. Pearl Thompson 26 died in Burbank of lung trouble. Mrs E D Pardee died at Wausau as did Eugene Pardee a year earlier. Miss Ethel Roberts noted as a niece of the Pardee family.

J. D Backhouse Ashland Warne Cleveland Wesley Glasgow Burbank E.D. Pardee Wausau Pers Eugene Pardee Miaking Ethel Roberts Dane Pardee

Wooster News Roundup And Local Whose Who

Sheriff McCoy and wife take Miss Katie Kob to Massidoni Hospital. A Pittsburg avenue sewer petition circulates. Miss Lulu Frick and friends sail for Europe from New York. John Doe detained for drunken riding on Hast-shorty street. John Kostenbader and Albert Ruprecht return from Philippines service. Various locals report travel, jobs, pensions, and illnesses. Shale Brick Co expands brick screening. Several Wooster residents noted visiting or traveling, with updates on sickness, bail, and local affairs.

Sheriff McCoy Katie Kob Overton Massidoni Hospital Pittsburg Avenue Lulu Frick Woulse Elinor Quinby New York City Quinby Europe Marshal Lerner Officer Brown John Doe Applecreek Doe Shorty Street Mayor Smith John Kostenbader Albert Ruprecht Albert Wooster Boys Philippines Wey Roy Meeks Marion van Over West Virginia Hartford Conn Jacob Renard Spink Street Txonejnr Edward J NM Kalmbach James Shanklin Hust Union

New Re Districting Bill In Legislature Prompts Debate

A newly introduced re districting bill seeks to redraw wards by adding Summit and Wayne counties into a single eighteenth district. The proposal sparks debate on its potential effects and chances of passage in the current legislative session.

Wayne County Summit Wayne Counties Midy Raiet

Mother's Favorite Cough Remedy and Related Advertisements

The column promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for children and adults, claiming it treats coughs colds croup and whooping cough without opium. It also notes Banner Salve for chapped skin, and includes testimonials about Foley's remedy and One Minute Cough Cure as a rapid safe cough cure for children with notes of local merchants in Paducah Kentucky and Harrisburg Pennsylvania.

Laubach & Boyd, Mafk Mary Bird Harrisburg Tts Beason Zimmerman A

Train schedule changes and local news from Harrisonville area

Reports from Harrisonville Missouri include a shift in train No 6 arrival to 12 08 and No 42 departure to 10, plus unchanged other trains. Local notes mention counterfeit ten cent pieces resembling government coins, a parrot npon its death calling absent family members, and police actions against unlicensed rug pedlars. A series of Ohio local option debates, new penalties for maiming and blackmail, Chicago plans for Prince Henry visit, and a Bowery raid roundup are also summarized.

Orrville Cleveland Drabenstott Pollparrot Charles Uixler

Hill on the Rack Merger Testimony Before ICC

Chicago January 25 James J Hill president of the Northern Securities company testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the effect of the community of interests plan on rates. He argued competition does not lower rates and that in the northwest a peace between Northern Pacific and Great Northern kept rates low. He said the Burlington purchase was necessary not due to trust ideas and noted elderly Great Northern managers seek to keep control in a close corporation. A drug-store offer follows.

Interstate Commerce Commission Chicago James J Hill Northern Securities Company Community of Interests Northwest Northern Pacific Great Northern Burlington Aniltestinal

Neely Trial Hearings In Havana Cuba Fraud Case

In Havana on January 28 Colonel Charles H. Burton testified about investigating the Cuban postal department. He reported irregularities in the auditor's office with double credits totaling 16 000 dollars and a probable embezzlement of 45 000 dollars in early 1900, plus about 100 000 dollars since July 1899. He noted payments for home improvements charged to insular funds.

Rathbone Burton Army

Split Under Mob Law Suit Filed in Antrim County

Jacob Stinman and Mary Shoke filed a $5,000 each mob law suit against Antrim County under the 1891 act. They allege July assault by a mob near Central Lake, where they were stripped and tarred. This is Michigan's second such suit. Also from Mexico City a sharp earthquake woke residents, with tremors in Taxco. Funds are being raised for Fili pinos and conditions are hot as camps persist.

Bellaire Mich Jacob Stinman Mary Shoke Antrim County Lable Central Lake Michigan City of Mexico Taxco Guerrero

Weather Forecasts Reach Rural Farmers by Mail Delivery

The Weather Bureau extended printed forecasts to rural Ohio via rural free delivery. Over 100 offices distribute day and next day forecasts to 10 000 families on farm routes and government boxes. Stampings kits reach 26 hard to reach offices, enabling morning newspaper publication. The program enjoys strong farmer support statewide.

Weather Bureau Columbus Ohio

Special Election Set Feb 4 for New City School House

A special election is fixed for Tuesday February 4 to vote on building a new school house in the southern part of the city. Polls will open in all wards and preparations are underway to submit the proposition to voters.

Electric Bitters claimed to cure many ailments

It touts relief for backache headaches nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizzy spells. Mrs Phebe Cherney of Peterson Iowa reports kidney trouble and a painful lame back cured by Electric Bitters at age 73 enabling full housework. The ad credits improved digestion and appetite and lists Laubach Bod’s drug store as seller at 50 cents.

Phebe Cherney Peterson Laubach & Bod

What Causes Headache and a Cure by Heart Tonic Wafers

The passage claims headaches stem from exhausted nervous system effort and suggests restoring nerve action as a cure. It promotes Climo Headache Wafers priced at 10 cents as a harmless tonic for the heart, claiming benefits to nerves and heart function.

Unclear Fragmentary Notice Emerges From Archive

A fragmentary OCR item appears to reference a troubled period of about seven years and mentions a stomach issue, an in bed halt, and numbers such as 6258, with unclear surrounding context. No identifiable names or places are extractable.

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Haps and Mishaps In Paragraphs

Dated notices report Ruth Carney dying at 108 in Philadelphia. Fire in Winona Mississippi destroys six stores with $50,000 loss. A Japanese coast gale leaves 200 fishermen missing. Martin Melvin shot during hotel robbery attempt in Duryea Pennsylvania. Budapest mill fire causes 3,000,000 crown loss. Jockey Lew Warner commits suicide at Newmarket. Weekly failures show 301 US and 28 Canada. Omaha yard freight wreck injures six. foreman killed. Spiker brothers killed and Fred wounded in Tecumpar raid and store looting.

Ruth Carney Philadelphia Winona Miss Martin Melvin Duryea Concordia Budapest Lew Warner Newmarket England United States Canada W. L. Stewart Burlington Yards Omaha Richard John Spiker Fred Spiker Tecumpar N. M

World’s Best Healing Salve and Remedies Sold Locally

A historic print advertises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the perfect healer for cuts burns and skin eruptions for 25 cents a box at Laubach & Boyd. It touts Foley’s Hoagy and Tar for throat and lung diseases, with local dealers guaranteed satisfaction. Krause’s Headache Caps are promoted as first prescribed by Dr Krause in Germany.

Laubach & Boyd Ard Jimmerman & Cortthe Bucklen Laubach & Boyd's Mwik Foley Laubach & Boyd and Zimmerman & Co Tutsk Krause Dr Kraise Yietenous Court Ieproneie Efpre Ee

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