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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
5
Miss Gertrude Landis aged 17 daughter of Mrs Jessie Clark Landis of Cleveland died after brief illness. She was granddaughter of the late Walter Clark of Wooster. Funeral was held Monday and interment made in Applecreek cemetery.
Miss Aaldayiti Tot of West Liberty and others attend events as wedding plans, college parties, sleigh rides, and social gatherings fill the Wooster week. John Ames and Jandie Myers wed at the Myers home with Rev. Daeds officiating, followed by a short trip. Community dances, card socials, and High School C Class gatherings mark week’s social calendar.
City council met in special called session to consider wiring the City Opera House for electric lighting and to review a contract with Wingate & Brooks of Cleveland for complete lighting and dressing room equipment. The measure passed eight to one, with Overholt voting against, after a motion and resolution read by Clerk Peckinpaugh.
In Creston on January 27 Dr. A. C. Enestrick suffered a dislocated shoulder after a sleigh mishap while on a professional call. The Journal notes busy social life with the Junior League at the M. E. church and a successful Woman’s Missionary Society concert. Lectures, local movements, and movements of residents are also highlighted.
A fragment from a local basketball report mentions a city or university game and notes a police instruction to prohibit coasting after 9 pm. The mayor expresses concern about late access and crowds. Sunday meeting details are unclear but suggest ongoing concerns.
Prof. Elias Compton spent Sunday at Wyoming Ohio and returned with $600 for the university rebuilding fund. President Holden in Cincinnati has secured over $6000 for the building. The subscription plan aims to enlist working men at $5 each, cash or work, with papers at Rich and Bloughs and the Republican office. More locations to follow.
Lake Fork News reports Remleys and Alexander Newman enlisted. The story mentions Miss Nellie Noeman ill for several months and various local farm names including the Newman farm and Sprieger’s farm. A note says Ker Metelot returned from Alabama, and L Bias’s stock remains improving slowly. Community brief items include church activities and local happenings with limited detail.
State of Ohio files mandamus suit in Wayne County Common Pleas against O. B. Thorne director and P. A. Hinman treasurer over salary due to Prof. Webster. He seeks a writ to compel Thorne to approve a voucher for $550 and Hinman to pay upon presentation, claiming concerted action to withhold funds and denial of due pay.
Smithville Ohio January 27 news notes a forthcoming Smithville Horticultural social meeting set for February 1 at 2 p.m. in Normal Hall. Officers to be elected and preparations discussed for the pickle growing season. Jacob A Miller, society president, issues a circular urging effort and labor for future success.
William E Long of Mansfield, son of Fred Long formerly of Wooster, faces a bigamy arrest amid claims he wed Miss Coffman of Mansfeld after leaving home years ago. He later deserted Miss Miller of Freedom PA and allegedly had two living wives when he married the second. His father notes Long’s history of spells since a horse kick at age 12, which may relate to his marriages.
Local items from Lattasburg report church services led by Rev. Andrew Stull. bequests of university chapel work by Joan and D S Myers. Carl Funk to St. John farm fire losses. farm institute dates Feb 10 11 1902 with sessions on fruit canning soil culture farm machinery and education. death of Mrs M Harmon near town. rural telephones and local carriers noted.
Treasurer A. Wilson presents the Wayne County Agricultural Society annual receipts and disbursements for 1908. Entries show funds from entry sheets booth rents and state payments with costs for permanent accounts and poultry building repairs. The secretary and treasurer note the poultry department report not yet received and donations were used to repair the poultry building.
A Chicago attorney, Rudolph M. Patterson, writes from Columbus Ohio praising Peruna for curing his five year nasal catarrh. Mrs J C Garrett of New York City also lauds Peruna for relief from chronic catarrh with quick, lasting results. The letter argues catarrh is widespread in the United States and common across all classes.
The Plain Center column previews a fox hunt in Plain Township next Saturday with a general invitation. It mentions locals from Akron, Shreve, Mansfield, and Omaha, church meetings, visits, and social events, plus upcoming fairs, a large stock sale, and road work. Several residents are ill but convalescing, and library activities and a Laneellr-cause event are announced for February.
Journal notes from late January mention Silag visiting his sister near Greenville and Nathan Phillip of Brownsville visiting Jacob Davidson and family. Jacob Davidson and relatives attended Grandmother Davidson’s birthday. Rev. Amos Mumaw rented Greaser farm for summer. John Bacher returned home. A church social at No. 7 drew a large crowd with music by Jolliff Stringer and Corbett.
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