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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
7
More than a year ago ten cows and six calves on the infirmary farm were found tuberculous and ordered killed. The county board through Mr Kosier and Supt Sligh disposed of the carcasses to a Cleveland fertilizer firm and have since sought payment from the state. A Friday check for the balance due arrived, bringing total receipts to $4x4 with prior carcass payments.
Emmet Lee leads ten city delegates from the Seventeenth district toward the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Nicholas Roberts joins Lee, with Deputy Probate Judge Heory Jacot also set to travel for business. J E Horst of New Philadelphia rounds out the delegation. The trip heads south to Denver with plans for returns via the Bryan farm near Lincoln Nebraska and possible Colorado visits if weather, time permit.
Trains depart Wooster for east and west bound routes on Pennsylvania lines. Schedule shows varied departure times from early morning to late evening with connections to Cleveland and Southwestern Traction lines. Local stops include Berlin Heights, Wellington, and North Lima with special Saturday night service to Wooster.
A column of brief notices reports near West Sacem on the McVieger farm a child nearly died from accidental strychnine ingestion after a tablet left by a doctor mother’s use. Other items cover jailand court, a Dalton Driving Club election of officers, a socialistic speaker’s reception, farm excursions to Myers Lake Canton, Doylestown home week, and a pharmacy college merger with Pittsburgh. Also noted are minor accidents, lost pocketbooks, schoolyard stone throwing, and a July Fourth Apple Creek celebration with races, parade, and fireworks. Frank Bedford’s property return reward paid. Mary Logue contracts for a new house. sales of heirs’ estate. and a new birth at Lemuel Harrold’s home.
An 35 year history claims Cham berlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy led to superior results for infant diarrhoea and dysentery. Widely recommended by druggists in the United States and abroad. Also promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy for slight irregularities and Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup to ease colds. Daan’s Regulets offered for liver and stomach regulation.
Cleveland Fresh Air association seeks families to entertain children this summer. People may volunteer by forming a committee, appointing a chairman, and listing how many children they can host including sex and age preferences. A nurse will verify health conditions before children are sent to hosts.
As bids near submission for Wooster post office building sites a number of options are introduced. Proposals include several near the public square and others on North Buckeye and North Beyer streets. Some sites lack full street or alley frontage on all sides.
L Thompson writes to J Keister clerk of the board of education that he is not attending Ann Arbor Mich at all and had left Wooster before registering at Ann Arbor He accepted an offer to work in Columbus with the Society for Savings and is also doing special work at Ohio State University.
The village council of Congress sold bonds at 100 each at five percent interest. Ed ward P Shupe of the Commercial Bank Wooster handled the sale for a premium of 12 cents. The money is to be used to remodel the town hall.
A collection of testimonials praising Bucklen Arnica Salve and Foley's Kidney Remedy. Included are claims of healing wounds and backache, plus endorsements from J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill and Rev I W Williams of Huntington. Also notes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and listings of local drugstores Krieger's and Boyd & Co.
A well dressed young woman and a middle aged man visited the Syndicate store to make purchases near ten dollars. She claimed to hold an order for money from a creamery and left to fetch funds. She returned with a counterfeit twenty on a one dollar bill. The girl fled toward Walnut Street and vanished, leaving clerks puzzled by the mysterious duo.
The Orrville region faces a wave of robberies by a roaming gang of tramps northeast of town. Burglaries include F Galehouse near No 7 schoolhouse stolen $25 and a tramp forcing a woman to cook dinner while her husband was away. Miller narrowly escaped an ambush on a delivery run with about $80. Burglars also hit the Orr foundry stealing tools, prying a window to access the shop, and a bakery break-in prompted police action. Authorities pursued the suspects without capture.
William H. Stroling of Carbon Hill Alabama credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his four year old boy after two doctors gave up. He urges giving it with castor oil and notes many children are saved each year. The column also promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy as a health booster for kidneys and overall wellbeing.
About fifty Wooster merchants visited the university Friday morning to urge Principal J. H. Dickason to remain in Wooster. They arrived in local vans and emphasized their esteem for him, while Dickason expressed mixed feelings and outlined plans, saying it would be hard to say he would leave Wooster.
Wooster resident Harry L McClarran, a grocer, was appointed deputy oil inspector for Wayne Ashland and Holmes counties. The article praises his Republican work and long experience in grocery and oil, noting the post will not greatly affect his business and that friends congratulate him on the selection.
A seven year old boy, Joseph Key of West North Street, was severely scalded about the chest and stomach when he spilled boiling water from a bottle on the stove just before dinner Friday. Dr. T A Graver attended. The father, Charles Key, is confined at home with a sore foot from stepping on a rusty nail.
Refunding bonds totaling about $19,000 are due next October with many to be refunded again. The city could reduce annual indebtedness from $5000 to $7000 per year if not for issued improvement bonds, which constrain the city’s ability to pay.
A motorman moving along a street frightened horses in a funeral procession passing the public square. If not for a back driver’s presence of mind, a runaway accident could have occurred.
A yellow and white fox terrier named Kine, owned by Eddie Droz, was poisoned Friday afternoon. Despite every effort, the dog died. Authorities believe the poison was thrown into the Droz barn by a persistent offender who has harmed other dogs.
Louis W. Christine and Olive Mae Johneun of Wooster appear on the marriage licenses list. The notice records their names and residence as the couple sought union in the local civil process.
A Victorian era medical claim describes female symptoms including headaches, backaches, visual disturbances, stomach distress, faint spells, pelvic heaviness, and irregular periods. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a strengthening, regulating remedy with no claimed alcohol or habit forming ingredients. The ad says it will not perform miracles or cure tumors but may prevent them, invites private letters to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, and offers a free medical adviser with stamp requests.
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