05 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1905
Page
1
Wool skirts priced at 85.00 quality with sale price 7.50. Silk skirts 12.00 quality with sale price. Duck skirts 0.75 quality with sale price 1.25. Covert jackets 87.50 quality with sale price 10.00. Misses covert jackets 85 quality with sale price.
Smithville July notes record Mrs Della Ghaffin of Lorain visiting friends. Miss Myrtle Kiefer from Marshallville hosted at Point Breeze. Chloe Levers back from the wear attended tent meetings with Mrs J S Weaver. I M Eberly entertained kin with tea. Chautauqua previews arrive with August events at Point Breeze. Visitors include I D Webner’s sons from Trinway and families from Madisonburg. Dr. Brooks praised as a clear speaker with family helpers. Rev H G Kolb preached, organzing Young Men's Holiness league. several conversions reported. Attendees from Wooster and others joined, with travel from Brooklyn and Reading planned. injuries noted: Sylvester Stevens injured near Wabash. social calls from Orrville and Cleveland noted.
Our sale opened Saturday July 1 and lasts a short time. All clothing stock is 25 off regular marked prices. Shoppers may choose men’s, boys’ or children’s suits top coats rain coats and trousers from the house with no regard to staple article. Includes worsted dress goods and other fabrics.
In Overton July 6 notes Misses Mies da Matz and Delle Lehr of Madisonburg were guests at the Holyman home. Miss Mary Spitler visits her son Dave. Quarantine lifted at the apple yards. A festival last Saturday drew good attendance and a notable sum. James Ketley and his crew completed painting Jonas Mowrer’s new house last Friday and will pause until after harvest. Advertise in the Republican.
A petition was filed in Topeka Kansas to declare C J Devlin bankrupt on behalf of Kansas City creditors. National bank examiners took charge as receivers after Toluca Illinois First National Bank and Spring Valley National Bank failed due to Devlin's default.
The International Christian Endeavor convention opens in Baltimore with an estimated 30 000 visitors arriving. City buildings will be decorated and public buildings lit each night during the July 5 to 10 gathering. Armory hall seats 16 000, Lyric hall 4 000, and numerous praise meetings conferences and church celebrations are planned with noted speakers addressing Endeavor topics.
A San Francisco man asphyxiates his 14 year old daughter and himself after the gas is turned on in her room while five other children escape. In Germany lightning destroys the St Catherine’s tower and some bells. Yellow fever cases decline in the Canal Zone with four under treatment. Baron Rosen denies interviews on politics as Kaiser watches from Hoboken. A double tragedy in Ohio ends in suicide and a sheriff siege. A German immigrant admits killing his wife and himself after confessing to authorities. A mob scene in Dillonvale accompanies a deputy sheriff’s attempted arrest. Commercial Travelers elect new leaders. Railway accounts at +Ginotn Matt Hailston and Dayton company show $9,000 in discrepancies.
A federal grand jury indicted seventeen leading figures in the U.S. packing industry for Sherman anti trust violations after a three month probe with over one hundred witnesses. Additional indictments targeted Armour Swift Morris Cudahy and Fairbank and others for illegal rebates to railroads.
College Corners student George Paxton returns from a two year travel including the south and Cuba and plans studies in Wooster. Bedford educator Pettit adds two teachers to his Northeastern Ohio corps. G. Bittikofer attends Crawford county exams as a board member. Jessie Thomas welcomed at Plymout h High School for next year. Gertrude Silver returns from Put-in-Bay Teachers’ Association. Wapakoneta hires Graves. resigns Columbus Grove post. Dr Culp’s Cleveland event draws large crowd on immigration and Nergo questions. Miss Gertrude McPask enters Lucas County delegation at Wooster. A A Burcaw elected Uniontown schools superintendent at $72.50 salary. Anna Miller re-enrolls, noting Findlay school salience. Prof. Gault’s Philadelphia lectures on degeneracy, imbecility and insanity. links Wooster alumni. Opening reception in Gate Room at Kanke Hall draws 550. Katherine Griel to study water colors. J E Woodland visits Wooster for scientific lectures.
Frank Jackson and Maud Good, of Congress, Geo. and Bronson, of Smithville, and Cora Heffelfinger, of Woostée, are named in a local legal or civic notice listing individuals connected to a pending matter or proceeding. The fragmentary text indicates a multi-person association with a formal action.
The wheat ripens quickly and Miss Ada Butler leaves confinement to go outside. A community concert on a flag day succeeds, netting $10.50 at the door with audience gifts. The class thanks the teacher for patience and efforts and patrons for support. Miss Mabel Cotter will leave for the summer in the near future.
Train timetable shows Pennsylvanian lines with local and express departures from Wooster station. Eastbound trains run 7:38 am to 8:16 am and later 12:05 pm 4:34 pm daily except Sunday. additional 7:12 am and 1:32 am and 5:30 pm fringe times. Westbound departures include 3:16 pm 10:46 pm and 7:41 pm daily with Sunday changes.
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