Local notices and town news from Wooster and beyond
A mixed page of local notes reports Miss Anna E. Hant returning from Georgia to Wooster, barber Richard Morrison extending hours for the Fourth, Dr Laura McQueston cutting Wooster office due to Mansfield demand, and Dr Henry Critchfield visiting family after a Chicago course. School board in Doylestown appointed Blanche and Grace Ries to vacancies. multiple residents travel to Boston and New York. hunting squirrels law dates noted. Also mentioned are travels to Chippewa Lake, Mohonk, and San Antonio. library usage figures show Wooster’s growing public library activity. odd depot hotel car for Italian laborers discussed with humorous incident. Various brief items cover local residents, appointments, travel, and civic notes.
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T. A
Anna E. Hant
Ycity
Georgia
Richard L. Morrison
Laura McQueston
Mansfield
Wooster
Henry
H Critchfield
Hunter
N. D
Critchfield
Chicago
Doylestoten Village
Blanche
Grace Ries
Doylestown
Grace Hughes Sproull
Greedey
Colo
George Plamer
Anna Carns
Steubenville
Zella Wiler
Joy A. Schuch
John Oo
Mackey
San Antonio
Texas
Wayne County Law Library Association
Col Mimbus
Npak
J. C Knox
New Portage
Ohio
Dwight Hay
Chippewa Lake
D. A. Hills
Mohonk
New York
James E. Rah
Adelaide McClure
Mies
Mamie Williams
Coshoctun
Edward Lypbert
Bever Street
A. Galleo
Malsaill
Bertha Cunningham
Elizabeth Reid
Margaret King
Boston
Mass
National Teachers’ Association
Q.evopold
Loudonville
John Everhart
Leopold
American Newspaper Association
Clay
B. F. Clay
H. B Wright
Sebellas
Missouri
Myra
C. E. Hoffmar and
Spink Street
Pennsylvania ‘Depot
Henry Derry
Derr
Fenry
Des Moines Bride Weds Wooster Man In Simple City Home
Miss Cora Estella Munn and Mr Joseph Willett Sweeny wed Tuesday afternoon at the Munn home in Des Moines. The ceremony was simple with pink roses, no attendants, and Rev Charles Gee Reynolds officiating. The couple will reside in Wooster, Ohio after July 20 and will be at home at 172 North Market Street.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Capital
Joseph W. Sweeny
J O. Munn
Silvomery
Mendelssohn
Migs Besse Condit
Charles Gee Reynolds
Sixth Presbyterian Church
Mary McMinn
Bessie Munn
Sweeny
Chicago
Wooster
Ohio
North Market Street
Grace France Heroically Extinguishes House Fire
Miss Grace France daughter of James France of South Market street acted quickly to save the home from fire after smoke filled a room. She seized a burning lamp threw it out a rear window as oil spilled and ignited a roof fire, then used soups and a few splashes to smother two blazes while suffering a burned hand. Her sister Mamie awakened and neighbors praised Grace as a heroine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias
Grace France
James France
South Market Street
Arad Oge
Frances
Mamie
France
Miss Grace
Independent bid eyed for Ashland Holmes legislature
Rumor says Hon David Collier of Lakeville may run as an independent in the Ashland Holmes district after angering Tom Johnson with a pro franchise vote. A strong 30 year business record and farmer support could make him a formidable candidate if Republicans do not nominate a rival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Collier
Ashland-Holmes
Collier
Tom Johnson
Tom
Wooster
Cleveland
Earhart
Richland County
Hershey
Millersburg
Lakeville
Ashland
Holmes
Henderson man praises Chamberlain remedy for colic disease
J A Kelly, a well known Henderson North Carolina citizen, describes a personal bout with digestive illness and reports quick relief after using Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy per directions. The statement is offered by a local druggist for sales.
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J. A. Kelly
United States
Mr. Kelly
Henderson
N.C
Summer Outings at Low Excursion Fares on Pennsylvania Lines
Vacation trips to popular resorts and scenic areas offered at reduced prices by Pennsylvania Lines. Excursions include stops at National Capital Philadelphia New York Boston Seashore Niagara Falls Great Lakes Northwest resorts and many Midwest retreats. Special low fares apply for June July and August to destinations such as Atlantic City Cape May Mackinac Island San Francisco and Denver with varied meeting dates and return limits.
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Pennsylvania
National Capital
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Seashore
Niagara Falls
Great Lakes
Michigan
Colorado
California
Christaan Scientist
Northwest
Pennsylvania Lines
Denver
Christian Endeavor
Detroit
Zune
San Francisco
Baltimore
United State
Wife Sues for Divorce in Wayne County Court
Mrs. Vesta Sigler of Creston files for divorce from Robert Sigler in Wayne County Common Pleas. They wed January 8 1883 at Rittman and have four children. She cites habitual drunkenness three years gross neglect and a June 80 incident in which he threatened to kill her and drove them from the home. Judge Eason orders restraint on disposition of property and encumbrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta Sigler
Creston
Wayne County
Sigler
Tvorce
Eason
Heat and wind devastate cities in deadly July storm
In New York City a heat wave with 79 mph gusts spawned a ferocious storm. Four deaths from heat and many prostrations were reported, with more deaths from the storm. Windows shattered, lightning flashed for hours, and the polo grounds flooded as crowds fled danger. Washington and Philadelphia also faced 96 to 101 degree highs, with nine and thirty plus prostrations respectively and several fatalities.
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New York City
Mercury
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Manhattan
Polo Grounds
Bagabal
Fannie Kinster
John Dominick
Clarence Hadden
Mary Carkin
New York Hospital
Church of the
Divine Paternity
Central
Weather Bureau
United States
Order at Jackson sees no police cases
Jackson Ky July 3 There were no cases in police court due to a fine order by the provost guard Major Allen who took command and set up a rifle range half a mile from camp for daily practice. Soldiers’ conduct after pay off is excellent. They have Jackson’s bad men on their knees.
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Jackson
Allen
Visited by Cloudburst Floods Texas Towns
July 3 dispatches report Gainesville Texas flooded by a cloudburst with four feet of water. Thousands seek refuge on rooftops as two wide streams cut through the town. Reports of deaths are unconfirmed due to telegraph outages. Moderate to heavy property damage noted across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Gainesville
Bm Antonio
Texas
Gans Antonio
Arasas Pass
Mattiaians
Mother's awful crime shocks Rochester attic scene
In Rochester New York on July 3 Mrs Wily Mam Baxter killed herself and her two children Goodson aged 8 and Gladys aged 3. The husband returned to find the bodies hanging in an unfinished attic above the kitchen. Reports say she handed him wine doses that may have been poisoned. Authorities plan chemical analysis of the remaining contents and investigators seek to determine how the children were brought up the ladder. Root orders inquiry into army glove contract amid alleged statutory violations.
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Rochester
Wily
Mam Baxter
Goodson
Gladys
Root
Washington
Humphrey
Patten
E. R. Lyon
Students Barred For Cheating At Princeton Admission
Princeton barred fifty students from admission after cheating on last month's entrance examinations. Notices were sent to the schools where offenses occurred and to the offenders’ parents under Princeton’s honor system. Oyster Bay reports that Pacific cable arrangements were completed for July Fourth. President Roosevelt would send a message to Governor Taft and receive a reply, and would also send a message to Mr Mackay intended to encircle the world in its transmission.
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Princeton
Princeton—university
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Taft
Mackay
Bombshell alleged peonage cases to shock nation
Reports from Montgomery claim federal officials hold information that African Americans are still in bondage in Coosa and Tallapoosa counties, linked to Pace Crosby ring and J. P Turner. Details are tightly guarded as investigations prepare to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Allabama
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Pace Crosby Ring
Tallapooda
J. P Turner
Knapp defense rest likely as trial nears verdict in murder case
Hamilton Ohio July 3 Alfred Knapp accused of murdering his wife faces a likely end to testimony with six witnesses remaining as prosecutors plan expert rebuttal arguing Knapp’s responsibility. Knapp contemplates testifying while fearing Dayton asylum commitment and possible execution.
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Hamilton
Alfred Knapp
Bealf
Gard
Knapp
Dayton
Obituary and Public Notices From Across Regions
Charles Hathaway, 84, famed rail builder, dies in Cleveland. Mrs. Charles A. Dana, 79, widow of a notable editor, dies in New York. Clevenes Saile, 17, and Raymond Garber, 11, drown in Scioto River at Columbus. Dr. Burkham, a physician, cited for excessive whisky prescriptions in WAU, town. Lorenzo D. Hamlin named to state board of public works, Elyria, succeeding Charles A. Goddard. Mrs. Warren Thorpe and daughter Pearl McDonald arrested in Jackson, Michigan, on murder warrants.
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Charles Hathaway
Cleveland
Charles A. Dana
New York City
Clevenes Saile
Raymond Garber
Sciote
Columbus
Burkham
WAU
Nash
Lorenzo D. Hamlin
Elyria
Charles A. Goddard
State Board of Public Works
Warren Thorpe
Pearl McDonald
Jackson
Mich
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Cora Munn
Wayne County Records
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Emma T Snook
Rollie W Morr
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Giovanni Onesto
Fidel Vogt
George Fry
Franklin Township
Franklin Holmes
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E. T Johnson
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A. D. Steel
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Jerry Kragg
Baughman Township
Arvine Stauffer
Fred M Wagner
Chippewa Township
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Baughman
John F .Peiblé
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John Donley
Carrie Beiner
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Sugarcreek Township
Abraham Swisher
I. B. Douglass
Victoria Hammer
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Charles Brouse
Chamberlain
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Beltimore
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Brazil
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Nori
Jesse Perkins
George Perkins
Rand
Pacific Cable
Clesing
War Department
Grant
Department of Texas
Mtx Sumon
Twelfth Cavalry
Morris Serrate
Japan
Santiago de Chile
Grandpa Aygaim
London
Princess Charles Denmark
King Edward
Appletam Cottage
Sandringham
Christian Sclence
John W. Reader
Roxbury
Methodist
Congregational
United Brethren Churches
Brewnie
Buckeye State
Ford Canal Company
Cincinnata
Rueble Brothers
Miami and Erie Canal
Hosea
Superior Court of
Cincinnati
Wesley Schoepf
Cincinnati Traction Company
Charies C. Richardson
Hamilton County
Messrs. Schoepf
Richardson
Babe
Andrew Buttacher
Robert Buttacher
Springfield
Harry Duncan
Dorsey Battles
Xenia
Lucy Jackson
Yellow Springs
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Anc& I
Toseph C. Fritz
J Asltorley-At- Law
Wooster National Bank
West Liberty Street
Wooster,Ohio
Ross W Funk
Court House
Harding & Co
Derent
Mes Yen Ld
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A. S. M'Clurd Martin L, Smyser
AA Cclure & Smyser
Attorneys-At-Law
Merchant's Emporium
E. W. Newei Irk
Office
Jackson Block
Public Square
Rank Taggart
Fredrick's Store
East Liberty St
Wooster, Ohio
Paylor & Taylor
J.B. Taylor
R.C. Taylor
D. Nice Block
Hiram S&s. Swartz
A.B.L
Wayne Eobates
U. S. Patent Office
Washington, D Cc
R. H. A. Hart
EYE and Bar
Jasekine
Cornen Beall Ave
Bowia
Eye and Ear Institute
aRaens RS
STOLL
Rosistone
Tiasness
Dri Stoll
Beall Tewey ‘Tours
Wman
Kaat
Lanbach & Boyd's. Drug
Pubiie Square
H N. Mateer
S. W. Corner
North
Buckeye Streets
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Hartzler
Yoyeces
Bor
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Bank Co
Men “‘Clevelana
Pe Ey
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