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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1907
Page
4
A Wooster Republican column mixes July heat and assorted remarks on politics, finance, and public life. It touches Rockefeller, naval plans, Fourth of July funds, and regional does of civic chatter with scattered foreign references and seasonal weather notes.
A garbled collection cites an odorless onion claim by Luther Burtvark and mild misgivings about Humboldt cheese. It notes Richsennoverg of Cumberland Maryland undergoing an appendectomy. An editorial fears unsettled questions about evolution and praises restraint in politics amid Fourth of July talk.
Fragmentary text alleges an attempt to elevate Greveroor Hughes to vice president while mentioning Mr Hogben and unspecified actions. The readable lines imply maneuvering, surveillance, and attention to someone’s location, but details are obscured and uncertain.
Local report details a Saturday chapel exercises with Kev H OD Allen directing students and multiple visitors including Mrs Wig Finney, Mrs Harrola, and several teachers. Mentions Sunday readings, school talks, and upcoming lectures at Steuvenssle with speakers such as Bird Man of Indiana Teta W. Brown and Protestant mission topics.
Clarence Sparks aged 24, a brakeman from Alliance, died at Wooster hospital after falling from a train in Shreve. He was alone when he was found on the track while crew unloaded freight. Sparks had recently moved from back driver to a other job and his death is linked to a coupling mishap.
Local society round up lists dozens of visitors relatives and residents in Wooster and Wayne County. Names include Fern Weaver William Horn Jr Ella Landers Leo Snyder Maude Coons Mae Power Ethel Power Mae Buckley James Warfel and many more as townsfolk visit return home move about and plan trips to New York Cleveland Washington and Europe with health mentions and a naval cadet success at Annapolis.
A jumble of items notes King Edward and Jo Pietpunt Mur hAEL as weekend guests at a country place, with talk of dinners and notable figures. References to Governor Johnson of Minnesota, railroads, taxes, and political chatter appear alongside remarks attributed to Haw Lewis about American appetite for conflict. Other items touch on a terror campaign, Mark Twain’s mischief with Marie Corelli, and potential Pacific theatre mobilization, closing with a medicinal ad for a digestive aid.
A long testimonial piece praises Peruna, noting many high ranking public officials publicly endorse the remedy. It claims extraordinary merit and attributes endorsements to genuine success against catarrh and related illnesses. Readers are urged by grateful users to try Peruna after personal cures and improvements.
In the District Court of the Northern District of Ohio John L Hoffman of Horace Station Wayne County is declared bankrupt on July 6 1907 Creditors meeting set for July 18 1907 at 9 AM at the Wooster office Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt under bankruptcy proceedings.
Mr F M Hamplton, Cherryvale postmaster, also runs general merchandise and patent medicines. He praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as standard here and says they could not afford to be without it. Sold by Bixler's Modern Pharmacy and S H Boyd & Co.
An old advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup with honey and tar, said to drive a cold out by gently moving the bowels and to taste like maple syrup, noting children like it and listing Kreiger's Drug Store as the seller. It also mentions Foley's Kidney Cure from Bixler's Modern Pharmacy and S. H. Boyd & Co for summer kidney issues caused by drinking or overheating.
Market wire reports from Wooster show July wheat at 92 1/3, September 96, corn July 94 3/4, September 64 1/2, oats July 43 1/2, September 89 3/4. Butter 12 to 14 cents per pound, eggs 11 cents per dozen, lard 10 cents, chickens 15 cents per pound. Wheat meal price 4 dollars per barrel retail, rye 50 cents, oats 40 cents, corn 5 cents, hay 45 cents, timothy seed 1.75, clover 8 dollars, bay 12 to 13 dollars, salt barrel 1.10, bran 1.10, middlings 1.20, coal unwashed 27 to 28 cents.
Chicago and East Coast markets report varied cattle, sheep, and hog prices with calves, wheat, corn, oats, and rye quotes. Prices span prime steers to cattle exports, shipping and feeder cattle, with specific ranges for hogs, lambs, and veal in Cleveland and Cincinnati markets.
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