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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1903
Page
5
Edson Scott of Shreve was arrested by Marshal Manson after an all day drunken altercation with his wife. Scott entered with an axe but neighbors intervened. he was restrained and briefly jailed awaiting a hearing. The report notes the incident and the marshal's quick response.
Smithville news item reports wheat cutting near completion and promising yields. Baseball results include a 10 to 9 loss at Orrville and an 8 to 6 win at Marshallville. Local events cite Chau tauqua season starting August 1, charity ice cream, camp visits, and community gatherings at Point Breeze.
Rumors about moving an engine room to create a prison prove unfounded. Miss Jessie Kyle returns from Oxford to visit Miss Ora Redett. Miss Josephine Taylor of Wooster visited, escorted home by Miss Ora Mixon. Mrs F S McKinney travels after word of her father’s death. Dr McKinney accompanies to Columbus. Mrs Wm Redett visits Fair Haven. Amos Sanderson and family visit his mother in Dalton. Miss Jean Barnes of Cleveland and others visit relatives east of Toton.
Benjamin Norton and family, of Lorains, moved back to farm. The note mentions the family will farm again and hints at dates around the 18th. The OCR fragment provides limited readable details about the move and residence.
R B Snyder in Tyler asks about new wheat reports. Andrew Bechtel brought 100 bushels from John A Bruce farm to Wooster. Farm yield 30 bushels per acre. New wheat price 70 cents per bushel.
Funeral services for Mrs Barnes were held Tuesday in the church with Rev Hoak officiating. Viola Snell, 46, of this community, died of cancer. husband and son survive. Relatives from Wellington Barberton Burbank Akron Medina Wooster Creston attended. Also noted are funeral plans for Mrs Steele and various social and church events in the area.
The Pennsylvania Lines work train will lay over in the city for several weeks to lay extra track at Millbrook coal sheds. About fifty Hungarian Slavic and Italian workers, formerly housed in freight cars at the depot, seek a boarding house as they cannot sleep in the cars anymore.
Applecreek residents and relatives from Akron and Barberton visited family across Holmes county. A new girl joined William Scott's household, and Miss Mabel Burchfield was hospitalized in Cleveland. Pearl Rife of Cleveland and Melvin Anderson traveled for health reasons. Louis Stauffer reported two cows killed by lightning.
July 18 report notes moisture affects shelter for wheat while farmers busy clearing cornfields of grass and weeds. Local health updates include Harlie Newkirk recovering from malaria and Mrs Sarah Miller improving. Social visits list several residents from Shreve Akron Wooster and Morrland with names and travel notes.
The Wayne church women spend July 13 gathering at the home of Mrs. Brady Fen with Mrs Nettie Nafteger Ewing reported seriously ill at her mother's house. Will Mathews of Alleheny City is visiting.
A July session record itemizes county expenditures including lumber for Milton bridges, culverts in Congress and Chester, grading on Canaan and Cunningham roads, ditch costs, jail and court costs, lighting, supplies, and miscellaneous services. Notable amounts cover bridge work, engineer and night watch duties, bloodhounds, and indigent soldier burials.
An testimonial from a patient with inflammatory rheumatism describes extreme pain and inability to walk. The account credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing or greatly alleviating symptoms by cleansing the blood and improving general health. The notice promotes purchase through a surgeon's office or direct from the Dr Williams Medicine Company at fifty cents per box for two bottles.
In Congress July 1 report notes various local happenings. Mothers Gadner improving, Aikin seriously ill, James C Warner and wife visiting relatives, Frank F Jackson back from Kentucky to work for Dr Warner, Henry Miller and wife visiting friends, and the old Tar house log structure removed. Ralph Criss Jr. improving after illness. Eva Dalrymple returned home after visit. Local ads promote Chamberlains Stomach & Liver Tablets and Foley's Kidney Cure.
Vacation trips to popular summer resorts offered at low fares via Pennsylvania Lines. Excursions to Atlantic City Niagara Falls and several Great Lakes destinations are scheduled with region fares from major stations. Special low fares apply for Christian Endeavor and Epworth League meetings and a September Baltimore trip.
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