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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1895
Page
1
The Republican asks for more writers from Wayne county and surrounding towns. Send name and address with each letter including town, post office, and date. Names are published only if requested. Submit important news early for Tuesday noon weekly publication.
The report lists daily and weekly edition figures for 1894 and 1895, detailing monthly and quarterly circulation averages, plus totals. It also includes scattered political commentary noting U S, silver policy, Ohio crop conditions, and party leadership tensions.
The article notes a French physician who claims to identify old age microbes and a serum to destroy them in the blood, potentially enabling virtually unlimited lifespan subject to health risks and disease. Wheat prices rise on crop damage reports amid volatile market fears. A prominent Democrat business figure from Chicago criticizes the Wilson bill as harmful to the country. A woman is highlighted as the official stenographer for a major currency debate in Chicago, marking a notable gender milestone.
Mr Thomas offers a complete solution to the Democratic financial puzzle and a prepared plank for the Ohio Democratic convention. Some Ohio Democrats may hail him as a mighty benefactor, a millionaire manufacturing statesman they hoped would go to the United States.
A collection of brief reports discusses Ohio political influence in the Senate and agricultural defense against pests, criticism of government spending and bonds, alleged insider trading in crop reports, labor actions by letter carriers, and speculation about Grover Cleveland’s third-term plans amid Democratic disarray.
Three Chicago precinct officers were arrested for neglect of duty after failing to count the entire vote for Congress in November. Belknap led McGann by a growing margin during recounts, turning the official result to a Belknap victory in the 3d district. The piece questions ballot burning as a remedy and notes ongoing Democratic squirming in Ohio.
The Canton News Democrat voices Democratic discouragement toward Brice over the sugar schedule, tariff votes, and night-room lobby visits, while noting rival senatorial hopes like McMahon and Shields. It also discusses France Madagascar actions, U S consul Waller, and British reactions to Anglo French tensions.
A Tas Reri era letter page praises bimetalism as a broad currency policy for both gold and silver. The writer mocks Governor Campbell on Independence Day and critiques Cleveland era tariff views, with satirical notes on Noah, alfalfa hogs, and bicycle dress debates. MEL. BURBANK, O., July, 1895.
Treasury data shows July receipts at 10.979 million, about 1.25 million daily, against expenditures of 23.318 million, yielding a 12.338 million deficit. General balance down 2.0 million since July start to 191.518 million, after 6.5276 million in bonds and interest payments. Pole reserve slips to 107.213 million. Gold-redeemed notes totaling 533,189 dollars reissued.
Agricultural officials report a serious chinch bug outbreak spreading from Delaware, Franklin, and adjacent counties. Professor Webster institute inoculation using moscardine fungus, with funds and bags shipped from Illinois to Wooster to aid farmers against wheat, oats, and corn losses. Meanwhile, a Persi an missionary family seeks a Wooster home, joining local academic and social scenes as staff and students adjust to new arrivals.
The Ville Machine this week received an order for eight Champion threshing machines from Zmerinka, Russia. The same parties who sold threshers last year placed the order, and the same mail brought an order for one machine from Brussels, Belgium.
Mrs Mary Steele a widow of Marshallville died Tuesday afternoon after a short illness. Rumors suggested foul play, prompting Corner Stepfield to perform a post mortem Wednesday. The examination found death caused by a tumor, dismissing the rumors as slander.
A Millersburg firm secured the contract to furnish brick for the Holmes county infirmary rebuilt after a recent fire, while Wooster Shale Brick company was reported to have secured the contract. The Woolston Republican urges patronizing home industry, arguing that buying domestic goods yields better quality and lower prices, aligned with Republican doctrine.
A historical clipping reports nineteen hundred Pekin editors beheaded amid China coverage and contrasts brutal events with a medical advertisement for Dr. Price and the Golden Medical Discovery. The letter from W Rogers of Delicate mentions consumption allegedly cured, praising the remedy for lung diseases and urging readers to seek its benefits.
A 12 year old girl Laura Hershey was enticed away by a man calling himself George Waite Van Wiehs in Orrville area. The family pursued leads to Canton and Massillon with officials, securing the girl back after tense days. The kidnapper fled, later identified as a deceitful traveler. authorities sought to capture him while the girl recovered. The incident sparked warnings from local papers and prompted police patrols to prevent further abuses.
W G Brown of Austen, a brakeman on the Camp railroad construction train, suffered a badly mashed right forearm Thursday afternoon during a coupling at the Camp plant. J B Adams of Blackleyville treated him. accident occurred about 3 o'clock, with the fish nearly torn off from the bone of the arm.
An agricultural station on the In trmary road demonstrates smut prevention for Wassre county farmers. Adjoining plots show 4 percent smutted heads on untreated seed versus nearly zero smut on treated seed. The test, conducted by Prof elby, spans 19 pairs of plots for confirmation.
An Orrville letter describes farmers contemplating a search for missing hay between showers. A neighbor reports taking 17 acres and a tenant offers three acres for 40 bushels of wheat as pay. Most say the crop is slim and one farmer offers to sell his entire wheat crop for 3 dollars per acre. Wooster escaped being victimized.
Zachariat T Lewis of Urbana Illinois hatched a forgery scheme to counterfeit city and corporation bonds. He sent letters to Mayor Jeffries and City Clerk Fagan asking bond numbers and to City banks asking if signatures on bonds were genuine. The letters were not forwarded and the plan involved forging signatures to pass off fake bonds to buyers.
Marshal Klisperman aids a tramp who claims a sick friend, leading to the discovery of a man with smallpox on the corner of Hast Liberty and South Buckeye. Dr J Barrett examines, identifies Charlie Boutson, and the patient is sent to the Township Infirmary for care.
A man about 40 with a daughter checked into a Canton hotel under false names George W Yarra and Laura May Hershey. The pair claimed to be from Orrville, but the girl later said their companion was not her father and disclosed abuse and threats to reveal the truth. The girl, 14 or so, feared retribution as she described maltreatment on road and at the hotel.
Akron coal magnate A A Brewster leads representatives of several coal companies in Wayne County West Lebanon as they discuss purchase or lease of substantial coal lands. The Dal ton area mine at Dalton has accelerated activity, with daily work resuming after a period of slower output.
Uprek Saxnotsky relates how her eight month old received instant relief from wind colic after using Dr Hand's Colic Cure. She praises its effects and recommends it to other mothers. The product is sold by druggists for 25 cents.
Wayne County Probate Court records show wills probated for Sarah Clapper Lide Knestrick and Rosa A McCarran with July 20 hearings, and Rebecca Schaller and John Thorne probated with July 26 to July 20 dates. Administrators and guardians are named, bonds listed, accounts final or distributive, with hearings set for August 2 September 6. Names include McClarran, Clapper, Schaller, Thorne, Grabill, Buckwalter, Grinsweld, Lranstetter, Mranstetter, Crag, Kuine, and Albright.
The Daily Republican promotes Otto's Cure as a German remedy for coughs colds asthma consumption and throat and lung diseases. It offers a trial bottle free to prove its effectiveness and lists large sizes 600 and 260 with Burd credit. The notice urges readers to care for family health and contact local agents Aubach and Boyd.
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