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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1864
Page
3
Last week a man was seriously injured at the Depot while attempting to jump onto moving cars, suffering several broken ribs and bruises. He was taken to the Eagle House and was reported recovering, though life was at first in danger.
A Massillon couple attempting to elope were intercepted by the county sheriff aboard a train. Telegrams to a depot employee expedited the capture, and they were returned to Massillon on the next train. The widow’s brother had alerted authorities to stop the couple’s plans. The episode highlights the telegraph’s swift reach for thwarting schemes.
In a Wooster area mill near the Pitts Waynes & Chicago RR, laborer Taines Walker died after a belt pulled him around a shaft. He was warned to avoid the dangerous draw and suffered severe crushing injuries to his left arm, toes, and head before dying. funeral attended by many locals.
The article notes a presidential call for volunteers for one to three years, with a draft to fill remaining districts, and credits for multi-year service. It also reports a new flax culture enterprise in Wayne County, Wooster, led by Euwer Taylor & Kartz, planning to transform local mills for flax processing and cloth production, indicating strong capital and future manufacturing plans.
The San dusky Register, a leading Ohio paper, is offered for sale due to editor H C Johnsons failing health. The paper is tri weekly to weekly with 8000 circulation, well press staffed and modern. Terms will be reasonable for an enterprising buyer. Also included is a note on Children Suschigpred in a Chest with a tragic incident near Dolph Edwards tavern. a chest smothering death of four children. A separate Wooster Soldiers Aid Society report lists war relief items and a call for lint and old rags from residents.
Under Circular No 24 of June 23 1864 the Enrollment Lists will be open for examination at proper times. Any person may appear before the Board to have a name stricken if not properly enrolled due to alienage non residence average permanent disability two years service or three years current service. Civil officers clergymen and township military committees are urged to assist by listing names to be struck and providing affirmation for correction and revision.
At a 1864 meeting of Company G 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry officers, a committee drafted resolutions honoring Captain Samuel Lichty who died in New Orleans on June 17 1864 of typhoid fever. They praised his leadership, pledged sympathy to his family, and requested publication in Wooster newspapers.
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