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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1897
Page
5
Four Wooster Republicans are listed with a supplement in the edition dated Wednesday July 28, 1807. The page notes additional material associated with the party and its activities, reflecting political engagement in Wooster during that period.
The Minglewood baseball team defeated Massillon 10 to 4 in a North Lawrence game reported in the Roerian Daily. Other briefs note changes in Wooster trade, Roentgen ray photos at Wooster University, and local civic items including a new Millbrook schoolhouse contract and various city notices.
Long list of local social notes. Dr A H Bunt seriously ill. Miss Bertha Stroup visiting. many residents and guests travel to Columbus Cleveland Detroit and other towns. several returning from trips. Har Mayors, councilmen and professionals noted. local engagements and visits populated by names, places and dates.
An insurance notice promotes property coverage against fire, lightning, and tornadoes. It touts liberal farm policy terms, rapid loss adjustment, and prompt payment, inviting calls or visits to JP Van Nest, Agent, Miller's Black in Wooster Ohio. A separate line advertises camping blankets from Heabe's for 60 cents.
1 000 cards of stave bults delivered at the Wooster Saw Mill for further information inquire at the mill. We have a few too many Ice Cream Freezers. Oversupply. Prices away down. Harding and Co next to Court House. Read W H Wilers advertisement.
Blazer Jean visiting Cleveland returns with her. Misses Jenne and Mabel Maklroy are home from Ada after Founders Day exercises. Joseph Marshall and wife from North Bever Street spend the week. Ira Brandt and family of Jerome Villa visit Capt. and Mrs J H Kanke north of the city. Gus Cameron and wife of Mansfield visit L D Craighead and wife. Mansfield's cracker factory boss is noted as a big baseball fan and optimism grows with a Mansfield team sighting.
Friday August 6th marks the Wayne County Soldiers and Sailors Reunion Association's first reunion. A day of exercises at City Park and an evening campfire at the City Opera House with Col Aquila Wiley presiding. Notable soldiers and citizens invited. coffee provided. bring well filled baskets for a day with the old boys in blue.
Members of Co. D 8th Regt OLN G await orders from the Adjutant General to elect a captain and lieutenants. Frank Gerlach is named possible captain. Harry Boyle George Webb Will Barnard contend for lieutenant with Webo Horn and Edward Gasche. New officers commissioned by Adjutant General Axline include Herman J. Kubns captain and quartermaster Alfred Decklepaugh captain and inspector, Alexander W Mayuee first lieutenant and regimental adjutant, E Hott L Gyger second lieutenant and battalion adjutant, and Isaiah N. Kieffer chaplain.
Wayne County Agricultural Society directors firm up plans for the annual exhibition. After reviewing over 100 sensational performances, they settle on two acts unlike anything seen on Northern Ohio fairgrounds. Wooster, July 26, 1897. Also notices from Wooster post office list advertised letters and a note defending county treasurer against criticism over delinquent tax penalties.
Overholt and wife host a birthday party for son John D. James Melsweeney’s friends enjoyed last evening at his birthday party. Misa McClellan entertains her lady friends in honor of Miss Mabel Moderwell of Chicago. Kappa Kappa Gamma lawn party at Miss Lucas’s Hearl Avenue home. Ada Feightner hosts afternoon in honor of Miss Retta Harrison of Chicago Junction with a dozen young guests. Dr. H. D. Griswold, pioneer of Elyria’s soldiers' orphans home, dies in Oakland. A spook haunts Capt. Ezekiel Moore’s woods near Round Lake. Chamberlain’s Colic remedy praised for bowel complaints and sold by Laubach & Boyd. You may hunt the world over and you will not end another medicine equal to Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by Laubach & Boyd, druggists. The advertising columns for The Republican offer the safest way to impart information. Try the Dime a Time.
A sequence of near fatal incidents unfolds in Wayne township and nearby areas. 18 year old Guy Troutman escaped a lethal injury when a heavy harpoon hook loosened from barn gear grazed his forehead, requiring four stitches. A 10 year old boy on a Highland Park hill ride suffered a head wound and bruising after a runaway bicycle crash. Contractor David Myers and George Foltz endured a serious buggy wreck near Fredericksburg with Myers badly bruised but later mobile. Parrick Haley, in charge of a work train, suffered severe burns to his left hand and arm when gauge glass shattered.
Levi Witherow of the Thor Armstrong farm was hurt while helping a neighbor fix a binder. A dog near a frightened colt caused the horse to kick, breaking both bones in his right hand. The injury will disable him for a period.
M E Church will have Rev Ira A Richards from India occupy the M KE church tomorrow. St James Episcopal reports no services tomorrow or Aug 1 as the rector is away. Emmanuel Church, Cleveland. Rev Du Monta absent. Church of God holds Sunday School at 9 30 and services at 11 am and 7 30 pm with Christian Endeavor at 6 30. Rev G L Hoover of Lakeville to fill both morning and evening duties.
Gov Bushnell appoints 8 J Hatfield of Sidney to the State Board of Pardons. Hatfield, a Wayne county native and son of George D Hatfield of Wooster, is praised for his qualifications and the appointment is seen as a credit to Shelby county and an honor to the Republican party.
Corrected by W D Tyler and Craighead & Co retailers list a wide range of grains and produce. Wheat at old price 70c per bushel and 65c new, rye 80 to 85c, oats about 40c, corn and barley at several cents per measure, seeds including flax and timothy, middlings and flour prices, butter cheese and meats with typical small-town grocery rates. Also wood and salt, apples, beans and other staples appear with unit prices and measures.
In Wayne county court this morning Judge Taggart adjourned after fining Beene of Wilmot $50 for contempt. Keiffer bid off a Dalton saloon property at sheriff sale. The case Barrett's Sons vs Wooster Lake Erie and Maskingum Wallway Co reveals many stockholders failed to pay subscriptions, with about 400 subscribers named and total claims around $600 plus interest. A. J. Thomas represents the defendants.
Clyde Ohio paper reports Rev William Kepler rushed home from Washington City with his son Charles who was injured when a street car collision struck him. The crash left spinal and brain injuries. telegraph crew delays added distress. Charles fought through the journey home with Dr Kepler aid and nursing. The Kepler family endured hardship as their daughter also recovers from illness.
A Republicacy correspondent from Smithville reports the town placed second in a Medics Thursday baseball tournament. Sharon won the top prize, Medina earned third, and Wellington fourth. Game results include Sharon defeating Medina 2 to 0, Wellington beating Smithville, and Sharon routing Smithville 16 to 1 in a later match for second money. Also note visits by A heliy and daughter from West Lascarawas Street to Worcester relatives.
An ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for swollen smarting feet and foot odor. It claims instant relief from shoe sting, sweat, calluses, and tired aching feet. The offer includes a free trial by mail for 25 cents payable with 10 stamps, shipping from New York.
Wayne County Populists met at CU Rieder's office on July 24 electing H L Mutz as president and W H Rosenberry as secretary. Delegates and alternates to Columbus were named and instructed to oppose fusion and vote only for known Populists for all state offices at the August 19 1897 convention in Columbus Ohio.
Local notes from College Hill describe Maraballville visitors and renters for the coming college year. Attendees from Shreve Dalton and nearby towns joined lectures and a picnic while faculty, alumni, and officials moved through the campus. Notable mentions include Miss Milired t'acher and Prof C J S Marstel moving to new posts, and Supt Lewis D Bonebrake planning an Aug lecture on school matters.
The readable fragments describe a new preparatory product and tests, mentioning a few items and potential benefits. Names and places are obscured, preventing a precise report.
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