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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1896
Page
3
The Wooster Republican advertises copy must be in by noon to ensure same day insertion. Notices for entertainments festivals sales and tickets are handled with daily or weekly notices when billing is due. otherwise standard rates apply.
On Wednesday July 29 1896 the Cleveland Weekly Leader advertised two cent per issue subscriptions through January 1 1897 with Turk Wooster Republican handling orders. An offer also promises one year of the Weekly Leader or combined deals with the Weekly Republican and Weekly Tribune all paid in advance by various pricing options. Don t miss your chance.
Daily items report outdoor event setup in City Park for the Centennial including the Vioreer pirate show. borough officials, bill posters, and circus advertising fill columns. incidents include a runaway, a horse theft, and a local arrest as Wooster gears up with hitching posts and posters for the celebration.
The Progressive Farmer's Association plans a July 30 picnic at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Vicnic Grounds south of Wooster. Programme topics include Wheat culture and harvesting by J Framont Hickman and Insects and their remedies by Prof. FM Webster. In case of rain the event will move indoors to a farm building.
The Wayne County Board of Deputy Supervisors of Elections met in the County Commissioner’s room in Orrville on Tuesday and reorganized. J B Myers was elected Chief Deputy Isaac Pontius vice Chief Deputy and John E Applebaugh of Wooster was named clerk. The next meeting will plan for advertising bids for printing ballots and supplying election materials for the November vote.
From Mondays Daily, Emil Podlich returns home after business stay in Cleveland. Numerous visitors and guests stay with local residents including Miss Lou Taggart in Columbus and Prof Edward Adair from Doylestown. John Evey, Chippewa resident, died after brief illness. The community notes a forthcoming wedding of Prof William Maurer and Miss Ethel Snyder, with many guests listed and travel plans to Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Storms and continuous rains sweep the county damaging crops. Lightning and high winds uproot trees and blow down timber around Hard's Station Applecreek Shreve and Jeron eville. Potatoes rot corn on low ground damaged while high land crops escape moderate harm. Gardens and fruit trees suffer with rotting apples reported. harvest delays and pasture conditions vary.
United States Marshal Smalley of the Northern Ohio District and Deputy Ximma in Cleveland searched Wooster on Saturday evening for two Chinese men lacking registration papers. The Mongols had stayed several weeks but fled when likely to be arrested. Marshal Elisperman located them but was not authorized to arrest. Authorities were notified, and the men were found to have split, one in Chillicothe and the other in Massillon.
Sheriff Garver and Marshal Ellsperman recovered a horse and buggy stolen from William Owens of New Washington Crawford County. A middle aged man hired the rig, appeared in Rewsburg, stayed at Grand Central Hotel, then vanished after attempting to buy poison. Officials tracked him to Lensbury, ending pursuit just before an Ashland County officer. Owens identified the stolen outfit and began homeward. The item sale in tan shoes at D Nice’s is noted alongside a home remedy ad for earache.
City greets marriage licenses and military parade as Company D Wooster and Company H Shreve prepare to depart by train to Cleveland. Capt A B Critchfield leads 36 men with Company D under Capt A B Peckinpaugh to Camp Moses. names listed among privates include Berge grain Stoll Horn Unger Sloan and many others. Shirts priced 50 75 1 and 1 38 at D Nice’s.
Calvin Shisler son of Samuel Shisler of Smithville vanished on June night then returned Saturday night. He says little about where he spent the time, having worked three weeks for a farmer near Delaware. Afraid to enter homes, he slept in the barn and was found by his father Sunday morning.
Wayne county prohibitionists held a basket picnic and county convention in Highland Park drawing about 200 attendees. Speeches by F. M. Hickok, J. W. Hutchison, W. W. Wallace, J. N. Kerffer, Newell. University Glee Club provided music. Nominated slate includes Probate Judge W. W. Wallace, Auditor J. McCormick, Sheriff D. H. Starter, Commissioner D. Armstrong, Infirmary Director J. Shaver, Coroner J. Wisner.
Memorial services held by Wayne Council No. 42 Junior Order of American Mechanics in Wooster for departed brothers W A Moore David Keezawald George Ivery Biiding Mider Jraly eeder and Will Weaver. Graves decorated with sweets. procession to Wooster Cemetery followed by dignitaries and citizens.
Busy preparations for Wayne County Ohio Centennial celebrate with a grand parade on August 11 at 10 a.m. Two hundred businesses already signed to participate in agricultural industrial civic and military displays with prizes for best decorated wheat and comic makeup.
Dalton residents discuss local affairs at Cleveland Centennial and water works remeasurement shows prior figures incorrect. Community members including Horace Taggart of Akron and James Hagart of Cleveland visit Dalton. Charles Wecht sells butcher shop stake to F Orrville. locals plan to attend Wooster Correspondents picnic on August 8.
The New Great Syndicate Shows advertised to exhibit in Wooster on Friday August 7. The Seattle Post Intelligencer notes the parade and two performances drawing nearly 10,000 spectators. Manager J M Johnson offers a clean, entertaining program with amusing clowns and glittering wardrobe. W P Snyder to auction Lilinoia horses at Eastern House stables August 8 1896, two days prior to sale.
Extensive preparations fill the Wayne County centennial week at Wooster August 11 to 16. Inaugural day parades, Education Day convocation, Soldiers' Pageant, Sabbath-school programs, Pioneer Day picnic, church processions, and regimental reunions are staged with excursions from key stations. A public program outlines marshal routes, headquarters, and meals for veterans and families.
The fourth annual Wayne County Correspondents Picnic Association gathering will be held at Quinby High Pond Park in Wooster Ohio next Thursday August 16 1906. The program includes band music speeches by O E Slutz J Sullivan and others choruses from Canaan Choral Class and performances by Bessie Campbell Isa Garver and Frank Taggart with piano duets. The event is expected to be the largest of the season at Highland Park with grounds improved for picnic use and a lake for boating. Droz's coach Hine will run shuttles from Wooster to the park at reasonable fares.
July 25 report from Nowraawhenscke details a five game series between the Henrys and Minglewsoda for Stark County honor. Minglewood secures the title by winning the decisive game at home after splitting earlier contests. Anderson pitched strongly for Minglewood while Henrpa and others contributed solidly as both teams delivered a hard fought, error prone series.
An electric railway meeting will be held in Wooster on Monday evening August 3 1896. All residents urged to attend to discuss the project and push prompt action for a line to Cleveland with local support. Addresses will be given by representatives of the proposed road. Excursion tickets to Cleveland via Erie Lines offered July 28 30 August 12 September 10 with return coupons valid three days.
Water sets decorated at 1.25 for large jelly glasses priced 1.25 per dozen. Tumblers offered at 2 cents each, with two tumblers for 2 cents. The fragment hints at a small ad listing household items and small price cuts.
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