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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1895
Page
4
Wooster is bustling with visitors and locals traveling to Cleveland Oberlin and beyond. Residents and guests including Betts Lehman Held and Kilbourn visit homes, attend events, and report trains and ferries, while local officials swap duties during absences.
Union Sunday Schools of Iuston pic nic at Dohner's Lake on August 34. Dalton Sunday schools arranging an excursion likely to Sandusky. Canal Fulton churches unite for annual excursion Thursday Aug 1 to Silver Lake. Invitations out for Mrs Malbon Rouch and Miss Margaret Eberhart reception at Mrs Rouch's home Tuesday evening July 30. Early Monday morning 24 choir boys of St James Episcopal Church under Carey McAfee depart for Chippewa Lake camp with chaperone Mrs Ed Van Meter. United Presbyterian Sabbath school picnic at Highland Park Friday well attended with games and boat rides aided by Dr Irons and Mahlon Roach. Presbyterian Sabbath school picnic postponed to Tuesday Aug 6. Mrs A M Parrish entertained ladies in honor of guests Mrs Roderick Morrison and Mrs Dr Norton Fitch of Cleveland. mansion open for a large company with Fletcher Johnson Mandolin Club providing music. out of town guests included Robert Mitchell, Dr Ed Emerich, Dr A G B Howard of Cuyahoga Falls. Norris Richardson and brother biked to Wooster Sunday, spent a few hours then returned.
G A B AT LOUISVILLE One cent per mile rate for Pennsylvania Lines tickets to the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic Louisville Kentucky. Excursion tickets on dates listed cover extended visits with connections to Southern railroads and to the Chickamauga National Military Park dedication nearby, with additional Fayetteville offers to Chattanooga.
At home in town are Frances and Katharine Lucas from Lexington Ky with Frances set to travel to Chautauqua next week. Mrs O G Peters leaves for Abilene Kan after visiting D S Tristman Wayne Twp. Ephraim Schaffner and family from Joliet Ill visit Jacob Palmer with Mrs Henry Frederick of Doylestown. Mayfield Ky trip for John Stark long unseen by siblings.
Reports of local travel include Graven and Baltzly riding to Shreve and back in 40 and 50 minutes. Other items note H D Fleming employed in Gluffton Indiana, Bert Weaver visiting Dalton, Rev Charles Herron of Troy visiting the Normal, and Prof Cheetham expanding work at Bixler's college. Changes planned for the Preparatory Department include longer recitation hours, shorter total hours, and a stronger curriculum.
A Wooster baseball game on college grounds drew about 600 spectators. The Yoder House Chair Warmers, led by Harvey M. Unwaild, faced the West Liberty Street Blues led by Edward Snagely and Al Mowrer. Final score 32 to 30 in eight innings with wild play and many errors. Roster details list West End Blues players and Chair Warmers players. official scorer Jo. R. Aylaworth kept individual runs.
An advertisement extols a Mackinac Island vacation as the grandest Great Lakes resort with round trip fares from Detroit Toledo Cleveland and other routes. It highlights electric palatial steamers built at $300,000 each, four weekly departures, and comfortable amenities. Also notes reduced Pennsylvania Lines excursions in 1896 for events such as Knights Templar Conclave and G A R encampments with broad return options.
About 3 attended the annual Tuscarawas County Soldiers Association reunion at the fair grounds last Thursday. A drum corps rode to Canal Dover with Capt. Clare and Major Townsend as crowds welcomed speakers including Rev. S. A. Carl and Congressman A. S. McClure who recalled Civil War memories and praised volunteers. Major Townsend spoke on rail contracts shaping travel and freight routes, detailing access rights and terminal improvements for Wheeling & Lake Erie and Valley roads, with plans for double tracks and expanded Cleveland facilities.
Ashland and Wooster residents are mentioned as guests and relatives visiting in town. George Fulmer and Minnie Strayer quietly wed in Wooster. the Fulmers plan to reside in Rowsburg. Several locals from Wayne and Ashland counties are listed as visiting families and attending events. Burglary attempts at Orrville hardware store prompt plan for plate glass frontage.
An old advertisement touts Dr Hand's Colic Cure for infants and promotes summer resort travel on the Pennsylvania Lines. It lists coastal and mountain destinations from Atlantic City to Mount Sinai and notes fares, schedules, and contact details for travel agents and agents in Pittsburgh. It emphasizes convenience to Newport, Cape Cod, Mackinac, and other resorts.
At Mansfield Tuesday night with full board, Dr. Ecki backed Knott for superintendent at $2,400 while Dr. Ecki backed Lyon at $2,000. Lyon won 11 votes to Knott's 9 amid editorials recalling partisan boards and attacks on Dr. Shipley. The Neos notes intraparty strife and praises Lyon as a capable educator chosen without solicitation.
Chaoreh Collections Liret communion will be held at St Peters and J'aol's church in Doytestown Sunday. The King's Children of Lattasburg gave an entertainment at Fair Haven Sunday evening. Rev Notestine of Poland and Rev Dantap of Siamin are visiting Seville relatives. Forty Hours Devotion observed at St. Peter's Catholic in Leadonville. A new church at Sonnnenberg plans to enlarge 23 by 30 feet. Rev Dr H L Wiles assisted cornerstone at St Pau'a Akron. Shreves' Reformed Church auditorium improved by local ladies. Canaan township Sunday school convention planned. Rev Fattoosh of Zable lectured at Doyles town Presbyterian. Andi Rimmer communion held in Reformed church. Wat Hubbell to occupy United Presbyterian pulpit at Fredericksburg. Ladies' Aid Lawn fete planned near Mrs Cooley’s home with ice cream and coffee. Inoual A E Zion camp meeting at Mary’s Grove West Lebanon Aug 4-12, Rev J L Jones and Mrs Josephine Gibbs to lead. Speakers include Mr Campbell of Salem and Mr Morgan of Warren. Refreshments and music promised. Mansfield News and local visitors in Wooster. Isaac Good, 87, longtime Dalton resident since 1832, buried Monday after Republican anti slaver involvement. Jacob Donald saloon and restaurant in Dalton robbed of about 100 in cigars liquor. Andrew Mifer, 65, west of West Lebanon, died of apoplexy while tending barn. funeral Wednesday at Mt Eaton.
An ex Hardin County auditor George W Rutledge confessed to duplicating bonds during his term. Partner Z T Lewis forged county commissioners signatures for hypothecating the bonds, with up to 85,000 out at times and about 33,000 currently active. The scheme dates to 1887, with arrests expected as investigations unfold in Kenton Urbana reports.
Neal Lancaster of North Amherst visited his parents Alley Colter in Cleveland last week. Jacob A. Miller, Young Commissioner candidate, was seen on the streets Tuesday evening. Sheriff B L Wells of Medina appeared Thursday evening. Akron Bearon Misa Nellie Lehman of St Louis and Mr and Mrs I W Warner of West street Wayne county, with Mrs Anna Miller of Wooster, visited Dr and Mrs W K Foltz at 223 South Union Street. Mixa Cella Stark of Wooster visits Mrs E Williaman at 172 West Eighth Street. Mrs Mary Walter and Miss Lacey Warren of Wooster visit Dr and Mrs A Kelly of West Fus Carawas Street.
Reports from Denang Pennsylvania dated July 24 describe a severe flood and storm causing major damage. The Presbyterian parsonage was struck, telegraph poles along the Baltimore and Ohio line were blown down, tracks washed out near Dunbar Uniontown, and bridges over Dunbar Creek swept away. Mines and coke works flooded, Ferguson mine wrecked, and Dunbar Fire Brick works suffered thousands in losses. Homes along Dunbar Creek swept away though occupants reportedly escaped to mountains. Estimated total damage around forty thousand dollars.
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