Community Notes and Local Visits Across Wayne Township
A dense local column records multiple church services, visits, and family events across Wayne Township and surrounding areas. Postings include ministers from Wooster and Massillon, weddings, funerals, summer visits to Cedar Point, and town personalities such as Rev. Thompson, Rev. Fetters, and Rev. Adams. The piece notes community gatherings, farm work, and local travel from July 27 to July 30, with mentions of schools, band music, and a village orchestra formation.
Harvest Plans and Community Notes July 22
July 22 harvest should be completed. D B Good and Wm Worst visited Cleveland for an operation. Camp meeting begins Aug 13 with top-state speakers. Jaindsey and others visited Homer. many locals in Hindsey, Armstrong, and Pleasant Home areas. Picnic plans, electric railroad talks, schoolhouse sale, hay harvest, and various visits populate this community roundup.
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D. B Good
Cleveland
Good
Chas Jaindsey
Homer
Almira Gault
Michigan
Armstrong
Hindsey
Homes
Messrs Smith
McFadden
Brown
McVicker
Reed
Worst
Gault
Leiter
Misses
Wertenberger Holmes
Smith
Ginter
MecMicker
Lester Martin
Snyder
Day Succeeds in Killing One of the Canines
Mrs Lulu Keim and her children return to Wooster after a two weeks visit with her parents. Will o the Wisp. a a)
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Day
Lulu Keim
Wooster
Will-O'The- Wisp
Precinct A Republicans Meet At Opera House Saturday
Precinct A, second ward, is requested to meet in the Opera House Saturday evening at 4 oclock to select delegates to the union convention next Wednesday. Hol McClarran, com
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Second Ward
Opera House
Uait
Clarkey and Jeffries Matched for September Fight
Boston reports Tom Sharkey has accepted an offer to meet James J Jeffries for the San Francisco Athletic Club in September. Details of the match will be speedily ratified as the events unfold across national sports circles.
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Clarkey
Jeffries
Boston
Tom Sharkey
James J. Jeffries
San Francisco
Burbank News Notes Brighten Week with Visits and Festivities
In Burbank on July 30 Henry Gillings of Akron visited Mr and Mrs John Gillings as Dwight Double returned from Oklahoma with his father. Locals heard about speeding fines in Creston, a Methodist church surprise, and a successful band fundraiser that drew the largest crowd in years. Firework injuries were reported, including a burn to Joseph Marshall’s eye and a blow to Mrs Maury Hagerman.
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Quez
J D Oxevenier
Oxenrider
Hoffman
Daniel Lehman
Flement Lehman
C. V Lehmano
Charles Iteman
Peter Lykens
Missouri
Peter
Pearl Hebal
Chilren
Stouts
South Dakota
Joseph Winkler
Cleveland
Burbank
Henry Gillings
Akron
John Gillings
Dwight Double
Oklahoma
Symmeth
Dwight
C. E. Shaw
Galion
John Ogden
Moray
Nellie K
David Naftzer
Jennie Darland
Seville
West Salem
Nellie Barch
N. W. Hoffman
John Razer
Doylestown
Jason Young
Kent
Methodist Church
Bosak
Canaan
Chatham
Joseph Marshall
Maury Hagerman
Kansas Drying Up in Drought Hit Year
News from July reports Kansas facing severe drought with heat around 100 degrees and extreme moisture loss. Corn crops blasted, water supplies dwindling. towns urgent for drinking water as streams and ponds dry up. Several other items noted: sham naval battle near Scilly islands. Tennessee coal miners return after wage dispute resolution. mining congress elected leadership in Boise. store fire in Sioux City. free trade with Porto Rico. a criminal assault case in Vidalia.
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Kansas
Drouth
Fredericktown Notes Festivities Amid Warm July Heat
Fredericktown notes describe a bustling July scene with a Maysville festival drawing a large crowd, hitching space at every vantage. Local residents and visitors—Wise of Applecreek, Rowland of Canton, Miss Fanny Topping of St. Louis, Miss Laura McKinney, and others—are profiled along with social events, family visits, and a banquest by Rebeccas and Odd Fellows. An incident with a runaway team at Eli Barnes’s farm is recounted, highlighting village life and community ties.
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Fredericksburg
Mercury
Maysville
Here
Prof. Wise
Applecreek
James Rowland
Canton
John
Fanny Topping
St. Louis
Laura McKinney
F. S. McKinney
Slocum
Lizzie Moore
Cleveland
Dr. Abbott
Jessie Stuff
Luella Barnes
Fred Snyders
Ross McElroy
Wooster
Effie Folwell
Paint Valley
Grace Hurst
M. G. Dible
Pitcarn
J. W. McClintock
Ernest Harbaugh
Orrville
Rebeccas
Odd Fellows Gave & Banqu
Dilastu
Strain
Dile
Akron
Warner Spencer’s
Mary Ann Spencer
Eli Barnes
Will
Mr. Barnes
Tims
Pleasantly Entertained at Blachleyville Social
Miss Cora Kiland entertained many friends Thursday evening before returning to Akron next week. Guests enjoyed muskets, then ice cream and cake in the dining room. Present included Misses Vinnie Statler Faith Gill Sada Lehr Maud Lehr Nellie Baker Lima Webster Inez Blachley Edna McKee Florence McKee Lucy Hines Clara Hines Bernice Sparr Maury Houser Maud Bower Nellie Stauffer and Messrs Will Eagle Ira Sparr Curt Martin John Martin Willie McKee Fred McKee Ora Blachley Ed Blachley George Shrock Bruce Glenn Tom Stence Ira Myers Harvey Hines Vern Ryland.
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Blachleyville
Cora Kiland
Akron
Vinnie Statler
Eaith Gill
Sada
Maud Lehr
Nellie Baker
Lima Webster
Inez Blachley
Edna
Florence McKee
Lucy
Clara Hines
Bernice Sparr
Maury Houser
Maud Bower
Nellie Stauffer
Will Eagle
Ira Sparr
Curt
John Martin
Willie
Fred McKee
Ora
Ed Blachley
George Shrock
Bruce Glenn
Tom Stence
Ira Myers
Harvey Hines
Vern Ryland
Price of Potatoes Goes On
Prices for potatoes rose sharply as droughts hit harvests in multiple regions. Wholesale prices jumped from 70 cents to 110 in a brief period, bringing a peck price to 3% and 40 cents as a peak for the season. Reports from southern Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and beyond indicate many tubers were ruined or salvaged too late.
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Southers
Inois
Missouri
Kansas
Chicago
Race Riot and Lynching Sparks Across States
Reports from Indianapolis Cleveland Miss and London describe a violent outbreak after a lynching of a black preacher Jesse Phillips. Armed black factions clashed with white residents in Cleveland resulting in deaths and injuries as mobs sought to dismantle secret orders and avenge the crime. Meanwhile rumors of Emperor William mediating peace between Kruger and Britain surface in London.
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Indianapolis
Cleveland
Miss
Jesse Phillips
Phillips
Lucius Read
Reed
William
London
House of Commons
Daily Express
Kruger
Great Britain
Lainteo Kruger’s
Horror of Boer camps spurs aiding South Africans
The Kruger message reports dire conditions in Boer refugee camps in Transvaal and Orange Free State. Rev Herman D. Van Brockhuisen seeks aid in the United States, traveling to churches to describe the suffering and send funds directly to Pretoria. He remains optimistic about Boer resistance despite British pressure.
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Chicago
South Africa
Discas
Transvac
Orange Free State
Christian Reformed Church
Herman D. van Brockhuisen
Duebh Reformed
Pretoria
United States
Brockhuisen
Breekhuisen
Great Britain
Europe
Kruger
Tillman Rebuffs McLaurin as South Carolina Democrats Act
In Columbia on July 26 the state Democratic executive committee passed a resolution urging Senator John L. McLaurin to resign, citing his break with the party platform. The measure, supported by Senator Tillman, voted 25 to 5 amid debate over the congressional oath for the vacancy caused by death in the Seventh district. Meanwhile in New York stockholders of Seventh National Bank sue directors for alleged false reports and mismanagement tied to the bank’s solvency.
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Columbia
State
Democratic Executive Committee
McLay- Tin
Democratic Party
Tillman
Congress
Stokes
John L. McLaurin
South Carolina
National Congress
National Democratic
Seventh National
New York
W.E. D. Stokes
Seventh National Bank
Supreme Court
Thomas
Raynor
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