Examiners Finish County Records Review in Columbus Trip
After two months of checking records and payments, county examiners will depart for Columbus on Wednesday. Officials and others faced questions about overcharges and refunds. some funds are owed to the county while others deny improper charges and refuse to repay. The anticipated total overcharged sum runs into thousands, with refunds already made in several cases.
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Columbus
Dan
Othberd
Farmers push for new telephone franchise in Wayne county
Orrville June 9 The executive committee of the Wayne county telephone alliance met with farmers to press for cheaper service. They rejected the M W and U reply as unsatisfactory and scheduled a public meeting in Orrville June 13 to hear other companies and discuss organizing a Farmers Union telephone system. A possible Wooster Orrville franchise could connect Holmes Ashland Medina and Wayne counties, with plans for rate figures and tolls. public meetings are planned for Orrville June 18 and Wooster June 20 to decide the matter by June 20.
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Orrville
Wayne County Telehone Alliance
M., W. & U. Telephone Company
Republican
Wooster
Holmes
Ashland
Medina
Wayne Counties
Farmers’ Union
Wayne County
Jane
Sudden Death of Mrs Mary J Cutter in Wooster
Mrs Mary J Cutter a Wooster widow aged 68 years 3 months 5 days died suddenly Saturday evening from paralysis per Dr Lincoln Yocum. She lived at West Liberty street with Gus Hunsicker and wife and formerly ran a millinery on East Liberty street. Funeral from her home at 2 30 p m Tuesday with interment in Wooster cemetery. Mrs Cutter's sister is Mrs Milford Snyder of Cleveland.
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Mary J. Cutter
Wooster
West Liberty Street
Cutter
Gus Hunosicker
Charles Cutter
East Liberty Street
Advertised Letter List No 23
Uncalled letters listed for Wooster include entries for Lindley Bert with date June 8 and service by postmaster general. Missing other names unclear from fragment.
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Wooster
Lindley
Bert
Dispute over site for new government building
North Market and North Buckeye streets are under consideration for the proposed post office building. Residents favor the Firestone property at Market and North, while buyers push for the Ira Croz barn and W. P Snyder barn sites. Firestone estate owns both options, with sale price around ten thousand dollars. other site may stay within a ten thousand nine hundred dollar limit.
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North Market Street
Firestone
Market
North Streets
Ira Croz
W. P Snyder
Sstate
The Lawrence Reunion Held At Besker Farm
The 14th annual Lawrence family reunion occurred Thursday June 4 at Lavi H Besker's home three miles west of Waostar with about 135 attendees. The barn was used for dining and program events included speeches recitations and addresses by numerous Law rence family members and guests. The next reunion date was set for June 1909 at John Lawrence's home in Ches ter township with all present singing God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
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Lawrence
Lavi H. Besker
Waostar
Harry 8. McMannis
Association
McMannis
John C. Lawrence
Lizzie Bechtel
Roy
J. W W. Bechtel
Homer McMannis
Pearl Becker
Florence McMannis
Martha Speck
Zella Lawrence
Lucile Lawrence
J .W. Bechtel
Harvey Lawrence
Springfield
O. W. Iyon
Kendallville
Elso
C. G. Zimmerman
Trasurer
G. W. Lawrence
G. W. Stair
S Birters
Clarence Bechtel
William McAnovey
Robert Throsh
Irees Wharton
Mabel Suoure
Elmer McMannis
Clinton Lawrence
Ethel Stair
Henry
John Lawrence
Columbia City
Ind
Levi H. Becker
F A Warner
Wesley Warner
Maxwell
L H. Becker
C G. Zimmerman
N. F. Speck
E A Lawrence
L. H. Becker
John and
Henry Lawrence
George Lawrence
Indiana
John W. Bechtel
Iowa
E. L Bechtel
Barberton
Holmes County
Chester Township
J W Bechtel
Lawraencéd
Ordination at Lutheran church for Edward Thomas
Edward Thomas of Bloomington was ordained at the Lutheran church on Sunday evening. The service featured a sermon by Dr. David H. Bauslin of Wittenberg seminary, who spoke on “A Fitting Man for the Miersky.” Attending were Rev. Bauslin, Dr. Simon, Dr. Etter, and Mr. Hadldy as visiting pastors. Thomas and Miss Jessie I Thomas plan to travel to Wooster for mission work.
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Lutheran Church
Edward Thomas
Bloomington
Thomas
Wittenberg Semminary
David H. Baaslin
Wittenberg
Miersky
Bauslin
Monster snake killed near city limits shocks rural carrier
Arthur Smith, a rural letter carrier, dispatched a giant snake and found another coiled around his leg. He hauled the carcass in a grain sack to the post office while bystanders and veteran scout Coon Van Meter confirmed the size at about fifteen feet. The event drew astonishment from carriers and residents as Smith recounted his close call and the encounter of a second snake nearby.
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Arthur Smith
Post Office
Coon van Meter
Mr. Smith
Mr Smith
First Joly Sabbath Sermon by New Presbyterian Pastor
Rev Heron, the church's new minister, will deliver his first sermon on the first Sunday. Mrs Heron and the family will spend the summer at Winona Lake and arrive back in September. The Indianapolis presbytery formally released Rev Heron on Tuesday.
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Heron
The
Presbyterian Church
Court suit over Shale Creek ditch damages seeks 6000
Charles Ewing by attorney A D Metz sues county commissioners and Janes VI Ward and Sylvester Topper in Congress township alleging flood damage from a ditch along Shale Creek. Ewing seeks 6000 dollars and an injunction to halt further harm.
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Charles Ewing
A D Metz
Janes VI Ward
Sylvester Topper
Congress Township
Ewing
Wireless telephone visit hints Wooster station plans
Harry D Crawford of DeForet Radio Wireless Telephone Co visits Wooster to survey prospects for a local wireless telegraph and telephone station. He notes the system is patented and already linked to about 800 stations around the Great Lakes, with a long distance core slated for Wooster. Local promoters eye a long range exchange hub.
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Harry D Crawford
DeForet Radio Wireless Telephone Co
Crawford
Wooster
Republican
Great Lakes
Woostar
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the Syndicate
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Hart Schaffner & Marx, Hershberg & Co
University
THA Co
North Market
North Buckeye
Big Snake
Will Presbyterian
Hood
Paumier
Wallace
Hiler’s Racket Store
S. Market St
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