Education board votes to start graded school in Congress Township
June items note the Congress township Board of Education unanimously approving a graded school plan and to hire two teachers for eight months. The essay mentions community events and local figures including Michael Haier, Harry Ammann, and Gertrude Haberman, with plans for a festival and various notices spanning Orrville Mortar and Marion locales.
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Michael Haier
Larwill
W. H. Hbertz
Wayne County
Board of Education
Congress Township
Harry Ammann
Orrville
June la
Gertrude Haberman
Marion
Untitled historical note on events and people
Fragmentary OCR mentions a Wednesday date, several names like Nea and Mima, and references to a place or event tied to a house or hose aidan modas. Details are obscured, leaving unclear actions, organizations, or outcomes.
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Aston
Serious Charges Hover Over Local Insurance Agent
Levi H. Moyer, an insurance agent with the Ohio Par ance Company, faces rumors of forged signatures on a $500 note from Adam A. Mowery of Wayne Township. Myers of Wooster says he did not sign, and Moyer reportedly admitted signing Myers’ name to obtain money. Investigations reveal varied tales of losses and possible ties to stock exchange patrons, with Moyer allegedly paying $100 of the note and leaving town briefly before returning.
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Levi H. Moyer
Mosey
le Moyer
Ohio Parance Company
David Myers
Wooster
Moyer
Justice
Adam A. Mowery
Wayng Township
Mowery
M Myers
Tor
Mfowery
Tee
Meyer
Probate Court Proceedings Before Judge Adair
Proceedings list hearings and filings in a probate docket including final accounts estate administrations and citations. Executors guardians and administrators such as Neiswanger McDowell Anderson Mas Miller Radgers Dennis Nolin and Mart Cook appear with bids orders of sale appraisals bonds and inventories for multiple estates plus appointments and dissolution actions through July.
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Valentine Berkey
Aled
Spookia
Jacob Batdorf
Charles Maurlin
Jom Werner
Rebrees Weaver
Jerse Wbbert
Nathanial Mic Dowell
Jacob Neiswanger
Jane McDowell Anderson
Ape
Imader
Mary L. Miller
A J Peterman
John T Lytle
H .C. Barisfaot
Urinkerhoff
C. H. Radgers
Deho L. Dennis
Nolin
Susan Nolin
Cook
Marta Cook
Fagleson A McCormick
Linman Critchfield, Jr
Frederick Kaltwasser
Areh Moore
Nick Tholerts
Troutman
Mos Robison
Manstead Pays Ira W Kelley Reyears Kidney Trouble
For two years Ira W Kelley of Manstead Pay suffered kidney illness. He saw several physicians and spent much on remedies without relief until Foley's Kidney Cure. He now testifies the cure aided others. Laubach & Bosch and Zimmerman’s Co. advertise this remedy.
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Ira W. Kelley
Manstead
Foley
Laubach & Bosch and Zimmerman’ Co
Wayne County Deed Records Compound in 1970s Ohio
Executor deeds, warranty and quitclaim transfers across Wayne and nearby townships listed with names like Graham, Brown, Peters, Zell, Fisher, Stauffer, Haufy, Sigler, Re dett, Baker, Quaill, Cornell, Mukselman, Weaver, Fickes, Hootman, Aukerman, Wiley, Smyser, Swartz and others. Recorded lot and parcel specifics include Wooster, Fredericksburg, Rittman, New Pittsburg, Shreve, Plain and Congress townships with values from 50 to 16,000 dollars.
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Matthew A. Graham
Andrew Brown
Kiva McCaughey
Wayne Menship
Samuel Peters
Rittman
Fredericksburg
Mary M. Baker
Caroline Sépsenbaugh
Newton J. Quaill
Rachel Cornell
Shreve
D. A Mukselman
George Barnhart
Edwin M. Weaver
New
Ashley W. Smyser
Chaster
Gerad Silve
Elizabeth Swartz
Plain Township
Abbie Mi Ganelot
Mary Koehler
Achim E. Klein
Doyl
Martin Kadlex
jAppolbbia Koehlerg
Doylestowr
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Lautsen
Youth suffers severe facial injuries from blistering substance
A 16 year old boy, son of a contractor, was exposed to a blistering substance causing immediate facial swelling and pain. Dr. C. A. Lerch attended to him shortly after.
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Markek
Vichin
Ner Sie
Graber seeks bankruptcy to avoid 85000 breach of promise judgment
Samuel Graber a laborer of Baughman township filed a bankruptcy petition in the U S District Court on Monday. The case was referred to Referee W F Kean. Graber seeks adjudication as bankrupt to escape paying 85000 verdict to Mrs Pranks of Wooster for breach of promise in 1885. He says one half goes to her attorneys and the rest to her daughter Pearly Franks, to whom a gift of the judgment was allegedly made. Graber claims no assets.
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Samuel Graber
Baughman Township
United States District Court
Cleveland Pisin
W. F. Kean
Graber
Pearly Franks
Hong
Oil boom drives nine wells in local field
A June report from A PIPE LINE notes nine producing walls in the oil territory near this place, with five actively pumped. Three new walls began Thursday on Kennard Place, White Farm, and Mercy Farm. Five machines operate now, including two large units, and over 100 barrels are pumped daily. Prospects for a permanent field grow as negotiations advance to lay a pipeline.
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Loni
Kennard Place
H. B. Odenkirk
White Farm
J M. Duinby
Mercys Farm
Davis & Co
Canton
Father Against Son in Wayne Township Dispute
Samuel Shisster, a Wayne township farmer, swore out an affidavit against his son Calvin Shissten aged 16 as a threat to kill. Officers took the boy to city prison at 1 a.m. with conflicting family accounts and a planned sanity examination by Judge Adair on Thursday.
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Samuel Shisster
Wayne Township
Smith
Calvin Shissten
Marshal Latimer
McCoy
Shissler
Youngan
Adair
Jurors Dismissed and Court Trial Dates Set
Judge John T Maxwell dismissed the petit jurors for the term and assigned trials for June 12 13 14 15 and 18 19 21 22. Notable cases include Wright vs Mowery Carl vs Myers KRedett vs Harrison Deering Co vs Foster Wayne County National Bank vs Downing Loomis vs Aufang Steinmetz vs Hall Mellinger vs Wagner Miller vs Stair Griffith guardian vs Hartman Spyder vs Rearn.
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John T. Maxwell
Petit
Wright
Aukerman
Wayne County National Bank
Downing
Loomis
Aufang
Steinmetz
Hall
Mellinger
Wagner
Miller
Old Case Ends In Favor Of Insurance Company
In Court of Common Pleas on Thursday the case of I H Myers administrator of Kauffman Funk vs Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. was decided for the defendant. The suit, begun in April 1884 for 1000, involved a non forfeitable policy and a paid up policy upon lapse. Judge Maxwell ruled the prior decision barred action and directed verdict for the defendant. The second case, Alice Gridley vs L D Tousley for 600 dollars for wrongful piano taking and damages, is tried for the thirteenth time. Attorneys for the plaintiff T B Keeler J B Meech and for defendant H B Swartz Frank Taggart A D Metz.
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I H. Myers
Kauffman Funk
The
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co
Maxwell
Alice Gridley
L. D. Tousley
T. B. Keeler
J. B. Meech
H. B Swartz
Frank Taggart
A. D. Metz
Beloved Wooster Woman Dies in Washington
A message announced the sudden death at 4 o clock in Washington DC of Mrs. Alice Carr relict of Jos H Carr long a respected Wooster resident. She was about 50, a former public school teacher, sister to C V Hard E C Hard Ada Hard and Will Hard, and survived by two sons Carrold B Carty of Indianapolis and Arthur Carr of Washington. Remains arrived Wooster Sunday for interment beside her husband. funeral held at East Larwill Street residence.
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Eveni
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M. K. Hard
Wooster
Reater
Col. C. V. Hard
E. C. Hard
Ada Hard
Will Hard
Salem
Carrold B. Carty
Indiaapolis
Ind
Arthur Carr
Washington
Oma
Larwill Street
Ida Hard
Senior Fromepade at College Night Affair
A readable fragment describes a college night event titled the senior affair. The report notes entertainment elements and a musical program featuring the Floofened Cortinual Yellow group, though many words are garbled or missing.
Boxer Uprising Threata Extend From Peking to Tien Tsin
Dispatches report mixed results of fighting between Chinese troops and Boxers near Tien Tsin and Peking. Refugees flood the area as villages rally to Boxers, while foreign legations seek reinforcements and General Neib vows strong action to restore order amid deliberate anti foreign and anti Catholic sentiment.
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Vienna
P King
Pedtia
Powera
Tsin
Peking
Tien Tain
Péo Ting Fu
Tien Tsin
Machang
Grand Canal
Peking-Tien Tain
Neib
McKinley
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German Foreign Office Statement on China and Peking Rail Link
Berlin reports a German foreign official stating no official contact from China for two days. He notes two wires competing with Peking, one destroyed, and urges powers to keep the railway to Peking open. No confirmation of further plans by the powers, nor of empress dealings with the Busor.
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Berlin
China
Peking
Foreign Office
Trand Marines
D Wagor
Busor
Wheel Works Burned in Racine Fire
Fire destroyed the Wixtonson Wheel Works plant in Racine Wisconsin on June 8 causing about 60000 dollars in losses. The blaze gutted the facility with total damage pegged at sixty thousand dollars and no injuries reported.
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Racine
Wis
Wixtonson Wheel Works
DEWEY CAMPAIGN TRAIL NOTES AND VISITOR
No signs of a presidential boom as Dewey passed through the city and his special baggage car went unsearched. Mrs Dewey recently flew to Ohio with her husband, who is linked to a notable naval battle from about two years ago.
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Dewey
Marion Star
Thunderstorm Fatality Claims Local Lieutenant
Wednesday afternoon while Lieutenant Fred C Hile of Wadsworth aged 31 sat on the porch during a thunderstorm a lightning strike killed him instantly. Hile was a lieutenant in Company G Eighth Regiment and leaves a widowed mother.
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Fred C Hile
Wadsworth
Fightning
Mr Hile
Eighth Regiment
Helves
Couple united in marriage at East Union home
Early Thursday morning June 7 at the bride's parents home in East Union Rev E J Axup of Cleveland and Miss Mabel Douglas were united in marriage with Rev Geo Swain Hart officiating. After breakfast the couple left for Moundsville West Virginia to hold evangelistic meetings.
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East Union
E. J. Axup
Cleveland
Mabel Douglas
Geo. Swainhart
Moundsville
West Virginia
Ashland Ohio Primary Returns Narrow Mykrante Loss
Ashland Ohio on June 3 reports dramatic county primary results. W. J. Devore defeats H. A. Mykrante for prosecuting attorney by over 1100 votes, citing opposition to a third term. Amos Homan elected sheriff and C. H. Snyder chosen as county commissioner by large margins.
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Ashland
H. A. Mykrante
W. J. Devore
Mykrante
Amos Homan
C. H. Snyder
Hood's Sarsaparilla Emerges From Necessity for Purity
A historical note credits Hood's Sarsaparilla to the belief that necessity spurred invention. The text describes a highly concentrated extract and a unique preparation method, portraying the product as an honest blood purifier and tonic born from demand for reliable medicine.
Offensive Moves Near Laing's Nek and Boer Refugees
Reports from June 9 describe General Buller and British forces pushing toward the Boers to render Laing's Nek untenable, with actions at Van Wyke hill and Inko wato. Refugees crowd the Friesland at Lorenzo Marques while Boer prisoners are moved to Middleburg. Western and Transvaal theaters see shifting positions and casualty notes.
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Swaziland
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Women and Kidney Trouble Warns of Misery to All
Advertises Swamp-Root as a cure for kidney and bladder ailments affecting both women and men. Claims the remedy offers quick relief and improved wellbeing, with samples by mail from Dr. Kilmer in Binghamton New York.
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Zome
Rich witness bond tied to Nepley case dispute
Details grassy with Neelay Bay dag threat claim and Rich placed under a $2,000 bond as witness in the Nepley case. A letter from Neelay Bay dag’s friend warns of consequences if forced to return, alleging Rich as a Mar and implicating director Rathbone. Vouchers totaling $15,000, including $8,000 in bills, were paid twice mainly at Muncie Indiana. Fidelity notified it may be held on Rathbone bond. Miller and Rathbone held talks but no decision yet on this angle. Authorities say Fidelity bears responsibility while Rathbone’s friends claim Neeley deceived Rathbone who signed unknowingly.
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Nepley
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Stairs
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Fidelity Company
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C. W. Neeley
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