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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1906
Page
6
Company D was released from strike duty at Bradley in the infected mining district. The district has been quiet since the troops arrived Tuesday. General Breaks decided Friday night to send them home on Saturday.
The first formal event of the University commencement was held at Memorial Chapel Thursday evening. The program included organ, invocations, salutatory by Howard H Agee, baritone by Howard Harrold, a faculty address by Prof. George P Bacon, and choir pieces. It listed graduates in a roll including Howard Agee, Adelia Annat, Clarissa Annat, Karl Barton, Kathryn Zook and many others.
About sixty members of Medina Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, hosted visitors from Wayne Lodge Wooster on Tuesday evening. Five candidates were to be initiated but only two, C Harrold and S Fraley of Wooster, received the degree. A banquet followed with speeches by Rev SE Neikirk Max Blosberg and others, concluding with toastmaster John C Schultz.
Last night at Wooster University the annual Pipe of Peace featured a campus banquet followed by a bonfire on the athletic field. Tobacco circulated among all, including ladies, as flames rose and conflicts, contests, and victories were recalled by Myher Fagene Pore and others before retiring as the fire dwindled.
WoA Lott of the police department sustained a broken rib Tuesday after falling from a cart while helping a young colt down a slight grade. The colt bolted toward the barn, yet no injury to the animal or cart occurred.
The Wooster free Library Association board announces new officers James Mullins as president A D Metz as vice president and Geo J Schwartz as treasurer The retiring Capt W O Beebe is formally thanked for his service during the library’s erection and growth, with best wishes for his future plans and continued public trust.
The Ohio agricultural station at Wooster is testing seed corn for farmers with 100 grains sufficient to gauge results. A campaign of testing and experimental work in Iowa suggests potential crop increases worth about a million dollars annually. Experts in agriculture in both states are well informed, and farmers should take advantage of these opportunities and get acquainted with the experiment station.
On Wednesday Judge Eason denied Ben Dickerson’s new trial bid after a April 14 conviction for first degree murder. He was sentenced to electrocution on August 1. Dickerson declared his innocence before sentencing as the judge stated there was no doubt of guilt. The crime involved choking Mrs Catherine Hughes on June 28 and disposing of her body in a forked tree to simulate a suicide during an attempted assault.
Trustees of the Wooster Cemetery Association voted to bar automobiles from entering the cemetery rounds. The move comes after frequent complaints and concerns over horse drawn vehicles damaging tombstones and causing wear on pathways.
Monday evening the Voice Board of Control elected George & Myers as ventor in chief of the coming seat frank of Cowles 07 gui fer business manager.
A fragmentary ad column lists cures and tonics such as Electric Bitters for cholera, fever, malaria, and liver or kidney complaints, with claims by Brown of Henetwville. It also promotes Drase Thyals for constipation and Shoop's Catarrh Cure, plus Bucklen's Arnica Salve for wounds and blood poisoning, sold by local druggists and pharmacies.
New Philadelphia Janet William Ashbrook of Licking county captured the Democratic nomination on the 270th ballot amid intraparty maneuvering. Hurd contested vote totals from Tuscarawas and Holmes counties. Wertz of Wayne county stayed in until the end. Delegates from Wayne and other counties traveled to New Philadelphia, bearing flags and supporting Wertz while awaiting results and urging party unity.
A jumble of items from Wooster scenes includes Horace Barrett a baseball friend of a New York club defeated by Chicago in three straight games. Captain Jeffries requests a curiosity guitar but mistakes a potato bag feeding tray for a guitar. Delegates juggle money and stage stunts as a wood scene elicits laughs. Messages swirl about congress nominations, civil engineering youths, and a Paris green potato vine fanning machine misused at Rich Hardware.
An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills as cures for deafness from inflamed Eustachian tubes, catarrh, and consumption. It promises a $100 reward for any case not cured and promotes Holister’s Rosey Mountain Tea as a life improver, with testimonials and various tonics for coughs and throat issues.
An advertisement touts Kodol as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion claiming it digests what you eat and rests the stomach. It asserts Kodol relieves heart palpitations, flatulence, sour stomach, and general worry by strengthening digestion and restoring vitality. Sold at Kreigets drug store.
The Fifth Circuit of Ohio Democratic convention meets in Newark on Tuesday June 19. Counties in the district include Aedlard Coshocton Delaware Fairfield Holmes Knox Licking Morgan Morrow Muskingum Perry Richland Stark Tuscarawas and Wayne. Wayne county is entitled to eleven delegates. Subscribe for the Republican.
Alesch and Sam have placed a fine Richmond granite monument in Wooster cemetery for H. P. Gravatt. The memorial stands about 6 12 feet high with two bases and a die. It bears the family name in raised letters and emblems of the Patriarchal Militant and Odd Fellows. The headmark reads father and the birth and death dates. The three ton mass is noted as one of the neatest monuments in many months.
N A Ulrich has been elected assistant principal at Bridgeport schools for the coming year at 69 dollars monthly. Orin Pure from the graduating class is slated as superintendent of BiMord Center schools, with Arthur Walker from the Freshman class noted in a related role. Wooster interests are expected to be addressed.
A new case of valuable specimens were added to the public library museum. A Daisky grouse and a couple of other specimens were sent by W. H Mullins of Salem, a former Wooster citizen, while James Mullins preseea the remainder. The crown ing piece in a beautiful golden eagle sets off the collection very beautifully.
An old advertisement touts Kodol as a new discovery that relieves indigestion and dyspepsia by cleansing and strengthening the stomach lining. It claims quick relief from sour stomach belching and general debility, with a testimonial from S. S. Ball of Ravenswood, West Virginia. Bottles available from DeWitt & Co in Chicago.
A Wooster Ohio offer promotes a chick gapes remedy by J. W. Bryant. Send 35 cents for a guaranteed box advertised to cure in 4 to 6 days with money refunded if it fails. Address listed is 37 West Liberty Street or Second Hand Store.
A compact timetable lists westbound departures with times 12:52 a m 10:36 a m 11:12 a m 8:15 p m 6:35 p m 10:46 p m. The fragment notes schedule without indicating dates or platforms.
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