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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1906
Page
8
Daily brief items from Wooster: births, visits, travels, and local happenings. Mentions a boy born to Mr and Mrs W PSP Myers in Millurock, funeral attendance for E B Eshelman, Dr. William Saybolt visiting, and upcoming Democratic Judicial Convention. Includes travel, court, and society notices with multiple named locals and nearby towns.
At a recent meeting of the Board of Education the following teachers were promoted for the ensuing year: W Heichel superintendent Russ May Downing principal of 1 8 Janat Morrison third and fourth grades Miss Dora During first and second grades and Miss Maritha Web ber music. The fifth sixth seventh and eighth grades will be filled later. Habbrd & Company of Pittsburg purchased Wayne Handle factory and Bean saw mill with capacity increased. James Taylor manages the Handle Company operations. Democratic and Republican perspectives see Wertz defeat affecting a coalition’s impact and Smyser’s reelection prospects. Local visits include Elmer St John and Jacob Gearhart at Burbank, a Wadsworth Creston ball game, Creston Cigar Company stock arriving, paint jobs improving appearances, Johey and John Rutt visiting from Shreve, Guy Pittesger visiting from Ashland, Evangeline Weisel visiting family, and Harry Koip purchasing a new buggy. Mra Abbe Fesenden of Akron and Mre Mare McMaster of Findlay visit, with Rev Hobson presiding at district conference. H E Ebert returns from New Philadelphia Democratic convention enthused but downcast over Wertz defeat. Allis Allison of Penfield, formerly of Creston, died and was buried at Rouneburg cemetery.
The home on East North street mourns Roy Magaw an 11 year old who died after an appendicitis operation Sunday night at 10. The operation was by Dru J H Stoll and R J Stoll. Roy was ill a week prior and his passing shocks family and friends. Funeral was at 2 pm Wednesday with interment in Wooster cemetery. The Magaw family faces further hardship as the mother is bedridden and feared ill with fever.
L. H. Severance donated 31,000 to the department to fund equipment for advance work with allocations split between Switz erland and Germany. The gift supports procurement for international operations and related expenditures.
Judge Orr overrules defense on jurisdiction and severance in Wooster Brewery case. Witnesses Dawson Adair and Sheriff Brown describe bottle and bucket evidence as defense challenges the probate court’s reach. Arguments on legality of search and seizure law continue with trial postponed to Tuesday.
In Lodi last Wednesday a boiler explosion killed Mr Brinker while his boys were buzzing wood. The accident buried him fifty feet and struck his head. he left a widow and two sons. His family has a history of misfortune with relatives dying in falls and accidents. A niece reported a bad burn incident at Elyria Street. Local officials note population changes and a year of births and deaths. Community members attended church, and J D Carpenter became postmaster amid local services.
Jeromerville Mia hosts children's day programs at the M E church as no sermon was held Sunday evening. Wadsworth visitor Lodewa Stoler stayed with local relatives. Dayton preacher Rev Crecilins to speak at UBR church next Sunday. Akron visitants Laura Metzler and sister Fiobert return home after stay. more local notes on travel and family visits.
June 12 report of the Charles Metrall and Oscar Cras families returning from church when their horses bolted after being frightened. No person harmed. A dry county convention near, with Capt Merkel potential commissioner due to lack of representation since 1810.
Miss Troja Tyler daughter of Willard Tyler of Peak Station died Monday after mistaking strychnine for quinine. She collapsed within half an hour and a physician could not be reached in time. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 from her parents home west of Funk Station. She would have been 17 on September 1. She had felt ill all morning and sought quinine to brace herself.
Soldiers of Co D 8th Regiment report five days of guard duty at the Dillonvale coal district with no riots or serious disturbances. They describe heavy workload, good meals, heat but no sickness, and note miners are largely foreigners and speak little English. Some think further trouble between mine guards and mixers is likely.
Martin Roberts aged 76 died May 6 at his Palmer street home after weeks of illness due to dropsy and heart disease. Funeral was at 8 50 a m Friday from St Marys Catholic church. He was born in County Kilkenny Ireland emigrated 1860 to Wooster and worked as a blacksmith then in outdoor service at Pennsylvania Lives shops. Survived by Mary Roberts and children Mrs Jeremiah Readoo James and Nicholas Roberts and Miss Berthasa Roberts. A respected resident, he kept ties to Ireland and Wooster, with a funeral attended by many friends and relatives. Pallbearers named James McKenna Michael Cusack Sr Michael Cusack John Dennis Landers Patrick Shea Thomas Fitzgerald.
COMMON PLEAS COURT reports Frank Steele a bonisman asked to be relieved from Seabrooks bond. Seabrook appeared Saturday in court and posted a fresh bond of 100 dollars in the liquor case.
John Ickes of Chester township died Tuesday morning at age 72. He will be buried Thursday afternoon.
William Fisher aged about 40 son of Marshall Fisher near Mt. Eaton died Tuesday in Massillon hospital after lingering illness with lung disease. Susan Mullard aged 60 living east of Mt. Eaton died Monday after stomach disease but not seriously until Sunday. Mrs Jershua Johnson relict of John H. Johnson who ran a foundry at North and Buckeye street died Sunday in Chicago at a great old age.
Ohio Attorney General Ellis issues ruling restricting sale of beer at a brewery in a dry area. If upheld, it prevents selling beer into dry territories from breweries, shaping distribution and compliance for producers and retailers.
D Clark Foltz and Ruth Barcus of Shrave George F Batterson of Portsmouth and Ethel J Christy of Wooster are mentioned amid a garbled medical note praising Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for long standing indigestion and distress after meals.
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