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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1902
Page
6
Readable fragments show a bustling shop listing lawn mowers gas stoves and tins at low prices. Mentions of Laubach and Bowd, Harding & Co, and Dr Fowler reference extracts and local sales. Aimed at households seeking deals on household goods and remedies amid a busy street market.
J F Seas longtime Orrville hardware merchant dies Monday afternoon in Cleveland General Hospital following an operation for rectal trouble. An active Democrat, he served two terms on the Board of Infirmary Directors and as a trustee of the Wayne County Children's Home.
P J Karrott, assistant entomologist from New York State Experiment Station, will become Wooster Ohio Station entomologist by July 1. He brings cinch bug work from Kansas and San Jose scale experience from New York and is praised by Station authorities. Will Kramer, son of I R Kramer, becomes bur ser at the Station, replacing Pb Hinman after a year at Burlington Iowa.
Under national order, Given Corps No 19 honored four sisters Nellie Frost Martha Parker Viola Strow and Lucetta Yarnell. They were interred in the cemetery amid decorated graves and June blossoms strewn on the turf. The service remembered their active roles while they were absent.
Mildred Moore wed John Glass in a quiet Sunday ceremony at the Moore residence South Beverley, witnessed by family members. The bride wore white organdie with charm and was joined by relatives from Quaker Valley, Pa, after the pew service at ten o’clock.
Jones, tied to a Monroeville piano factory, arrives in Wooster with plans to reorganize the Boston Time Company plant. He proposes revival, aims to become general manager, and hopes for a $10,000 infusion of capital to place the enterprise on solid footing. A Wooster Board of Trade meeting tonight will weigh the move.
Lumter ordered a large shipment of lumber for Pocock Glass Works with 2041 1 WW curs of timber to be delivered. Heavy timber will be sawed, aiding Wayne counts lumbermen.
Wimp Smith of Smithville suffered a serious accident last Monday while at Walsworth building. He fell from a barn joist, landed head first on a horse, injuring his wrist and possibly several ribs. His son brought him home on Thursday as he endures considerable pain with uncertain additional injuries.
Judge S. BG Eason selects delegates for the Common Pleas Judicial Convent in Millersburg on Thursday June 19 at 230 pm. Delegates include Jacob Rehm Nathan Roser John Weimer Cannan W McGlennon Mason Cockrell Chester Mowery Joseph Tignel and many more from Chippewa Suyvurcreek Wooster and other townships.
Severe hail passage Thursday afternoon damaged crops and windows in the area. The report mentions community figures like De Rollo Barnes and Mrs Titlie Barnes, with notes on local ceremonies and memorial observances tied to national holidays and the adoption of the stars and stripes 125 years ago.
A readable fragment lists individuals from multiple towns including West Salem Vem Wilmot West Lehuoon Hoi Appefreek vert Bear Akron Detroit Mich Wooster Wooster Congress and Wooster again. Names include Strev Teadianea Allie VO Drie Jeferry Bele Kales Lauteon Klager Viola C sehults Ida Belie Mobley Willard Obliger Agatha G Hard Percy M Maize Catharine Myers John Glass Mildred Moore Tiros Brinkerhoff Eola M Esing.
The Empire Flour mill, part of the J. R. Nafzer estate, was sold Tuesday morning by executor John W. Walters to Frank Nafzer, who has been running the mill for a year and a half. The purchase price share details were reported.
A busy alumni gathering at College Hill met Wednesday morning to decide the fate of the alumni endowment. The day featured the baccalaureate services with a new processional, student choir in white, sermons from Dr. Holden, and reflections on individual responsibility before God, urging graduates to pursue fearless, principled work in the world.
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