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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1901
Page
6
An assertion states Ivory soap is ninety percent pure for clothing use. The note reflects advertising language or consumer guidance from the period, emphasizing purity standards and practical applications for household textiles.
Insurance agent Evi Moyer was arrested on an 86 warrant charging forgery. He pleaded not guilty and waived examination, jailed on $500 bail. Prosecutor Weygandt says Moyer forged Adam Crumlick’s name on a note dated January 1901 in Shreve for 826, with John Meier lending 815 as security. Crumlick denies signing any note. Judge J C McClarran presided. Henry Newcomer, found drunk near the Pennsylvania depot, was fined one dollar and costs after an admonition from the mayor.
The Wooster District Epworth League plans a June 26 and 27 convention in Seville where Dr J C Hilmas of Cleveland will lecture on Wedded to a Son of Belial. A Shar Center camp meeting runs June 14 to 23 led by Rev C F English and Evangelist C E Cornell after a Zanesville revival.
Kidney trouble is linked to many ailments as waste accumulates in the blood. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as a premier kidney remedy, with claims of curing distressing cases and offering a free pamphlet by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co.
Elaborate preparations underway for the eighth regiment encampment in Toledo from July 15 to 20. Kinodrome pictures of the eighth will be shown at the vaudeville show at one of the summer parks. The films were taken at Montauk Point soon after the regiment returned from Cuba.
The Boxwell law graduation ceremony occurred Saturday at the High School. The Board of School Examiners presented diplomas to 113 graduates. Rev Sears of Creston gave the address urging continued education. Names include Myrtle Cutter, Harry Mock, Maud Good, Elam Eberly, Etna Meier, Grace McLotire, Maud Lehr, Chester Eckard, Edna Sidle, Russell Harter, Pearl Cherry, Katie Sherrick, Jessie Reed, Myrtlestall, Mabel Shamp, Della Clapper, Verne Yoder, Nellie Carson, Estie Schatker, Edith Willaman, Grace Butler, Nora Reinhardt, David Warner, and many others.
A sequence of quit claim and warranty deeds recorded across Wayne County towns including Wooster Franklin Orrville Mt. Eaton Sugarcreek Chester Milton Green township and Creston. Notable transfers involve Maria Overholt Ambrose Fombelle and John McGaw. Albert Shupe A E Luce. Benjamin Greenawald John Kauffman. William Fishburn Anna Good Rufus Imhoff. and multiple parcels ranging from 5 to 61 acres with prices listed up to 8500 dollars.
Cleveland Punh and Shear Co seeks injunction to restrain striking machinists from picketing the works. The petition states union pickets terrorized workers who want to stay on the job. The matter will be heard on Tuesday.
Akron Democrat reports Erie division engineers pushed fast runs through the village of Rittman on a grade with a straight descent. Trains hit 70 to 75 mph around the curve until a Pullman protest and new rail height of five inches curb jolts. After adjustment, engines now race through the stretch, with engineers seeking new records.
The Wayne county School Examiners will hold examinations at the Wayne High School in Wooster on the first Saturday of each month except June and July. Boxwell exams occur the second Saturday of March and April with Boxwell Commencement on the third Saturday of June. The Board adopts Roark's Method in Education as the text book to Theory and Practice. Officials listed: G. W. Gosho rn, President. C. W. Biddle, Marshalville. Jas L. Zaring, Clerk, Creston. 1uly
Tickets on sale via Nickel Plate Road with round trip fare one dollar and one third. Travel must start from listed stations and return within fifteen days. For details contact REONE eins or E A Akers at the O P and T A Cleveland? office by phone.
Harry Stewart about two years old in Burbank experienced a near fatal lightning incident during a storm. Lightning struck the chimney and stove pipe, tore plaster, pulled the stove pipe elbow, and knocked the child to the floor. He was badly shocked but regained consciousness and survived.
The storm saturated the county from Wednesday noon to Thursday, deluging areas west of the city near Jefferson and Cedar Valley. Flooding damaged farms, fences, roads, and rail lines, with hail adding losses but no strong winds. Lightning killed two cows near Weitersville and damaged a bank barn and a church belfry. Trains were halted by washed culverts and tracks, while several farmers faced replanting needs as rivers and small streams surged and receded.
A preliminary census volume lists England's five largest cities excluding London: Liverpool 684,947. Manchester 543,449. Birmingham 522,182. Leeds 424,453. Sheffield 380,717. England and Wales males total 16,721,728 and females 16,?04, with overseas service not counted. Draft electoral law being prepared by five appointees. Australian system favored. New York basis studied.
Special to The Republican Lowell Mass June 12 a mutilated body found in a wood near here has been identified as Mrs Margaret Founds of Boston Her husband a mill operative cannot be located The couple had separated.
A Pleasant Valley farmer taught a patent medicine peddler politeness after the tosser tried to charge in salve and nostrums. Other snippets note Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised by a druggist's family, and federal appointments in the president's June list. A sprained ankle cure from Chamberlain's Pain Balm is shared, plus a boy accused of stealing twenty dollars and a fraud case involving Warren Lovett in Macon and Fremont.
Mount Vernon Ohio June 14 The Houck murder case arguments closed Friday night and the case was submitted to the jury Saturday, signaling the start of deliberations in the sensitive homicide proceeding.
Pittsburg June 15. Pennsylvania railroad officials erect a steel train shed and elevated tracks with their own employes and not at the regular scale. Structural iron workers threaten to stop all improvements under contract. Local union actions will be sent to national officers at Buffalo.
June 15 report states the Empire theater in Lynn Massachusetts burned down causing building damage estimated at $50,000 fully insured and losses to occupants around $10,000 partly insured. The account shifts to medical ad copy touting Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and the Common Sense Medical Adviser with promotional claims and mailing offers.
Chicago and Akron visitors H E Overstreet Frank B White and H B Camp joined Wooster's Board of Trade for a short period to discuss a steam railroad to coal fields. After the meeting they toured potential routes. Frank J Cheney proclaims his Toledo firm offers one hundred dollars for every catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Ladies Circle at G R hall hosted a well attended social with Mrs Mougey and others providing entertainment and Rev F M Hickok delivering a strong address.
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