Wooster News Roundup Reports Local Visits and Moves
Wooster daily notes a flurry of visiting relatives from Millersburg Cleveland Ashland and Bay City with several locals taking trips to California and Toledo. Mentions a toll station planned by Bell Telephone in Shreve and business shifts including Frank Gray as tensorialist and Thompson’s barber shop stake. Also records civic events of schools churches and a hospital case of typhoid fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jones
Millersburg
Frank—Praeger
Clevenant
Wooster
Bell-Telephone Company
Shreve
Herb Kagey
Charles Barton
Ashland
Clifford Foss
Edward Dowell
Tiffin
Richard Mead
Bay City
Mich
Viola Hayder
Alliance
Myrtle Bauersoe
Pittsburg Avenue
B. &. Lott
Osborn
W. A. Lott
West Liberty Street
John Mateer
W. E. Henderson
Columbus
Southern California
Karl Weygandt
Burton City
Wm. McCullough
Orrville
Willis Jarvis
B. F. Morris
Morris
John Stevens
North
Grant Street
Barry Hamilton
Frances
Margery
Jarvis
Fred Lenington
Florianapolis
Brazil
Jas. Houston
Bloomington
Frank Gray
Cleveland
Bob— Wilson
Richard Lee
James Les
South Market Stréet
Helen Angell
Capt
Lemuel Jeffries
Ceveland
Zimmerman & Co
Geo. J. Krieger
Woossay
Nly
Samuel Bell
Toronto
John Keim
Baltimore
Beall Avenue
Presbyterian
Chippewa Lake
Thompson
State Fire Marshal seeks fire laws from city authorities
Fire Marshal Hy. O. Davis has sent urgent requests to Mayor Van Nest and every city mayor for copies of ordinances governing fire protection. Variations hamper enforcement. officials will compare and highlight differences to aid assistants and prevent pitfalls next year. The issue may reach the legislature for stronger safeguards on property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy. OD. Davis
van Nest
Last of Four Sons Routson Dies in Toledo
Judson A. Routson, aged 83, formerly of Wooster, died in Toledo of apoplexy. An engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad for 30 years, he was a brother of Mrs. Henry Rowe of Pittsburg Avenue and an uncle of W. A. Routson. Son of Samuel Routson, he was the last of four brothers to die in similar fashion. He leaves a wife and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Toledo
Judson A. Routson
Horses Strayed Near Wooster Attributed Theft
George Gerstenschlager, a northern Wooster farmer, found three horses missing Monday morning. He initially thought they wandered away, but after a long search he concluded the horses were stolen. A nearby farmer near Smithville reportedly reported the horses as strays later the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gerstenschlager
Wooster
Death of Shreve man after heat on rail line
George Hart of Shreve an old soldier and former Wooster resident died after being struck by a west bound freight train near Millbrook coal dumps. He was found alive under the seventh car and died minutes later. Hart, a roof painter, was en route from Pittsburgh to visit his wife and family. He left Wooster on the afternoon train and chose to walk home. Survived by his wife and several grown children. The incident occurred on the Pennsylvania Lines near Millbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Morris
Orrville
Wooster
Samuel H.boyd
Laubach &Boyd
Annie Miller
Daniel Quigley
Squire R. C. Sweeney
Chas. Garver
Lorain
and Parrigh
Leslie R. Houston
Daughters—of America
Will — Jawn
John Hosler
East Larwill Street
Frick
B. H. Elsenberger
D. H. Mellinger
Pennsylvania
Gearhart & Hawk
Overton
George Hart
Shreve
Millbrook
Hart
Pittsburg
Pittaborg
Payinga
Death Notice Mrs Harriet Notestine of Bloomington
Mrs Harriet Notestine wife of Jacob L Notestine of Bloomington was found dead in bed from heart failure after a hot day aged 71 years 9 months and 7 days She had been in poor health and was last seen by her husband about 11 p m Funeral from residence at 104 m Thursday Survivors include her husband
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Notestine
Jacob L. Notestine
Bloomington
Notestine
Notestille
Jefferson County
Ohio
Wayne County
Estate dispute and farm repairs case before Judge Eason
Monday morning session before Judge Eason addressed Corrette claim for repairs to farm buildings. John J. Adair represented the plaintiff and M. L. Smyser the defendant. The hearing also covered Christian Fair’s estate petition for yearly allowance with H. B. Swartz for the plaintiff and Mahlon Roach and Wm. Kean for the defendants. Advertise in The Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eason
Corette
John 8
Adair
M. L. Smyser
Christian Fair
H. B. Swartz
Mahlon Roach
Kean
City Council Votes on Next Year Budget Amid Cold Night
All council members except Kisling attended the Monday session. The clerk read prior minutes as approval was recorded. The annual budget covering January 1, 1906 to January 1, 1907 was presented for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kisling
Public Safety and Health Funds Noted in City Budget
The council itemizes funds for Public Safety Health and Service with detailed allocations for administration fire police sanitation quarantine and streets. Total appropriations exceed 323 480 with a grand total of 323 480. The finance committee reports an appropriation ordinance nearing completion but the July filing is delayed per Solicitor Benton’s advice. The 1906 tax levy is set at 72.5 mills for general expenses, unchanged overall from 1900 after a mill reduction by the board. The Spring Street drainage issue is sent to the Board of Public Service for immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lity Council
Gecsin
Public Safety Fund
General Administration
Public Health Fund
Public Service Fund
Milner
Finance Committee
Benton
Hay
Board of Sdnéation
Board of Public Service
Sfr
Hot Spell Bakes Town Amid Heat and Showers
A report of an unseasonably hot day with a Downtown thermometer reading nine in the shade. Readers observed the peak heat after dinner, followed by a cooling thunder shower and a forecast of cooler, showered conditions to come. Residents noted water may be needed again in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farenheit
Governor Herrick to visit Wooster for agricultural event
Governor Herrick will visit Wooster for a nonpolitical gathering of agrarian groups at the allied workers in agriculture event. The day includes a lecture by Prof. W. M. Hays, a farm tour, and a public reception at Archer House followed by an opera house address. General Harris will preside with a brief speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neyxynca
Allied Workers In Agriculure
Ohio State Board of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Farmers’ Institute
Agricultural Press of Ohio
W. M. Hays
Herrick
Thorne
Ohio
Archer House
Opera House
Harris
Beautifying teas and cures advertised in old notice
An OCR fragment markets Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a painless beauty aid with sunshiny faces, offered by Laubach & Boyd at 85 cents. It also promotes Dean's Ointment for itching piles, claiming instant relief and permanent cure, available at any drug store for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollister
Laubach & Boyd
Dean
Memorial services honor Wooster lodge leaders
Sunday memorial services were held for Cantés Wright and other leaders of Wooster lodge I O O F Patriarchs Militant and Wayne Rebekah lodge attended by members of the orders. A procession from South Market street to the Reformed church featured Wooster and Canton Wright groups, with Rev Scott Hershey delivering the sermon and music by a male quartet and organ. Afterward a cemetery ritual and floral tribute completed the service, followed by an Oxfordville band concert and praise for the town’s efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster Lodge
Scott F. Hershey
D.D
First Presbyterian Chilch
W. C. Myers
Wallace Schmuck
Wilk” Kramer
W. GG. Whitmore
J. B. Russell
Cantor Wright
Anthony Wright
James
Penick Resigns Wooster Republican Editor Post
James Penick resigns after years as foreman at The Wooster Republican and moves to Cleveland to join the World News morning paper’s proofreading staff. His wife Mrs Penick has long served at The Republican. The Penick family will stay in Wooster for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Penick
The
Wooster Republican
Cleveland
World News
Tkbe
the World
News and Herald
Penick
Republican
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