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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1901
Page
3
A nostalgic vignette recalls an elderly woman calmly surviving a railway collision and attributing rescue to train stoppage, using the anecdote to promote Ivory Soap by contrasting its odor, chemicals, and greasiness with other brands. The piece argues many women accept ordinary soaps’ drawbacks until trying Ivory Soap.
The Ohio Experiment Station offers tuberculin testing at no owner cost beyond the agent’s two day visit and travel. To date 13 herds with 279 cattle were tested. six herds were fully free of tuberculosis while 18 animals showed punitive reactions. Some animals were killed and autopsied confirming diagnoses. others were fattened or isolated to prevent spread. The station notes no duty to advertise disease presence in any herd.
Fire damaged the home of J H Heller, agent of the A & Co., in Applecreek. Villagers with hand extinguishers and buckets fought the blaze between five and six Friday morning, the roof burning away before control was gained. David Jacobs Jr. of Wooster was praised for exceptional bravery in aiding the effort.
John McLaughlin, wanted for complicity in the Creston bank robbery attempt last October, again evaded officers including Sheriff McCoy and Prosecutor Weygandt. Reports note he fled Marion after being traced by telephone, and was later located in Dayton but escaped again. He once resided in the area and worked as a bestier. Separately, The Schuster Brewing Co sold its Millport brewery equipment to Wooster Brewing Co for removal around April 1. Dr. John A. Gann continues to improve.
Rebecca B McMillen prominent Wayne county resident and pioneer’s daughter. Born in Wooster 79 years ago, she endured years of illness with Christian patience. Survived by daughter Kate McMillen and others. funeral held Saturday at 2 p.m. with Wooster Cemetery interment.
A new comedy titled A Load of Coal or Collecting an Account was performed in Wooster on Friday. Lead actor J E Tryon a Wayne township farmer faced off with coal dealer James FE Elliott over payment for coal as a wagons chase and crowd watched Elliott hold the horses while Tryon urged them forward in a humorous dispute about ownership and credit.
Nearly every seat filled at the City Opera House for the closing concert of the University Lecture Course. Katharine Ridgeway dramatic reciter Miss Viola Waterhouse soprano A S Kerr basso cantante Franklin Coleman Bush pianist. The artists were encored repeatedly and received an ovation for their finished performance.
In the Interior, Presbyterian weekly, Professor Malcolm James McLeod of Lincoln University argues for pensions for clergy at a certain age to attract better men to ministry. He laments aging ministers and condemns the practice of favoring seminarians freshly minted from school.
The Ashland Gazette notes George McGrewne, once living in Ashland with his mother, profited from Carnegie and Frick Morgan steel deals. At 25 to 28, he sold his stake for 3720,000 and now works in real estate in Pittsburgh, with plans to reinvest through his uncle H. C. Frick.
Numerous Wooster items describe weather, illnesses, and social visits. Notables include W T McGlewen Creston on legal business and Mrs Susan Brown returning from Kansas. Local events cover telegraph tower changes, a patent for a saddles tool, court janitor reappointments, and a jail physician election.
Dr Murdock of Pittsburg, a renowned eye surgeon, examined Irvin Chail in Wooster on Wednesday night. He found the eye badly inflamed but not doomed and praised the care provided by Drs Hart and Beer, predicting Mr Ohall will recover well.
Governor Yates and his staff rode a Baltimore and Ohio special train through northern Wayne County on Friday afternoon en route from Washington to Illinois. The Erie train connection at Erie depot Ak-Fon-jaet 13 was missed as the governor sped to catch the faster train, racing six miles in six minutes.
The Delaware General Assembly adjourned sine die with the stalemate unresolved, leaving the state without any representation in the Senate and maintaining the deadlock over the vacancy. The final action ends legislative session without seating a replacement.
A Montana race for senator ends with a break of the deadlock. The elected candidate, a New Hampshire native, Hawdon College graduate, and founder of Great Falls, has secured the seat, changing local political dynamics.
Through the efforts of Mr Melvan Caswell of Medina an organizer for the Ladies of the Maccabees, Woonster Hive on Friday afternoon added a large number of well known ladies to their membership. About 50 members of Shreve Hive, among them some of the best known residents of Shreve, came up at noon and took part in the work of initiation.
Harry Schwoebel, 14, son of John Schwoebel of HSSLuon GFore, underwent tendon elongation Thursday afternoon to treat partial ankleosis and tendon contraction. He recovered well and rested Friday. Surgeons Dr Neat P Hardy and Dr J J Ktoney hope the operation will restore him enough to walk, signaling their skill.
W S Hanna attorney for John Hastings one of J B Leeper bondsmen asked county commissioners to offer a reward for Leeper s return Hastings and orders push for action and Leeper s location is said to be known His settlement stance with commissioners and a related suit are noted while Hastings may seek a court airing or separate settlement through legal channels.
H A Odenkirk of East Olson Township patents a switch stand for railways praised by railroad men. The device operates from the engineer’s cab as trains approach and claims superiority over rivals. CB & Q plans to produce four stands. the mechanism resembles a sausage stuffer, inspired by the inventor’s sausage grinder work.
A Washington special in the Pittsburg Press claims Pennsylvanians stole most of thirteen dozen towels lent by the Department of Agriculture. Circumstantial evidence points to the Eighth Ohio Guard, the President's Own, as suspects. The Buckeyes occupied the Agriculture building and were known for pranks in Washington.
Alex Marchand of Millersburg, famed in Wooster circles, married Laura Gray in Cleveland on Thursday. The ceremony linked two families amid a small gathering of friends and local associates.
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