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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1894
Page
4
The itemization lists pensions examined, property purchases including Mrs Miller's sale of the Shibley estate for 2000, and new hires for county buildings. It reports a water line issue at Frick fountain, a gypsy camp south of town, and various deaths, illnesses, court visits, and movements of residents, with multiple small public notices and neighborhood happenings.
George Gray's son at Lodi may not recover from a playful horse kick. Geo H Hay of Wooster was in town Wednesday. Miss McDowell of Spencer has gone to Wooster. Dalton Gazette's Andy Smith of Wooster visits Apple Creek. Steve Smith and wife of Wooster with Chas Wagner. J Cameron and wife called to Wooster for illness of Mr Fred Elbroger. Mrs A C Adams and daughter Lulu spent Friday with Wooster friends. Mrs H G White and daughter visited Wooster last week. L Flack attends Shreve High School and will work his mother's farm this summer. George Quinby returned to Wooster after three days with old friends. Mrs Quinby may stay, daughter Mrs Ikline of Wooster may join. Rev Dr Criley conducted special services at Great Trinity Lutheran Church despite bad weather. Dr Criley spoke on Maul's attitude before Agrippa and the grace of God in adversity. Services planned again this evening at 7:15.
Unclear OCR fragment hints at a local event or notice involving individuals named Rick and Pisasant Pel. Text is garbled and provides no concrete facts, dates, places, or clear actions. Further legible material is needed to produce a meaningful headline and summary.
A fragmented notice list details extensive additions to wood and blacksmith shops with yard and garden improvements at Creston, plus farm sales and relocations in Creston and nearby towns. It reports D L Kelifer selling the Smithyville farm for 60 256 per acre, Jonas Schmucker charging 6%50 per acre, and Margole Adams moving to the David Schmucker farm. Other items note hog disease in Doylestown, shifts in store ownership in Pleasant and Jackson township, and moves of residents to Cedar Valley and Dalton. West Salem contenders in oratorical contest are mentioned with controversy over honors.
Holmes County item notes Medina will host a creamery after G N Hazen and associates organized a stock company. The report also lists a "foreclosure suit" against Amos Whiteley & Co.’s reaper plant in Springfield, mortgagees seeking receiver appointment and sale. Other local items mention marriages, deaths, and community notes across Millersburg and nearby townships.
A promotional note claims Dr. King's new discovery for consumption coughs and colds helps throat chest and lung diseases. It asserts over a million users have benefited and offers a trial bottle free at Laubach and Boyd's drug store with a money back guarantee.
A local druggist touts Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Dr King’s New Life Pills Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters. The firm guarantees satisfaction or refund and credits merits for popularity. Laubach & Boyd announce readiness to refund purchase price if results fail.
The ad extols Bucklen’s Arnica valve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and guarantees cure of piles with money back. Price is 25 cents per box and is sold by Laubach and Boyd Druggists.
An old style ad urges investing a silver quarter in Simons Liver Regulator powder claiming quick relief for sick headache and cold symptoms. It touts mothers as strongest endorsers and cites a Centerville South Dakota editorial praising the product based on personal experience, with fragmented phrasing and questionable endorsements.
A garbled excerpt references President Cleveland and his Supreme Court nominee, plus discussion of the Democratic party in Ohio, John Sherman, and the optilist party. It mentions political tensions, public sentiment, and a call to confront changing party dynamics in a late 19th or early 20th century context.
A St Louis to New York Chronicle tribute lauds Col George A Shives, 29, new Chronicle editor in chief. The Cincinnati Post alum rose from Ohio Legislature correspondent to telegraph and city editor, shaping the Chronicle with bold, news driven style and high newsroom standards.
Dr. J Todd's Century Club talk on The Stone Age Its Art highlights Wooster's finds and local specimens from nearby areas. The discussion traces Paleolithic periods in France and other nations, noting tool evolution from rough flaked stone to polished forms and linking artifacts with ancient fauna across geological strata.
A mother testifies that Dr Hand's Colic Cure expelled wind at once and gave quiet sleep after trying many remedies including paregorica and catnip tea. She mentions Teething Lotion and notes it helped four children, with a local seller listed as E Laut Boyd.
A Year By presents a compact chronicle of events, people, and places. While readable fragments shape the outline, the piece centers on evolving stories and local moments captured across months.
A long account discusses glacial drift along Killbuck and the Baltimore and Ohio cut, noting French specimens and three epochs in France. It describes evolving toolmaking, cave art, and Dr Todd’s flint finds near Wooster illustrating human progress before American Indians appeared. It mentions debates on antiquity, migration waves, and the clash of science and revelation.
Columbus reaffirms standard time after Guernsey Taylor law. County commissioners order clocks set back 28 minutes to align with legal time, despite farmer protests. The steeple clock was kept on sun time for two months but reverted. A repeal bill failed this session, cementing standard time in the county.
A biographical sketch in electricity profiles N S Amstutz now in Cleveland formerly of Sterling. The piece credits his photo to wire transmission system using a stylus over a photograph to modulate electrical current, enabling distant engraving and reproduction of images for news items.
New York reports a sweeping Republican victory in statewide county results. Geneva, Rochester, and Oswego show strong Republican wins. Little Falls and Lansingburg sweep tickets. Dutchess County Board of Supervisors shifts to a Republican majority. Iowa and other state cities also reflect large Republican margins, with mayoral wins and aldermen gains across multiple cities.
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