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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1892
Page
3
A compressed excerpt lists stations and distances with times in AM and PM labels. It names Lodi Gates Isle Burbank shade Creek and other locations with numerical values indicating mileages or sequence points. The fragment suggests a transit schedule snippet from an early era.
The Republicans of Chester township are requested to meet at the Township Hall on Saturday March 19 at 2 o'clock p.m. to nominate candidates to be supported at the April election. By Order of Committee.
The Franklin Two Republicans plan a March 17 meeting at Moreland from 5 to 7 pm to nominate a township ticket. Wells will be open during the event and John R. McKinnes serves as chairman. Des Moines contact Mrs J U Munn responds to news of her mother Mrs Levi Thomas’s illness.
A reflective line compares people who give only with guaranteed returns, arguing that few will cast bread upon waters without a swift, concrete payoff such as a mortgage or deed securing half the earth. The quip critiques lack of generous risk in society.
A Friday night break in at the fire department led to eight dollars seized from a janitor Andy Reed chest and clothing case. It marks the second winter incident after ten dollars was previously taken. no clues have emerged.
A San Francisco post office clerk, Frank McDix, was arrested for stealing a two dollar bill from a package addressed For Shillie and Hazel from Grandma. Authorities seek the sender’s name and any knowledge of Winiie and Hazel in San Francisco.
News notes show a push to appoint the post office as paymaster for the pension bureau. Sheriff Brown will escort William Spittler to the Toledo Asylum Tuesday morning. March proves its trend as a difficult month with various local changes and events outlined.
Mrs John Swarts, longtime Nation House host on W Liberty Street, will move with her daughters to Cincinnati in a few weeks. The oldest hotel in the city will likely be abandoned. Miss Emma Mowery, Nathaniel Mowery’s daughter, of Stadi aon Hall, is reported ill with tetanus after mumps and a cold, unable to eat solid food, surviving on liquids.
Col Hard and Walter M Taggart inspected Company D of the 8th Regiment. The inspection was creditable showing progress in new tactics. Col Hard expressed pleasure, calling Co D one of the best equipped and best drilled companies in the state.
The jury found William Spitler insane after a short deliberation of fifteen minutes. Court witnesses included Dr J G McCoy Dr C A Lerch and Dr J Deer among others. Spitler, brought in by two aides, did not speak and showed clear signs of mental disturbance during the proceedings.
Prohibitionista will meet Thursday evening to nominate a city ticket. The board of elections changed several clerk and judge posts at their Monday meeting. Edward Spertollette, Shreve druggist, died Monday night aged about 33. Prisoners in county jail caused disturbances with doors and noise. leaders placed on bread and water. High School Musical rehearsal set for March 17 at 4 PM in the City Opera House to support the Merz Monument Fund.
Judge Dowell rules Landers and Betson as lowest bidders entitled to contract for paving South Market street after finding city civil engineer altered specifications post adoption. Council liable to award to lowest bidder though could have rejected all bids. Appeal planned. bond set at 1500 dollars. council represented by John A Motlarran.
The advertisement claims Syrup of ee acts softly on the kidneys liver and bowels to cleanse the system. It says the remedy is not a cure-all and does not pretend every bottle will prove it.
A Republican convention in Wooster and Wooster township selected nominees for city and township offices. L. D. Forker was named township clerk, with Rh. T. Bechtel among other nominations. Ballots decided several races and the chairmen were authorized to file nomination certificates by March 18.
In Wooster a one year benefit order led by W H Jeffery promised quick payoffs to new members. The lodge grew from about forty to twenty one as distrust rose. Official circulars reveal net liabilities of 1582.06 with funds misused and no clear path to repayment.
In Wooster Ohio 1802 era figures announce declines for political nominations. Taylor declines City Council for the First Ward citing lack of harmony with rival Eshelman and loyalty concerns. Everly declines Township Trustee nomination acknowledging importance and pledging support for the eventual winner.
A Wooster source reports that the Ohio Beneficial Society, including Kullbuck Valley Lodge, collapsed after an assignment and receiver appointment. Liabilities reach 50 000 to 60 000 with assets under 30 000, and distrust from short term order failures hurts future lodges.
Eugene McKay of Bradford says he suffered years with constipation and tried various remedies before BRANDRETHS PILLS. After two nightly doses for a week and then one nightly for six weeks he reports no trouble and regular bowel movements daily. He endorses the pills as superior for sluggish bowels and biliousness.
One hundred acres of farming and pasture land in Franklin township on the new road from Moreland to Millbrook. Terms easy. For particulars inquire of Hugh Hughes, Wooster, O.
Wm. H. Johnson and his wife, longtime Wooster residents, prepare to move to Cleveland this month with their family. Neighbors honored the couple with a farewell party Tuesday, gifting each with an elegant easy chair. Mrs. Johnson is praised for her generous help in sickness and distress.
The undersigned will offer at a public sale at his farm three and one half miles south east of Wooster on the New Philadelphia road midway between Wooster and Apple Creek. Items include three horses a gelding a brood mare with foal and a yearling, four milch cows and fresh, one brood sow and ten pigs, farming implements and household goods. Sale starts at 10 o'clock a m. Terms to be announced day of sale. Capt BF Miller A W Shearer, auctioneer.
Zimmerman markets a famous Wanted as a beauty product for Wooster women. The phrase Blush of Roses is tied to the complexion line promoted to female shoppers downtown.
Mores Cherry and Margrant Daniel Barr and Mary A Garman Thos P McCullough and Della Ray Bevington. A J Barnhart and Clara M J Peters Wm Derr and Cora Eshally. John Bensinger and Lucinda Broth ers.
Massillon Bridge company awarded the largest contract tied to the Columbian exposition in Chicago.Three spans of cantilever plate girder arches, each span seven girders long, total length exceeding half a mile. Bridges will connect buildings across canals for the exposition.
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