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Newspaper

Wooster Republican

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1896

Page

8

Wooster Daily notes on county affairs and civic items

Local news roundup covers council talks on electric light plant plans, prison and patrol updates, patent notices, court actions, and community happenings. Mentions telephony expansion, street railway innovations, theatre events, and lodge activities with multiple named people and places throughout Wayne County.

Unsuspected Ending at Eastern Louse Horse Sale

A Saturday horse sale at the Eastern Louse gtablea ended abruptly after four animals sold slowly. Auctioneer A W Shearer reopened the log and bidding surged, clearing 21 horses by 4 pm. Prices averaged nine to eleven dollars per head amid a banquet at the Chicago nation. The event featured University of Wooeter graduates and speeches by Rev W W White CGM Moderwell and others.

A. W. Shearer Essons Chicago University of Wooeter CG. M. Moderwell Island W.H . Priey Howard A. John Ongta Sharpe Syaveli

Sheriff sale reports on estate and real estate transfers

Sold by the Sheriff From Saturday's Daily The Samuel Witschell farm to Frank lin township, was offered oat adminis trator's sale today but no bids were received. Three pieces of property belonging to the estate of Mrs. Margaret Rockey, were offered but only one was sold. A house and lot up Spruce street ap praised at 3700 were secured by J ulip Kline for S505. The following were sold by Sheriff W. W. Garver 4. C. Frick yn. Frank Fete, the City Mitlin Wooster, appraised at $8,500, sold to H.C. Frick for $5,700. The Wooster National Bank vs W W. Cunningham, 160 acres in Milton township, appraised at 35,000, sold to Wooster National Bank for $4,600. The Standard Wagon Co vs. A. [. Fetzer, et al, lot No. 37 in village of Easton, appraised at $3750, sold to Geo. W Franks for $40.

Samuel Witschell Franklin Township Margaret Rockey Spruce Street J*ulip Kline W. W. Garver C. Frick Frank Fete Mitlin Wooster

Choir Practice Ends With Social Evening at Mrs Beebe’s

Saturday’s Daily reports KM E choir members enjoyed a formal evening hosted by Mrs. W Beebe at College Avenue. After an hour of practice, they dined, then tested thinking skills with witty speeches by Mr. F W Taylor and others.

KME W . Beebe College Avenue F. W. Taylor Beebe Lottie Horn Luther EB. Everett Birdie Wilhelm

Encore filled Wooster with Tuxedo Mandolin Club in city show

A Friday performance at the City Opera House by the Tuxedo Mandolin Club drew hearty applause and several encores. J Raskin Currier and Francis Ramseyer received strong notices while Alpha Tau Omega hosted a large theater party. Afterward the group danced at the club room on South Market Street and paid social calls to locals.

Wooster City Opera House Tuxedo Mandolin Club J. Raskin Currier Francis Ramseyer Henrised D. Francis Ramsyer Khamseyer Alpha Tau Omega Section AC Tpaoxedo Club Foss and Lee Block South Market Street J. J. Ramasyer

Classics Report On Bacon And Spenser Study Group

The Classics held a Friday meeting hosted by Miss Mellicent Woodworth with Miss Alica Brown presenting Bacon as subject and Miss Nellie Ihrig on Spenser. Readings covered Bacon life, writings, and the inductive system, plus Spenser's Faerie Queen, with extracts from Lowell and poems by Spenser. Guests included Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Peckinpaugh, Mrs. Shields, and Misses Platter and Hunter.

Mellicent Woodworth Alica Brown Francis Bacon Nellie Ihrig Edmond Spencer Thelizabethan Lowell Spenser Harriet Finck Spencer Margaret Platter Jesle Platter Isanel Ibrig

Thursday Club ponders Shakespeare and Bacon studies

The first March meeting of the Thursday Club met at Mrs. W. D. Tyler’s home on North Market Street. Papers contrasted Sir Francis Bacon with Shakespeare and discussed contemporaries and Ben Jonson, revealing lively debates about life, work, and the era’s literary landscape.

Thursday Club W. D. Tyler North Market Street O. Compton Francis Bucco Pope Novum Organum Miriam Bilis Shakespeare Mre Tyjer Ben Jonson Ethel Roberts Jonson Chloe Funck A. F. Raffensperger

Delay Defeated the Enterprise For This Year

A rough Saturday in the city saw a band of tramps driven from Beall Avenue and the east side near the Pennsylvania depot after police, including Marshal Ellsperman and Officers Latimer and Lerner, contained them amid fires and drunken loiterers. The event disrupted Bowery-style vagrants while residents feared further depredations as youths reported threats with revolvers. Council discussions followed to establish a stone pile to deter petty offenses, and a Vegetable Growers Association heard that a local firm delaying a canning factory agreement may reopen talks next year as it expands business.

Pentaylvania Depot Falmer Street Ellsperman Latimer Lerner Orrville Bernard Clark Rey Lucas Earnest Dunlap Beall Avenue Marshal Etsperman Leiner and Marshal Eilsperman Vegetable Growers Association Ort Thee Coga & Contract

Epworth League Convention at Smithville April 1 and 14

Epworth League chapters from Wooster Applecreek and Smithville plan a convention at Smithville with a grand rally and program. Rev J H Blackburn of Smithville Methodist Church leads as Wooster sub district president. speakers include Key J F Smith and Miss Alpha Barrett. Wooster delegates will attend. A separate lecture titled Wanted, a Man will be given in Dalton Presbyterian Church on March 27 by Key J H Bomberger AM of Columbiana president of Ohio Christian Endeavor Union.

Lee Ohio BO Houen Ff Wate John J. Lez JO Hanha Mary A. Clemens F. B. Pearson J. C. Hanna Elienarsons J. G. Watt D Seesey Oi Jad Bigger B. F. Paton Tess McClure B.gilmord W. B. Gar .H oMahon M. G. Evans John Montgomery M. Shannon F. J. Milligan H. M. McKee Grace Eagleson J. Hayes Thomas Thodahs Ralph van Deman J. F. Hinkead M. Vorhees Wooster Applecreek Smithville Epworth League J H. Blackburn Dalton Presbyterian Church Key J. H. Bomberger Columbiana Ohio Christian Endeavor Union

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