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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1903
Page
4
The University Voice explores life after commencement noting delays and advantages of slower pace. It discusses railroads in Great Britain and their apparent lack of passenger deaths last year, suggesting a measured view on progress and efficiency.
A patchwork column blends breezy notes on lawn care and weather with political chatter. Mentions include Township Assessor Daniel Strowe and Constable Russell Kinton, local candidates, and references to national figures like Hearst, Bryan, and Watterson amid playful seasonal asides.
A visit to Cuba by a suspect failed to reveal possession of the island context. No additional details available.
The record shows Smoot has not produced any significant senate action recently. Analysts note the absence of major votes or initiatives, suggesting a quiet period with limited public milestones to report.
A reader notes a curious overlap as a creature called the snake appears to be linked with the timing of St Patrick's Day observances and seasonal haygen events, suggesting an odd correspondence between nature and local festivities.
Fragmentary note reports Mr Bryvau and Mr Gorman related to a vote. Mentions no clear outcome or dates. Indicates a political process or candidacy with uncertain details and no additional context.
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Mr French reports to trey p to California showing support for diverting some tied financial backing into circulation. The note reflects a stance favoring rearranged funding flows within the state project and suggests a reconsideration of prior allocation priorities.
The text discusses willingness to accept a $15,000 salary and political advisory limits. It references WJ Bryan, Senator Dolliver, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and tobacco market concerns. It presents speculative lines about attendance and confidants, with garbled names and phrases, reflecting fractured OCR of a 19th or early 20th century political page.
An unclear passaged notice mentions a Nebraska van and a trial, with references to giving up a fortune and a laborer. The readable fragments suggest a legal proceeding or obstruction but lack concrete names, dates, or places to confirm specifics.
The article hints at Stormmuler Knapp ready to confess on matters tied to city politics. Officials refuse to comment as investigators pursue financial ties and potential motives. A figure tied to a restraining order remains central to the case, while local attorneys expect small gains from any disclosures.
A fragment notes that Montreal has been asked to resume due to excessive talking. It cites an overabundant supply of wind as not meeting a key requirement for office under the present administration.
Whitaker Wright, arrested in New York for defrauding Englishmen of F100000000, asserts he has been doing one more than J Pierpont Morgan has been doing right along in the United States. He criticizes English views as quaint and behind the times.
The edict shows a ruler who leans liberal toward subjects while maintaining strict control. If he continues this balance, people might gain small freedoms such as eating with forks and using knives for teeth—yet the core power stays in his grasp.
In St Louis on March 16 Judge Adams will hear arguments in the United States district court in the injunction suit of the Wabash Railway Company to restrain employees from striking. Tabor leaders vow that dissolving the injunction would erase their influence and leave laborers with no means to enforce pay demands. The case draws sharp legal battle and high interest as the court considers if enforcement will require deeper wages.
Fragmentary items include reports on a Massillon district medal event and a hatchet assault in Indianapolis. Also notes on the Russian czar granting worship freedom and local self government, a Charleston grand jury probe into miners clash, and a tally of indictments and witness lists.
West Salem March 18 A B Struthers and Mies Effie Carlin wed at the bride’s father Dr Gy A Cahn’s residence at high noon Tuesday March ten. Rev A B Struthers and Rev POW Paylor officiated with few guests present. After a brief reception the couple planned a ten day eastern trip to Buffalo Niagara Pally New York and Washington. They will reside in West Salem.
March 616 reports Mr and Mrs GF staying a week with relatives near Dadton before returning to the city. Torst and family join the public gathering for the brother in law Mr Yoder and Mrs Elias Martin. Local moves include Charley Kitz aiding in the Bachwalter farm shift with Featherstone and Pugh Pat terson present. Miners and operators clash over price demands. a general strike may loom by early April. Dr Pope misses a train, travels via alternative routes. John Shearer returns home ill. Mrs J Ro Eichenberger makes a business trip to North Lawrence.
March 16 report from Orrville area covers attendance at the horse sale by Joseph Winkler and son Dal, visits by Winfield Tinney of Warsaw with his brother in Kiowa, and local health notes including Dr Stout's illness and recovery. Also mentions Miss Hetty Stahlwilkelose leaving Mechanicsburg to teach, Samuel Bucher’s sudden dumb attack, John Kyles moving to Maize farm near Wooster, and a local frog croak signaling pending spring.
Traffic suspended as high Mississippi River water alarm grows across Vicksburg. Gauge hits 487 with a two tenths rise. Embankments holding but sawmill district near Waltersville faces shut down, refugees shelter and salvage goods crowds move by raft. Night trains disrupted between Wicksburg and Nes Orivan amid trestle collapse reports. A separate Latrobe incident details a fatal drinking bout with shootings and stabbings ending in two deaths and injuries.
Washington reports indicate Democrats may vote against the treaty or push amendments to keep canal strip control. Republicans forecast ratification if key clauses pass, while Cuban treaty timelines follow Panama action. In Havana, a violent squall prompts a naval rescue by the Dolphin crew. Five Cuban sailors drown in separate capsizes.
Washington March 16 The president received a letter from Colonel William F Cody written in London warning that timber and especially the mountain underbrush must be protected now to prevent sheep from devastating watersheds west of the mountains. He warned that within five years homeseekers and taxpayers may lose water to irrigate lands in the Big Horn basin.
Jefferson City March 14 Speaker Whitecotton led a floor clash as Davidson school text book bill faced defeat claims Hoodl e used to kill the bill. Rep G C M Selph of St Louis and Doorkeeper J E Clark traded blows as order broke down with desks toppled and shouts for adjournment. The disturbance ended only after a committee was named to back the sergeant at arms and clear the lobby.
Adela bert Ames former mayor of Minneapolis and fugitive from justice decided to return to Minneapolis to face bribery charges. He will travel via Boston and Chicago and will be out of New Hampshire before the bail deadline. His decision was voluntary aided by his wife and four relatives providing sufficient bond of 12500.
Paris March 12 crowds fill galleries as Debates begin on the question of discontinuing teaching by religious orders. Premier Combes and most of the ministry occupy the ministerial bench amid animated discussion and interest over prior incidental phases including Breton climeet wards.
Western Kentucky mine operators and coal miners failed to settle the annual scale at a conference in Paducah and agreed to reconvene in Louisville on March 24. Miners issued an ultimatum that current pay scales will not be accepted and warned all western Kentucky mines may close if demands are not met. Other items include murder cases, drownings, and notable deaths in Ohio and Indiana.
Attorney Thomas H. Darby of Cincinnati met with A A Knapp to prevent him from testifying in the Roth assault case. Knapp denies knowledge of the Motzer assault and asserts his innocence. Ren Andrews may still call Knapp despite earlier plans not to. Ended in a row.
Lorain will receive eight blast furnaces instead of two and the Sharon plant plate mill will be moved to Lorain to supply shipyard operations. The changes, announced in Lorain on March 183, reflect a major upgrade to local industry and shipbuilding capacity.
Washington dispatch reports Envoy Bowen pressed allies for The Hague reference in a proposed protocol on the Venezuela matter. Bowen drafted a draft protocol to send the case to The Hague, with the Russian czar selecting the court. Officials from Britain, Italy, and Germany promised to act in concert, while Bowen pledged to oppose any compromise that blocks The Hague reference.
Providence March 16 Mrs Julia Tombs 23 was shot and killed by William Steve Ris Morse a rejected lover who has been in an insane asylum twice in three months Morse fired four shots at the girl on her way to church all took effect Morse previously tried to kill his 11 year old sister with a butcher knife and served years in the Connecticut state reformitory Morse recently enlisted in the navy and was discharged at Charlestown navy yard due to physical disability.
In Zanesville Ohio on March 17 a head end collision between two freight trains of the Zanesville and Western railroad killed D C Miller a brakeman from Thurston Ohio and fatally injured engineer James Quinn. The crew of an extra misunderstood orders.
Boston on March 16 reports former Mayor Adelbert A Ames of Minneapolis, escorted by his wife and two sheriffs, traveling west to face bribery indictments.
Huntington March 16 M Lowe a merchant was killed and his wife fatally injured by a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train at the Ceredo crossing.
-Venezuelan revolutionists say they have defeated government forces in a recent battle near Coro. German army issues new dog usage instructions for field service requiring at least two dogs per infantry company. Rev Frank Hungate found guilty in Miss McKeenan operation trial at Painesville. Bud Higgins confesses to murder of Mrs Annie Butler in Chicago sensational courtroom moment. Waterbury superior court issues temporary injunction blocking trolley union boycott and interference. In Indianapolis federal court Judge Anderson cites contempt against Louisville lawyers Watts and ??? De shadd noted.
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