Wooster City Council Considers Street Paving and Ventilation Needs
The Wooster council met in a semina session with most members present. Petitions from North Grant West Liberty Walunt and related streets ask paving at cost not to exceed 1.50 per foot. A request for a dry well lit Second Ward election building was sent to the Street committee. Discussions included improving voting places for seniors and ladies, extending electric light hours for Glass Works night shifts, and adjusting funds from the Cleveland & Southern Railway to property owners on North Market Street. The council amended ordinances to allow street takings for water connections while keeping streets open for pedestrians and light vehicles, and moved to suspend and read a long grade ordinance for Saybolt Columbus Woodland and Northwestern avenues in the old Third Ward.
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Semna
Allahan
van Nest
North Grant Street
West Liberty
Larwill Street
West North Street
North Market
West Liberty Street
North Street
Walnut Street
Zimmerman
Fisher
Board of Elections
Second Ward
City of
Wooster
Richard Burke
Joe Carr
J C. Hard
Q. M. Gravatt
Glass
Electric Light Company
Kissing
Oon
Régnees Pavotne
North Market Street
Cleveland & Southern Railway Company
Aylesworth
Hubbell
Hos
Kinney
Bever Street
Collegee Avenue
University South Soo
Bae
J CO Meelar
Wat
Glerk Milier
Saybolt
Columbus
Woodland
Vanover
Local council debates ordinance and duties
The meeting discussed suspending rules to pass an ordinance. Fisher and Kinney clashed over timing, with Kinney noting Fisher’s request to read the ordinance if he was late. The solicitor was tasked to draft changes and report next meeting. Other business included bill payments, street and alley records, and concerns over a dumping site on East Bowman Street.
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Aylsworth
Mr. Kinney
Foar
Hubbell
Zimmerman
Downing Estate
Blake
Lambert
Tom South Market Street
Iaeres
Eve
Bowman Streets
Strent
Walter Catch
Cato
Markley
Kinnes
Bitters Marketing Claims Sparks Controversy
A fragmented ad style note suggests a claim about improving complexion with a "pure blood" product linked to Bitters. The text mixes marketing language and unclear promises, mentioning Bardock and an sfood term, with no verifiable health or brand context.
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Bardock Sfood
Strangler Knapp Bound Over for Grand Jury Action
Alfred A Knapp, charged with murdering his wife and confessing to several other killings, was bound over without bail at a Hamilton hearing to await grand jury action. His attorney challenged confessions and their collection, while Mayor Bosch underscored the evidence as sufficient.
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Knapp
Hamilton
Alfred A Knapp
Bosch
Quetty
Gas strike at Shale Brick works fuels hope for company
A strong gas flow at the Shale Brick works rose Monday night as drillers feared lanterns after a similar scare at a nearby Bell well. To permit night work the gas will be piped away, with many confident the strike will prove valuable even if pressure tops out.
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Shale Brick Works
Bae
Bell
Shale Brick Company
Telephone switch upgrade slows service temporarily
The home telephone company reports minor service hampering as it transfers connections to a new, modern switchboard. Crews note the process is arduous and takes days, but assure better performance once completed, with many new subscribers awaiting hookup capacity.
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Home Telephone Company
Billy Asker
Duberri
Pipe in Hole Stops Drilling at Sippo Well
Dalton March 14 Drilling well No 1 of the Massillon Dalton Oil company at Sippo was halted after drillers dropped several hundred feet of pipe down the hole. Little oil was recovered and found with salt water, making it worthless. Machinery remains on site and a decision on resuming drilling is pending.
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Dalton
Massillon Dalton Oil Company
Sippo
Noted Young Orator Addresses Temperance Meeting
At the City Opera house a Sabbath afternoon temperance gathering drew a well filled lower floor with Rev H W Faure presiding and E Lee Colvin of Chicago delivering a forceful address. Capt J B Taylor spoke on local option results and read an Anti-Saloon article urging organization. Another meeting was announced for next Sabbath afternoon.
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City Opera House
H. W Faure
E. Lee Colvin
Chicago
Colion
J. B. Taylor
Robbers Bind Family In Cridersville Home Theft
In Wapakoneta area on March 16, masked 14 robbers stormed the home of widow Mrs Jacob Reischelderfer. They bound the elder Tames and two women, forced a 12 year old to reveal hiding place of money, and stole about 38000 in cash notes jewelry silverware and a month's wages. Some left at midnight others stayed in the cellar. suspects believed from Cridersville vicinity. In Buffalo, witnesses related to the Burdick murder will testify before Judge Murphy including Dr Marcy Katie Koenig Marion Burdick and others.
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Wapakoneta
Jacob Reischelderfer
Cridersville
Here
Reischelderfer
Blanche
George James
Joseph James
Reischaderf
Tames
Joseph
James
Famliar
Buffalo
Burdick
Fed'svin L. Burdick
Murphy
Marcy
Katie Koenig
Marion Burdick
Gertrude B. Paine
Meyer
Reed
Delahunt
Jeddo
Cabmen
Coatsworth
Hull
Howland
Picked Up at Sea Steamer Rescues Crew After Sealer Capsize
The steamer Conemaugh arrived in Seattle on March 18 and rescued the crew of a sealing vessel capsized near the straits. One white crewmember was drowned in the storm. The rescued men, including Le Ray, were brought to a safe point.
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Seattle
Conemaugh
Coneman
Jugh
Pt & Peenteey le Ray
Pathe
Not Guilty Verdict In Bashford Liquor Case
The jury found Dr A T Bashford and Joseph Bashford not guilty while they could not agree on J T Bashford in a case involving liquor to Bruce Taylor. The jury retired at 2 30 Saturday and returned at 10 45 p m with the verdicts.
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Bashford Orothers
Bruce Taylor
A. T. Bashford
Joseph Bashford
J. T Bashford
OUR NATURAL GAS ARRIVES IN WOOSTER ONCE FINANCING CLEARED
A Wooster resident reports that delays by the Hegel Bes company in extending gas lines were due to financing problems in Cleveland. The issues are said to be resolved and gas service is expected to begin this summer.
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Hegel Bes Company
Wooster
Republican
Cleveland
Charming musical program delights Memorial chapel audience
Charming musical program at Memorial chapel Saturday evening drew an enthusiastic audience. The campus performers and city talent offered a varied program with Miss Mary Glenn, Miss Barnes, and Ralph Plummer as accompanists. Notable numbers included organ pieces, solos, duets, and a quartet with a lively reception from attendees.
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Yeppr Lmca
Jane
Miss Riggs
Neiderhauser
Leiler
Houston
Stauffer
Thomas Kauffman Laid to Rest in North Lawrence
Thomas Kauffman died after a long illness at his parents home in North Lawrence He was thirty four and left a wife a son and a daughter The funeral was held at Papin church with Rev C Rach officiating Many floral tributes marked the service Kauffman had many friends during residence in North Lawrence and was an agent for the Pennsylvania railroad company through his brother Harry Kauffman
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Chaffee
Coyle
Oklahoma
Euggene Chaffee
Sullivan
Ohio
Sioent
Eugene Chaffee
Jahoma
Pennsylvania
Kauffman
Wooster
Peart
Harry Kauffman
Lawrence
Penn= Sylvania railroad company
Ness
Gene Ceerytbing
Nez Papin
Pee Ae Hered
J. Ea
Cae
Raach
Oleaner
Baptist Church
Christ
North
Rence
Jacob
Frank
Sheraton
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