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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1895
Page
3
The notice lists copy deadlines at noon for same day insertions and outlines notices for entertainments sales and events. It mentions the Republican paper and printing office at Liberty Street and March 20 1806 as dates linked to notices and charges.
In Wooster, William Wike will relocate his restaurant to the Black building on West Liberty. The Clark Eason annual report may be read in Council tonight. A Yoder House boarder won a gold watch with gum. Zimmerman block rooms to be turned into a club room. Rich & Blough open hardware sales by April 1. A glass blower, James Cahill, reports a bogus blow on his cheek near a North Lawrence platform incident. Ohio National Guard funding to counties aids armory costs. Fire at 91 East Bowman street caused minor damage. Mrs J Lucas ill from exertion. Gust Haffacre jailed for assault and battery. 10 days plus fines. City exams keep pupils busy. more hospital patients than quota. Seville hotel fire losses 5000 with 3000 insured. Two suspects tied to a Fredericksburg hold-up released. later deemed distant. Postmaster Marchand secures extra clerk. stamp window to open on east side. B&O Extension track work to Millersburg resumes. Degnon aims to finish quickly. Geo W Spencer and John Bowser visiting Wooster to discuss Holmes count y inmates relocation. Wayne infirmary full. Holmes rebuild planned after Sunday fire.
Week ending par 19 shows letters remaining uncalled for. Names include Mr Apne, William F. H., Juneaman Mip, Addy Syo, Miss Effie, Velmer, F. Parsons, and tiny F. Maronann. Advertised letters must state their advertisement date.
Fragmented items report lectures at St Marys and nearby towns, a salesman minutes from Cleveland, funeral attendance, a south and west business trip, a Rev S H Wallace moving to New Egypt New Jersey for a boarding school in June, Wayne township voters access a room in township house for aged voters, Canal Fulton station fire causing minor loss, Golden Y's meeting at Miss Ellashires home on Buckeye street with a talk on Our English Sisters led by Miss Carrie Dysart, urging support for the organization.
A crowded list of local movements includes Charles Hopp of Dalton in Wooster on business, A KR King of Akron visiting, and Howard Herring of Mangfield among Wooster friends. Others travel or visit, with a few official notes on pensions, contracts, and community events. illness and deaths in Wooster area noted alongside political and social engagements.
Fragmentary OCR text lists marriages of Charles Welker Emma J Gray David Kauffman Mary Markley Pp J Amstutz Barbara Schneck J M Jordan Emma B Miller and then nonsensical product and ad phrases about bicycles models and steel levers with mentions of Harting Co and Routt implying a damaged page with unrelated items mixed in.
At 11 last night South Market grocer M S Goodman fired on two burglars fleeing from Henry Long’s jewelry shop at 8034 and 82 South Market street. Radigan and Harrington were captured after Latimer and Lerner traced them to their fathers’ homes. Radigan wounded, Harrington arrested. Both men were drunk.
A runaway mare crossed a bridge and narrowly avoided colliding with a southbound coal train near Doylestown. Dan Darne mtUer and J W McElherne chased the frightened horse, signaled the approaching train, and rescued the animal with no injuries beyond barked legs. The near-miss prevented possible wreck and loss of life for train crew.
A quirky local notice invites readers to Harding and Company next to the Court House for a display of the Open Bear Threa Apron Harvester and Binder. It promises a faultless machine that will not eat anything and may say much to visitors.
The Wayne County Board of State Deput y Supervisors Of Elections met in Wooster with Judge Eshelman presiding to arrange ballots and education board seats. Bids from Geo A Clapper and H P Gravatt were reviewed, Gravatt at 151.60 lowest. Nominated women for Board of Education include Sarah E Dally Garrett Edith Sullivan Melissa Warner and Ella Geisinger across Wooster Orrville and the Shreve area.
City council outlines aim to lure Schultz wagon company to locate in Wooster with support from citizens and the Board of Trade. Street improvements approved include plank crossing on Palmer Street at Rebecca Street and cinder sidewalks on the east side of Palmer Street. Captain J B Taylor seeks tax bond payment reform for North Market Street paving, warning that current terms would double actual costs before bond maturation.
The March 14 1895 report recalls a joyous dedication to a rebuilt M E church in Burbank following the September 1894 fire. Trustees, donors, and a long service led by Rev Dr Moore culminated in a pledge of 150 dollars to clear debt as workers showcased a 700 seat Romanesque brick church with cherry wood interior, stained glass, and a clock soon to crown the northeast tower.
Local reports detail a 1893 dynamite plot tied to Reed Whitmore and Thomas Stoner. Feazel was arrested after a staged meeting at a Lodi foundry, with Whitmore’s mill attacked and a correctional plan later revealed. Court actions include slander suit progress and multiple divorce petitions across Holmes and surrounding counties.
Dr Frederick W Platt, eye specialist, will be at William Hibley’s on Friday and Saturday March 22 and 23. The most careful examinations and 19 years of practice. Record of over 85 000 cases.
Near West Salem two women Mary Strouse and Sarah Ibengast woke to intruders demanding admission. The burglars battered the door and ransacked the lower floor while the women fled to the stairs. The pair, living alone on a nearby farm, fear arrests as neighbors are suspected. Strouse had just bought the farm and faced an April 1 payment, with cash not on hand. The robbers left empty handed and the house was found in disarray Saturday morning. Additional context notes tariff news on binder twine.
Wooster Markets corrected by Frick & Tyler and Craighead & Co list prices for wheat flour corn oats rye barley seeds milk butter eggs lard ham cheese beans potatoes onions and poultry. Entries show per hundred weight per barrel per dozen or pound with various cast prices and unit measures.
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