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Wooster Republican

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1895

Page

6

New barber shop to open at Hotel Wayne soon

From Wednesday's Daily reports activity around Orrville with a new barber shop opening in the Hotel Wayne tomorrow. Farmers plowing and sowing. trains may run between Wooster and Millersburg starting May 15, affecting local passenger service.

Wayne Geo. Plummer, Jr J. S. Adair Holracaville TeaReriay B&o Charles Kissling Supt. Johnson Wooster Millersburg

Local Notes from Wooster and Nearby Leaders Visit

Wooster daily notices named Mrs. J F Britton visiting in town, L P Slueser of Massillon calling on grocers, Mrs Judge Beer and Robert Beer visiting Dr J D Beer, and J A Braden of Akron Beacon as a guest. Recaps include Mrs Hough's death, Capt Forbes Alcock Water Works trustee, and various travelers, physicians, and officials visiting Wooster and Canton.

J. F. Britton Weat-Salem Akron Beacon Experiment Station Carey McAfee B. F. Tiefenthaler Feeanta Ios D. C Misa Daisy Oldroyd Washington Horace Barrett Gorton Minstrels W. P. van Doorn Canaan Forbes Alcock Miases Dollie Hazel Brown Miles Snyder Akron

Wooster Notes Visitors and Local Moves

Mayors and visitors stop in Wooster as Judge Beer and R. L. of Bucyrus leave after a brief visit. Mayor Rice of Canton plans a deposition, to return next Tuesday. Holmes county commissioner W. Spencer recalls a prior highwayman incident. Chicagoan A. Lie moves to Wooster on Spink street to reside permanently. H. B. Matthews inspects Shamp and Bechtel exchange as a new National phone system may be adopted locally.

Yasterding Chicago Orrville Holmes County A. Lie Shamp & Bechtel Telephone Exchange Matthews

No Request to Postpone Action on Nicaragua Crisis

London April 26 The foreign office has not received any request from the United States or Nicaragua for an extension of the time allowed Nicaragua for consideration of the ultimatum of Great Britain as presented by Admiral Stephenson. He is now at Corinto with three British warships.

London Foreign Office United States Nica Nicaragua Britain Stephenson Corinto

Japan Rebuffs Russian Peace Demands in April Note

From St Peterssune April 26 the Japanese government replies to Russia's peace note warning that Russia France and Germany seek terms Japan cannot accept. It says if Japan yields to those exactions revolution could erupt due to national pride, yet Russia remains set on maintaining its demands.

St. Peterssune Govert Japan China Russia France Germany

Church Collections and church building notes across towns

Reports detail a list of church projects and clergy moves including First Presbyterian Toron’s $325 dedication, St. Luke’s Danville rebuilding, Ashland pastorate pastor’s lot purchase for $1,175, and a $2,000 parsonage. Also notes Toledo and Steubenville events, presbytery actions, local history work, Canton congregational tensions, and a fundraising letter chain for St Paul’s Canton.

First Presbyterian Church of Toronto St. Luke’s Catholic Church Danville South Market Street School House Hershey Ashland W. F. McCauley Dayton West Salem 6Th Presbyterian Church of Toledo G. F Key Halliday Medina County Union Lodi Mre W Porter Hills The Alon H. L. Wiles Mansfield Miffin Mount Zion S. P Kiefer Canton Presbyterian Church H.clay Herguson Austin Lynch St. P Paul's Biscopal Church

Pleasure Trips with Low Rail Rates Across Regions

The Pennsylvania Lines announce widespread summer excursion fares to Baltimore Omaha Boston Cincinnati and many stops. Public fares apply beyond organization members with routes including Atlantic seaboard New England Lake region and western states. The offer highlights Asbury Park Atlantic City and Denver trips plus multi route options and return via Baltimore for Boston travelers. Rates and arrangements to be announced by ticket agents or local managers.

New England States Atlantic Seaboard Lake Region Rocky Mountains Mississippi Baltimore Pennsylvania American Medical Association Decatur Lil Germano Baptist Vankard Pittsburg Presbyterian General Assembly Meridan Miss General Assembly Cumberland Presbyterian Church Omaha National Jr.u . M Chattanooga Tenn International Convention of Epworth League Cleveland Ohio National Republican League Roanoke Asbury Rk Atlantic City Cape May Long Branch New Jersey Denver Missouri Boston Niagra Falls Montreal Thousand Islands St. Lawrence Rapids White Mountains Hudson River Territory Long Island Sound Newport Narragansett Pier Nantucket Cape Cod New York Keyestone Susquehenns Juniata Alleghenies Johnstown Agenburg

Wooster meets build up of eastern rail line progress

In Wooster and surrounding regions a flurry of rail activity is reported. Contractor Degnon completes work on the Baltimore & Ohio extension from Wooster and inspectors will tour the line Monday. News notes cover car orders, yard expansions, new rights of way, and a Tennessee coalfield rail scheme advancing through Knoxville and Knoxville meetings.

Voorhees farm gusher hits 400 barrels daily near Lima

A new gusher two miles east of the city along the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago line spouts about 400 barrels per day and every half hour. The Lima field gains excitement as Schall Bell & iersler own the well and plan more wells on the same farm while Mr Voorhees of Cincinnati owns the farm. In Cleveland the new city administration moves to renew the lake front fight with Lake Shore railroad holdings. A five to seven member commission is likely to be appointed to probe title to the lake front property amid ongoing suits in circuit and common pleas courts.

Orrville Ee Salem Berengrt Board of Examiners Schmuck Crabbs Everett Taylor East Henry Street West Larn Grant Streets Clatus Dilgard Oliver Dilgard First Ward Dayton Water Supply Co United States Army Navy Marine Corps Kent Arbor Day West Larwill Marchand Sherman Brigade Ay D. Peckinpaugh Peckinpaugh Joseph Post Office Department Lake F. Jones Marsnallville J.L. Wheatit Shreve Horace ©. Horning Chicago QU. D. Kerr Holmes County Miss Dora Sands Adericksburg Marshal Eusperman Kerr Jeffries Wm. Muschenich Muschenich Republican Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station City Opera House Kodak Odessa Rogers Marshall Ellsperman Latimer Lerner W. F. Derr McKenna Street East Larwill Street A. Hunt W. J. Green Toledo Eugene Chatalain Canton Howard Justus Cincinnati Wooster C. D. Foust Periie Lautzenheiser John Huston, Jr Millersburg Court of Common Pleas A. W. Blackburn Weat Newton Wm. Larwill Knox County Frank Barnes Zanesville H. B. West de Soto Wwis D. C. Smith Samuel Smith Kalamazoo BR. A. Leisy Marshallyville M. H. Williams H. ©. French Darnes Kan M. H. Davison Wayne Township J.B. Snyder Jacob Gearhart Porbeny Pete Harry Taylor Ohio Pennsylvania Co Wheeler 8 Burrow Cleveland Fremont Port Clinton Toledo Junction Crestline Erie Engine 327 Geo. W. Houghton Galion Cifford Stanley Sims Way Motive Power Department Fort Wayne Walhending Valley & Ohio Carton Council Ft. Wayne Railroad Ft. Wayne South Canton Marion Street Col Boone Knoxville Teon East Tennessee South Atlantic Seaboard Charleston Port Royal Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Col A. E Boone Lina Voorhees Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Lima Schall, Bell &Iersler Lake Front Lake Shore Railroad Circuit Court Common Pleas Court Ohio Grand Council Royal Arcanum Mansfield Ohio Council No Ahio Mohican Asyatic Hree Link Grand Regent McKee Supreme W C Lyon Newark WH. Beebe Ravenna F EF Henry Ashtabula George Lawton T.D Shepherd Norwalk A. EF. Rawlinson Mr. Vernon Rand K. M. McKee Toede J.M. McKinstry Hayenuna Charles Presley John E. Viot Dayton F M. DeNise B. O. Hildreth S. A Lytle A.J Cummings Oberlin E. A Campbell W J . Culbert Niles W. L Kendall Eugene Lane Columbus W .S Gwynn Norwood Ben Brady C A. Fish J D Sawyer Piqua Elizabeth J Cristy Jeb Kinney Wayne Chester Ohi Vhaing Sach Township Sa d OW Garkveer Sheriff Wooster BF Eason Piaiuttif Common _ Pleas H Fetver Wayne County Charles F Conesper Ft Worth Tarrant County State of Texas Charles F Chaefner Raulht X1andaerd Wagon CO 00 & Orr Plalott

Hetty Green Escapes Taxation

New York April reports that President Barker of the tax department received an opinion from the corporation counsel confirming Hetty Green as a non resident of New York City. No personal property assessment can be lawfully made against her though $1,600,000 personalities were assessed. She claims residence in Bellows Falls Vermont.

New York Barker Tax Department Counstl Hetty Green America

Hearst School for Girls to Break Ground This Summer

The Hearst School for Girls at Washteton will break ground this summer as the first in a new group of Episcopal charter schools for the District of Columbia area. The project marks a major step in educational expansion by the church in the capital.

Washteton Hearst School For Girls Colum

Breckinridge figure engaged by New York socialite travels four years

A Breckinridge coast figure Madeline Pollard is hired by a wealthy New York socialite to accompany her on a four year tour of the war era era. A child relieves croup after Ayers Cherry Pectoral, while another neighbor's child also benefits, underscoring the remedy’s relevance.

Madeline Pollard Breckinridge New York Ayers

Divorce counts in large batch of cases noted

A stressed report records a batch of 26 divorce cases listed in a court docket. Details are fragmentary, but the lines indicate a surge in dissolution actions and related counts, with mention of pleads and filings.

Hartman Divorce Petition Foregrounded by Apple Creek Claim

Mrs. Malinda Hartman of Apple Creek files for divorce from Peter Hartman, citing gross neglect and abandonment since their December 1870 marriage. She seeks custody of three children Minnie 16 Earnest 13 and Alice 6, with the case No. 6071. A long list of civil actions and divorces follows in the docket including alimony requests and cognovit actions.

Malinda Hartman Apple Creek Peter Hartman Minnie Earnest Alice Hartman Plaintiff State of Ohio Alpert Lilley C. W. Chapman James McClellan Joseph McClellan I. &. Douglass Bertha Cassiday Harry RB. Cassiday George Fike A. W. Eshelman Amanda Mowery Thomas Mowery M. Franks Jacob Huntsberger Jobb Spindler W. W J. W. Ault D. W. Stinson R. C. Stinson Joseph Ault William Stinson Jacob Boley John Morgan Clinton Township Matilda Hartman Eter Hartman A.M. L. Hoffman F. A Hoffman J.W. Lehr James Coe Phoebe A. Mowery Perry Weaver M.L. Bucchwalter J. Kk. Zimmerman John Zimmerman Mary Creath Jacob Keslar Ys Ezra McIntyre Thos, Mowery Louisa Barbara Hines Wm. F. Ricks Ve W. Rovingson Cognouit Elizabeth M. Smith George W. Smith Mahlon Roach Jacob Sadie Kramer City Bank of Kent Jobo Shellhart C. Johnson The Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad James May Levi Feightner Cognovit James Bodine Hi. R. Brenneman Catharine Brenneman

M Bride Exonerated by AF of L Council

An AF of L executive council exonerates President McBride from charges raised by Mark Wild of the Columbus Trades assembly. A council member will visit Columbus to investigate Wild’s claim that McBride betrayed the A R U in a strike settlement and was bought to stay silent. The council’s ruling mirrors that of the National Miners convention.

Inpta Anapolis American Federation of Labor McBride Mark Wild Columbus Trades Assembly Columbus Wild National Miners’ Convention Feceshant McEade McFrat

County seat war looms in Trumbull as court fight nears

Warren Ohio April 26 Indications favor a county seat battle over courthouse location after fire destroyed the Warren building. Niles citizens push for Niles as the site. county commissioners vow to oppose and fight. Lawyers say injunctions could bar rebuilding at Warren without a public vote. Niles plans to test the issue. Bimetallic League forms in Cincinnati seeking free coinage of gold and silver, independent of parties. Officers include Groesbeck Windhurst Thrall Blair. Four details also note Big Four will parallel B and O Southwestern line from North Vernon Indiana to Louisville, with bridge and terminal facilities in Louisville.

Warren, O Trumbull County Youngstown Niles Ctizens Warren Niles Cicinnati Ciscinnati Big Four Baltimore and Ohio North Vernon Ind Louisville New York Baltmore Ohio Chesapeake Lonuis

Electrically powered locomotive tested for freight and switching

Philadelphia April 27 report says a new electr ic locomotive built at Baldwin works for North American Co operates extensive Milwaukee street rail and lighting interests It was designed by Sprague Duncan Hutchinson New York for experimental heavy freight handling and yard switching duties.

Philadelphia Baldwin Locomotive Works North American Company Oregon and Transcontinental Company Milwaukee Sprague, Duncan & Hutchinson New York

Spain Will Grant Our Demands in Alliance Affair

Secretary Gresham has not received a dispatch from Hannis Taylor in Madrid promising Spain will meet US demands in the Alliance affair and that Captain Venadito will be tried for firing on an American vessel. The State Department deems the result vindicates its course.

Washington Gresham Hannis Taylor United States Madrid Spain Venadito State Department

Wooster Masons plan flag presentation and temple updates

Secretaries of Wooster and Wayne county lodges urged to submit items weekly. On May 1 Sir Knights of Wooster Commandery No. 48 will stage a program at Mason Temple including conferring the Red Cross on three postulants, a ladies’ reception, and presentation of an American flag. Hiram lodge buys property for a new Masonic temple in Delaware. Nearly 2,000 Mystic Shriners gather for the Medinah Temple opening in Chicago ahead of a September dedication.

Knights of Wooster Masonic Temple Order of the Red Cross Mandolin Orchestra J. B. Milner J. BR. Zimmerman L. P. Ohliger H. Boyd W. W. Firestone Geo J Schwarts H. K. Brady O A. McDonald J.M. Quinby W.D. Tyler Davd Nice W. D. Foss John Johnston Shives Lehman Delaware Hiram Lodge Alliger West Winter Street Sandusky Illinois States Fifth Avenue Jackson Street Alhambra Board of Educations of Wooster Township Wayne County Ohio Mi Street Wooster Fee Board of Education Forker

Odd Fellows plan July Wooster anniversary celebration

Wooster lodge members H Myers R T Bechtel and H Hu Miller form committee to prep for the 25th anniversary of Odd Fellowship in Wooster. Mohican Lodge rooms in Ashland are being prepared for Daughters of Rebekah as a reception room. Ohio Grand Council clerks note reform proposals to cut district deputy costs. July event expected to draw about 15000, with extensive decorations and a souvenir detailing local landmarks.

Wooster Loage Brothers I H. Myers R. T. Bechtel H. Hu. Miller Odd Fellowship Wooster Mohican Lodge Ashland Bes First Nations Bank Daughters of Rebekah Canton Odd Fellows Zanesville Odd Fellows Ohio Grand Lodge

Diphtheria Fear Prompts Raw Food Remedy Claims

A public health placard warns of diphtheria as a widespread threat and touts Bovinine, a raw meat product, as a life preserving food that rapidly nourishes the body. It claims nine of ten hopeless cases improve with this preparation, noting its ease of digestion and suitability when swallowing is difficult.

Advertising Columns Offer Safe Way to Inform Public

The newspaper urges readers to use the advertising columns of The Republican as the safest way to inform people about what they have to sell. It promotes the Dime a Time rate as an accessible option for advertisers.

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