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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
5
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Marcus M. Van Nest, Democrat, becomes Wooster mayor succeeding Robert J. Smith. Solicitor H. H. Hubbell administers the oath, bond of 1000 dollars signed by Van Nest, Smyger and Ohliger. Smith retires to ice and coal business. Smith praised for his service to all parties.
Market wire reports from Cleveland and Chicago show mixed livestock and grain prices. Wheat May 7854, July 7844. corn May 1894, July 44%. oats May 8856, July 81%. Hogs and cattle vary by region with notable ranges across Cleveland and Chicago markets. Sheep, lambs, calves, and hogs listed with price bands and quality grades for May and current futures.
The board of public service reorganized Monday night with Dr Derr as president Florian Schaffter as vice president and Capt Forbes Alcock as temporary clerk New officers were appointed for two years including George Boegner as Superintendent of Water Works at 700 annually Michael Landers as Street Commissioner at 500 and Philip Markley as City Civil Engineer at 200 Also Andrew Reid is Janitor of City Hall at 540 per year Regular meetings are set for the second and fourth Thursdays each month with a special meeting Wednesday evening this week.
James E. Elliott filed a Wayne county common pleas action against Edward M. Quinby for $1,000 damages claiming Quinby failed to build a sewer to stop sewage and water from running onto Elliott’s land on West oath street. Quinby is a non resident, an attachment was issued and sheriff Brown attached effects in the Quinby estate office, three story building, with Jacob Mougey and Samuel Bell named as appraisers valuing furnishings and fixtures at 178 dollars and the building at [amount unreadable].
Baldwin Wallace over Wooster University 18 to 12 at Berea in a wild Friday game. Lewandoski and Lamberton sparked the rally with key hits, while Baumgarten and Loomis contributed multi run efforts. Crowd erupts as late scoring ties and wild pitches fuel dramatic finish and decisive pushes.
Oil drilling on the Boydston farm east of the city is now in operation under a contract with buyers who recently purchased the lands to develop the shale deposit. The operation is led by H. B. Odenkirk and targets the Berea grit.
Thomas McAdoo of Orrville appeared before Mayor R J Smith to secure a warrant for the arrest of Harry Lehman on an April 18 offense at the McAdoo residence. Lehman, from Wooster, was seized in Massillon after police traced him via a late train and brought to Orrville for a Monday evening hearing. The crowded courtroom watched as Mayor Van Nest presided over his first criminal case. Police kept youths out of the office during testimony. The judge found the evidence insufficient to bind Lehman over to a higher court and released him.
Thomas Howard and Maud Bryant of Wooster are listed in the marriage licenses, along with additional names including Daisy McIntire and De ta ws ae, indicating a local filing event with multiple couples.
The Wooster city council organized Monday night under the new code with Judge L. R. Critchfield presiding. He stressed proper petition authentication and urged a prepared committee to study laws while warning that funds must be tightly managed as the city faces limited revenue.
The old blue pump in front of the Rotthaus place on West Liberty Street, a Wooster landmark since plumber days, was removed Saturday and replaced by a new one built like the original. The stock came from veteran David Bowman, watched by many locals recalling boyhood days and earlier hotel wells supplying water. The well is believed oldest in Wooster, central to a historic water supply for the area.
A committee debate covers whether the city auditor dictates school board accounting, where wager rents go, bond approvals for the mayor, and how school funds are handled. It endorses daily or weekly turnover to the city treasurer, assigns management of cemetery funds to the board of public service, and outlines code-based budgeting, contract writing, and department payment rules.
Retired Captain Westbrook of Ripley West Virginia recounts wartime siege at a Martinsburg area farm, surrender, and capture. He describes chronic rheumatism after Southern prison exposure, then improved after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, including a neighbor’s cure. The ad promotes pills as a blood remedy sold by Dr Williams Medicine Company in Schenectady NY.
Jameson, formerly of Wayne County and en route to a customer’s store in the far west, was knocked down at night by a stone blow and robbed of about $100 and valuables. Police received no clue to the perpetrators. A physician said a hat saved his life as the blow would have been fatal.
Word reached Wooster Saturday of the death Friday night at Barberton of George Miller, formerly a resident of Easton. Miller lately lived here for a few weeks and suffered carbuncles. the exact cause remains undetermined. He practiced in the county courts mostly in office work and probate matters, and was regarded as a highly regarded citizen.
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