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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1906
Page
7
Residents push converting the City Pavilion into a girls gymnasium for winter use with a stove and gym appliances from the University surplus. Supporters include sympathetic school girls and Superintendent Hanzert, though outcome hinges on board approval. The space would remain available for public events.
L. P. Obliger, Wooster banker in prison, gains notice as a weather predictor. Guards question his May eighteenth forecast, which he claims signals a great weather change. The tale frames him as an unofficial authority amid political jitters and his prison role.
An article argues modern living fuels heart problems in New York and across America. Physicians blame rushing meals, overwork, worry, and nerve shocks for stressed stomachs and hearts. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with Golden Seal and Stone root as tonics, urging lifestyle changes and cautioning against overwork while promising improved digestion, blood quality, and overall vigor.
A suit to recover money paid as a bonus for locating the Wooster Glass Plant was filed in the Cleveland common pleas court. The committee members and attorney conferred with Judge Biandin in Cleveland. motive cited is avoiding Stark county influence and Pocock coal company interests. Citizens of Wooster had been displeased with the glass deal and security for costs was posted with the Cleveland Clerk of Courts.
Beery True of esathea de Owter University died at age 40 after a five week illness. He spent winter in Louisiana then contracted inflammatory rheumatism followed by pneumonia and liver trouble. He was born January 26, 1848 in Marion, educated locally and at Harvard, married Flora Bowen in 1876, leaving two children Henry A. and Mary A. He was president of the Marion County Bank and a substantial investor in local industries and land.
Post Office Inspector Emmons Rolfe and U S Marshal Lotsie Large led a raid at New Orleans offices seizing lottery tickets and money intended for the Beneficencia Publica headquartered at Pueblo Mexico. Harry Deponta of New Orleans was arrested days earlier for sending tickets and lists through the U S, arraigned in court. A second item reports the Anglo Peruvian sinking after collision with an iceberg. all crew rescued by the Mohawk near Prawle Point.
Dayton May 6 All testimony in the case of Dr Oliver Haugh convicted of killing his mother father and brother and burning them has been presented and the case is submitted to the jury. Haugh is alleged to have used hyacine to harm his parents and faces potential electrocution if found sane.
Local chatter notes a harsh fashion year for hats as Wooster University students lead a trend of going hatless. A city tramp uses a doctor’s note to dodge work while the state guard plans maneuvers in Tuscarawas and Athena counties. Officer anecdotes and hotel scenes round out a day of oddities in Wooster.
An advertisement recounts a woman from Caroline Wisconsin cured after 23 years by a 25c box of Bucklen Arnica salve. It extols Arnica as the greatest antiseptic healer for piles wounds and sores and notes nearby Laupach Boyd Drug Prefts. The filler promotes Pine-ules for kidney relief and Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar, with other tonics and laxatives advertised by local druggists.
Scranton report says miners will resume work under the 30 cent scale, the strike commission’s award, with operators agreeing to continue. The proposal was adopted after brief discussion, and there will be no strike.
Ohio notes report Harmon's receivers certificates approved to raise funds for Pere Marquette debts under U S Supreme Court upheld law. Wheat prospects improve per Ohio board May crop report, oats acreage down, peaches poor. Lightning damages churches and a steamer mast. Dana incidents in Lancaster sue for illegal fees. Shippers form to combat carrier rate fixes and aid shipper interests nationwide.
Advertisements praise King's New Discovery for consumption cough and throat and lung healing with patient endorsements from T J Dwyer of Graysville and others. Also promotes Dean's Requiet laxatives Foley's Kidney Cure and Dade's Little Liver Pills sold by local druggists.
A Wayne county resident sent Charles Patrick of Akron a 35 cent money order with a note admitting he cheated Patrick six years earlier of 28 cents plus 7 cents interest. Patrick recalls a Morrland store sale and a young man who paid for eggs twice using in store trade.
Captain J B Taylor and Dr Ron Warren led a small Century Club gathering with an excellent paper on Freaks, Francis and Foie. Dr Warren discussed patent medicines, Dowie, and Christian Science, criticizing newspapers and religious periodicals for carrying fraudulent advertising and unworthy guurla.
An old advertisement touts Dr Miles Heart Cure to strengthen weak hearts and cure heart disease. It cites a testimonial from a patient named Allon in Kentucky and promises money-back guarantees through Miles Medical Co. Elkhart Indiana.
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