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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
2
A garbled Mansfield report describes a device or method by which shoes were claimed magnetized and tested. The piece cites observers noting attempts to prove magnetization in footwear and references several named locals including Shorey, Duane, and Watters. The account suggests a local curiosity or experiment with disputed results and mentions a man named Manette and various witnesses.
In Frederickebure marshal HERE AND THERE reports on a Tuesday evening detainment of Joseph Thompson for disorderly conduct. The piece also notes a Knight Templar meeting with committees formed and arrangements made for visiting performers and a forthcoming engagement by the Yorksbury orchestra, with possible concerts in the near future, reflecting local civic and cultural activity.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills as remedies. Claims assert the cure acts on blood and mucous membranes. The text lists distributors and mentions a price of 75 cents per bottle. Includes testimonials and suggests availability at druggists.
The Pennsylvania Lines Hotel at Fort Wayne station has just opened rooms for traveler lodging. The service offering and amenities align with the company’s other hotel properties in Alliance and Crestline, aiming to provide convenient staying options for travelers with standard facilities.
A garbled OCR text mentions a showman, a ward crowd, a century, and a figure described as a king overseeing a procession or ceremony. Details are unclear due to transcription errors, with references to a show, audience, and ceremonial elements without specific names or places.
A reader from Michigan praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine ever used. The ad claims it cures coughs or colds faster than any other treatment and should be kept at home for instant use. Sold by all druggists.
At a Wednesday meeting in Wooster the Wooster Preserving Company conveyed 39000 to Stith & Schott for operating a new woodside grocery in the city. Representatives discussed future plans while acknowledging the partnership will continue the business under the new firm.
A garbled OCR pasted text mentioning diamonds and names blends with stray phrases and broken words, creating a chaotic set of fragments that resemble a sports or event report but lack coherent facts or structure. It references people, dates, and places only in scattered bits, with no clear narrative or outcome.
A disciplinary board of Majors Marquis Gerlach and Captain Beer dismissed Lieutenant Uhrig from the National Guard for circulation of funds in the Spanish War Soldiers organization. The board found Uhrig used names of guard members without consent and recommended dismissal approved by Adjutant Critch. A note requested money be sent to Obrig via drafts or money orders.
List of Wayne County bills approved in early May includes payments to Edward Benepe for supervision work, Worle Wooster for hauling gravel, Eugene Carlin for prosecuting fees, Donovan & Strauss for book binding, Barrett Bros. for classification and printing, and several janitorial and supply costs. Other entries note printing notices, ditch work, stenographic services, and miscellaneous office expenses across Milton and Canaan townships.
An attentive audience filled Memorial Chapel for a Creatore concert, a year after his tribute. Distinctive performances drew praise as the ensemble impressed Wooster Medina Creston Seville Lodi residents and others, while critics noted strong chorus response and a vivid emotional arc through the program.
Dr Hershey spoke on Russia, Manchuria, and Port Arthur, tracing the Crimean War era boundaries, Japan’s rise, and the ensuing competition. He argued Russia ignored the Amoor boundary, leading to tensions with Japan and a broader conflict that captivated the era.
Former Akron street car worker Clayton Garver was arrested in Orrville on an affidavit by his wife Elsie Garver of 11016 Snyder Street Akron. He was taken to Akron in the evening charged with failing to support his minor child.
Stockholders met in Millersburg on Monday May to organize the Smith & Schott Company by electing directors F. Smith W. Schott Mary P Fehrenbreis of Milorabring Jennings and N. M. Hiehelberger of Alaneffelt At the directors meeting F J Smithr was chosen president and general manager with headquarters at Millersburg W. O. Schott was elected vice president N M Hiehelberger assistant manager for the Wooster branch and Mary P Fehrenbreis secretary and treasurer The firm aims to handle wholesale groceries from Millersburg and Wooster with strong patronage and standard company policy
Despite garbled text, the report notes postwar growth driving big orders for locomotives from American companies. It cites major deals with Baltimore and Ohio and other large builders, predicting hundreds of engines to be delivered by midyear as shops expand capacity.
Fragmented OCR describes a rumor about a Vicksburg related event involving a party, purported movement of people from the city, and Grand Army veterans. It mentions reevaluation of Native and veteran households and a vague estimate of families potentially moved in a few weeks, with unlabeled agencies and unnamed individuals.
London May 6 notes a gala farewell dinner for Joseph H Choate at Mansion House. Attended by Lord Mayor, government figures like Arthur J Balfour and the Marquis of Lansdowne plus American community members. Toasts celebrated Anglo American friendship with King Edward, President Roosevelt mentioned.
The condition is described as commonly inherited and widespread. It affects pale weak children and many adults, with indications including neck swellings, abscesses, skin eruptions, inflamed eyelids, sores, rickets, catarrh, wasting, and general debility.
A testimonial declares Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills eradicate ailments, citing a daughter treated for scrofula with eleven neck and ear sores and cured, aided by Hood's Earsparkie, with Mrs. J. H. Jones of Parker City, Indiana endorsing the remedy. The ad emphasizes reliable results and its promise to cure.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney, liver, and bladder troubles. It claims wide testing, hospital and private practice success, and offers a free sample bottle and a booklet by mail to readers who mention the newspaper.
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