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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1892
Page
3
Three people were killed on the Ft Wayne road Saturday with victims at Jucas Loudonville and Lakeville. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs W Foss and a sister to the Ioes brothers.
Obituary notes Jackson's Arabian Oil co founder Bert Clemm of Wayre township dies at 31. A Mississippi bridegroom Albert Mattern wed in Fort Worth. Various local incidents include a 13 year old arrestee, a buggy accident injuring Mrs Earnest Thoman, and a mysterious man tied to a barn sill by tramps amid theft fears.
A travel friendly remedy recommended for both pleasure and business trips. It claims pleasant effects on kidneys and bowels, helping prevent fevers headaches and other sickness. Available in 50 cent and one dollar sizes at leading druggists.
Local items report deaths, illnesses, and family moves including the death of Carrie Ostenbacher, typhoid fever in May. marriages such as Bertolette and Miss Jessie Carl. a Holmes county farmer killed on Ft Wayne road. suspicions of a crazy man near Creston. and civic notes from Orrville Crescent printing on a new press.
A senior official refutes circulating claims that the Cleveland Wooster and Muskingum Valley lines have passed to the Pennsylvania Co or that the Ene people seek a Cleveland route. He says no truth to these reports and that if Wooster and Millersburg cooperate, the line may extend north and south.
Doylestown council passes an ordinance barring boys from running or yelling in the business district. Residents push for opening Colleges Avenue to North Street at low cost, citing benefits.
A Toledo Asylum report dated May 7 1892 details severe abuse of Harry Lehman an inmate from Wayne County Infirmary showing arms chest and other areas bruised and blackened. Superintendent Topp urges investigation and accountability for those responsible to Wooster officials and county authorities.
The passage touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for bladder and kidney issues and Bright's disease. It claims the tonic prevents danger, aids digestion, and calms nervous invalids, arguing it offers preventive benefits amid a referenced influenza era.
Delegates for the Seventeenth District meet in New Philadelphia on May 3 to select two national delegates and two alternates. The committee names from each county are listed, with Smyser and Lyon slated to vote for Harrison, and Dennison later chosen as district congress candidate. Holmes county not represented.
The hearing for Henry K. Weimer on the death of Ada Elbersole ended with his discharge after about thirty witnesses. Prosecutor Metz and Hon L Smyser represented the state and defense respectively while a chemical analysis tied fluid to embalming materials. Many locals still believe the girl’s death resulted from poison despite the acquittal.
H B Odenkirk promotes Wooster as a target for relocating the Boston Piano Company to westward manufacturing gains. The plan seeks a $3 500 local raise to cover removal and five years rent with at least 50 workers, rising to 125 within a year. Citizens urged to act quickly to seize the opportunity.
Henry Nelson of New Ark reports a severe kidney pain on February 27 1583 that vanished after applying two Allcock’s plasters over each kidney. He says the relief was rapid and lasting, and notes his family’s decade long use of Purpus plasters for colds strains and rheumatic affections, praising them as the best.
The Wooster Building and Loan Association was organized in the Mayor's office last Friday with stock subscriptions already totaling one dollar's worth. Elected officers include President W O Beebe Vice President J C Given secretary W T Peckinpaugh Treasurer A J Brosing Atterney Frank Jaggart and directors W O Beebe Harry McClaran Ro J Sweeny Samuel Metzler William J Seelye Ira Hart. The prospectus explaining object and benefit will be ready for publication.
A special excursion to Cleveland run by the Pennsylvania Company on May 17 under Catton Wright Patriarchs Militant Wooster. The schedule lists departures from Lakeville at 6 52 am and各 stops including Prairie Het Shreve Wooster Smithville arriving Cleveland 10 30 am. Return train leaves Cleveland 6 30 pm with tickets valid on regular trains May 18th and 19th.
Advertisement offers W H Cummingson to sell a piano organ or sewing machine with payments over a year. Mentions Simmons Liver Regulator as a remedy for melancholy or blues.
Readable fragments list Gailey Ed Smock Agua J Yoder Wm Herms Emma Sweir in a Ontario state city case within Tod Ein bt cas County, suggesting a legal filing or notice involving these individuals.
A fragmented advertisement notes reduced round trip fares to Toledo offered by Pennsylvania Lines for May 26 and 21, valid from main stations, with return allowed until May 30. Also mentions a book dealer donating dictionaries and local tradesmen offerings.
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