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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1895
Page
3
The Wooster Republican lists advertising rules from Republican Printing Co at 1% East Liberty Street. Copy for advertisements must be in by twelve noon to insure insertion the same day. Free notices for entertainments festivals and sales appear in the Daily and Weekly Republican if printing deadlines are met, otherwise regular rates apply.
Saturday weather brought rain and a drop in temperature. Bail for J H Schreffer reduced to 1000 while jailed. Court adjourned to Monday as jurors were excused. Various local items include a Panhellenic picnic ticket sale, motor pump water tests, a coal train stoppage near Massillon, and minor incidents from Spring Street to Millersburg excursions.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference flour rhetoric and a mention of Craig Ead & Co and an address fragment. The text hints at a slogan about pleasing all people at all times, with unclear context and a stray 293 fragment.
Hon M J Carroll is quite ill with rheumatism B A Smith appointed postmaster at Cedar Valley Miss Bertha McDowell of Ashland visiting Mrs O L Hoffman Annie Ridgley of Ashland visiting Miss Annie Hoffman Miss Nellie and Gertie Reed of Bloomington visiting relatives John Stevens and daughter of Canton visiting North Grant street family A W Hoffman and family of Ashland visiting brother C L Hoffman Mrs W Z Swarts and niece Luta Jackson visiting Akron and Canton Mrs Marion Harrison and son Ella worth of Sidney visiting mother Mrs Emma Griffin Geo R Power recovering from leg injury Doctor J D Beer and H A Hart returned from Baltimore sessions of American Medical Society Mrs Lillian Cole Bethel of Columbus leaving Wooster after parliamentary practice Judge Dowell and others fishing at Odell's Lake Supt Flaubert in Columbus for Ohio Teachers Reading Circle meeting Prosecuting attorney Oss W Fuack and wife visiting Canton for case of state of Oh Rebels...
Veterans from G A R guided by committees will attend Wooster schools on Friday May 24 1895 at 2 30 pm to join patriotic services honoring Union dead. Delegates span wards one through five and include clergy captains doctors and teachers from local high and Catholic schools.
Epworth League marks its sixth anniversary with a program at the Methodist church. The movement, formed May 15 1889 in Cleveland by consolidating several leagues, now lists 13500 regular chapters and 900000 members with 3000 Junior League auxiliaries. Music featured a chorus, Wesleyan Quartet, and orchestra. speakers included Rev W C Dawson and Geo Woner, with hymns and essays by Susan Wesley and Laura Weters.
Mrs Sophia Fletcher of Salton wins a divorce from John Fletcher of Canton. Shortly after, Charles J Hipp of Dalton, a Schultz Wagon Co blacksmith, secures a license to wed Mrs Fletcher and plans immediate marriage at their furnished home. The notice lists uncalled letters for the Wooster post office ending May 11 18v.
A break in at Harry E Laker's barber shop in Orrville shattered a pane and allowed burglars to steal cigars razors fifty cents in pennies and town residents' linen. Some loot found in a box car. One burglar cut himself and blood smeared the door. Tramps suspected.
A well attended meeting of Democratic Executive and Auxiliary Committees chaired by A.D. Metz selected Saturday June 15 as the primary date from 7 to 9 pm sun time. The gathering reported harmony with no factional trouble and affirmed the nomination by the traditional Democratic method, the earliest primary ever set by Wayne County Democrats.
Water drilling near Clear Creek paused for now as Water Trustees praise prospects for solving the water problem. A second well may be added to intensify testing. Rock reached at 30 feet yielded water judged very good. a test Saturday showed pump flow around 250 gallons per minute for 11 minutes, with sustained 125 to 160 gpm for most of the afternoon, water rising within three feet of the surface.
The Silver Millinery Store advertises trimmed hats at low prices. It highlights a specialty in children's hats and baby caps, claiming a top line in the city and urging customers to call to confirm bargains.
W H Bradshaw, new jeweler at Chatelain's old stand on the west side of the Square, stocks a full line of violins, banjos, harps, mandolins, guitars, bandurias, accordions, strings, bridges, keys, rosin, bows, tail pieces and more. The shop promises a complete array for musicians and amateurs alike.
A heavy frost in Ohio last night damaged wheat, oats, potatoes, corn, garden crops, and especially grape vines with potential total losses in fruit. Strawberries were badly nipped. pears, peaches, and cherries were questioned as ruined by many farmers while some trees may recover if sprouts are cut. The frost followed a mild season and compares to the 1859 freeze, with temperatures near freezing recorded early Monday. The Ohio Weather and Crop Bulletin warns against overoptimism for crops and notes region-wide varying conditions.
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station urges caution on planting corn or oats on sod until late in the season as a web worm sweeps grass lands. Prof. F M Webster reported severe damage in Fredericksburg, with 10 acres of oats cut and a 6 acre corn patch stripped, leaving fields bare. The pest, unlike the clover eater, is aided by a fungus and is fading under its counterattack.
Attendances at Given Post meeting set the stage for new members to muster at the annual State encampment. A K will be held at sanducky on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday June 12 11 and 14. A special train from Wooster is planned over the B line with date undecided. Given Post appoints Harry McClarran, Andrew Branstetter and Enos Kerson to report next Thursday. The Grand Encampment of will hold a Canton meeting on Tuesday May 21 1845 at Ilam for conferring the Grand Encampment Degree. Chief Patriarchs seeking this degree should attend.
A young man posing as a seed firm agent visited many homes selling a new potato variety. He claimed a limited seed shipment required paying 50 cents freight in advance and promised to limit sales. He collected freight at each stop, leaving buyers to wait on overlong delays and unpaid promises. A yard ad for Ladies Oxford shoes followed.
Ladies urged to visit W. H. Bradshaw's Jewelry Store on the west side of the Square to view Mexican Filigree Sterling Silver ware. Excursion tickets to Canton offered May 20 and 21 for Grand Lodge meeting, good for return until May 25. Tickets via Pennsylvania Lines, Ohio stations.
Obituary notices report the death of Dr James Dickey Robison following a four month illness due to arsenic poisoning. He was a long time resident active in lodges including Rising Star, Royal Arcanum, Ebenezer, and Wooster Commandery. Also noted is the death of Mr F Dyale aged about 60, a prominent Mason, with funeral services planned in Orrville. A Massillon area cloudburst caused major damage to rail lines and bridges, with wrecks on the Wheeling and Lake Erie, flooding near Massillon, and several injuries and a drowned trainmaster.
Gay Wooster Greeks plan a grand pan-hellenic picnic with Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma ladies at Odell's Lake. Despite an initial shower and later winds, the day included boating, fishing, and a dinner on the lake. Several mishaps and humorous incidents kept spirits high as attendees bonded across sororities, with late recitations and stage bits to close the event before return.
Dr B J Jones of Pittsburg avenue suffered a severe bite to his left hand while walking with his two dogs on the Experiment Station farm. One dog snagged on barbed wire, then bit the doctor 18 times as he tried to help the animal. He treated the wounds by sucking out the poison and lost a large amount of blood before reaching home. He fell ill that night but improved on Monday.
The best flour to use answers all cooking purposes enabling bread cake and pastry from the same brand. Schumacher’s Patent does all this and is recommended by Craighead & Co. with a weekly sale note.
To accommodate subscribers this office will take subscriptions to the Cleveland Weekly L at one dollar per year cash with order. Attending to them entirely without further trouble to the subscriber. Call at Republican Office Wooster Ohio.
An 18 year old man identified as Larry Murray from New Brighton was killed when he stepped from a passenger train onto the main track near Burton City. A letter mailed in Indiana was the sole clue to his identity, and the body was taken to Orrville for an inquest by Coroner Stepfield.
Baltimore and Ohio starts the Cleveland Worcester and Muskingum Valley line through here for passenger and freight via north and south. The schedule lists stations like Lodi, Burbank, Aukerman, Armstrong, Cedar Valley, Wooster, Holmesville, Aullersburg with connections to Chicago Cleveland Cincinnati and Eastern points. The plan aims to improve service and competition with daily trains except Sunday and urges local merchants to push for faster future adjustments.
Judge Dowell appoints Wm Scotland as court constable. Three indictments of John Carver for selling cider on election day. Sophia Fletcher of Dalton granted divorce from Charles Fletcher with custody of the minor child and $1000 alimony. John C Marr appears for Mrs Fletcher. David Stoner versus Eric Geiselman set for jury trial but settled on contract recovery.
Charles H Watson claims he is walking from San Francisco to New York for a $3000 prize. He must complete the distance in 175 days and never carry more than 75 cents. He has traveled 140 days and 28 miles since leaving Frisco, with a record 18 days for the same distance.
The Republican party of Wayne County will hold a mass convention at City Hall Wooster on Saturday May 14 at 1 PM to select eight delegates and eight alternates for the State Convention at Zanesville May 28 and 29. The meeting will also choose an Executive Committee for the ensuing year and a County Central Committee with one member from each precinct. precinct caucuses are urged to report their selections and consider an Auxiliary Committee of two per precinct. M L Suyser Chairman P C Given Secretary.
A shop owned by Abert Foutz at Orrville was burned last Friday night, with contents including tools valued around $40. Salem News reports E A Freet of Dalton visiting his nephew Frank Gilbert in Broadway. Freet was a heavy loss from a recent Dalton fire.
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