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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1907
Page
4
The Wooster column frets over grand jury adjournment and looming campaigns. References to Roosevelt Taft Bryan Cleveland Platt and Cannon mix with weather jokes and local business notes. Notable lines mention Peary funds Hughes and Taggart, plus rail labor and travel remarks amid a restless political landscape.
Director Chas E Thorne of the experiment station reports wheat crops show no injury from the backward spring. He notes late season conditions may have improved wheat, fruit largely damaged by winter, peaches scarce due to cold, and corn and potatoes delayed with possible reductions unless the season turns favorable. Farmers push planting to catch up.
In Congress on May 14 E J Garver and wives and others visit St. Louis while Estella Musser visits Canton. The Dye murder case criticism continues as locals lament mismanagement and demand experienced leadership. The Moore family concert and various town notes follow, with baseball opening on May 18 and a proposal to keep the Congress office amid post office changes. Local sentiment praises citizenship, churches, and Roosevelt era policies while mocking village auto owners and a neglected ordinance.
The Wayne County Women’s Christian Temperance union convention will convene next Tuesday, May 21, at the Baptist church in this city. A full program features devotional exercises, papers on “The Juvenile Court” and “The School Savings Bank,” music, discussions led by Mrs. Anna Clark, and an evening prayer service led by Rev. Allen with Mrs. Anna Clark as the speaker. Also advertised is Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets with brief local pharmacy ads.
Judge Eason and officials praise Coshocton county juries for consistency and integrity. The jury commission, led by Honor W. Casngham Amer McCoy C. B McCoy and John Carroll, is cited as diligent and well qualified in selecting talesmen.
The Commercial Bank of Wooster files foreclosure against N. B. Everson Susan Scott and others on a 500 mortgage secured by land in Franklin township. Kesselman & Co of Butler Pa sue Wooster Enterprise Oil & Gas Co to recover 850. petition alleges Cumberland County Ky operations and that W S and John Fennell, drilling for the company, were owed 100.
The plaintiffs claim representatives of Water Enterprise Co secured an attachment release by agreeing to a note for 850 dollars to settle a claim against the Fennells, noting the money was not paid nor the note delivered. Smyser Weygadt Weiser represent the plaintiffs. Bentoni Hay for T L Flattery filed foreclosure petitions against Charlea B and Lucey B Folaon. Property is on Nuld avenue. A dispute over land trip and delayed settlement is noted.
Farmers in Chester and Congress townships report visits by men claimed to work for Standard Oil Co. They seek leases for oil or gas prospecting. Several acres already leased. The activity is tied to suspected oil and gas finds near Angerman station, seen as a move by the Great monopoly to gain territory in Wayne County.
A large S drawn to serve on the petit jury included Isaac Shoup Chester H 4H Bianall Torr ward Wooster Joseph Brisson Pat P Uniard Sait creek Robt Barnett Chippewa Wm A Fike Keane John Hamilton Wayne.
Mrs Catherine Stauffer died at her Creston home Monday morning after a brief pneumonia illness. She was the wife of an old soldier.
Work halted as machinery repairs and an addition to the smoke stack proceed. The notice warns of kidney disease being widespread and promotes Foley's Kidney Cure and Thomas' Eclectrical Cures as quick reliefs, with local pharmacies advertising the products.
An advertisement extols Kodol as a cure for indigestion and sour stomach. It claims the product uses natural stomach juices and digestive enzymes to relieve feeble digestion and related symptoms such as sour belching and headaches, with testimonials from a West Virginia reader.
On Saturday morning the No. 2 well at the Martin farm near Ackerman station was drilled to 465 feet. A strong flow of oil and gas erupted, with a water gas and oil column shooting about 150 feet into the air. Charles Hosler of the city photographed the event, capturing the wall of fluid and vapor as it rose.
Canton officials grant the Canton-Akron Consolidated Railway Co. a franchise to build and maintain the Massillon Dalton Wooster line through western Stark County. The route includes East Greenville as Massillon residents sought. Work must start by May 15 and be completed by December 1.
Revival services started Wednesday evening at the Methodist church led by Rev K Housely with Edna Banning of Cleveland assisting. Everyone is invited. Miss Banning is a noted church worker. Leslie Miller and wife from Akron are visiting relatives here. Mr Miller will return soon but Mrs Miller will stay a few weeks. Farmers have planted some corn but wait warmer weather. Sunday evening Geo Rime and daughter Clara and granddaughter Birdie were returning home.
Whet tutp cutdur with wirdie and sustained severe injuries and George escaped unharmed. Mrs Kathryn Anatin visits relatives at Wadsworth for a week. Rev W Lilley of the UB church will preach the memorial sermon at Fair View Sunday afternoon May 26. A number from this place attended quarterly meeting at Oak Grove Sunday and the baptismal services at the church near the small creek. Four persons were baptized.
Advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to clear blemishes and skin issues. Claims impure blood causes blotches and pimples, offering tea or tablets for 85 cents. S. H Boyd & Co.
A reader testifies that digestion aids nerve function and that stopping the medicine caused relapse. He notes initial improvement with Pernna, then illness when treatment ended, and later efforts to resume after hearing of another cured case.
Mrs. J C Jamison of 61 Marchant Street Watsonville California reports six years of stomach trouble. After trying many medicines and being treated by three doctors she was diagnosed with nervous dyspepsia and placed on a liquid diet for three months before finding relief with Peruna.
A reader testifies about regaining vigor after using Peruna, declaring it makes her feel like a different person and endorsing the remedy as all it is claimed to be.
Wao Milerhands, a city school scholar, is the subject of a truancy complaint at the mayor’s office. He has not attended regularly for some time. The mother was notified to bring him to the mayor’s office at 7 30 o clock Wednesday evening for disposition of the case.
Market summary sent by wire shows Wheat May 9834 July 0554 Corn May 5234 July 6234 Oats May 4514 July 443% Butter 16 to 18 per lb Eggs 14 per dozen Lard 9 Chickens 10 cents each Wheat 80c Flour 4.00 Rye 50c Oats 402 Corn 4Bc Barley 45c Timothy seed 1.75 Clover seed 7 Hay 12 to 43 Salt 1.10 Bran 1.10 Middlings 1.20 Wool unwashed medium 27 to 28 fine 2.0.
Chicago cattle prices include common to prime steers at 400 to 450, cows 325 to 500, calves 275 to 600, hogs 610 to 650, and wheat at 9 444 to 5c. East Buffalo lists export cattle 560 to 600, shipping steers 525 to 560, sheep and lambs with yearlings 676 to 728, hogs varying, Pittsburg shows cattle to 680 and hogs around 7, mixed results. Cleveland notes prime dry fed cattle 550 to 575, calves 700 down, hogs 600 to 610, lambs 550 to 775, Cincinnati reports wheat 92, corn 534, oats 444, lard 870 to 884, hogs 540 to 670, cattle 2 to 675, sheep 375 to 525, lambs 500 to 775, Toledo prices listed for wheat 985 to 100s and corn 54c
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