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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1896
Page
4
Friday's campus events feature a close baseball duel between the University and Wooster, a seven inning seniors juniors clash, and a series of campus notices. Highlights include Leyda leading batting with 562, Brilles close behind, and Thorne pitching well amid limited support.
About 200 people gathered at Fair Grounds for Wooster High School preliminary field day contests to select school and city representatives for the Mansfield inter-school event on June 10. Winners earned points across running, cycling, jumping, and throwing events, with top placers awarded badges and the overall school pennant going to the highest point earner. Nominated schools include Bucyrus, Mount Vernon, Marion, Shelby, Ashland, Loudonville, Crestline, Galion, and Mansfield. Entries close June 5 with D. C. Meek. competitors must be amateur and participate in 15 events spanning running, cycling, and miscellaneous disciplines.
The Church Alliance formed Friday with Dr John A Gann elected president and Prof J H Dickson secretary. County C E Convention meets Thursday night at the Lutheran church through Friday to urge Endeavorer attendance. Methodist delegates from General Conference expected but Pastor Smith’s Cleveland trip hindered Wooster access. Congress township Sunday school event began well with Rev J F Smith Woolster speaker. Supt Hauert and Rev N Kieffer present. Beaver Pa First Presbyterian invites Rev John D Wilson to Allegheny seminary post with a $2000 salary, though Wilson likely to decline. Read The Daily Republican for full news coverage.
A fragmented item notes a past edition of the Republican paper, urging readership of the previous evening’s issue and implying missed content from that edition. It emphasizes the paper as a key source for local home-related news and updates. The readable text is brief and lacks clear events or names.
Reports from Wooster and Wayne County lodges note organizing a Sons of Veterans Camp, rising membership at Wayne Council No. 13, and local attendance at G AR encampments. Distinctive figures include James A. Schamp traveling to Lima, Enos Pierson and H O McFadden at state sessions, and Capt H N Clement re elected Trail editor. Memorial Day plans and donations for regalia also discussed.
The consolidated Forepaugh and Sells show played Canton on Friday drawing a huge crowd for the parade. The afternoon exhibition saw a large tent half full while the three ring act featured aerial performances and a Ferra wheel. The mammoth menagerie was praised as unusually large and among the best in America.
The Grand Army session in Coshocton sees large attendance, officers elected led by Commander E L Lybarger, and Chillicothe chosen as next year’s meeting site. A committee urges rail rate reform and closer veteran access to meetings as Ohio veterans plan future encampments. Womans Relief Corps and Ladies of the Grand Army elect officers with Emma Fesinger and Marie Cahoon among leaders.
The seventeenth annual Indiana Grand Army encampment closed after officers were elected. Post Commander H. M. Caylor of Noblesville became department commander, Elmer Crockett of Auten Post No. 8 was named senior vice commander. Woman's Relief Corps named Mrs. A Bims president and the Ladies of the Grand Army chose Mrs. Etta Toby. Next year’s gathering will be in Richmond, Indiana.
Indications show Senator Teller will be endorsed by a Republican state convention in May and be chosen by acclamation to lead the delegation to St Louis. Coinage and government principles will guide party factions in the state with no pledge for presidentialcandidate involvement.
New York May 16 The Armenian Relief association began a drive to raise a rescue fund for Turkish oppression victims in Armenia. A small book by William Willard Howard titled Horrors of Armenia the Story of an Eye Witness is on sale for 10 cents to aid the fund Subscriptions go to Charles H Stont treasurer Armenian relief association National Bank of the Republic Wall Street New York City and are the only authorized receipts The fundraising effort is tied to corroborating evidence from a British parliament submission and other sources.
Clareburg May 18. At o'clock Temporary Chairman Dung called the Republican state convention to order. The resolutions committee urged a return to protection and attacked the government on Lagos. They demanded funds and American labor protection through immigration law enforcement. The convention expressed sympathy for Cubans and advised recognition as belligerents. Delegates were instructed for McKinley.
Platform plank summary shows Prohibition convention endorses prohibition first, for a meritbased public, for Englishinstruction in public schools with no sectarian funding, and restoring silver to pre 1478 status. Free silver vote ends 69 all. In Stocyto California the Prohibition convention backs free coinage of silver at 18 to 1 and opposes congressional funding bill.
Washington May 16 The Republican convention declared for protection reciprocity the gold standard and McKinney Died Suddenly Washington May 1 Rear Admiral Thomas H Stevens United States Navy retired died unexpectedly at the residence of his son in Rockville Maryland Robert Bradley in Rockville Maryland
A new passenger train timetable went into effect Sunday May 17 on the Pennsylvania lines with Wooster departures for the West at 10 22 am 6 31 pm 11 18 am and 10 26 pm and for the East at 1 30 am 7 00 am 12 14 pm 12 42 pm and 8 03 pm. Westbound No 15 leaves four minutes later and faster with fewer stops while eastbound No 8 at 1 30 am 188 minutes later and No 32 at 7 00 pm are 35 minutes later to improve Crestline Ohio State Journal connections. Other trains unchanged. Night service on the A C at Orrville is 40 minutes later affecting connection with P F train 9. Subscribe for The Republican.
A report from Austen New York details Charles A Weddington a 31 year old assistant financial clerk in the state senate shooting himself at William Webster s home in an alley after a rejected proposal. The piece also notes Mrs H Schwalka and her six year old child were shot and killed by a Chinese man who then killed himself after an infant attempt failed.
Creditable closing session of the Women's Millionnes society of the United Wrytates church of North América yielded an offering of 15000 dollars. Santa Empara, Cal, reports a battleship record run of 16.78 knots an hour on its official trip with a 175000 dollar bonus. The voyage proceeded smoothly with no accidents.
Daily Huns service and several numbered trains discuss fares and sleeping cars between Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati. Nos 2 and 8 offer fare 25 cents Cleveland to Columbus, 60 cents to Cincinnati areas. Nos 27 and 28 provide vestibuled sleepers Cleveland to Columbus and Columbus to Cincinnati with departures around 2:15 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. at Union Station. For details contact H C Parker, General Agent, at Indianapolis.
Washington Post report links a Philadelphia man, Sr. B. Hasselman, to multiple false pretenses in Virginia wire fence patent sales. He allegedly sold rights he did not own, gave notes, and fled via unclear paths, with a bench warrant issued in Wilmington. Details describe his height, age, and a distinctive protruding tooth as identifying traits.
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