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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1894
Page
3
Tuesday, Shreve in Holmes county officials discussed erecting an armory for the Shreve Guards. County lines complicate funding under state law, with Wayne county housing most company members and bearing most costs. Holmes officials show no strong support.
The 126th Regiment O V I holds its 28th reunion in Hayesville Ohio on Tuesday June 12 1894 starting at 10 a m with a free dinner for comrades and families from distant places. Attending brass bands and speeches are planned and the mayor has granted free city admission for the day.
Orryilie Milling Co. shuts down for lack of coal. Frank Firestone & Co. buys John Johnston’s South Market grocery store. The Gutter Room on East Liberty Street is rented to jeweler M. C. Mannard of Fredericksburg. E. F. Lienhard moves palais clothes line business from Plain to Wooster in June. Heinz pickling factory site chosen east of John Stevens slaughter house. Kintner Brothers from Greenville sign three year Wooster gallery lease on North Market Street with skylight and new renovations.
Chicago Record Special Momoyy reports Prof. J. B. Aldwin, famed for balloon ascensions here, is in Muncie today. A Dalton, Wayne County resident, he plans marriage soon and will honeymoon on a balloon trip with his fiancée Miss Snodgrass, who recalls past experiences with delight.
A social season highlight centers on Mrs. Rittenhouse hosting her 88th birthday party for a group of widowed grandmothers, including Mrs. Frees and Mrs. Catharn g, with dinner served from a 160 year old plate and a psalm reading by Rev. Nanamaker. Nearby, Mrs. Simon Gertgey hosts a reception for her daughter Jenni Gertig, while George R. Laubach and Lucy A. Horn plan a Springfield trip after their marriage news. A fourth birthday celebration for Bessie Smith is noted with guests and a 6 o'clock supper.
Mrs Elizabeth Cheyney of Wooster Ohio observed her birthday in a quiet rural gathering April 2 1894. Though ill for months she remains mentally sharp and recalls pioneer history, with daughters and friends sending flowers and tokens. Born 1804 in Pennsylvania, she and her siblings arrived in Wayne County after a harrowing westward journey, building a blacksmith shop and a large family. Her descendants and surviving kin cherish her dignity of labor and independence.
Kennedy presented a piano recital in Kank Chapel last Tuesday with green decor and fragrant blossoms. Aliss Kennedy received several beautiful bouquets assisted by Minnie L. Carrothers and Mr JJ W Liggett. Mrs Liggett led two salon items with Carrothers as companion. the program impressed Wooster friends and classmates.
Orrville S School Board announces Emma Henderson Mandamp Mary Moordock Minnie Myers and Kettle Weilrich named as teachers for the upcoming year. Wright of Cleveland explains vacation with his parents. A Canton convention delegation and burial details for Gi Bauhof noted. Local health updates and a Wheeling & Lake Erie railway valuation announced by Tolpto auditors.
Executor R M MacDowell announces sheriff sale of seven land tracts in Milton township and village of Rittman on Saturday June 16 with appraisals ranging from 40 to 150 dollars per acre. Additional parcels include a Wooster city lot and Orrville water works property with various appraisals. Sale details list tract numbers, sizes, and minimum bids as recorded in the docket.
A May birthday celebration honors Mrs Webster, mother of W W Firestone's wife, with over 100 friends attending at her daughter's home. Daughters hosted a surprise reception with forest and greenhouse flowers, 82 roses symbolizing each year of her life, and elegant tokens from local teachers and city schools. An affectionate retrospective notes enduring sympathy, youth of spirit, and hopes for many more years in the sunset of life.
A rural report covers a buggy accident injuring a man near Orrville and a boy’s injury from a wheel. Entries note typhoid illness improving, farm repairs near Orrville, and bank barn moves at Jefferson. Tax rates for Orrville are listed alongside a death in Marshallville and funeral attendance in South Bend. A Dalton area accident injures a child, and a watch found after two years in manure near Madisonburg.
Report of the Coxey crowd led by General Randall moving through Wayne and nearby counties from Decatur to Creston and on toward Ohio towns. The march lists dates and stops including Decatur, Van Wert, Delphos, Lima, Ada, Bucyrus, Crestline, Ashland, Medina, Ravenna, Newton Falls and New Castle.
The Baltimore and Ohio rivalry with the Cleveland Akron and Canton lines resurfaces as senator Eckley bills authorize electricity as rail power and aim to let the Canton Massillon Electric Railway control the Massillon and Cleveland line extending to Canton via Canal Fulton. Massillon & Cleveland officials doubt local streetcar takedowns while Pennsylvania Company plans to tap coal fields and secure rights of way from Clinton to Akron. Surveys near New Town and North Lawrence reflect broader strategy to reach the Massillon coal fields with a low-cost branch, and officials warn the B&O may contest moves, with the Pennsylvania Company leasing the Massillon Clinton branch only to block rivals.
In Massillon on May 12 the Massillon and Cleveland line faces potential hurdles before subleasing to the Canton Massillon Electric Railway. Key evidence suggests the Pennsylvania Company may oppose the move without legislative backing for electric operation, tying the plan to a broader Northern Ohio electric grid linking Canton, Massillon, Akron, and Cleveland.
The committee on march and parade awards prizes for soldierly bearing membership in line and drill counts. Army and Navy Post of Cleveland takes first prize, Trescott Post Salem second, Buckley Post Akron third, Memorial Post Cleveland fourth, Given West Wooster fifth, and St W Hall Post Mogadore sixth. The American gains special rates drew hundreds to Canton for the parade, with Wooster visitors nearly doubling expectations on Wednesday.
A Tuesday gathering at the Century Club on Bowman and Buckeye streets drew members and ladies. Prof E W Work was absent. Rev J N Kieffer filled in to discuss the political perils of eliminating morals, prompting frank debate. S Busman suffered a head injury from a car bumple but recovered and returned home.
Married announcements record Alvin Harter of River Styx Medina county and Miss Kila Laux of Orrville Wayne County as wedding occurs May 9 1804 at the home of the bride’s parents R Laux and wife in Orrville and at groom’s parents Western Star Summit county with plans to reside in River Styx. Also Tebb Strohm wed Wellersville Wayne County May 2 18 by Henry Webb and Alisa Stroba of Orrville.
Obituary notices for Mrs Luclous Force of Shreve Ohio aged 80 and Sarah Keck of Marshallville Wayne County aged 79. Force died at her son Newton Force’s home during a visit in Fulton County. Keck born September 27 1815 in Columbiana County was a long time Evangelical church member with a large family including seven children and 21 grandchildren. Funeral attendance noted except for two absent children Irving Keck in Oklahoma and a son E Keck in St Paul Minnesota.
Jacob Walty of Plain township Wayne county Ohio died May 2 at age 74. Born April 2 1802 in Washington County Maryland he came with his family to Ohio at age six. A pioneer farmer and devout Lutheran, he married Sarah Jane Eason in 1843 and spent his life on the old homestead. He leaves a widow two sons a daughter and several grandchildren. Funeral at Plain Church with Rev N Kieffer delivering the sermon.
A brief item from the Republican era notes a nominal daily sum for home news service with a light flag of frugality. The fragment signals a modest cost and simple circulation model amid early press bargains.
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