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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1881
Page
3
eWanster Republigan advises that Exytescapes are available at Belkpap's Aewe Depot immediately after publication. The notice promises good prices from Gene PB Rowgn & Co. Adver pang Agents in New York.
New timetable lists times for trains going east and west. Express and mail trains are shown with arrival and departure periods, though several letters are garbled. The schedule names No 4 Express and Ned Express among others.
Decoration Day notice outlines flowers for cemetery decor and local churches preparing services. Reports cover neighborhood events including university visits, Sunday School plans, and a brook of civic notices across Wooster with parade, cemetery care, and ward announcements.
On May 19 at Reuben Johnson Esty Wayne Township, Efi Johnson married Albert Summers in a large traditional ceremony. Rev. D A Wallace officiated as guests praised the feast and gifts, including a gold watch from the groom.
Report of a group of tramps stealing a ride on an empty freight car bound for Chicago. Henry Wisner was jolted from the car and injured, while the gang was captured in Mansfield and Wooster. Seven men pleaded guilty to stealing notes on freight cars and were fined. two others faced highway robbery charges and were held for Grand Jury.
The McCormick Wire Binder wide cut with four large boxes weighs 1 960 tbs and the Os burn Binder wide cut with three boxes including a crate weighs 2 030 tha. We trust the draft and work will be equally satisfactory to us.
An upper set of false teeth was found and left at the Reruns office for the owner to claim. A notice urges the owner to come in promptly to retrieve the item.
The undersigned has taken up a stray Berkshire sow near his residence for seven weeks. By proving property and paying charges, the owner can reclaim her by applying to IHB Evan in Wooster, Ohio.
The second annual Franks family reunion will be held at Jacob Arnold's property near the schoolhouse in East Union Township Wayne County Ohio on Thursday June 2 1881 starting at 1 AM. All family members are invited to bring baskets for a social meal and merry time. By order of the committee Amazian Cork Sec.
To avoid danger and expense this season, take prompt steps to keep disease from your household. The system should be cleansed and organs regulated to prevent spring malaria. Electric Bitters is advertised as the perfect, affordable cure all at fifty cents a bottle, sold by druggists.
An advertisement for a bookbindery in Downing Block Worcester Ohio promotes Day-Books ledgers memorandums photos autograph albums pens pencils ink writing paper and envelopes with a focus on saving money.
Mra Frederick Blosser of Winesburg was instantly killed when lightning struck the chimney while she sat in the basement kitchen making soap over an open fireplace. Mrs Clouse, aiding her, was badly hurt and may not recover. Mr Blosser had moved to Kansas soon and she leaves five children. Funeral scheduled for Wednesday at 10. The article also notes family connections and local business notices.
Advertises selling genuine Singer Sewing Machine with liberal salary and commission. Calls for particulars from Singer Mfg Co Wooster Ohio, inviting inquiries at the store and offering bats for cents to a dollar as a prior ad line.
Several ladies of St James Episcopal Church will stage a May Queen festival next Monday at 6 pm in the parsonage yard. About twenty participants will present unique exercises with a mission fee of 15 cents. Ice cream and cake will be sold at reasonable prices after. If the afternoon proves wet the event will be postponed to the following morning.
St David Nice adds a fine line of shirts and summer underwear to its stock for gents furnishing goods. The announcement highlights new selections for gentlemen seeking summer apparel.
The thirteenth annual reunion of the 120th Regiment WW I will take place in West Salem Ohio on a Tuesday in June. Officers include President Surgeon C C Stoutter West Salem Vice President Captain Reno Eason War Ohio Secretary Treasurer Lieutenant J P Van Nest Wooster Chief Marshal Jonathan Holmes West Salem and a committee led by Stouffer Holmes Berry Tinsler Masery Sepa Holmes and Ritten Gqat. The day features an old fashioned soldiers love feast a personal experiences meeting and vocal music led by Jonathan Holmes with plantation songs and martial bands to entertain veterans and guests.
The Improved Order of Red Men held its annual meeting in Wooster on Tuesday and Wednesday with broad state representation. Officers and representatives from Cincinnati to Zanesville attended the star chamber style sessions while a banquet at the American House featured toasts and speeches from leaders including Charles Betts and others.
Drimn Brown joins C B Mower to form Mower and Brown dentistry. Refitted offices on the first floor with two operating rooms and a new Vitalized Air apparatus for painless extractions. Readiness by May 26 1981 with enhanced equipment and customer inducements.
A patchwork of ads, notices, and business items appears for Wooster and vicinity. Rentals and feed services trade under names like Coach and Feed Ini, with horse care by day or week and express orders. Contractors employ twenty laborers on Liberty Street, plus stone and paving notes. Miscellaneous classifieds reference millinery, spectacles, produce, real estate, and medical notice from Joy H. Tobn, with a doctor resigning practice after May 11.
Fragmentary OCR lists items such as wool, corn, oats, rye, barley, seed types, plaster, and miscellaneous goods. Mentions dealer J. Frick and buyers or sellers in a Wool trade context with scattered prices and measurements.
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