Obituary Notes from Massillon and Wooster
Mrs O Hy Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs F L Miller of 167 South Street Massillon died at the Miller residence Friday night at 11 25 She was longtime Wooster resident moved to Birmingham with her husband about eight years ago Three children were born to them all living now Miss Hallie Miller sister of Frank L Miller of Boston auditor of the New York and New England railroad She had tuberculosis for eighteen months Funeral was held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock from St Joseph church The remains of George Young were laid to rest Monday at Beall Avenue residence Ray Frederick Kraift conducted services at the house and the Sir Knights of Rising Star Lodge K of P performed ritual at the grave Pallbearers were Wm Muschenich A S Rahl J C Tieche Emil Podlich J J Keisver and Henry A Haller
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O- Hy-Thompson
F. L. Miller
South Street
Massillon
Major Gerlach Named Commanding Officer of Third Battalion
The election for major of the Third Battalion of the Eighth Regiment O M G on Saturday afternoon selected Capt. F C Gerlach over Capt. Hermen Werner of Akron. An unofficial tally shown to Gerlach gives his majority of 110 as a strong vote reflecting his leadership in camp and in Cuba. Promotion will require appointing a captain for Co D and Lt W E Barnard is considered likely to fill the vacancy.
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Eighth Regiment
F.C. Gerlach
Hermen Werner
Akron
Shreve
Gerlach
Gerlach Werner
Bucyrus
Cantoni
Cuba
W. E. Barnard
Wife Seeks Alimony and Restraining Order in Town
Mrs Amelia Fishburna sues her husband Edward claiming marriage May 25 1890 a daughter and ownership of a horse and harness. She says he abandoned them and threatens to sell property. judge grants temporary restraining order. Other matters include Abraham Ettling v John Whitman and Ralph Myers with alleged improper costs and an attachment about $80 judgment. Judge Bkuson set bond at 875.
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Amelia Fishburna
Morr & Hay
Edward Fshburn
Fishburn
Jeason
Messrs
Morr & Hiay
Abraham Eutling
John Whitman
Ralph Myers
Warinor
W?ogananso
Justice of the Peace
Mr. Myers
Chippewa Township
Thames Long
Humane Society
Ettling
Long
Whitman
Etiliog
Bkuson
Mondar Sond
Ex Mayor Jeffries Hurt In Night Collision
Ex mayor Jeffries was posing home in the dark Saturday night when his buggy collided with a horse and buggy in the north part of town. He was thrown to the pavement, sustaining facial bruises and minor injuries, and will be laid up for a few days.
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Jeffries
Rural Mail Boxes Protected
Post office appropriation bill states that anyone who injures destroys breaks into or tampers with rural free delivery mail receptacles or mail matter faces a fine up to one thousand dollars or imprisonment up to three years. The item also mentions lawn mowers at Harding & Co and loans on security from 50 to 85000 by G W Spangler Loan Agent Wooster.
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Post Office
Screen doors and screens sale note
Screen doors of all sizes priced from 64¢ to $1.39. Adjustable window screening offered at 25¢ per screen. The Syndicate ad line appears in a brief catalog-style notice with generic product listings.
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Syndicaye
Jury Commission Complete List From Wayne County Townships
Wayne County jury officials finalized a 200 name wheel for grand petit and probate juries. Notable voters listed include Paint township Chambers like Horace Beals and Charles Ketterer alongside Chippewa East Union and Wooster names such as John Swinehart and John Yoder. The document covers numerous townships and wards including Congress Wayne and Clinton with dozens of voters across Wooster First Ward Second Ward Third Ward and Fourth Ward. The list underscores many names who have not served recently.
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James W Christy
H. H. Strauss
David Myers
George Utt
Wayne County
Paint Township
Horace Beals
Frank Havergios
C. Blosser
Randolph Rosenberger
Albert Shaffter
Charles Ketterer
John Willard Sugarcreek
Daniel Rudy
W. Hi Wertz
James A. Buchanan
M . McDowell
C. K. Spavely
Charles Wecht
J.C Harrold
David Morrow
Daniel Shultz
Henry Weaver Baughman
John Weimer
J Huntsberger
D C. Swan
S. P. Esselburn
T. I
A. A. Sheats
John F. Deibel
George Jack
Wm. Reis
Milton Hoffman Milton
Daniel Steiner
Norman Chaffle
T A McCoy
Charles Deter
D L. Fredrick
George Jolly
M. J. McConnell
Green
Thomas
Ulrich
Steiner
Martin Rich
A K Schaaf
Wm Winkler
A. H Postehwaite
R. Buckwalter
D J Leickheim
T A.C Pontius
Jacob Shibler
KK. King
D J Troyer
Simon Griner
Daniel Ramsger
East Union
Martin Scott
Charles Reichenbach
Jeelenn
Tey
Duwnal
Joseph Ramsey
Clarence Hackett
D « Cook
Perry Cotterman
Suitcreek Aek
John Romick
Mason Cockerell
WDPD
MecGlewen
Samuel Siemmons
Zeno Reese
C. B Whensetler
Thomas Russell
George Hay
Elmer St
Gideon Musser
W N Stanley
David Sateen Wayne
W. A .Taylor
Moud Lehman
W. P White
T. J. Smith
William Mowery
Frank Gearhart
Peter Ibrig
John Blocher
Hugh McConahay
John Wasson
Chester John Spotts
Wm Jittinger
Quincy Mowrey
Allen Ogden
Solomon B Firestone
Wm Fair Jr
I Mowery
Harry Hileman
Ben Swinehart
LE Haudebaugh
Red Thce Plain
John Sparr
W.W Wallace
Morris Brinkerhot
J C. Sidle
John Barton
John Statler
Roof Muffee Wi Mehager
W. M. Brant
John Plasterer
Clinton George Emery
Adam Oa Keister
Pack Troutman
Calvin van Niman
Leslie Aylesworth
John Lehr
Jacob Sealer
J. Bakerhuss
Win A. Craig
David Foltz
Wooster
Philip Elsperman
Bechtel
van. Albright
H. B. Christine
Fred Bigert
Bmi Podlich
Michael Goodman
W. 1
Siler
P Fubbell
BR. B. le Vder
Marion Shoup
Ira Aylesworth
HH Miller
Deb Robinson
May 24 Local Notes and Community News
Sunday May 24 items report Harry Strow in Chicago for a laundry job. Ashland guests visit Al Luce. Dr Dallas Jones and family guests of Dr B T Jones. Pavement work on Beall avenue. New Orleans beat Birmingham 7 to 0 with Irve Wilhelm pitching. High School graduates to hear Rev J H Deeds June 5. Major election for Third Battalion Eighth Regiment opens 4 pm. Capt Frank Gerlach expected to win. Reunion travel via Custaloga and Ashland & Wooster Ry with 15c rate. tickets return June 4. J Vorter visits after Oklahoma. City Solicitor Hubbell improving. Multiple local births, marriages, and civic notices follow including memorial services and school and business updates.
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Harry Strow
Chicago
Stanton Boffenmyer
Ashland
Luce
Dallas Jones
Vanal Busten
B. T Joes
Fo M. Qalby
Beall Avenue
New Orleans
Birmingham
Irve Wilhelm
J. H Deeds
Methodist Church
Nice
Frank Gerlach
120Th Regiment
Pennsylvania Lines
Custaloga
Ashland & Wooster Ry
Custaloga Ashland
Tata Wo
Jus. Vorter
Oklahoma
Freinds
Hubbell
WB. I. Hindman
South Buckeye Straie
Canton
John N Brace
Rushville
Lightning Strikes Creston Area Residents in Narrow Escape
Farmers near Creston report corn planting underway with some fields nearing harvest. Frank Liggett plans barn improvements after harvest. Mrs Zook and Mrs Schmeyer narrowly escaped during a storm when lightning struck their shelter, causing light roof damage. W Yates's horse injured by barbed wire. Executor of Brentzer estate held a public sale at the deceased’s residence, drawing a large crowd.
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Folio Brentzer
Letter List No 21 Wooster May 1902 Postal Names
Letter list from Wooster postoffice dated May 1 1902 lists recipients including S. Clar Jim Crow Will risa H J Helme Ernest Futter son Byron Smith Miss Emma Sowers Miss Lizzie Dobbs Mrs G W Heindel Miss H Hillis Mrs Ed Keister Miss Lana Reese Miss Mary Lois Snyder Sarah Yoder P.M T L Flattery
Chick weight and price offer for department delivery
A bidder offers 18 to 20 cents per pound for young chicks weighing one and a half pounds and over, and 8 cents per pound for old hens, delivered to the Pire Department.
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Pire
Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
Local claims indict catarrh as a constitutional disease and touts Catarrh Cure by J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the only internal treatment. The product is described for internal use in small doses and said to act on blood and mucous surfaces to cure various cases.
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Cheney
Toledo
Ohio
Bargain Suits At Popular Price Choice Of 100+
A selection of over one hundred new finely tailored men’s suits offered at a grand bargain price of ten dollars each. The range includes Fancy Worsted Plain and Fancy Cheviot Blue Serge Blue and Bisck 18 ounce Clay Grey Clay and Fancy Cassimera suits. Each suit is presented as a value buy.
Straw Hats of Every Shape at Rough Yacht Sale
A local sale offers men’s straw hats in various shapes at 60 cents for rough yacht styles, 1.00 for Zic, with choices in Ping Pong shapes and more.
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Astoria
Box of Gloves and Local Row At Meeting
Railway Detective Sistoan links Fetters record noting a prior broom shop break in. Fetters confessed and faces past trouble. Company D hosts a Friday military entertainment with contests, refreshments by Daughters of Veterans, and Young's orchestra. Posey Roberts promotes a Wooster Brush Works vs Alcocks game as a decisive match. A drinking party quarrel leads to a mayor’s lecture on loitering. four boys found shelter during rain, not burglars. A Paris dispatch jokes on perpetual youth. Madison Medicine Co price and local ads close the page.
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Sistoan
Fetters
Daughters of Veterans
Young
Fragmented grocery wish list from a jittery shopper
A disjointed plea lists red kidney beans tomatoes strawberries sour cherries Bartlett pears asparagus and lima beans. The speaker samples several phrases and repeats wants in a garbled chant about large quantities to relieve farmers.
Marshallville Happings High School Plans Five Graduates
Memorial church services preceded May 30 commencement of Marshallville High School. Five graduates, three boys and two girls, will receive diplomas with Prof. Park of Ada delivering the commencement address. Marshallville Orchestra to provide music. Baccalaureate sermon at Evangelical church by Rev. Berger. The town reports thefts of goods and cloth, and the school year closes with a picnic rained out.
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Marshallville
Evangelical Church
Powell
Park
Ada.o
Marshallville Orchestra
Wis Sraigtreey
Ev. Berger
Local Residents Named In Unclear Notice
Fragmentary OCR lists names Louis M. Rhodes Gertrude Shibley Henry S. Long Bessie Mougey Samuel Detterline with places Wooster Rittman Sterling and unclear wording suggesting a social or legal notice involving multiple individuals and towns.
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Louis M. Rhodes
Gertrude Shib
Wooster
Henry S. Long
Rittman
Bessie Mougey
Sterling
Pon
Samuel Detterline
Mavsiliong
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Pa Coe Ae
Major Gerlach
Co. D
Jeffries Hurt
Harding & Co
G. “W. Spangler
Wouster
JURY
W. E Weygandt
Billy
Koiffer
3. A. S Hall
Christy Club
Missionary
Karl Compton
Fredaklar
Daytech
Salt Lake City
Pennsyivnais
Goetz
Charkstown
Vad
George Hetfelfinger
Gea Youdg
Jacob Smith
Michael Mota
Toudonville
Michael
Barney Hetfelfinger
Holmes County
George Young
City Board of Equalization
Emil Podlich
Henry Marshall
Samuel Horner
Mil Podlich
Fred Krause
W.R France
Fifth
John Taylor
J A. Schuch
United States Express Company
Jule Eason
Levi Snyder
Fds
Millbrook
Stark Siding
Peur Upton
Charles Landaw
Third Ward
Mr Landaw
Robert Fetters
Hoeneytown
Nmiassiiion
Madisonburg Notes
Eis
Stein-Blogh
Brequiaayne County
Greg Clay
Jack Clay
Pesvou Av
ONE Price Clothiers
Frick
Tien
Alcock
Bull
Brush
Cere
Paris
M. Rosey
Madison Medicine Cos
Laubach & Boyd, Agts
Ho. W. Powell
Jacob Santrock
J. C. Clark
D. B. Keck
G. W. Shaffer
Doylestown
Vernon Wolfe
Charles Harvey
Clara Geo- Sbdrys
Ford
County
Bearetars
Rev. Seager
Cleveland
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