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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
5
Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo published a full, plain English list of all ingredients in his medicines, banning secret formulas. A free little book with endorsing extracts from medical authorities is offered to readers who request it, claiming no alcohol or narcotics and highlighting native medicinal roots used in Favorite Prescription.
Workers on Madison avenue uncovered an intact skeleton of a woman while mining gravel on land once a cemetery south of the Catholic church. James Fisher, superintendent of streets and water works, had the remains interred at Wooster cemetery after placing the bones in a box. No identification or coffin details could be determined.
Mrs Maud Gravatt wife of Joseph A Gravatt died Friday evening at her parents home in Lima Ohio after a long illness. Born Maud Williams of Wooster she leaves a husband a son a fourteen month old daughter and parents as mourners. Death followed a complication of diseases baffling physicians.
A lone youth driving a speedy pace mare with two companions escaped when they saw two men braced at the end of a bridge. The men offered no words, raising suspicions of a hold up, and the party sped away unharmed.
A. J. Peterman, Fredericksburg's wealthiest bachelor, married Miss Mary Berger on October 29. The groom, sixty two, had long resisted courtship and fled after dark to a log footbridge to wed at his fiancée's residence. Rev. D. Crites officiated before trains carried them away, with a short honeymoon planned. The town views the match as overdue and deserved after years of bachelor status.
John Meiner of Chippewa township filed in Common Pleas Court a suit against Fredrick Meiner Sr and others to enforce a 1877 land purchase contract and recover $600 in insurance money allegedly paid by the plaintiff in the name of Fredrick Meiner. John McSweeney is attorney for the plaintiff.
Monday November Sixteenth fixed for the Glass works case in Cleveland after agreement among Judge Baldin Pococks attorneys and Cleveland court officials. Case will be heard in the common pleas court and tried to a jury. Judge Robert L. Adair returned from Columbus with testimony of L. P Gobliger in connection with the case.
The sixty fifth annual Wooster District conference of the Methodist Episcopal church convenes November 4 to 6 1908 at First Methodist church Barberton Ohio. A full program includes devotions minute business talks revivals and debates with speakers H K Smith J B Moyer L eade and W Beech er Pickard among others. Subscribe for the Republican.
Harvey Gesselman is indicted for highway robbery and taken from Akron to Summit County jail via Wooster. The trio Flegg Biggs and Gesselman faces multiple county charges with Wayne and Summit counties, aiming to share penalties across jurisdictions. Gesselman discussed ginseng theft profits, noting high prices in the US and China.
A fire department call at 1:50 a.m. Wednesday arose from a crossing of electric light wires with the fire alarm lines. The bell rang once and did not repeat, indicating a wiring crossing at Beal saverne corner near Simon Heat ont.
Rev Dr David Ayrton Heron was installed as pastor before a full First Presbyterian congregation. The service featured the organ, anthem, scripture reading by Prof H G Behotekuy, and remarks by multiple pastors. The history notes Heron as the church’s fifteenth pastor, with earlier leaders listed from 1820 onward, and the building’s history traced to the 1822-25 period.
An old ad copy touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood tonic and remedy for hereditary inflammatory rheumatism. It recounts Mrs. O E Taylor of Columbus Ohio, bedridden for weeks after damp exposure, who recovered after using multiple boxes, claiming lasting relief and renewed health. The text promotes pills for nerves, headaches, neuralgia, and paralysis, listing prices and where to buy.
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station reports the forest survey season ended with seven members, led by Edward Sechrist. Assistant forester in charge returned along with Steven Green from Xenia, while others came in from southern points. The group tracked measurements of young and mature trees to promote future woodland planting.
Fragmentary marriage license notices list Daniel Bixler and Beatrice Serbering of Dalton, L. W. Hutch of Boliver, Qrra Harper of Dalton, A. J. Peterman and Mary of Fredericksburg, Jacob V. Hoftuin Stahl of Werosters, with unclear details and names partially garbled.
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