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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1901
Page
7
A vintage advertisement extols Ivory Soap as the best value and purity. It asserts the soap is vegetable oil based, affordable for laundry use and general cleaning, and emphasizes its floating property as a mark of quality and practicality. The copy discounts fancy packaging, focusing on intrinsic quality over appearances.
Boggensville Ky Oct 31 A mob from Upton overpowered the sheriff, seized jail keys, and dragged Silas Esters from custody. He was shot multiple times and left for dead, then hanged on the courthouse steps. Esters was accused of forcing Granville Ward, a 16 year old white youth, to commit a crime.
In Orrville on October 30 Deputy Marshal Neiswanger arrested Caesar Trench Burton Fiscis and Charles Plinn on a charge of disturbing a singing school at West Moscow schoolhouse last Saturday. They pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Acting Mayor Neiswanger with a trial set for Wednesday and bonds of 50 each. Later they pleaded guilty and were fined five dollars and costs, released soon after.
After Judge Isaac Johnson’s death in 1900 from being struck by Erie Railway cars in Mansfield, executor filed a 310000 damages suit for Mrs Johnson and daughters. Probate Judge Adair authorized settlement for 35000, with the company reportedly ready to pay.
Harry Scovel testified on Friday in the Schley Court of Inquiry. He said Captain Sigsbee did not state that the Spanish fleet was not in Santiago. Scovel doubted Hare's account and noted a lively discussion aboard the press boat Somers N. Smith as correspondents debated staying at Santiago or following Schley.
Old settlers spoke of bee trees and a discovery near Wooster on Zeno Reed’s farm. The hollowed tree produced about 1132 pounds of honey in the storehouse with honeycombs spanning over a yard in length. The find sparked a local tale of jubilation.
Wayne County records list numerous real estate transfers including executions of executors deeds and administrator deeds. Entries show various lot and acreage transfers in Wooster West Salem Congress Greens and Chester townships with amounts ranging from 8.25 to 750 and include names such as Hauffman Foss Kirkendall Silver Keslar Laughlin and McAfee among others.
A CompHment to Mr McKenna details Pennsylvania Lines officials awarding John McKenna supervisor of the Westline Smithville division second prize for superior road bed and track condition. The accolade credits his short tenure and upholds the record set by predecessor John Wight.
Theatrical managers clash with author Willian Bonelli over a sensational play An American Gentleman. A hen swallows a will in the first act and reappears as a key clue in the last act, triggering a notorious backstage fuss and a promise to train the hen to eat will fragments.
Captain Sigsbee, who commanded the Maine at Santiago harbor and played a leading role in the Spanish American War, will attend the Eighth's Reunion in Akron on November 21 and 22.
Boston reports that all American wool records were broken by weekly sales of not less than 25,000,000 pounds, surpassing Michigan and Ohio combined. The American Wool Company led purchases as stocks remain ample and prices steady after previous losses. The top price paid was 18 cents for a light Montana three eighths blood lot. Irish Nationalists welcomed in New York as John E B Redmond and others addressed the crowd at a reception staged by the United Irish league supporters.
In Portsmouth Ohio Nov 2 Philip Reilly 14 living at Fullerton died from a shotgun blast to a straw stack during a prank by Reilly and other lads at farmer Morris Biggs. Biggs fired believing burglars were present. Also Oberlin Ohio Nov 2 Professor C W Morrison elected to fill vacancy in music department after death of Professor F B Rice. Morrison a 1880 Oberlin graduate studied in Leipzig and Berlin.
A night attack on Colonel Benton's column 20 miles northwest of Brobridge in the eastern Transvaal inflicted severe losses. Approximately 1000 Boers attacked, two guns were captured, and several officers including Colonel Benton and Major Murray were killed. Twenty more officers and 160 men were wounded, with four dead later. The Boers reportedly withdrew after heavy fighting and the rear guard was overwhelmed.
Senor Horta Machado is appointed Portuguese minister in Washington. The report notes international diplomacy shifts as a backdrop to US policy moves.
Hicks in his Word and Works forecasts for early November with dates from the 1st to the 3rd predicting a reactionary disturbance causing rain and snow, a sharp barometer rise then fall, a cold spell, and a Vulern storm period starting December 6 stretching to the 10th with west to east transit of storms across the country.
Annual meeting of Wayne County Sabbath School Association announces officers: President J. C. Clark of West Salem. Vice President Prof. J. B. Mohler. Recording Secretary Enos Mumaw. Treasurer W. Henry Wiler. Normal Secretary Rev. S. G. Bur(it)ome. Department Secretary Rev. G. Campion. Primary Secretary Mrs. Smith of Wooster. Convention for next year set for August 26 and 27 in West Salem.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a remedy to strengthen a weak stomach and add flesh. It urges regular doses for those who are thin and able to eat, claiming solid flesh results and improved appetite.
This week Wooster postoffice will receive the first consignment of McKinley star cards. The cards feature the late president’s head with birth and death years to the sides and inscriptions above and below. The U S mail service changes the format for the new national card, shifting the inscription and leaving space for post marks.
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