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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1896
Page
6
A collage of Wooster society items, weathered by time, lists arrivals, visits, and small incidents. Mentions residents like Selders of Lodi, John Johnston grocer, and Dan Scher of McDonald street. Election chatter, theater and concert notices, and brief civil notices fill the page with community life details.
Giblin M M Keim of Wooster township caused the arrest of his nephew John XK Spore, 16, on Wednesday evening for threatening to harm his mother. The affidavit was unsigned, so Mayor Jeffries could not hear the case. Bond set at 60 dollars. the boy bound over to Probate Court and committed to jail for lack of bail. John Brandon, jailed for assaulting Michael Brown with a beer glass, pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined nine dollars and sixty cents.
Miss Mary Schopf of Wooster arrived to visit Miss Lizzie Schopf. Delia eit returned from five weeks with Galton and Matron friends. Shilling of Wooster visited Mrs. M. A. Hollinger between trains. Jack the day slasher haunts Wooster. canines found with throats cut. Rev W W Anderson and wife and daughter Mary attended Mrs Margaret Urie’s funeral then returned to Loudonville.
Friday's Daily notes Abner Jones of Alpha Tau leaves college this week for Van Wert Ohio due to ill health hoping to return. Kauke chapel gains new hymnals and practice of new tunes begins. Politics fascinates students with G W Garver and W W Meier active. Garver's father runs for sheriff and Meier's father for Adams County auditor.
An advertisement touts Lightning Hot Drops as a universal cure for sciatic and neuralgic pains, rheumatic aches, tooth and ear trouble, headaches, and other pains. It promises rapid healing and notes its use for bone and frost related pains in the home.
The last hope of Myron K. Kent’s supporters ends as Gov. Allin upholds the death sentence for the Mandan wife killer, with execution imminent on November 12. Kent’s past includes embezzlement, a hidden Bohemian notebook, and a drawn confession from Swidensky, amid disputed innocence arguments and lengthy legal appeals.
Local column chronicles lively Republican gatherings and speeches by Capt. J B Taylor and H R Smith at No. 3 North of town, plus a strong McKinley show in the Nov 3 events. Residents report Union Switch and Signal trade shifts, band travels to Winesburg, and numerous residents attending political meetings in nearby towns.
On Nov 3 election day voters were urged to vote straight for McKinley. Frank Taggart and M L Smyser of Wooster spoke to a large Opera House audience. Bert Garver from Fremont visited his mother over Sunday. Townsfolk attended Judge Lewis of Medina in Homer Friday. Prof Goshorn and four Wooster teachers visited Well ington schools. Mrs Pearl Campbell of Mansfield visited her parents. A Sunday School convention met at the M E Church with papers read by Mosses Mary McKee Florence Carlin and Mrs J P Bush of the Presbyterian church.
Fred Baird, a well known young man, was near D Nice’s store when a report, likely from a campaign cannon, caused his pantaloons to catch fire. He to extinguish flames, injuring his left leg. doctors fear blood poisoning. Police believe blank cartridge shots from a revolver were fired by an unknown person.
Last Thursday in West Salem Miss Clara Farner, employed by A. K. Hoff, fell into an uncovered well. She halted the fall by using her feet against the opposite side, awaited aid, sustained a back head injury and several loose teeth. An oblique fracture with bone protruding was noted. In addition, Mary McGlewen, 17, daughter of Mrs. Andrew Aalt, was injured on the Erie track after stepping on slag and striking her knee on a tie. The knee fracture was compound with bone protruding, two section men aided her, she was moved by handcar to her mother’s home, and Doctors Haird and Hollingsworth set the fracture. she is reported as doing as well as can be expected.
On election day a horse ran away near W B Taylor’s residence in West Salem, throwing Miss Carrie Salen and Mrs. Belle Berry from a buggy and injuring them. Mr Salen grabbed the bit as the horse bolted, was struck then tossed, and suffered severe head injuries. Miss Salen and Mrs Berry sustained bruises to head shoulder and ankle. The three were attended at home and the man slept well that night.
President Grover Cleveland designates November as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer urging national gratitude for divine care and deliverance. The note is part of a Washington dispatch dated Nov 6 with reports of Bryan marching supporters and Senator Chandler weighing gold standard and bimetallism.
Nov 6 reports show a broad revival in business from the Ohio valley through Indiana. Big Four, Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio railways ordered shops opened. plants like the Ensisn Car Works at Huntington and Mount Vernon car works resume with hundreds to be employed. Niles Tool Works and Hamilton shops boost forces. furnaces in Ironton and river towns to blast soon. Griffith Wood and Powell Brass announce immediate resumes. New York: President Maxwell pledges $500,000 for Northampton works, London-Philadelphia lines. Toledo: Snell Bicycle adds 400 jobs. Lozier and Milburn expand. Kansas City road to add 1,500 workers. track laid toward Mona, Ark. Cleveland says McKinley win lifts business. some idle plants resume. Chattanooga bank pays checks in gold. Canton factory link to McKinley home triggers whistle. New Orleans bonds rise post election. Milwaukee Harvester hires 300 more. Ipswich Mills to start 1,000 jobs. Youngstown furnaces lighted. Indianapolis banks resume gold payments.
President-elect McKinley thanks M A Hanna for campaign services praising sound money and protection and urging unity across party lines. William Jennings Bryan telegrams McKinley congratulating him after election returns. Washington reports Japanese awards to Cramp and Union Iron Works for Olympia type cruisers. prices not disclosed.
A Baltimore Bryan club circulated a telegram claimed from Senator Gorman stating Bryan had 229 electoral votes and was elected. Within hours crowds filled Baltimore's main avenue shouting for Bryan, alleging a repeat of 1876 and that he was cheated. Parades formed and only dispersed after midnight.
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