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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1901
Page
3
Washington November 14 reports appointments for consular exchanges. Eawin N Gungaulus of London is named to Toronto Canada, and William Ken jd is named consul to Pernambuco. The dispatch notes these as routine exchanges among consular posts.
The compromise committee completed the settlement of claims against Wooster Preserving Co. The bank ruptcy case is dismissed and the plant is turned over to the company. Directors praise the committee for harmonizing debts and creditors while planning a larger vegetable acreage to boost the plant’s output and market.
A former Wooster resident C. O. Marsh escaped serious harm during a timber accident reported by the Ashland Times. Marsh and Rudy Wenrick felled trees when a shifting trunk struck Marsh as he tried to flee, a heavy limb tearing open his scalp from forehead to behind the ear. Dr. Shorick treated the fifteen-stitch wound.
Ragtime music faces opposition as unions and the Chicago Federation clash with a proposed Pan-American night show featuring Dumpty and Ali G Fields. A matinee for waifs from a local home is planned for December 12 as part of the act.
Arthur Zerké of Cleveland recounts the fatal river accident near Wooster involving Dr. Conway Ohliger a former Wooster student. A boat collision caused sinking as the doctor urged staying with the craft while undercurrents and darkness hampered rescue efforts and left companions shouting for help.
Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company to Adelbert H Hart for 16 acres in Milton township and many other real estate transfers in Orrville Wooster Dal ton and Creston, with amounts from $40 to $1000 and an administrator and guardian deed notice. Includes scattered ad copy for Hood's Sarsaparilla and cough remedies.
Fire destroys the Hutchinson dormitory at Yale University in New Haven. The 200-student capacity building burned down at noon, with several residents rescued from the fifth floor as crews battled the blaze. Local authorities report no injuries.
Auction of A J Thomas lands at noon sells all but one tract. T A Shreve buys 10 acres for 2250. Catherine Nann 22 acres for 520. L P Ohliger two tracts totaling 53. J E Snyder buys 2 acres for 167. A G Smith buys a North Market Street residence for 1800. M L Smyser acquires lot 347 on East Henry Street for 340. W F Kean acquires lot 775 on East Larwill Street for 300. One tract on East Bowmen Street not sold.
Six barrels of oil flowed from a long-abandoned well near Rittman before curbing efforts. Edward Young of Ohio Salt Co said 100 pounds of gas pressure threatened nearby plant fires as crews closed the well. An Akron attorney pursues leases to organize drilling nearby. H B Odenkirk of Wooster expects oil and has asked a driller for a price to drill 3000 feet.
A Wooster Times notice from 1892 reports a grand event honoring Union soldiers of Wayne County and Indiana. The piece lists speakers and attendees, including educators and officials, with plans for a summer school catalog and lectures on school topics. Names of principals, teachers, and administrators from Wooster and surrounding areas are cited, along with regional dignitaries.
Grand jury returns an indictment against Freq Brock a 14 year old of Akron for larceny Sheriff McCoy hands warrant to Marshal Getuers who arrest the youth in Akron in the evening The charge says he stole a bicycle from Henry Smith of Burton City while both worked in Orrville onion fields Parents then lived in Marshallville.
Leaders in the United Mine Workers of America in Madisonville are sought by U S Marshal Larue to serve notice of a Federal court order banning assembly in camps for intimidation. Most district officials are away at the Federation of Labor meeting in Lexington as camps remain closely policed and visitors barred.
Rough week across the nation with fires in West Branch Michigan and Birmingham Alabama destroying stores and homes. Fatal train collision near Wellington Virginia. 2 trainmen killed. Zanesville indictments target Sunday law violators. Collapse kills Charles Twyford of East Liverpool. Fires claim Foster's Mills Pennsylvania residence. Record of national business failures shows 213 in the US last year, 227 in Canada 30 this year.
Ebenezer lodge No 33 Free and Accepted Masons elected officers for the coming year at the regular meeting held Wednesday evening. Senior Warden I N Kinney, Junior Warden Q M Gravatt, Treasurer L P Obliger, Secretary M Flegtone, Senior Deacon John W Russell, Junior Deacon F H Zimmerman, Junior Warden H Woodinmiy.
Extensive preparations by Company D for a Thanksgiving day entertainment inside the Eighth regiment. The highlight is a prize drill with a gold medal for the winner. Each company will send one representative in light marching order. total points determine the winner. All regiment officers and men invited to attend.
Theodore Miller Semp veterans and the Eighth regiment visitants will form a reception committee. The first gathering is at The Random House on Wednesday night with Captain Charles Sigshee addressing. Meetings move to G A R hall for day two with a banquet there. Committees meet at Company LB armory Saturday night to finalize plans as hotels fill. B lodging will be partly at homes of Company B members and local residents.
The clipping reports Alden Church son of Mr and Mrs H J Churat died of diphtheria at 13 terminally ill after a short illness. He was beloved by teachers students and local business people. Also Stephen Brown Jr died of typhoid at 48 with a family left behind. Funeral held under Knights of the Maccabees.
An article warns against impostors using the Chase name to sell fake remedies. It notes counterfeit boxes imitate Dr A W Chase’s portrait and signature and urges buyers to insist on the genuine Dr A W Chase Medicine Co. Buffalo N Y packaging to avoid fraud and ensure authentic nerve and blood-boosting products.
Dalton Gazette reports Dr Trunk’s sister Mrs Walters who visited recently recounts a chain of deaths surrounding her trip. A week before her visit Mr Bowman of Nowbrauska died, then his wife died a week after she left. Shortly after, Mr Gyrus Bowman of Wooster, her half brother and brother to the Nebraska Bowman mentioned earlier, died as well.
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