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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1891
Page
3
The time card lists eastbound trains stopping at Fort Wayne road and westbound trains with listed departure times. It includes trains 8 and 32 in the morning, train 40b at noon, and evening services around 7 to 9 p.m. plus changes from 2 a.m. and multiple adjustments.
Wayne County Mutual suffered a 31000 loss in the Cleveland fire. The November court rearm opened with a fair docket. Subscriptions for a carriage and buggy company are at a standstill. A woman’s avocation includes a lady press agent. Tragedian Robert Jase owns a long-deceased pet badger Punch in Geo Faber’s storeroom. Baby William Rope died of membranous croup. J W McEjhenie starts Youth's Cabinet for boys and girls. County election costs under Australian law unavailable as yet. Parmer Fulton jailed in Ashland for wheat theft, implicating John Snowberger who remains at large.
The editorial urges rapid action to build a railroad from Sandusky through Ashland Jeromeville and Shreve to New Lisbon, intersecting coal field lines and linking Wooster’s region with eastern routes. It argues a feasible route avoids delay and consolidates regional accessibility.
Dr. W W Firestone and family recall no prior deposit of the cut money bits, later sent to Washington where a $26 draft arrived from the U S Treasurer. Also notes grippe outlook, Eclipse ball club finances, a candy shop burglary, and shifts in military tactics to open order.
Walter Rouisbn leaves Washington to join Beer Co Chicago as lector. A wagon for mail and parcels is fitted for service by Phelps in the city. Gypsies west of town dispersed after a storm. Black residents plan Lincoln emancipation anniversary celebration on January 1. Mary A. Livermore to speak November 30 in People’s Course with tickets priced. Shelly vs Binkley 35000 debt suit dismissed in Common Pleas. Postoffice order requires prepaid stamps on rubber stamp circulars. Mrs. Mary Herschey dies aged 64 after brain inflammation. funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. Runkle of Madisonburg guesses votes near Campbell and McKinley totals in governor race.
The amount realized from subscriptions solicited by pupils for organ purchases for ward schools totals a little over $100 to date. Martha A Webster thanks both solicitors and contributors and notes the Drum Corps boys contributed a generous subscription.
Robbers drilled two safes in Jodon Gibson store and L. E. Scott dry goods. Shoes and tobacco taken from the first, about $9 to $10 from the second. The strong box with $1,000 remained untouched. A bystander was threatened to stay quiet. No clues reported.
The Dayton Whip Company presented foreman Mr John Boyer with a carved antique oak rocking chair as a token of high regard. He left for Sidney on Monday to pursue new business, accompanied by best wishes from many friends and fellow workers.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes W A Routson Sr of Wooster is a strong candidate for Railroad Commissioner under the Menley administration. Routson, a train dispatcher on the Fort Wayne and Cincinnati line west of Pittsburgh, is endorsed by Sherman Foraker Morgan and Smiley and viewed as a top pick with high chances.
Full attendance requested at post headquarters on Thursday evening November 26. Nominations for officers will be made.
The Board of ECs resolved on lands contracts covering 466 acres sold to multiple buyers including D. RB. Firestone W. N. Smith and Benjamin Wilson. Fifteen acres remain with contracts closed. Total purchase value estimated around $60,000.
John Kooble found a hole drilled in the store safe after two suspicious men entered via the west window. The intruders fled with cigars, coffee, and groceries, leaving drills and bits and a sack behind. The incident suggests an attempted burglary thwarted before the payout.
Benton Marks sixteen year old was accidentally shot Monday evening by Wilber Long seventeen year old son of Henry Long at the Long residence after a snowball caused the gun to discharge. The load struck behind Clark s ear the shoulder and the right side. Doctors Stoll and Lehr attended him. Most shot were removed while many remained embedded in his body.
Mrs Amanda McDaniel of Canton married Judge John D Nicholas of Coshocton at the home of Mr and Mrs Homer McDaniel at 406 North Market Street last Thursday evening. Rev Edmunds of the First ME Church officiated. After a wedding supper the couple departed by 7 47 east bound Fort Wayne train for an eastern tour. They will reside in Coshocton upon return. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Williams Mrs Burns Miss McCormick of Coshocton and Mr and Mrs Parrish of Wooster.
Probate records show bond filing for Levi Coppes as administrator of Philip Coppes. Discharge notice from Toledo hospital for Ivy Muller and others. Second and final accounts filed for Benjamin Gerig as administrator of Wm Johnson and Thomas Ferguson as guardian for Sarah and Rebecca Clinker. Various appointments and probate actions including wills of Ann Criss Alexander Hardy and Jacob Worst.
Marriage licenses issued for Henry Bowers and Nettie Welty. David Yeakley and Anny Currie. Alpert Wilhelm and Emma Hoberly. Jorge Sigler and Barbara A Currie. B Smith and Sarah B Miler. Pete Fipry. Idaik Bowers Henry Spiegelfaire. Ernest Dieble and Kane McKlaney.
Coroner Huntwberger conducted an inquest into the death of a man living in California who was last heard from recently. The chaotic text indicates a tragic end with limited surviving details and no information on cause or identity.
The Elizabeth Township case against Dr. John H. White holds that township trustees determine the just and reasonable amount for indigent relief. The Supreme Court reversed a lower court, ruling no action can be brought for higher fees once trustees decide. It aligns physician claims with prior lawyer fee rulings in similar indigent relief cases.
A sequence of postal hygiene tips urges legible addresses with full post office, state, street and box numbers, plus county in small offices. It covers sender identity, country name on foreign mail, avoiding thin envelopes, registering valuables, money orders, home box, early stamps, stamp value limits, not asking clerks to stamp, legality of payments, and hotel envelope disposal instructions.
J C White, 90, secretary of the Volunteer movement, stays home for Thanksgiving. At the university basement lab Prof Bennett, Charles Miller and Ross Wallace fought a fire after a gallon and a half of alcohol ignited. The blast burned Wallace’s left arm and shoulder, but quick action by colleagues stopped the fire and the university narrowly escaped serious damage. Wallace remains able to work with his arm bandaged.
Henry Welker Johnson of Cedar Valley was born January 30 1875 and died November 15 1891 at age 16 years 9 months and 46 days after a nine year illness. A post mortem showed an enlarged heart and nerve disease. Funeral at Bethel church east Cedar Valley on November 17 with burial in the churchyard. the family mourns but trusts the departed rests in peace. Funeral sermon by J G Baldwin.
Children enjoy the pleasant action and soothing effects of Syrup of Figs when in need of a laxative. If a parent is constipated the most gratifying results follow its use, making it the best family remedy to have at home.
A new period house will be dedicated on Saturday evening November 28 at 7 30 p m with a committee promising an enjoyable opening. A Thanksgiving praise service at Wayne is planned for Thursday morning. Local residents and visitors from Indiana Michigan and Ohio attend events and visits to relatives in the area.
West sales Mrs Lydia Deich visits Wooster at her brother in law James Bitzer. Mrs C Householder heads to Bryan for winter. Rev Fitch led Presbyterian services. Kedler and Ewingeft go to Michigan for deer hunting. Union Thanksgiving service at 10 in Presbyterian Church led by Rev Walkey. Faust Eldridge of Akron visited.
Charles Grater and Ida France are named locals amid illness news in Congress. Citizens protest a Wayne County viewers’ decision to deny a road location from Congress to Shade Creek mouth, calling the handling hasty and unfair. a second petition is demanded.
S R Bonewitsz certifies pensions for Eliza H Rice of West Salem Ohio widow of John H Rice private Co I 123d Ohio volunteers eight dollars monthly from November 20 1890. Mary Ann Scott of Dalton Ohio widow of Levi M Scott Co C 41st Ohio United Veterans eight dollars monthly from October 11 1890. Martha I Waggoner of Kilgore Carrél County Ohio widow of John A Waggoner private Co I 98th Ohio volunteers eight dollars monthly from July 15 1870 and twelve dollars monthly from March 19 1886 and eight dollars monthly for one child.
Fifteen of eighty five members attended with routine business only. Last year’s officers were re elected: President A W Dick of Akron first vice president C D Crites Lima secretary Henry Marshal Wooster treasurer S R Freeman Ravenna. The piece warns of emigration west and praises Bromac Bitters as a health safeguard for malaria and stomach liver and bowel disorders. Advertisements invite piano buyers to B L Wells Medina and list local salespeople.
A New York Telegram report notes that vegetable ivory has become the principal material for buttons. The nut yields a milky center that hardens to a tough grain, sawn into slabs and machined. Production relies heavily on labor costs, with 80 percent of expenses in labor.
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