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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1906
Page
4
A fragmentary column riffs on Caruso and police, Rockefeller donations, Thaw sanity, Boni fame, mosquitoes, corn, Russia’s assassinations, spelling reform, Count De Castellane, Beveridge wealth, Maybell Gillman, Lipton divorce trends, Togo’s navy, Cincinnati Enquirer price talk, labor activism, and an impractical steelworker iron method.
A fragmented ledger lists numerous payments including Mohican Oil & Gas Co and Central Concrete sums, Shreve News charges, and various individuals such as Benny F and David Griest. The document itemizes small to mid range amounts from $10 to $16,000 feet of plan work, with townships, newspapers, and multiple creditors named.
Congressman-elect Wm A Ashbrook of the Seventeenth district says he will not resign his Ohio house seat until March 1. He is in Columbus on business, greeted by friends, and plans to return the overdrawn salary dues after Governor Harris signs his restoration.
Applecreek reports visits and illnesses including Misa Herter Wisner returning from Canton Miss Clara Nussbaum sidelined by lumbago. Rev and Mrs Wood visit switchville relatives. A O Eyman returns from Calamias. Funeral in Mt Eaton for Fiory attended by Jake Myers and wives. A baby born to Melvin Grogs. Anna Recksecker visits Verna Hackett. Pneumonia illnesses and social visits recur as Alexis Recital Co to perform. George Luckett and Miss Martin from Wooster University in town. Mrs Elizabeth Moore learns of Mrs Brown’s death in Green Springs.
Miss Nettie E Brown and her sister prompted a warrant for Charles E Brown a blacksmith in Orrville on a charge of assault. Chief Leiner arrested Brown who pleaded guilty before Mayor Van Nest and was bound over to the grand jury with a $100 bond. The case links to a three year alleged conduct and a dynamiting rumor surrounding the Orrville shop.
The post office will be closed Thursday November 29 from 10 o clock a m for the remainder of the day. One delivery to the city carriers in the morning. No delivery by rural carriers. W B Bryson Postmaster.
Representative Wertz, back from Wyoming, reports staking a dozen mineral claims in the west. A conflict over a valuable claim sits in county court after another party staked the land earlier. Wertz notes mineral rights do not accompany homestead rights and expects a stiff fight. he may return to Wyoming next summer to harvest hay or work his claims if kept.
Rev R Buell Love of the Western Sea veno8 Friend society speaks in Wooster churches urging support for the evangelical, undenominational group aiding sailors, boatmen, rail workers and families on the Great Lakes and western rivers. He aims to raise funds locally this year replacing Dr Seara, who served Wooster for 20 years.
Dry and wet factions in Mullersburg clash over local liquor sales as the Anti Saloon League targets sellers with vigor. A tonic claim mentions Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a proven booster for recovery from pneumonia typhoid fever and grip.
A new salary law passed by the last legislature yields minimal county savings. Wayne county sees an estimated net saving of 590 outside the prosecutor’s office, while the total county expense under the new law would be about 107 more than under the old. Officials’ salary and clerk hire totals rise to 21,055 under the old law and would be 21,??? under the new, with the prosecutor’s pay notably higher. County commissioners adjourned with partial agreement, sharing clerk hire among officers and resulting in mixed allowances across offices.
John T. Lytle, 64, owner of the Fredericksburg Woolen Mills, died Saturday after pneumonia and heart trouble. Funeral Monday drew a large crowd. He is survived by wife Mrs. Lytle, son Edward, and daughter Mize Alta Lytle. A longtime elder, school board member, and active civic figure, Lytle was a key business leader in Fredericksburg and known among Wooster merchants. His death is a loss to the town’s business and civic life.
The closing meeting was held Thursday Nov 22 at the Bloomington home of Mr and Mrs P Shrig. Rev Miller of Bloomington opened the program with a piano salon by Milas Drocle Bolus of Wooster. Alva Agee warned farmers about a seedless apple scam selling trees at $2 each and urged good roads.
A speaker stressed tax readjustment as essential while C R Overholt teased on the secret of success. The nominating committee proposed new year officers for 1907 with Ibrig as president, Jarvis as vice, Stitt as secretary, Giffin as corresponding secretary, Lytle as treasurer, Heim and Wiffie as members, aided by the president and secretary on the program committee.
The Methodist church opened its special services with Rev C F Jébugoi delivering a sermon on The Conditions of Spiritual Success in Church Works. Dr Johnson urged that the meetings over the coming weeks depend on attracting a large audience. Ray D Mobr led the singing, directing several selections and two songs in the morning.
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