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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1906
Page
3
Ohio court orders set the 1907 circuit terms for Morgan Morrow Muskingum Perry Richland Stark and Wayne counties. Terms begin 9 am on specified dates across months, with Wooster clerks date September 22 1906 and officials Maurice H Donahoe Frank Taggart T T McCarty.
A Wooster resident lauds Italians as law abiding, thrifty neighbors contributing to housing and business. He notes Italian youths graduate from high school and enter various trades, urging encouragement rather than discrimination. The piece also mentions local events in Mansfield, Toledo souvenirs, and a government topographical survey of Wooster.
In Wooster, Supt Fisher notes maps aid water works planning and Forton Wooster University sits at 1083 feet above sea level with Blooming Reservoir at 1144 feet and Saybolt Hill at 390 feet. An 80 year old man recovers from a broken hip, a corn peddler fails to sell butter fat, and Col Ike Hill of Newark known to locals dies in Washington after recounting a past poker tale. Wily Patterson eludes a serenade with bride, a Wooster M D acquires new clothes after an episode with a stray cat, and police question the doctor about a lingering odor from the scene.
Mrs Edna Johnson of Millersburg employed as a kitchen worker at the Ameri can house suffered cuts and bruises after stepping from her room onto a skylight in the hotel dining room Thursday evening. The glass shattered and she fell to the floor below but her injuries are not serious.
Tekonsha resident G. J. Welch praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a fast healer for cuts sores and injuries. Advertises Laubach & Boyd's Graystores carrying the product. Contains old fashioned spelling and garbled text but highlights arnica as a best healing salve.
In a Mansfield event Squire Bolus of Wooster dominates a 60 point three game series at Engine House No. 2. Teammates Rider and Pyle post high scores as Stough and Pyle best Bolus in a later challenge belt theory, with final tallies Pyle 81 Stough 78 Rider 68 Bolus 31.
After a brief stop, the water department resumes pumping from Applecreek to meet city needs. Superintendent Fisher urged residents to use water sparingly, noting pumping is for fire protection and asking people to be reasonable in consumption.
Fragmentary text promotes Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy claiming strong cure for obstinate coughs and prevention of serious results. Mentions basic health advice and exercise but lines are garbled with illegible phrases and marketing tone.
A collection of quips from Chicago News Washington Post and Providence Journal comment on Roosevelt policies spelling and a Providence tailor ad in a satirical roundup. The notes reference sending a warship to Marana and a strenuous peace department while railing at free trade and degraded spelling.
A collage of quotes and notes from newspapers cites opinions on public ownership, deportation of idle Black workers, water rights from Turkey, Russian baseball metaphors, Cuban rebels, and a flea control tip. The Milwaukee school flea remedy uses a dog as the carrier.
An old-time inquiry from Wooster Ohio to D G Hartman of the Lake Brady Stock Co asks for stage work for a schoolteacher 18 seeking singing roles and offering to fill a bills and stage manager position with an 18 year old non drinking non smoking male. The writer seeks two positions and urges a prompt reply.
A Columbus dispatch reports 48 year old Wayne county prisoner Frank Reed died Saturday morning in the Ohio Penitentiary while serving a 15 year term for shooting with intent to kill. Reed contracted cholera morbus after eating watermelon during a prison watermelon treat. he and others were served the fruit and Reed grew ill and died.
Dramatic Middleport bank collapse stuns villagers as President Fox and Vice President Armentrout face arrest over $115000 in deposits. Bank assets show scant cash. locals reel from loss while officials and creditors scramble to recover pennies on the dollar. Dr Williams Pink Pills advertised as a cure for debility with testimonials included.
A plot to assassinate Emperor Nicholas at Peterhof is exposed with the arrest of a man and a woman as armed terrorists. Servant’s son and a lackey Klepnikoff jailed for smuggling and aiding the conspirators. The plan reportedly aimed to shoot the emperor or his children during a palace outing as Nicholas was to return this week.
Obscure OCR note mentions SCE and age related entries with scattered terms. The readable fragments reference aid and obituaries in a local column. Names and places are unclear, but the piece appears to survey civic aid and personal notices without full context.
Robert Landaw of the ore department barely escaped injury Saturday morning. While riding his team on North Ackeye Street a wheelbarrow startled a horse, pulling him off balance and forcing him to hold the reins tightly to keep both horses. The horse sustained a minor scratch, and Landaw avoided a severe crush.
We summarize a rough timetable showing trains leaving Wooster and other cities. Times include early morning departures around 1:59 am, 4:36 am, and 7:18 pm, plus mid day and late evening slots. The schedule references routes over the B and O lines with multiple stop points and connections.
Local telegraph and train times list hourly departures from 5:08 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. with connections to Lindale Purtia Elyria and Berlin Heights. Mentions Cleveland Public guns and Wooster Ohio rail links and schedules for 315 service and related stops.
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