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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1906
Page
7
An advertisement argues that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's ailments is transparent about ingredients, alcohol free, and derived from native American roots. It claims endorsements by medical writers and offers a free booklet from Dr. Pierce at Buffalo New York.
Wooster school children are urged to contribute to a fund for a new Ohio building in San Francisco. State officials plan a letter to educators urging support. With 800000 Ohio children enrolled, a goal of 80000 is set, to be deposited locally and sent to San Francisco at Thanksgiving.
I H Myers a well known insurance man has suffered a malignant growth on a limb. After an operation the growth returned but X ray and electric treatment at Wooster halved its size. This local recovery is of unusual interest to Wooster readers and highlights a notable community case.
Emily Gilbert of Wayne County files for divorce from Charles V. Gilbert at Akron alleging willful absence for over three years and failure to provide, plus alimony and custody of their minor child. The couple married in Orrville in 1894.
W. 8. Long of Blackleyville delivered a fine lot of ripe red raspberries to The Republican office from his farms. Anyone wanting raspberry sprouts that will bear before frost can obtain them from Mr. Long.
C L Jackson of Philadelphia plans to visit with engineers to review the proposed electric line and discuss changes where local opposition exists. He may have stock supporters and suggests rising activity as factions led by John C Chesrown and David Collier clash over disposal to a rival Mt Vernon north line builder.
Attorney A D Metz for Home Telephone argues council must decide on granting a Central Union franchise in Wooster. He notes Chicago drafted ordinances were rejected as not aligning with city law, and asserts future entrants must use conduits along principal streets.
Wooster residents testify to the curative powers of John Mowery s liniment claimed to treat rheumatism and flumbago. The veteran has guarded its formula, refusing to disclose ingredients while offering free samples. A Mt Clemens firm sought to license production, but Mowery planned a Mt Clemens demonstration before likely departure Saturday.
Rt Rev Ignatius Horstman bishop of Cleveland will administer the sacrament of confirmation at Mt Marys church Wooster on Monday Oct 15 at 8 o clock. The notice blends unrelated ads for Hollister tea, ManZan relief, Kennedy laxative and Krieger's Drug Store.
A long list of new titles has been added across fiction, essays, travel, history, children’s books, and biographies. Notable items include The Crusader, The Jungle, Life of Jefferson, The Boy and His Books, The Complete Golfer, and The Last Phase of Napoleon, among many others.
Friday a horse and buggy taken from a hitching place east of the city was found abandoned near the Pennsylvania depot after youths claimed the rig belonged to their father. They drove off with pumpkins and apples, damaged the buggy, and impudently resisted. Forests may be affected.
The Medina council fixed Monday October 22 as the date for a vote on the liquor question. The last wet and dry election on record was October 3, 1898, when Medina voted dry 320 to 241, a 70 vote margin, on a wet, nasty day.
A grandmother notes sudden vitality after six months of using a tonic marketed as a greatest restorative medicine. The ad claims benefits for stomach, liver and kidneys, malaria cures, and renewed energy, praising DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as dependable, non-gripe pills. Local drugstores Krieger’s and others carry the products.
Gen David Collier of Plimpton Holwes county reports Mansfield Nhivll met Philadelphia capitalists to review route and financing for the Wooster Mansfield electric line. Delays followed San Francisco disaster. Philadelphia interests may fund if project deemed excellent. Survey done, 70 percent right of way secured, Mansfield city franchise pending route decision. Collier expects construction soon and aims to build over the signal route New ark to Mt Vernon plan.
During W A Ashbrook's visit to the Wayne county fair an old man questions his reformer claim and asks about a chlorine administration bill for slaughterhouses. Ashbrook dodges specifics, then faces probes on tariff revision and whiskey policy, urging a clear campaign position.
Rev W A Littell returned from the United Presbyterian synod at Cambridge where the program favored reform. He was appointed a member of the Ohio State Anti Saloon association board. M C Roach of Wooster was elected to Allegheny Theological Seminary board for three years. Dr H A Hart was to speak but illness prevented attendance. The synod includes Mansfield Detroit Steubenville Muskingum and Wheeling presbyteries and will meet next year at the First Church, East Liverpool.
The year opens with the election of officers President Welker Cameron Vice President Hubert Shhellenbéraer Secretary Gretchen Whites The piece notes social phrases and a brief ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Tenor Tablets 5 cents Lanbach & Hovd.
A reader from Tampa Fla extols Foley's Kidney Cure claiming four bottles cured his back pain and kidney problems after years of suffering. He recommends the medicine to all families to prevent headaches stomach issues and sickness from poor health. He notes age sixty two and gratitude for restored health despite medical doubts.
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