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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1877
Page
3
The Wooster Chronicle lists a new train timetable east and west with Nos 6 8 4 and 2 times. local council actions include rescinding a slaughter within city limits and considering church and building proposals. Also notes republican candidate for street commissioner and various society items from Wooster Ohio.
The West Lebanon gathering drew a large crowd for C M Yocum’s clear speech endorsing the straight ticket. In Dalton, the Republican meeting featured a successful turnout with the Cornet Band playing while Mr Brown spoke for State Senate.
The session will be held in Smithville starting in October with meetings scheduled for one week.
The tenth annual Exposition, managed by Joseph Nnnavely, will take place in Orrville Ohio on Wednesday to Saturday October 10 11 12 and 13 1877. Visitors and exhibitors may expect high premiums in all departments and daily races during Bar with reduced railroad rates offered.
Judge West, a veteran blacksmith, earned his schooling by heavy anvil work. Efe values labor, promising not to forget toil if governor. Speculation on Will Bishop’s wealth and backing questions care for workers. The Salem Republican invokes a Latin aphorism and promotes Dr Bull's Blood Mixture as a remedy.
At Le Roy the annual directors election on September 26 produced 799 votes. The regular ticket led with 628 votes while the reform ticket received 190. Regular ticket nominees were Jas C Johnson Nelson Harrin Albert Munson J A McCoy J H Freeman Samuel Smith F M Ashley. Reform ticket nominees were A Munson H F Miler I W Freeman WH Williams Q W Towslee G Spitzer G W Crane.
The article argues a resumption plan directs the Treasurer to pay gold for greenbacks from January 1, 1899. It notes the note is not recalled as money but after January 1, 1879 greenbacks of 50 dollars or more would be paid in gold. It asserts gold and paper would circulate as money, shaping value and use.
The Davis sewing machine receives the Special Mention for best ruffling hemming braiding and binding of any machine. It is claimed to offer the greatest range of practical work among sewing machines then in use. Potential buyers are urged to view the New Improved Davis at Sillaman Wooster Wayne Co Ohio.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morrison held two simultaneous surprise gatherings on James and Park streets for the couple’s 20th wedding anniversary. Dr. H D Taggart presented a fine china set, with a large turnout of about one hundred guests and a supper prepared by the ladies. Ida and Rosa McClure of Wooster, Ohio, were among the visitors.
The semi annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will be held in Columbus at the First Presbyterian Church on October 10 and 11. Delegates are urged from Ohio and neighboring states. Local officers invite Presbyterial societies in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia. The gathering aims to inspire faith and shared labor with talks on harvest successes and future work. Special travel discounts are announced and notices appear in several church publications.
The annual meeting of the Tuscan Classis of the Reformed Church was held in Reedsburg on September 19 with Rev. T. J. Bacher of Masdillon delivering the opening sermon. The sessions were orderly. a large donation was given to the writer by Reedsburg West Salem and two country congregations. A bountiful parsonage dinner for over a hundred followed, with fine toasts from Pastor Loci and others.
In Blackleysville the old school is being repaired with modern improvements while adding folding seats screens and enlarged windows faces opposition from residents who oppose public funds for an aging building. The district board enforces a minority rule led by J. S. Ayleworth.
The Republican gathering led by Shepherd and Tagpa aimed at honest office, honest money, and retrenchment at home and abroad. Shepherd delivered a strong speech praising nominees, noting $2000 salaries were adequate, and observers from both parties spoke highly of him.
E G Miller of Canaan plasterer completed a major three day lathing for the Y B Church, called the biggest work in the county. On the 26th Wier set two thousand lath in ten and a half hours, sixteen hundred in one stretch and four hundred more. John Kissinger and Reed then measured the ceiling at 106teen yards and walls at 28 yards, totaling 144 square yards.
The Eagle Theatre opened a new dramatic season under Clifton W. Tayleure with Mrs. Henrieta Chanfrau starring in Parted a story based on the Brooklyn Van Company failure. Chanfrau delivered a delicate Grace Shirley performance earning repeated recalls as the strong ensemble, including Frank Mordaunt and a gifted child, received praise for precision and naturalism.
Poem recalls Libbie’s death in early bloom and the family’s grief. The speaker laments her loss and the empty chair in the circle.
F A Banner returns from New York with a large elegant stock of millinery for winter and offers a rare opportunity to shoppers in Wooster to buy stylish goods at low prices for ninety days. Also promotions for Mrs Cutter Smyser millinery and Dr King s New Discovery for coughs and consumption touts free trial bottles and local availability from Roller Wilson and Dr Bertollett.
John Reed offers choice meats at 14¢ for rib steak 10¢ for roast 6 to 10¢ for boiling pieces with other cuts priced accordingly. Also advertised are Dr Fraser's Cough Syrup 20 cent bottles and Wisner home-made waterproof boots in a mixed ad layout.
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