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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1894
Page
2
Partial OCR shows ad deadlines at 12:00 noon for same day insertion. Mentions entertainment notices and weekly publication date Wednesday October 3 1894. Names and full details are incomplete in the fragment.
G B Reider and David Melarran Will address a Populist meeting in New Pittsburg tonight. The Weekly Republican adds 26 subscriptions. The Frick Memorial Block dry goods store opens with Harry Griffin from St Louis and staff. Hortense Rhea to perform Oct 12 at City Opera House. West Lebanon to Massillon telephone project seeks area expansion. Long distance line workers face tree pruning issues. Local race incidents include Baum pleading guilty in a Smithville shooting case. Royal Arcanum and community notices recount sales, a Darrow escape victim, and a pending cholera case in hogs.
Wooster reports a flurry of visitors and minor incidents. Etta Franks of Fredericksburg visits Wooster relatives. Lida Hiagen travels to London. Jacob Frick and Mrs Frick join friends in Garrell. Hiddman to lecture at City Opera House. McQuigg sidelined with a sore hand but improving. Several locals and guests traverse Canton, Cleveland, and other nearby spots. pension news and postal appointments noted. a woman’s buggy accident injures Mrs Shively. motor-car crash injures Harmon Matz. many hometown figures attend political meetings and court duties.
Rev L Miller of Lima, formerly of Oster, attended the Lutheran Synod at Orrville and preached at East Union and Trinity Lutheran in Wooster. Mrs Barbara Kistler of the Third Ward is ordered to Toledo asylum after insanity recurrence linked to grief over son Michael Nissler’s Wooster death. Lieut A B Peckinpaught returns from Canton to review Stark county treasurer and auditor books amid ongoing shortage inquiries.
Swift Steeds racing update: Harvey Maize's Bayardon shows progress under James Shaffer with 2:301 and 2:30 flat miles and 36 second quarters. Wilt Roth owns Major McKinley. Garland and Major McKinley to start at Orrville. Also brief obituary for Isaiah Leroy Yoder detailing dates and funeral plans. Ohio Baptist events announced with many prominent speakers and a full program forthcoming.
Miss Edna Connell of the Archer House reported two valuable set rings lost after washing hands in a second floor toilet room during Wayne County Fair week. Suspects were guests at the house. rings were traced to Loudonville, with one ring recovered at a jeweler and identified by Miss Connell. A second ring was turned over after Mayor Hissem pressed the inquiry. The incident caused a town sensation due to the involved parties. The notice also mentions a YWCTU meeting set for October 13 and a pumpkin delivery request at Branstrater’s station.
The daily notes two marriages. George Fisher wed Katharine Brooke at the bride’s mother’s home with a brief ceremony. The couple planned a 10 day trip to Washington and eastern cities before settling in on North Grant street. Blanche Ihbrig married Rev. Robert Campbell at Mrs. Ihrig’s West Liberty home, with a church service and a light luncheon, then departed for Pittsburgh. Additional social nuptials, travel, and local notices follow, including a Duluth-Door City pair and assorted greetings, anniversaries, and community events.
The Wooster Board of Education held a special meeting to promote teachers after Miss Emma Flattery retires for health reasons. Kate Deer and Jeanette Mehl are elected and promoted, with Miss Klattery succeeded by Miss Kininst and Miss Mand mp joining the regular list. The board endorses exam and certificate standards for retention and plans a working library for Grammar grades.
Monroe Slater and Anna Ebie. John A. Warfel and Callie Shrader. Charles P. Webb and Nora Eberly. Frank Knepp and Bertha Wolf. Robt. L. Campbell and May B. Lbrig. Geo. A. Fisher and Katharine I. Rockey. Theodore Brandt and Anna Stough.
Reports say robbers operating in southern Wayne and northern Holmes counties struck near Mt Hope. On Thursday evening three men bound and beat Mrs Lonia and an elderly man, taking about $3. A nearby farm saw Alfred Slatz robbed of $800 ten days earlier, and another theft near Winesburg yielded $160. Names of victims not fully learned. The text also mentions local ads and Stove promotions.
The Wayne County Sunday School convention committee plans a big turnout at the Methodist Episcopal church in Wooster next Thursday through Friday for sessions, children's activities, and platform meetings. The program includes devotions, lectures by local pastors, and a mass of reports and discussions on Sabbath school work. Visitors are urged to register with Mrs. F. W. Keller and report upon arrival.
Joel Rickie returns to Belmont county after his father's illness in Fairview. Lena Kerr of West Salem plans to attend Scio College. William Watson visits relatives in West Salem from New Lisbon. A. J. Peterman renovates Main street residence at Fredericksburg. Eugene Firestone marries Mrs. Thompson of Fredericksburg. Everhardt Coal Co. to open a mine near Doylestown shaft 150 feet deep with latest improvements. Franks & Gilmore open jewelry shop and barber in Fredericksburg. A. B. Tschantz builds a 1260 pipe organ for Baldwin University at Berea. An instrument valued at 4000 dollars completed for a Canton church. Edward Haffey of Lincoln, Neb., visits parents creston J. Fetzer of Elkhart visits old friends.
Corrected stock list from Frick Tyler and Craighead & Co. Groceries and Provisions notes Wheat Flour Core Oats Rye Bai Milk perbondred Flour per bbi. Eggs and Butter prices listed for sale. Includes oats bak Corn Lard Hams Cheese White Beans Chickens Turkeys and dried fruits with prices per unit.
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