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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1905
Page
4
A list of officials appears, naming Representative A. WY METCALIE and Franklin T. Treasurer among others. The roster includes Samuel I R Suleman, Oristle O Commissiorer, Johan H. Zinmerman, Doylestown Proban Judie, James A. Shame, Wooster Audiwor, Is os Landes, Wayne Tp Kheoorder, Neakrd Kaupman, Prata Tp Jourmary, and Tarvin McClarlan Wooster.
Fragmented OCR text references city ticketing, council matters, HOA behavior, and ward assessments. Mentions Potters Abe, LS, Porstwam, and ward CHA. No clear dates, outcomes, or concrete actions readable. summarize as a damaged local notices fragment with municipal references and unresolved items.
The Republican ticket gains mention as a broad call to voters to consider the slate as a whole. Readers see debates on government spending, remarks about Rockefeller and other figures, and a push for honest probate duties highlighting Mr Shamp’s legal training and integrity.
Plans call for selling bonds to finance paving on North Buckeye Street once exact costs are known. The project is tied to a broader infrastructure plan and awaits approval from authorities. Funding hinges on final cost estimates and securing required votes.
The county party presidential slate is praised as clean earnest and economical in aims. Voters are urged to support a ticket believed capable of efficient government at city and county levels. The piece emphasizes practical governance and frugal administration moving toward political success.
John Chesrown of Shreve spoke in Wooster on plans for a new line from Wester to Sanefeld. He said they aim to interest construction firms to take stock as payment, hoping to raise funds and gain independence, with further talks in Pittsburgh and Chicago to secure financing.
The Orataurical association of the Quiverity web iln diving that Friday everng qust before the acting of the Viterary sette then President HB. Watkinabain 05 wasn the chant The erection of officers resulted an fol low President Leroy Allen. A plan for a Tri State Debating League with Western Pennsylvania Allegheny Morgantown WV and West Virginia University at Morgantown was very favorable and full power to negotiate with the universities was granted Prof Jesse Kester attended and offered to assist.
The Wooster City board of education sold the Third Ward building site at North Walnut and West Larwill Street to George A Fisher of Wooster Granite Works for 71350. Auctioneer Ko led the bidding, Judge Singser opened with Fisher, and the final bid of 1250 won. The board plans to accept the bid at a Monday meeting. Mrs Fisher previously bid on the adjacent plot.
The street fair drew strong turnout and local praise, boosting vendors and visitors alike as the event returned to the calendar with steady support from merchants and residents alike.
Last Sunday evening at the bride’s parents home on Lincoln street, James Hess of Ashland and Jessie Myers were married by Rev. Mrs. Metzger of Burbank. The couple will reside in Ashland, expect to move in about three weeks. A daughter was born to Arthur Low and wife on Sunday the 8th. Ernest G. Rickel, who died in Massillon State Hospital last week, was brought home for burial. services were led by Rev Schutt and Rev Hobdson. An additional wedding is anticipated in town this week.
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the best baby tonic promising strength and health, priced at 385 cents from Laubach & Boyd. It also promotes Dean's Ointment Absolute Seley ORee 7 for piles with claims of universal relief across all ages.
Southwestern earnings show a favorable month with a gain of 3 H0 23 per day noted in the statement. The full operating expenses report will be released in several days as the market reacts to the favorable showing and the rise in common stock on the Hour Saturday.
The 1907 university index board has organized with CC B Craig as editor in chief, A W Moore as business manager, J O W Overholt as art editor, Miss Mary Eldar as secretary, and Miss Catherine Vance as keeper of the calendar.
The page notes no organized demonstration planned for a twelfth coming of the senator after vacations. Washington reports a shift toward cheaper insurance after the term ends. It also asks if the kerosene price rise before a Rockefeller event might be coincidental, with Chicago News tagging the moment as possibly the happiest of his life.
Obituary note recalls A Sponhour who ran the Mansign house in Orrville after moving from near Cantog in 1880 to engage in hotel keeping at a building later known as the Curtis house. Survived by six daughters and one son, funeral held in Canton United Brethren church with interment in Canton cemetery.
Our village is improving. Kellever completed a one hundred barrel cistern for water for Nita stock pant Cabot sank a 380 foot well to furnish water for bio planing. Miss Minnette Schalfly and a friend from Wooster visited Saturday. FE Thompson and family stayed with Fo feuble of Veet Lebanon on Sunday. Julias Desvoignes made a business trip to Marietta last week. A quiet wedding occurred at the Reformed parsonage with Nora Rosenberry of Mt Eaton marrying a Canal Dover groom.
In our town Monday morning Mrs. John Walmer traveled home with Mrs. Lawrence CrieL. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McAfee visited with friends north of Bur bank. Ameia Crater of Armstrong Station passed through Monday evening. Jon Whitworth is finishing a barn for Sauce Kinses of West Salem. A concert is planned at Wayne Presbyterian church on Saturday evening October 14.
Charles Wiler and Olive May Herman of Wooster Diana Harvey L Hardy of Alliance Phe Bo and Ethel Sang Miers of West Allan Walter John Woods of Holmesville and Sueannah Deifer of Shreve listed for marriage licenses in the local notices.
A garbled market summary lists Wheat December May figures, Corn December May, and Oats December May. Prices include per pound and per bushel notes, with varied readings and corrections by Wih Lyle and others.
East Buffalo and Chicago markets show cattle cows calves and steers with varied bids, including Jersey and York sources. Notable figures include hogs sheep lambs calves and milkers, with mixed and heavy categories priced up to 7.75. New York and Pittsburgh listings mirror similar ranges across cattle and hogs with regional price spreads.
Reinhart Dennis and Co of Washington submitted the contract for construction work on the B and O Railway new low grade cut off. The line runs from Sullivan eleven miles west to a point two miles east of Ludi, then rejoins the main line. The new section will be double tracked and serve as the main line east from the intersection to Sterling. The existing single track from Ludi to Sullivan will be abandoned.
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