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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
6
At a recent Elyria Ohio board session Rev F Johnson was named financial secretary for Wobster District. The home shows an estimated budget of 35060 and endowment of 16000 with rooms for about forty women finished and twenty awaiting completion. sixteen residents are currently housed with several applications pending.
William Mauk, a Madison Hill teamster, sustained bad bruises Tuesday morning after his horses, hitched to a grain cart, suddenly panicked. He held one horse and freed the harness, freeing both animals as one partially pinned him. He crawled from beneath the animal and rose to safety.
John M. Ginter announces plans to start an automobile livery in early spring 1909. He already has several machines and has ordered three new autos for the business.
Federal grand jury in Cleveland indicts Evenard a Wooster post office clerk for stealing from the mails. Barnard already out on bail seeks to plead guilty to a misdemeanor with a nominal fine, citing a two year period of alleged peculations totaling 180 dollars. Attorneys suggested a lesser fine for a first offense.
Local option results show Wooster narrowly went wet by 13 votes after a dry year. Precinct tallies indicate shifts due to student residency rules and alleged funding influence, with overall county totals: Dry 4,464 and Wet 3,628 in a county vote of 8,082.
A damaged snippet warns that ordinary colds can lead to serious diseases like pneumonia chronic catarrh and even diphtheria and measles. It asserts colds create vulnerability and touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the quickest cure with many cures reported, sold by J. HY Boyd & Co.
Advertisements feature C R Khiger of Indianapolis praising Foley's Kidney Remedy for kidney trouble relief and a speedy recovery. Other claims tout Preventics cold prevention tablets and various patent medicines from local druggists, pharmacies, and medicine suppliers with scattered testimonial snippets.
Col James P Low of the supervising architect's office in Washington remains in Alliance for several days and will review sites in fifteen Ohio cities where federal buildings are planned. He is expected to visit Massillon and Wooster, with a long career spanning twenty five years and a reputation for keeping his own counsel despite real estate interest.
The Mansfield News reports J. B. Faux of Wooster faced police court for pocket picking. Prosecutor Vanscoder testified Faux stole $2.50 from a film. The pocket picking charge was dismissed while Faux was found drunk at the Pennsylvania depot and assessed costs for the drunken arrest.
Vaughn Mississippi hotel owner recounts severe cough and suspected consumption. After months of illness a friend recommended Dr King’s New Discovery. Three bottles cured her, and she notes its world wide fame as a lung and throat healer. Trial bottle offered at 50 cents. Sold by H Boyd & Co. drug store.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Remedy as restoring healthy kidneys and vitality for those with kidney trouble. It credits Bixler Pharmacy and H. Boyd & Co. with sales, and claims rapid improvement within 48 hours of Restorative treatment. Other tonics like Woods Liver Medicine and Bitters are also promoted for general health ailments.
Dr James Campbell Todd M D of Denver and Gross College of Medicine published by W B Saunders Co Philadelphia is author of Todd's Clinical Diagnosis a practical manual of clinical diagnosis designed for practitioners and students It features 170 illustrations including 40 color plates and emphasizes visual depictions over description with focused methods and clear laboratory examination guidance.
Mrs Laura Garver of Orrville through attorney James B Taylor seeks divorce from Clayton W Garver. She alleges gross neglect and extreme cruelty including late nights at a shoen rink with another woman, improper relations at a hotel, a Wooster visit at odd hours, secret correspondence with a named girl, and violent outbursts. She claims separation in Oct and ownership disputes over a horse, watch and chain and household furniture.
Advertises Chamberlains Salve as a cure for chapped skin on hands and face and for sore nipples burns and scalds sold by H Pere & Co.
A local warning stresses that a married man who lets any family member use other remedies than Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is neglectful. The ad touts Foley's as superior and mentions the yellow package and absence of opiates. It lists retailers Krieger's Drug Store and others selling Foley's, plus DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve and Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for quick relief.
An Ohio woman describes relief from nervous headaches after tonic pills. She suffered deep headaches, sick stomach, and fatigue for days before using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She reports restored health, renewed strength, and improved blood quality following the treatment.
A divorce action naming Orrville Plumbing Co as the defendant seeks alimony both pendente lite and on final hearing. The plaintiff asks the court to prevent disposal of the husband s property and to order delivery of a horse and watch and chain. Judge S B Eason granted the injunction until further order of the court.
A Saturday report claimed Merchant Policeman John Livingston was badly hurt. No one knew details as Livingston was out hunting Friday and slept late Saturday. Officer Griest found him alive and well at his home.
Fragmented obituary notes the eight week old son of George Ott Jr and his wife from Oylestown, with funeral details and scattered references to individuals and places, including Max Roseburg of Brooklyn and a horseman associated with Glen at Boyerstown, Pa. The text is garbled but centers on a family burial and interment arrangements.
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