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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1907
Page
2
Mr Hofft representing the franchise company stated in Wooster on Friday that preparations would begin this fall. A company member, Mr Payne, would arrive in ten days to ready the project, aiming to have the plant in operation before winter.
Judge Eason on Saturday granted new trials in two will cases under consideration. In Young v Saal et al the widow’s yearly allowance was debated with property already received treated as support. In Bechtel ex ecutor v Forrer et al the widow was found entitled to the contested funds. Judge also granted a new trial in Royer et al v Dell Commission, a stock losses suit tried a year ago, where George Staro sought retrial after a small verdict.
An ills and myths papered notice explains deafness cannot be cured by local applications and attributes most cases to catarrh. It promotes a single remedy from FJ Guene y Co, listing circulars for a hearing cure device and tube restoration claimed to fix the Eustachian tube.
A jumble of old patent medicine pitches hawk 75 cent tonics for constipation, headaches, and liver health. Claims promise relief for nasal congestion, neuralgia, menstrual pain, and general aches. Ads urge readers to mail for trials and list druggists selling the pills and tablets.
Local transit notes list varied departure times from Wooster and Cleveland, with routes to Chippewa Lake and North district limits. Mentions limiteds and multiple daily intervals, plus operators and locoal offices in Cleveland and Wooster. details incomplete and partly illegible.
Local items report resignation of Cloyd Hall as right engineer at Millhrask Cod States and move to Sebring, Neil Johnson returning to Wooster to work at Plank & Gray, several frost events, jury trials and court notes, fire losses and property damage, upcoming events, school and public notices, and community happenings in Wooster and surrounding townships.
A Kansas citizen touts Dr King's New Discovery as a quick cure after a hard cough. Henry E Jones of Tampa credits Foley's Kidney Cure with restoring health after long suffering. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is advertised as a safe remedy for all ages. Sold by local druggists.
Attorneys for the Wooster board of trade seek to recover 829000 plus a site from the Pococks over a contract to locate a plant. The firm opened late and reportedly could not run with local labor. Pococks privately claimed they would not seek full recovery after shutting the plant down.
James Mulling made a handsome donation to the new library and museum. The gift consists of ten rare and beautiful birds for the museum collection with proper stands in place. The Library board invites the public to view the collection when cases are installed.
Many visitors attended a Wooster meeting of the Knights Templar No 48 on Friday as temple and Malta degrees were conferred on six candidates. A customary dinner followed, with Sir Reigns from Lodi Creston Norwalk Chicago Junction Killbuck Millersburg Orrville praising the well-executed work.
A reader cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cold cure and notes praise from B W J Hall of Waverly VA. The advertisement lists Bixler's Modern Pharmacy and 8 8 Boyd & Co as sellers. It also promotes Kodol digestive aid as a stomach helper sold by Krie.
Mr Lucas plans a one year lease at the McDonald works to start a factory in Wooster with twelve machines and about twenty five to thirty staff. He will use natural gas power and aims to begin in four to six weeks, prioritizing local hiring to avoid imported labor.
An H. Boyd & Co. promotion touts Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as cleansing the food canal and protecting against disease. The ad frames the product as a health aid available in tea or tablet form.
Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo published a full list of ingredients for his Golden Medical Discovery and offers a free booklet of medical extracts endorsing each component. The promotion claims the product avoids secret formulas and is a reliable remedy for stomach, liver, bilious, and catarrhal issues, while noting historical use of native medicinal plants.
Court schedules show Jades a S Eason and several cases listed for trial Friday morning and Lauraday afternoon. Included are James Drinnen vs C Lawrence and Charles Barnhart, Edith Lydick vs Flora Oh Welker, and the Christ's Reformed Church of Urrville matter with other motions demurrers and pending trial cases.
A freight train collided with a work train one mile east of Rittman damaging 100 feet of track and demolishing two cars. Conductor Snyder on the work train reported no other trains in sight, and the operator’s mistaken reply led to the rear end crash. No injuries were reported.
Promoters behind the electric road linking the city and Mansfield report steady progress in securing right of way. Captain Bucher says two-thirds of the necessary routes from Wooster through Jefferdon and Heedeborp are signed, with ongoing efforts beyond those towns. He stresses continued hard work to complete the ROW for the line.
Liverymen in Wooster and county consider raising hire rates due to higher costs for horses, feed, and transportation. They cite advances in corn and oats, higher employee wages, and increased expenses for sea and conveyances. A Medina meeting was sparsely attended and deferred action until broader support is secured.
Sheriff Caskey sold the Louis Young business property on South Market street at a partition sale held at noon Saturday. Auctioneer Joan W. Bryant oversaw bidding between Milton Forney and Michael Landers of Wooster, appraised at 1800 dollars, final price 2875 dollars as Forney won after a lively contest that peaked around 2800 dollars.
The Wooster City Board of Education re appointed Crosby M. Tawney to another term on the board of city school examiners at Monday night’s meeting.
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