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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
4
Woolen dress fabrics are shown from 3.50 broadcloth to 37-1-2c domestic materials. The department offers a complete assortment in colors and black. New silks and satins include Messaline with high lustre, suitable for coats and waists, plus Moles and Saturina Satin in many styles.
Wheat sale news from Saturday boosted activity at local granaries with up to 13 teams waiting at the Rutt warehouse. Local residents noted arrivals from Goshen and Cleveland, families expanding with newborns, and visits from J W Buchanan doctor returning from Colorado. Community events included a Brethren love feast and a King family reunion, while crops and potatoes continued to move to market.
The funeral of Orrin Lilly an 18 year old youth was held from the home at 9 a m Tuesday. Interment followed at Dalton. The cause of his actions is believed linked to an argument with his father over a revolver the youth possessed and was ordered to relinquish.
Local ad notes real estate offerings and help wanted items in Wooster area. Includes sale inquiry for young stock at Dr H G Datley two miles east of Wooster and a housekeeper wanted via Robert Eason Route No 3 Shreve. Also mentions real estate services by T B Lecky with farms for sale and buyers seeking various properties.
Wooster market summary reports Wheat December 98 1/4 May 101 1/2 percent. Corn December 63 1/2 May 62 3/4. Butter per pound 22 cents eggs per dozen 22 1/2 cents. Readings include hay 6 00 to 5 00, flour 6 25 per barrel, rye 5 cents, timothy 1 dollar, clover seed 4 dollars, salt 1 10 per barrel, bran 1 35, wool 15 cents.
Price quotes for cattle hogs sheep and calves across East Buffalo and Chicago markets. Steers butcher cattle and cows shown with varied bids, calves and veal listed, hog categories including heavy and medium hogs, yowling and stags. Also notes Ramsburgs and bids for heifers bulls stockers and feeders. Dates not specified.
Fredericksburg and nearby towns report a busy social week with visits from Onerings, Armstrongs, and Lytles. Mrs David Martin hosts the Congregational Church women with a large gathering, while the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry Jenkins is celebrated at their country home. The Martin reunion draws about sixty relatives at the old Martin farm, and various residents attend lectures, church events, and family visits across Orrville Wooster Massillon and Cleveland.
Arthur Graber of Cleveland and Barbara Brand of Woostr. John Scherer of Beck's Mills and Amelia P Tschantz of Mt Eaton.
A Rural Route farmer from Empire Georgia, W A Floyd, proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his hand and leg sores. He values it highly and would mortgage the farm to obtain it. Available at 3 H Boyd Co drug store for twenty five cents.
Oct 20 notes record Mrs Win McAfee and Mrs Ira Brinkerhoff visiting Simon Rice family and others. Miss Zelma Craig and Mrs Mary Keyser business trip to Wooster. John Jones and wife from Ashland County visit James Clouse family. neighbors visit and travel through Coshocton and Congress areas. music teacher Mae Eugenia Hoegner gaining success. various visits among Craig, Weaver, Gant, and other local families with scattered mentions of travel and schooling.
The Taft Republican club will stage a party rally under state officials on Thursday evening next week. State president H D Davis will attend along with Hon JM Logan of Gloucester Massachusetts and Cal Ay A Mobis former AR of Ohio commander. The speakers are billed as forceful and a large audience is expected.
Applecreek residents share a week of visits and travel. Mrs Katherine Reichtnbach spent Wednesday with Mt Eaton friends while Miss Ada Reinhardt returned to Akron for teaching. Wooster University ties appear with Ada Reinhardt Birdie Pennywell Stella Klein and Ella Worley visiting or staying with local families. Several neighbors traveled to Akron Ravenna Pittsburg and Cambridge for visits and business, and Rev D H Johnson attended the Presbyterian Synod at Ashtabula last week.
J. C. Sidle of Brain township has been engaged as a winter lecturer for institutes by the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. He will cover topics including horses care, debt considerations for farmers, animal parasites, profitable enterprises, livestock management, the farmer’s opportunities, and youth education.
The Wayne County Medical Society announces a free public lecture by Dr J N McCormack at City Opera House on Thursday October 22 at 8 PM. As a special lecturer for the American Medical Association, he will speak on Thinks about Doctors which Doctors and Other People Ought to Know. He seeks to educate laypeople on early disease detection and health preservation in a popular, informative talk. Dr McCormack, in demand in the east, will have a short sojourn. All Wayne county citizens should attend.
The commissioners approved several bills including gravel haulage for Congress township at 150 dollars, a bill for Zaring for miscellaneous county team costs 14 dollars, Pavieny balance 63 75 3, Chas Zaring for an inquest John W 420, Stark County Work House boarding prisoners 118.90, Smith Hopes Rewriter Co repairs 8, county Democrat Sheriff’s Bill 16, W E Rice and family, bridge work 410.21, and other small payments.
Fire raged through Millersburg causing extensive damage to multiple businesses and a post office. Thieves reportedly opened the post office safe and stole about 300 dollars in cash and stamps while a blaze raged, with investigators unsure whether the fire was started to aid the burglary or originated at a nearby stock food store. Local authorities chased leads along the rail line as flames devastated storefronts and the Merchants Bank suffered water damage to its ceilings.
T W Kimbermanasyeres delivered a lively speech at Republican quarters in Akron. He criticized democracy and urged supporters to back Bryan if they felt the current plan too costly, comparing records of nominees and defending bank guarantees as a needed safeguard.
A Baltimore-style traveling Bible trick is recounted from Orrville in which a book seller entices Mrs Bloomberg with a Hebrew Bible, collects four dollars, and returns to claim the wife is satisfied. The ruse aims to trap Bloomberg into paying again as a supposed second Bible request unfolds, drawing in a friend to confront the swindler at a train.
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