DROPPED WITH A CRASH AT HOOVER COTTAGE ELEVATOR
Five men riding an overloaded construction elevator at Hoover Cottage on the Wooster University Campus were injured when the platform plunged about 33 feet. Bert Sellers James Miller Jeff Smith Roy Smith Horace Miller and Adam Reitz escaped serious harm aside from multiple broken bones and bruises. The accident was attributed to overloading and a displaced rigging, with the elevator not designed for passenger use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dailor Hoover
Wooster University
Bert Sellers
Jeff Smith
Roy Smith
Horace Miller
Adam Heitz
Miller
Hertse
Fers
Afr. Smith
Mr. Miller
South Market Street
Landis & Schmuck
Mr. Smith
Roy
West Larwill Street
J. H. Stoll
Geo. W Hyall
James Miller
Hoy Smith
Adam Reitz
Messrs. Smith
Lakeville
Coroner Rules Death Suicide by Rope in Distress
The coroner finds Jacob Rhein died by banging and the rope was adjusted by his own hand while suffering mental distress over unemployment and support needs for himself and a large dependent family. A. E. Stepfield, Coroner of Wayne County.
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Jacob Rhein
A. E. Stepfield
Wayne County
Died While Visiting Elizabeth Beerbower of Ohio
Elizabeth Beerbower of Richwood Union County Ohio died Thursday afternoon after four weeks of illness while visiting her sister Mrs Joseph Bucher in Shreve age 65. The remains will be interred at Wooster cemetery Saturday afternoon with services in Shreve. She was sister to Mrs R B Snyder of this city.
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Mrcg
Elizabeth Beerbower
Righwood, Union Co
Joseph Bucher
Shreve
Llnegs
Wooster Cemetery
R. B. Snyder
Reach Wayne County Readers With The Worcester Republican
Have you friends or relatives who once lived in Wayne County and enjoy hearing news from the old home? Send them The Worcester Republican. Tell them about people and places they knew, and mail them a letter weekly. Each number equals many letters, a gift that will be appreciated all year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Wayne County
Orso
THE
Wooster Republican
Tue Rr Publican
Curious cattle complication tied to theft dispute and arrest
Officer Henry Leiner and Assistant Wa Weaver arrested two well known farmers Peter Buchanan Sr and William Buchanan on a charge of receiving and concealing stolen property. The dispute arose over the sale and delivery of three cattle to Fred Egger of Wooster. A jury awarded Egger possession. cattle were guarded by Constable Simon Duapp. The animals were driven that night to the Buchanan barn, prompting the arrest after refusal to surrender. The owners dispute ownership while Egger holds a $10365 judgment against Peter Buchanan and offered credit for the cattle debt. Both men posted $100 bail for Friday’s trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Leiner
Weaver
Sugarcreek Township
Peter Buchanan
William Buchanan
Eter Buchanan
Fred Egger
Wooster
Buchanan
Cross Keys Station
Egger
Simon Duapp
Wms Buchanan
Jeffries
Wm Buchanan
Recent robberies linked to Foote and Sidle in Mansfield
Foote admitted stealing some items during a spate of burglaries to residences on East North street and Beall avenue, with affidavits from five parties. Herschel Sidle, arraigned for burglary and larceny at Wilhelm's grocery, confessed in jail to the case, while denying ties to the Children's Home job. Foote faced multiple petit larceny charges with bonds set, then jailed awaiting hearing.
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Fred Foote
M J Carroll
Leander Huntetter
East North Street
E. C. Smith
Beall Avenue
John McSweeney
A. W. Blackburn
Alexander
Spink Street
Donaldson Foote
Foote
Marshal Ellsperman
Mansfield
Herschel Sidle
C. E Wilhelm
Sidle
Wooster
Marshal Elltsperman
Jeffries
Hershel Sidle
Wilhelm’s
Fanck
Republican
Wilted
Latimer
Tne Kr- Publican
Ira State
K. C. Braith
Leonard Hostetter
Fred Figert
BR. M. Donaldson
J. C. McClarray
McClure's Magazine September issue praised for stories
The September McClure's Magazine features Kipling barrack-room ballad Hope's Phrase and a sea story by a real sailor along with works by Mrs. Spofford and Clinton Ross. Illustrations are praised for their selection and presentation, though the table of contents offers varied reading appeal.
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McClure
Kipling
Hope
Tragic Woods Death Near Wooster in Holmes County
In Holmes County near Middletown and Barton Helmen a 22yearold farmer John Myers of James Myers family is crushed when a heavy oak limb breaks free during timber felling. He dies within minutes with friends and relatives mourning. report notes another young man, John Meter, similarly felled earlier, plus community updates from Wooster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Myers
James Myers
Wooster
Fredericksburg
Middletown
Holmes County
Myers
Hiram Mechance
Biyers
North Franklin
John Amfeter
James Meter
Frederickaburg
Albert
George
Barton Helmen
Mornior
Kenton
Jim
Political party conventions and nominating details in Ohio
The text reports Democratic and Republican convention outcomes in the Sixth Judicial District and related counties, naming candidate S. M. Douglass of Mansfield for Circuit Judge on the third ballot, election of delegates and alternates to the Indianapolis Democratic convention, and a cross-party agreement routing a nomination to Delaware. It also notes an excursion to Cleveland via Pennsylvania Lines with specific sale dates and return terms.
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Applecresk
Bryan Free Silver Club
Fifthj Judicial Circuit
Coshocton
S. M. Douglass
Mansfield
William Ward
W.H. Johnson
J.J Strause
J A. Buchanan
Ohio
Indianapolis
Columbus
W. J. Webb
F. Braggs
Zanesville
Kibler
Delaware
Newark
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Lines
Keeney and Bowman MatzWed in Wooster Ohio
The Bowman and Matz families celebrate a wedding at the bride's home on Gasche street Wooster Ohio. Mr Bowman, a respected local, marries Miss Flora Matz in a church ceremony led by Reverend Welling ton with Rev Miller delivering a prayer. Guests and relatives from Wooster and nearby towns attended the nuptials and the couple departed for a brief visit before starting their married life. The report also details a large Keeney family reunion at Creston with speeches, a family history read, and officers elected for the next year.
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Bowman
Flora Matz
Welington Matz
Gasche Street
Wooster
Ohio
Precisely & P.m
Hey Wellingaton
Bethel Church of God
Li 13 Miller
Doylestown
Booman
Cireles Nhe
Isod
Bader
Garver
J. J Miller
Lattasburg
Wayne County
David Garver
Hart, Mich
Jesse Garver
Dayton
I Emrich
Garvers
Wm Keefer
Pleasant Hiome
Sherff
W. W. Garver
P.J. Brown
Congresa
W. Garver
West Salem
George Woouer
Samuel Garver
Chatham
W Garver
L.S. Wertz
D J Miller
Jason McVicker
Pleasant Home
John J. Keeney
Creston
Keeney
Forencon
Zeno
Keerey
Seville
J. M. Irvin
Magnetic Springs
Etta Keeney
Zanesville
Rev
Boston
I. E. Armstrong
Golden Corners
Maud Whitmore
Friendsville
Carrie A. Skeeney
Weatherby
G. W. Irvin
Mra
KE. Armstrong
C F. Keeney
M Whitmore
Friendsvile
G_ Keeney
Kerr
le Roy
O. K
Angel of Death: Rev Ko C Colmery Dies in Upper Sandusky
Obituary notes the death of Rev Ko C Colmery longtime pastor of the First Presbyterian Wooster who died August 21 in Upper Sandusky after paralysis. Born April 1, 1822 at Chartiers Town, he studied at Hanover College and Washington College, authored a memoir of Josiah Scott, and led moral and educational life in Wooster before moving later to Cardington and Upper Sandusky.
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Ko C Colmery
Wooster
Citzens
Upper Sandusky
Foe Wyandoshues
Ius
Chartiers Towngup
Washington County
L’enn
Fune Mniies
Canongbug
Hanover College
Washington College
Penn
James G Blaine
Princeton
Lbs
Catharine McComo
Ashland County
Unio
Lpper Sandusky
Cudmery
Il’resbyterian
Cardington
Josiah Scott
Bucyrus
News From Neighbors in Akron and Wooster
Akron Democrat reports Misa Nellie Quinn from Sumner street returned home from Cleveland while entertaining Miss Lulu Moore from Wooster. Ashland Gazette notes Geo Luce drove to Wooster last Friday as Mrs Crowell plans to visit friends there. Norwalk Reflector mentions Parri Stroup son of Rev. I B Stroup joining as organist at the new Congregational Church in Wellington. Salem News notes F and W Horn of Wooster were in town Saturday on bicycles after visiting Pittsburg, en route to Canton then Wooster.
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Akron
Misa Nellie Quinn
Sumner St
Cleveland
Lulu Moore
Wooster
Ashland Gazette
Geo
Salem News
F. and
W. Horn
Pittsburg
Canton
Better School Work Course Reforms in Wooster Education
Wooster’s Board of Education revises high school courses to four years with a shift toward quality over quantity. Two years of German, enhanced civil government, American history and English, plus updated texts and instructor development, aim to raise maturity and prepare for college or advanced study.
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Board of Education
Wooster
Commom
Ohio
Board of Fucation
Rovery
Strank
Muiine
Hmay
te@cuers
Thrivg
White
McMurray
Wilbe
Wooeter
Fatal Explosion at Powder Mill Kills Two, Mills Log Heavy
News from Goes Station reports a dry house explosion at a powder mill killing two workers and blasting thousands of pounds of powder. In Cleveland, a court denied an injunction to reinstate strikers at Brown Hoisting Company, keeping a labor dispute unresolved.
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Special WoosTer Kepublican Angara, O
Goes Station
Specuito Wooster Kepublican
Cleveland
Tudgestone
Cuyahoga County
Common Views
Brown
Wooster Woman Addresses Stark County Teachers Institute
Wooster's Mrs Jane Dysart, statistics superintendent of the scientific temperance federation, spoke at the Stark County Teachers Institute in Canton. She urged focus on the scientific effects of liquor and tobacco on the body, questioned law designed exams for teachers, and advocated board oversight, exams, and study time rather than saloon instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stark County Teachers’ Institute
Canton Repository
Jane
Dysart
Wooster
Scientic Temperance Ipatriction Department
WC T U
Railroad layoffs and travel slump hit Western roads
To cut costs the C. H V. & T. lays off 25 percent of section men and 15 percent of shop workers while reducing hours for other shop staff by 13 per week. Travelers report stronger western travel and business holds steady with little near-term improvement anticipated after the election.
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Orrville
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Flo Curry
Milah Lisgell
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Keeney Family
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Fred Kaltwasser
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