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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
8
A proposed schedule change would release scholars at noon recess or shortly after to study at home. The plan, already used in many cases with good results, is favored where tried and would affect classroom recitation and after hours study.
Floyd Y. Roush of Lodi to Lillie M. Ropp of Burbank receive marriage licenses. Albert J. Harry and Margaret W. [incomplete] are also listed as licensees.
Readers are told Hall’s Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh as a constitutional disease. The advertisement promises 100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invites readers to send testimonials to F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Also mentions a laxative product for constipation.
Local notices report Labor Day closures and Wooster bowling alleys set to reopen after extensive repairs. Wooster and Orrville scenes include police suspensions, a theft, a 20 passenger auto tour to Irvin family reunion, a new glass plant prospect, and county fair preparations with entries and memberships.
The Correll family reunion met in Wooster Ohio on August 2 with 70 relatives registering and 730 cars bringing in delegates from the north and beyond. Rev Jeffries opened with an invocation as a large table was prepared for a grand dinner followed by remarks on government and family influence. Discussions favored moral principle over party, with notes on Republican ties, Huguenot ancestry, and a future reunion planned west of the Mississippi in 1911 before adjourning for social time.
Two large letter setting machines arrived in Wooster to be added to The Republican press equipment next week. A full description will follow after installation, and readers are invited to inspect the new devices. The Republican will be the only city-sized paper with two type setting machines.
Under Mahoning presbytery appointment Rev John Herron of Canton chaired the First Presbyterian Church session during the split that birthed Calvary Presbyterian Church of Canton. He oversaw the meeting that called Rev Bo Milligan to the pastorate and spoke of Milligan’s work. Milligan, once aligned with the Covenanter old side, was excluded for voting in civil affairs.
Employment seekers race to join Wooster Overall as managers seek extra hands. Applicants willing to invest time to study the business can quickly become valuable workers.
Orrville, Ohio rejoices over a brass foundry now established in town. The factory will employ over twenty men initially with plans to buy new machinery and expand to at least twenty five workers. Officials expect a payroll of about 1000 dollars weekly and total employment of 100 men ultimately.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a small group or event titled Early Risers with references to a Go Medal fight and bent items, but the readable material is too incomplete to determine a clear event, participants, or outcomes.
The Wooster grocer excursion group traveled to Cedar Point on Thursday, reaching the city at 10:30 and returning home in fine time. The day passed without incident, with many visitors touring Cedar Point and Sandusky, and older riders meeting veterans at the Soldiers' Home. The trip featured orderly travel and pleasant experiences for all.
John L Sullivan recalls a long chat on a train with a Catholic priest in the Wayne county fair era. He reflects on Muscular Christianity, a Boston window incident, and a tough crowd at the Point in South Boston, noting the preacher’s readiness to act and the lure of force versus persuasion.
A collage of opinion snippets from multiple papers. Remarks touch on political control, summer resort philosophy, pacifist and war themes, Taft and Bryan dynamics, Oklahoma campaign songs, Harry Thaw’s liabilities, auto maniacs and wrecks, cigarette figures, and a stray note about a gold medal flouet. The excerpts reflect editorial tones and public sentiment across cities.
F. J. Falkenbach, chemist for the Ohio Experiment Station and Shen Iron Co, drowned Tuesday afternoon near Shen, Virginia, while on a boat trip with N. E. Fenton. The craft hit a submerged boulder in a narrow stream passage. Falkenbach could not swim and sank. He was known as a friend of the late Walter J Mullins.
A Cleveland newspaper reporter Mrs Shorn arrived early to cover Captain R E Eddy mystery. She spoke of rushing deadlines and leaving Cedar Point excursion riders waiting as trains ran on time. Nearby, John McAnaney and Bob Landaw hauled a huge worm gear turtle mistake and a Wooster group tied to a broken drain tile. Win Cléckner and wife from Doylestown note thirteen days, three grandchildren in their family, while Leo Walter reports unusually high wheat yield on Py ato ground near Smithville with 47 bushels per acre on a 23 acre field.
Bishop J W Bashford of the Methodist Church and former Ohio Wesleyan president met Judge Taft at Hot Springs. Bashford, leading China missionary work, commended Taft’s backing of American missionaries in the Orient during his Philippines governorship. He cited Taft’s Shanghai and Tokio speeches as boosting American sentiment and missionary prospects in Asia.
The Democratic state campaign managers opened with a costly probe into state offices but found no misdeeds or missing funds. The biased committee examined State Treasurer McKinnon State Auditor Guilbert Secretary of State Thompson and former Fire Marshal Davis and reported all funds accounted for. The result leaves proponents of the campaign with no ammunition for their attacks and a disappointment for their efforts.
A fragment notes a salve labeled pine salve and carbolized preparation used to treat a disease. No clear context, dates, or responsible entities are provided. The readable items suggest a traditional or medicinal remedy referenced in a historical column.
An advertising claim touts Dr. Miles Nervine as a nerve food and medicine to relieve fatigue nervousness and irritability. It cites Otto Kolb of Evansville and a general guarantee of benefit or refund from Miles Medical Co claiming dramatic improvements after three doses and one week of use.
An advertisement asserts kidney trouble affects both women and men and promotes Swamp Root as a quick remedy. It claims children can be afflicted, notes the cure improves mood and vigor, and offers free samples and pamphlets from Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
Osepeh O Fritz attorney at law offices on East Liberty Wooster over Procter O Halls drug store. Funck attorney at law doors west of Court House over Harding Co hardware. Thomas A Elder M D diseases of eye ear nose throat offers spectacles over Laubach Boyd drug store Public Square Wooster Ohio.
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