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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1877
Page
3
Local items from Wooster include updates on trains schedule listings for East and West routes, community notices from merchants and residents, and reports on social events. Highlights mention Mr. James Taggart’s recovery, a Gibraltar Bravada reunion planned for Put-in-Bay, and a potential court house project debated by city officials.
A local notice invites attendance to a public talk in France's Hall detailing a speaker who has advocated truth for twenty five years. Ladies admitted free. The event occurs this evening with host Zene Kinney, Esq, and a visit to Canaan Tbhurst for the same event.
Under the late Registry law the Council names two opposing party Registers in each ward. First Ward Joshua Wilson James Laray. Second Ward Julian Spink George Stauneck. Third Ward Charles Sprague O R Blackburn. Fourth Ward Constant Lake R B Spirk. Registers must be at voting places Friday Sept 21 at 8 am to 9 pm and stay two days to personally supervise all registration.
The article touts a five tomato cluster weighing four pounds by ex Mayor Wilhelm and a thirty five tomato cluster weighing sixteen pounds from Isaac Notestine of Canaan. Both displays are shown at the Republican office for a few days and impress readers with the size and color of the fruit.
Mr A Hl Pierson returns from Philadelphia to Wooster with son D H Pierson to start a clothing business. They lease the Im gard room in the American House Block and plan a grand opening next Saturday the 18th with a large stock of clothing cloths and furnishings at low prices. Citizens from city and country invited to attend.
Mr Abel Jollitt of Plain To began threshing on August 14 at Arnold Farm using a Mansfield thresher and steam engine. He and seventeen workers produced 730 bushels of wheat with praise from local farmers. Smith and Frazier later threshing at Jacob Gearhart near Burbank on August 28 with 3 Cap ton equipment yielded 740 bushels of wheat and 27 bushels of oats with thirteen men.
On Aug 28 1877 Rev J M Reid of the Presbyterian Church died from injuries after his wagon loaded with plastering lath overturned near Christ farm while returning from West Salem. He endured hours of pain, showed faith, and was mourned by a wife two children his mother and kin with funeral at Congress Presbyterian Church.
A fishing and bathing party aboard the boat White Oak, including Rev A McFarlane and his family, was struck by a nail and sank in shallow water off Reeves Bay. Edward Vail and Capt George Vail aided, the party rescued onto White Oak and then home. A watch and two shawls survived. one man, an inmate from Medina County Infirmary, fled August 22 and is sought with payment offered for return or information.
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