Two Half Holidays Denounced by Superintendent Thompson
Supt Thompson announces that the public abode will close Thursday and pudsy afternoons due to the air.
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1907
Page
5
Supt Thompson announces that the public abode will close Thursday and pudsy afternoons due to the air.
Lake F Jones known as Senator Jones died Saturday night after a ten day illness from liver and bowel trouble. Born August 1 1844 in Fredericksburg Wayne County he moved to Wooster in the eighties and built a career in cattle and sheep buying selling and briefly in the Mt. Vernon livery trade. He served on Wooster city council and in the state legislature as a Democrat, chaired the ditches and drains committee and held other posts. Survived by wife Mrs Jones three children and relatives. Funeral 2 p m Monday from the Johnston home with services by Frank Heilman and church choir. interment Wooster cemetery.
Church of God held morning and evening services with strong attendance. Sermons by the pastor were praised as able and joyful by many listeners. Sunday school shows growing interest and numbers. Council meeting scheduled Wednesday evening at six o clock. attendance requested from all members.
Rept Mosselman returns to Akron on Friday. Bixler and family join Kline reunion at Pleasant Home. Mahl Fahr and family of Red Haw visit. Charles Fahr's kin at Williams and wife attend State Fair in Columbus. Mrs Clyde Fortney visits from West Salem. Fortney and True Fortney visit Alliance amid typhoid concerns. Funeral of William Filanburn at Reedsburg last Sabbath draws many. Lance family and guests attend Wooster event. Local youths attend ice royal at Reedsburg. Jacob Heckman and wife noted at Chester.
Peter Kester aged 84 died Saturday afternoon at his son Frank Kester’s Spruce street home after a brief illness. Born May 3, 1823 in Hamilton township Monroe county Pa he married Anna Maria Roth in 1844 and had seven children. Survived by wife six sons Frank Joseph and Edwin and one daughter plus other relatives. He was a lifelong Lutheran and a respected citizen. Funeral 2:00 pm Tuesday from Kraok Kester residence Spruce street. Burial in Wooster cemetery.
The Christian Endeavor meeting reports 16 new members and 21 additions at regular services in recent weeks as the church prospers. A district missionary convention is slated for October 2 and 4 with expected officials including W. H. Warren and J. G inter. A new car shed is planned on the lot at North Buckeye and East Larwill, formerly Quinby opera house. The church weighs disposing of the old building, with spring as a target for starting the new structure.
Sept 11 remarks list residents and visitors spreading across several towns. Maud Whonsetler returns from Indiana s seven weeks with friends while Mre Marshall Webster Bowers and wife visit Mascillon. Albert Bixler and wife from Pittsburgh visit Ralph Whonsetler. Jesse Whonsetler attends Wooster High. State fair attendance noted for Samuel Whonsetler W Barnes and others. Ministers Wiles and McCullough are mentioned with church activities. Many locals host relatives in Medina county and Barberton Akron Seville and Creston noted among visitors and hosts.
After long debate the city council confirms moving the public shoe shine stand from the square. Patrons will find the stand relocated back in the alley by the post office until cold weather drives customers away to other shops.
Caleb Francia of Fostoria died at home last Wednesday at age 65 from apoplexy while at work. He served three years in the Civil War and left a frost farm near Fostoria where he had lived for years. He leaves a wife and eight children and four sisters. Funeral was held in Fostoria with burial at Batrestown, Ohio.
Shot-Out honors for Clark Ginger Clark as Birmingham defeats Little Rock 5 to 0 on Monday. Clark’s shooting carried the game from start to finish, keeping Little Rock shut down and on the defensive.
Prof W E Reicher returns from three weeks in South Land and shares impressions. Theodore E Burtons GOP mayoral nomination in Cleveland signals broader political shifts. Creston reports on squirrel hunters and local tales and notes taxonomies of local figures. Dillon Snyder of Creston dies in Virginia fever, funeral held at Maple Mound with Rev Wallace officiating. Family mourns as father and siblings recall his work and character. A local rumor claims only one peach remains in Wayne County despite fair challenges.
An advertisement extols Hyomei as a cure for catarrh, claiming the remedy sterilizes the air you breathe and heals nasal and throat membranes. It argues catarrh is germ disease and credits Hyomel with eliminating symptoms, touting pine fragrance as healthful and offering a money back guarantee.
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