15 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1897
Page
1
The call asks for all correspondents to report weekly whether stocked or short, insisting absent writers be reported for intelligent revision. It seeks new correspondents at gaps, urging towns to be heard every week and preferring many brief letters over a few long ones.
The piece notes Oklahoma crop potential and high profits for farmers, and confirms large iron ore finds in Minnesota. It cites elevated trade in New York with brisk business, rising library loans in Cleveland, and optimism for national prosperity driven by American industry. It also comments on Spain Cuba claims and U.S. policy debates over Weyler.
Ashland plans a 50 mile electric line from Norwalk through New London to Ashland and Loudonville. The project needs time and about 700000 dollars, with a Cleveland trust company ready to take bonds after securing favorable right of ways. Norwalk would connect existing Milan Sandusky line and other links to Lorain Vermillion and Monroeville Bellevue Fremont Clyde, with extensions toward Cleveland and Toledo. Wealthy Boston buyers target Sandusky streetcar lines for Toledo link. Where do Wooster and Wayne county fit?
The Millersburg Republican convention swiftly approved Judge Frank Taggart for the five year Common Pleas judge term and Captain John Compton for the short term, praising promptness and unity. Speakers emphasized integrity, judicial fitness, and clean party process, contrasting with the Democratic rival's drawn out delays.
Mr J Schall of Meyer Bros Drug Co St Louis reports dressing a badly lacerated band member and applying Chamberlains Pain Balm. He notes all pain ceased and the wound healed quickly without a scar. He calls it a household necessity and highlights 26 and 50 cent sizes sold by Laubach Boyd Druggists in September.
Patchy ad copy touts No-To-Bac as a miracle cure for tobacco spitting and smoking. Claims include fever relief, strength, and rapid weight gain, promising ten pounds and full vigor. Offers booklet by mail from Sterling Remedy Co in Chicago.
Patent medicine notice touts Caldwell's Pepsin as a weapon against constipation indigestion and headaches. Sold by Aabach & Boyd with a 10 dose bottle priced at 10 cents and larger sizes at 60 cents and one dollar. Bold claims and period advertising style conveyed in terse copy.
Street Commissioner Stark was working on a city lot at Liberty and Xpink Streets when a cave-in buried him to his shoulders under gravel and weighted debris. Assistants freed him quickly, preventing serious injury or possible death.
The following officers and executive committee will oversee the Sherman Brigade reunion to be held in Wooster starting the second Tuesday in August 1848. President is John Sherman, vice presidents include J Webber and Alex Canseil, with Vernon Obie and Jon Acer Mors among others. secretary treasurer Thomas Alveris. surgeon AC Malous. chaplain £ B Fk Morr. marshal H Tocker. and an executive committee including T J Kent and Jacob Long Pickater, all from various Ohio towns.
The article records a marriage at the groom’s residence in Haat Union township with Rev W. W Coley officiating, noting the groom Leonard Ko isow nan and Mira Albright, plus an elaborate supper hosted by Misa Minute. It also covers a separate wedding at United Presbyterian Church in Steubenville between Mrs. Alexander’s daughter Jennie and Rev. James Elder, with multiple local clergymen and attendants, and a reception at the Alexander residence before the couple’s Western trip. It closes with a tongue-in-cheek moralization on women’s roles and an advertisement for Dr Pierces Pleasant Pellets addressing female overexertion and digestive issues.
Amelia Swords of Saundersville Ohio reports severe finger burns followed by rapid relief after using Dr Thomas Electric Oil, claiming three minutes of pain relief and near elimination of symptoms. The advertisement promotes Wright's Celery Compound as a cure for constipation and sick headaches.
Ellsworth Martin of Plain township is arrested on a warrant charging him with placing an obstruction on the track of the Fr W and UC near Millbrook. He pleads guilty in jail, but implicates two kin and a neighbor in planning the act aiming to wreck a freight train and endangers a passenger run. Grand jury proceedings follow with conflicting confessions and questions about motive and who aided in the plot.
Nelsonville Ohio December 20 1895 letter from a mother praising Dr Hand Remedies claiming long use for four years nine children and recommending Coup Cure to others as satisfactory. The note states a bottle is kept in the house and mentions various ailments.
The Wooster District M E Church Woman's Foreign Mission Society met at the Wooster M E Church with S E Neal presiding. Mrs. W Booth of Shreve was elected recording secretary and Ruth M Sites spoke on Foochow China. Next meeting set for Burbank.
Friday's Daily reports multiple Wooster area deaths and a family reunion. Mrs. Mary Strock, 71, of Plain township near Wooster, died Sept 9, funeral 1:30 pm Saturday at her residence, interment Wooster Cemetery. born in Pennsylvania, long resident of Wayne County and Baptist. Also noted are the deaths of Daniel Strock, 68, and Martin Sauer, 73, with brief biographical details and Wooster Cemetery interments. The third Garver family reunion at Pleasant Home Campground drew 700 to 800 attendees, with speeches by Samuel and John Garver and other local officials, and officers elected for the association.
A Wooster Republication forecast notes higher wheat prices with calls for scarcity worldwide. Reports from Schwartz Dupee & Co. and the Mark Lane Express predict further gains, while Russian drought worsens planting prospects. Corn and other grains show mixed signals amid looming frost risk and price volatility.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease to soothe swollen hot feet and prevent blisters and bunions, priced at 25 cents with free trial packs. It also advertises a special fast train from Hudson to Columbus for a Sunday trip with a baseball game Columbus versus Detroit, and a German Catholic convention session, with routes via Cleveland Akron and Columbus and a request to contact C F Valy in Cleveland.
Grand Jury report filed with Judge Taggart after examining 47 witnesses and 15 cases, finding seven true bills. Ellsworth Martin indicted for interfering with a freight train by placing an obstruction on a railway track. John Hofster and others named in burglary and chicken coop cases. Additional cases assigned for hearing: list including Bank vs Austen, Duocyva Miller, W&E Ry Co vs Miller, and others. Jail sanitation improvements urged.
Antioch O September 7 Having seen oil fields in Eastern Ohio and West Virginia the writer notes vast derricks along the 610 River area and towns like Jericho and Santa Rosa. The boom brings wealth to landowners, but fierce activity includes fires and tax pressures. Oil lines extend to New York and New Jersey with many wells producing from a few to 12 barrels per hour, using gas for power and lighting.
Hubert Zigler, a rail gang worker for the Erie railroad, died in Creston after a steel rail struck him from a car when it rolled over a boundary. He leaves a home and family in Kerr addition, having built a house recently bought to repay. The article notes a second incident in Creston Jone Doogenferry, formerly of this place, was nearly killed by a dynamite explosion gone wrong while intoxicated.
A Wooster reader testifies to kidney relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He cites long suffering from back pain, fluid retention, and fatigue, noting improvement and renewed appetite after treatment at home. He mentions purchasing from Wrecter & Ora drug store and urges others to try the remedy.
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