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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1895
Page
5
The Republican Printing Company at 12 East Liberty Street resumes ad submissions by noon to ensure insertion in the Daily and Weekly Republican. Notices for entertainments sales and similar items will be charged regular rates if printed later. Wednesday, Sept 18, 1895.
Local life notes report Kxintergarten postponed to date to be announced later and Palmer presenting a two and a half pound potato raised on Jacob Palmer farm south of the city. Miss Kiggence Lung, Massillon girl, returned home after custody by the marshal for elopement, while Mansfield expectations failed. Wayne County items cover land court verdicts, deaths, business failures, theatre changes, and municipal notices with names such as Huffman, Stepfield, Spielman, Robertson, and Dowell note assignments, divorces, and fair events.
Favorable weather boosts optimism for the Wayne County Fair with elated preparations visible across all departments. Exhibits in poultry stock cattle and produce fill spaces while the speed department and art division showcase strong entries. Outside shows are planned and vendors like Elisperman’s Nation Store promote china and household goods. Cider and bread demonstrations attract farmers families.
Uncalled letters for the Wooster post office for the week ending September 1895 include Bruner F D Baldwin Coyle Mra Kittle Dennis Mrs Alile Dr Ingraham and others. Names listed require claimants to state advertised and provide advertisement date. Clerks Magellano Kennedy Kaubd Lewis Millus Read Stewart Weaver and D Weaver among others.
An audience nearly filled the City Opera last evening for The Ideals opening their week at The Golden Grant Mine. The play was presented well with hearty applause and public approval. Specialties, dancing by Little Friday, and orchestral music by Prof Ned Hovwson’s orchestra boosted the performance. Howard Ifall, the leading man, shows promise for the future.
Andrew Oberlin retires as County Commissioner amid a ceremony Monday afternoon. Friends presented four bound volumes of the Encyclopedia Dictionary and a fountain pen. A. J. Metz delivered the presentation. Col. Benj. Eason paid tribute to Oberlin as a man and public official. Present were P. S. Blosser, M. M. Miller, E. J. Pocock, B. Eason, A. D. Metz, James Coe, C. M. Lovett, C. J. Harrold, Abner Barnes, Dalton, A. W. Blackburn, Judge J. C. McClarran, M. J. Carroll, Henry Marshall, A. B. Peckinpaugh, Lemuel Jeffries, Lucian Graber, and Juliud Eberhardt.
Wayne county reports very warm weather followed by heavy storms on the 12th causing field washouts and corn blown down. Wooster records 72 degrees with 3.28 inches of rain. Eastern sections saw heavy rain and wind damage, crops in good condition for seeding, while western areas are drier awaiting rain. Corn ripening, potatoes dug, tobacco harvested, fall wheat and rye planted, clover cut, pastures fair in east, drier conditions in west with scarce water.
The Wayne County Republicans nominate Frank Taggart for circuit judge with delegates and alternates listed. The Fifth Judicial Circuit Republican nominating convention will convene in Zanesville Ohio on September 26 1895 to select a candidate for circuit judge, with representation by counties including Ashland Coshocton Delaware Fairfield Holmes Knox Licking Morgan Morrow Muskingum Perry Richland Stark Tuscarawas Wayne.
A Thursday afternoon storm damaged Creston farms and buildings. A bank barn owned by Little and several others owned by McKvaine McGlennen Ault and Myers were blown down. roofs were loosened or blown off at J C Hubbard Lane's house and kitchen addition. Over 200 trees fell, cattle were lost, and wind was worst near Jackson. Jacob Lutz from Allegheny Pa arrives to oversee pickling works capacity 44 000 bushels with tanks filled outside and emptied as needed. Several local residents are visiting family in nearby towns.
Three weeks after a stranger left a horse and buggy at John Smith’s stable in Mansfield West South street, detectives traced the outfit to Cr Crow, a Loudonville resident now in Mansfield. Crow, a Union National Trust Company agent, vanished after sending a letter from New York promising to return. Crow’s disappearance unsettles his wife and family as officers and Squire Bird search for him amid notes and missing funds.
A crowd of 200 to 800 gathered on the Public Square to hear Jacob Coxey of Massillon, People's Party candidate for governor, discuss sound money and the nation’s money woes. Evening turnout neared 1,000 as he described marching his army to Washington and linked money policy to business mood.
To accommodate WEEKLY REPUBLICAN readers this office will take subscriptions to the Cleveland Weekly Leader for one dollar per year with order and full attendance. Call at REPUBLICAN Office Wooster Ohio to subscribe for The REPUBLICAN.
At Circleville conference closing Monday the Cleveland district of the Evangelical Association named J. H. Lamb presiding elder and numerous ministers to Akron Bath Cleveland west side and other local charges. East Ohio conference at New Philadelphia issued North district assignments including D. W. Sprinkle Ashland presiding elder and ministers to Cleveland Conneaut Richfield Sheffield Sterling and nearby communities.
In Maysville farmer Iacob Ross, advised by neighbor Musser, dealt with smooth strangers offering cheap lightning arresters at $2.50 per point. The contract misled Ross to pay for seven points at $24 each with a $47.50 discount. The men produced a badge and threatened Musser, but Ross refused to hand over the contract and later paid $3.5 to end the encounter.
Outdoor races and results plus Wooster University news. Wm Armstrong's Wilkin posted 2 29 at Mansfield while Chartle C. ran 2 30 at Van Wert. Smithville beat Wooster 97 to 9 in a local shoot and Wooster fielded many club players. A full Wooster social and cultural roundup covers concerts, lectures, and a third anniversary party for S G Spangler.
Local notes record Mrs Landis of Fremont visiting Werrysville, Alfred Kincaid leaving for Wooster, Miss Lottie Beatty returning from Lawrence avenue trip, and various residents traveling to Wooster, Ashland, and nearby towns for visits or illness updates.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a Republican item unread last evening and a reader’s difficulty parsing the ton news. The readable bits imply confusion over a republication or reprint and prompt for clarification. No clear names, dates, or places are present in the legible text.
Wayne County items report injuries from a motor car crash near Cleveland. residents and visitors in Orrville South Market Street area. Local farmer Abraham Etling expands with a 72 by 38 bank barn and house additions near Marshallville. J W McElbernie ships nine barrels of popcorn to Cleveland, the largest Wayne County shipment to date. Frank Bishop returns to Madisonburg after telegraph study in Oberlin. Local visits include Mrs Q O Griffith and Dr W E Lill's guests. Miss Clara Goepford and Mrs Ida Luce visit D F Mock. A wedding at West Salem draws Mrs William Uhler and family. a buggy accident on Cedar Run causes no injuries. Madisonburg visits from Ft Wayne and Iowa. Mary Snyder travels to Minnesota. Dr Foltz visits Albert Miller. soldiers from Clinton township named but omitted by the assessor. Seth Baughman grows 100 acres of corn with two eight-foot top ears and 180 rod long rows ready for machine harvest.
Wooster market list from September 18, 1895 corrected by Brick & Tyler and Craighead Groceries. Includes Wheat flour corn oats rye barley seeds milk per hundred, butter eggs lard ham cheese beans potatoes onions and other farm staples with per unit pricing and vendor names.
Charles H Kickabaugh and Eva M Wise merge lives as do Thomas FEip and Alice M Richardson Warren Ash and Clara May Clark unite, with Bert Stough and Minerva Repp forming pairings. Quick notice mentions keeping the day’s events at home.
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