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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
5
LB Childs of this city plans a wholesale clothing and furnishing goods house in the Hile block on West Liberty Street. He will ship goods from here and Toledo and do his own traveling. A factory scheme may create fifty jobs for a dozen workers, with a partner possible.
Citizens of Chippewa township discussed contesting the election petitions alleging all names appeared in the same handwriting. A Wooster delegation reviewed the matter and concluded there would be ample valid names without contest.
The undersigned thank those who gave kindness and attended the death and funeral of our husband and father George S. Schmutz. Special thanks to members of Given Post Women s Relief Corps Kelffer Circle and others for floral tributes. Mrs G S Schmutz and children.
Born Sunday evening Sept 27 1908 to Orra Runkle and wife of South Bever street a daughter. Poultry breeders shipped a carload of stock to Akron for the Summit county fair. Born to Mr and Mrs Benj Strock a daughter Sept 25. Dr Joseph W Brinkerhoof and wife visit his mother in Bloomington caring for her. Mrs Brinkerhoof 89 feeble and might pass. George Webb an old resident suffered an epileptic seizure near the Republican office and cut head. he recovered and went home. Edison record on sale at RS&S Applemans. store closed next Monday for holiday. Freedlander’s k. The Kathryn Osterman Co presents The Night of The Play at the Opera House Wednesday from Ashland. Vaudeville and moving pictures resume at Majestic Theatre Monday evening. Ruth Curtiss and Musical Monarchs praised. pictures satisfactory. Shreve free street fair opens Wednesday with big crowds expected. store closed next Monday for holiday.
Residents of Taft and Harris were astonished on Tuesday to see pictures of Taft and Harris displayed in the windows of a Democratic county official. The images were posted by a relative of the official but were removed soon after the official arrived at the office.
Morrow County within the district recorded 2,200 dry outcomes on Monday, noting a significant tally in the local dry period within the district.
The Board of Public Service met to pay bills and approve contracts. William Leyvers received the contract to rebuild abutments and a new bridge may be purchased if repairs fail. William King was awarded the contract to lay flagstone walks on East Liberty Street by the Mann and Howard properties near the city gate.
North Chester notes report pneumonia claim of John Fetters aged resident of Chester township after he attended the Fetters reunion on Sept 19 and died within five days. Funeral services held at Edan Williams County Sept 24 and Fair Haven Church Sept 27. Relatives from multiple families accompanied the remains and visited in North Chester distribution.
The Wayne County Telephone Company directors at a Saturday meeting ordered telephones and poles for new farm lines. J. D. Cornell said the first exchange depends on which town grants the ret franchise, Wooster or Orrville, with the first franchise guiding their initial build.
Mount Pleasant reports Henry Warner and wife attended Mr John Fetters funeral at Fair Haven on Sunday. Fredrick Hines of Hanan a and Harvey Shepherd and wife of Red Haw visited W H Hines Sunday. Clyde Cline starts school October 5 in Perry township. Quite a number of farmers have leased their farms for hay and gas with one good well in the center of the leases. They will begin drilling in a few days. Rev Williamson of Red Haw preached his first sermon on this work Sunday at 9 am. Miss Mary Kapaclich will teach Center school beginning Monday October 3. The rainfall is prompting farmers to sow as wheat is looking nice.
Obituary note announces the funeral of Mrs William Galley formerly of Orrville who died Monday morning at her Orrville area home with services planned for Wednesday.
In Johnstown the elderly father of congressman Wm A Ashbrook nearly perished when a passing train set his premises ablaze. He collapsed while trying to halt the fire but was rescued by a son and recovered from the shock. The report appears in the Newark Advocate dated Fredericksburg Sept 28.
Though cut 164 shocks of gor in one day who can beat that Mother Crater is a little better at this writing She has heart trouble Arthur Wagner was on the sick list last week One STOREY is havies a galvan ized roof put on his house and ce menting his cellar floor Hill Top school house is having some repairing done Luella and Glen Spitler were visiting their grandparents John How man's near Overton the latter part of last week Marriage Licenses T Lohner of Barberton and Oneida K Hinderer of Marshallville Harry Dorner of Smithville and Etta M Fickinger of Wooster
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