The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-11-24
Buckeye Notes

claSSmate OF former President IheO-
dore Roosevelt at Harvard, and asso-
ciate of many other men in national
life, toppled over dead just after en-
tering the B. F. Court Mattress store
here. He was about to make a pur-
chase when stricken and was dead
within two minutes.
Marion.-Charles Smith, 48 years
old, an engine tester in the steam
shovel works, is in Grand hospital, Co.
iumbus, to undergo an operation for
the removal of two upper front teeth
and an attached plate which he swal-
lowed. An X-ray picture showed that
the teeth had lodged in the esophagus,
but before an operation could be per-
formed, a fit of coughing dislodged
them and they passed into the stom-
ach.
Youngstown.-A black-eyed needle,
which had been circulating in
the body of Mrs. William J.
Thomas of Wade street since she was
Mrs. Thomas was holding a baby
when she felt stinging sensation in
her right hip She mentioned the fact
to her husband, with the additional
information that she had swallowed
needle when a girl. The needle was
located and removed with a pair of
tweeZers. After needle had re-
mained in the arm of Mrs. Leslie Nc
Cuyllough of Fostoria for AZ years, an
operation removed 1t.
Toledo.-Concluding it's fortieth re-
union, the Society Of the Army
of the Tennessee selected Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Ia, the home of Maj. Gen.
Grenville M. Dodge, president of the
society, as the place for the next an
nual reunion. Major General Dodge,
the society's third president, was re-
elected to serve his twentieth term, as
was Col. Cornelius Cadle of Cincin-
natl, the recording secretary. The
other 1cers are Maj. w. w. Cham
berlain of Cincinnati, corresponding
secretary, and Mr. Smith Hicken-
looper of Cincinnati, treasurer.
Toledo.-Plundering with mighty
regularity, daring safe robbers com.
mitted their tenth and eleventh of.
fenses in northwestern Ohio when
they operated in Swanton. After
breaking into the Office of the Amer
ican Express Co. and stealing about
500 from the money drawer, the
cracksmen, with tools they had stolen
from a railroad section house, broke
into the office of the Pilliod Milling
Co. and wrecked the safe in an un-
successful attempt to blow open the
vault.
Akron.-Two carloads of matches,
driven by an engine on the Akron &
Barberton Belt Line railroad collided
with an interurban car at West Bar
berton and Is passengers were piled in
struggling mass. Most of the peo
pie, bruised and cut, crawled out.
misunderstanding her school
books, Miss May Morgan, who was in
the freshmen class of the high school
at the beginning of the fall term,
eloped to Illinois and was married to
Fred Nixen of Bicknell, Ind, whom
she had known only month.
Bellefontaine.-J. H. Valentine of
Shelby county felled bee tree on his
farm and extracted therefrom 80
pounds of fine honey.
Bucyrus-A. G. Tafflin, Rouman.
ian of this city, has invented an aero
plane which promises a speed of 100
miles an hour. Tafflin is building a
full-sized machine, but owing to his
limited finances the work is necessar.
lily slow.
Youngstown.-Defnite steps have
been taken for the organization of a
National Mems Personal Work league
and a committee of the local league
he's been appointed to take charge of
the work. The league was formed fol
lowing the Billy Sunday revival meet
ings here last February.
Painesville. - The founders day
services at Lake Erie college
were both impressive and beau
tiful. The afternoon services opened
in Memorial hall with the entrance of
the faculty and distinguished guests
clad in caps and gowns. The feature
of the service was the address of
President Mary E. Wooley of Mt Hol
yoke college, whose subject was THE
Power That is Welded by the Edu
Gated Woman in the World" James
r. Garfield spoke for the trustees,
calling attention to the importance Of
I, ;ol,o
Columbus.-While making a run
to fire at the residence of
D. B. Blake, George Miller, driver,
of truck 5, of the Twentieth street en-.
gine house, was thrown from his seat
and, alighting on his head, sustained
a broken neck and died.
GAINESVILLE. - George Dearnberger,
former cashier of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie railroad in this city, who
pleaded guilty to losing $3.50 of the
company's money shooting craps, was
given a suspended sentence of three
years in the 7enitentiary.
Chillicothe.-Ge Waitman, 80,
who came here seeking employment
took carbolic acid at the Union hotel
after he had secured a job. His home
is said to be at Lima.
Toledo.-Carl Vandergoltz, a tailor
of the city of Bucyrus, o., was
notified that his uncle, a physician in
the German army at Hessen Cassel,
died and left his entire fortune to
him and his brothers and sisters who
reside in Baltimore. Each is to re-
ceive $4,000.
Seville.-The gang of bold safe
crackers which has been terror
izing Ohio for the past fortnight