The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-12-01
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ing Co.'s plant. The blaze start
ed in the new fireproof addition
on the second floor. Several desks
and filing cases were destroyed and
number of window sashes charred.
The fire did not interfere with the op.
Grafton of the plant.
Springfeld.-For the second time
in two weeks a Clark county
postof1ce has been ransacked by
burglars. The Office at New Car
Isle was broken into but only 50 in
stamps were taken. The office was
in temporary quarters owing to a re-
cent fire and, having no safe, Post
master E. c. Miller took what money
he had to his home each night.
Akron. - Under an Interpretation
of the will of the late Col.
George T. Perkins, the Perkins serv-
ants will receive $10O for each year
they were in the decedent's service. A
maid, Hannah Ruthenberg, gets
$4,000; another, Christine Didra,
$1,700. A male helper in the Perkins
family gets $1,000.
Wooster-Rev. Frank Heilman,
Lutheran pastor, after a recent ser
mon arraigning Christian Science,
made what is believed to be the short
est prayer ever made in a Wooster
pulpit, when he said: ooh, Lord:
Teach us to have good common sense.
Amen"
Cleveland.-John Feller, publisher
of the Graphic-Sentinel, was found
guilty of blackmailing by a jury
in criminal court here. Attorney ]. ].
Sullivan, counsel for Feller, made a
motion for new trial, and Feller was
released on $1,000, pending the hear
ing of this motion. There were two
counts in the indictment against Eel
Ter, and he was found guilty of the
first one which charged him with at
tempting to export money by threats
from Mrs. Grace Sturtridge, wife of a
lake captain.
Cleveland. The wife of Simon
Frutkin, a tailor, his two chill
dren and woman customer in his
place were crushed to death by the
collapse of a new concrete building
here. Frutkan was at work in his
little tailor shop, which stood next to
the concrete building. The mother
and children were asleep in a bed
room in the rear. A tremendous crash
came from the building next door and
the wall that overhung their home
settled to earth, burying the tailor
shop beneath it.
Findlay.-Nine hundred and eleven
years is the aggregate total number of
years in the Blank family in Allen
county. There are ten members, and
they claim to have the worlds record
for longevity.
Akron.-Dr. o. L. Brown, chiro-
practor, who claims to be able
to treat spinal affections and sim
liar disorders successfully without
the aid of medicine, and Prof. A. D.
Triplett, magnetic healer, were ar
rested, charged with illegally practic-
ing. The accused pleaded not guilty
and were put under bond, each in the
sum of $400. Triplett's arrest fol-
lows the death of Mrs. John Zim-
merly, wife of meat dealer, some
time ago, in the professors Office
The death of an old man in Barber
ton, while under Browns care a
month ago, brought about the chirop.
ractor's arrest. Mrs. Zella Gilbert,
also charged with practising medicine
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magistrate she pleaded not guilty.
| The affidavits were all sworn to by
George H. Matson, secretary of the
state medical board.
Youngstown.-The bold gang OF
| yeggmen who have been terrOriZing
Ohio for the past fortnight, attempted
| to crack their tenth safe here. A gun
battle between the robbers and en-
ployes of the Block Light Co., on the
northern edge of town, resulted, and
two hours later, two of the yeggs
were in jail, while the third is now
believed to be hiding in the woods.
The men under arrest against whom
half a dozen charges have been
placed, gave the names of Frank En-
glc and Thomas Scalpon.
Cleveland.-The Forest City will
get the Olympic games in 1916, ac-
cording to report sent out from New
York. The directors of the Amateur
Athletic union took this action after
listening to arguments from the rep
resentatives of Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago and other cities. The deci-
sionsion of the directors needs only
the confirmation of the international
body to make it final. This is re-
garded as formality, as the games
for 1916 are to come to America.
Cleveland. - The best municipal
bond sale consummated in the
United States for number of weeks
was effected when a 100000 lot Of 4
per cent. grade crossing bonds was
disposed of at $6OO,S58 by the city
of Cleveland.
BelIefontaine. A. Buchanan of
Bellefontaine, who has been making
surveys along the canals of Ohio, has
found that the state has been losing
at least $4,000 per year in rentals for
land which is being occupied by pri.
vate parties along the canal banks.
Findlay.-Probably the most unique
method of attending church serv.
ices in this part of the coun.
try is that employed by a fam.
lily living just beyond the northern
suburbs of this city. The vehicle used
is an ordinary one-horse buggy, and
the propelling or drawing power is a
son, IA, who gets into harness and
pulls it. The buggy always contains
the lads mother.
Elyria.-An Elyria man, known as
Sox Kline, was arrested, charged with