The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-08-17
NEWS OF OHIO

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Moose building.
Youngstown.-John Rand, a Fin.
lander, aged "a, hanged himself in
the city, lookup. He had been locked
in the padded cell and used his belt.
The man was dead when found.
Cleveland Harmon Of
the state Of Ohfo joined the Of
ficers mess of the good ship Dor
othea August and will be the guest
Of the ships officers during the whole
of the summer cruise of the militia
boat. The cruise will extend to Mack
mac island.
Youngstown.-Two accidents oc-
CURED within an hour of each
other at the Davis lane crossing of the
Mahoning Valley street car line. Seven
people were hurt.
Chardon.-After living since July
20 with all but the upper por-
ton of his body literally cooked,
Samuel Gingerich, II, an Amish boy,
died in Middfefield. Gingerich. was
employed in the Middlefeld basket fac
tory. Logs were being steamed in a
vat when young Gingerich fell in.
Canton. - Isadore Goodman, 80,
was arrested here and is held
at the request of Akron authorities on
the charge of abducting Lillian Neill,
%, of Akron. Police here say white
slave charges likely will be preferred
against Goodman.
Toledo.-A guilty conscience and
the confessional are the means
by which George H. Ketchum,
Toledo horseman and theater owner,
received $4,000 a few days ago for
which he cannot account. Recently
Ketchum received a letter from a
Catholic clergyman stationed in north
ern Canada to the effect that par
ishoner had confessed to having at
one time wronged Ketchum to the ex-
tent of $4,000. The letter was written
for the purpose of establishing Ketch-
um's identity. Ketchum thought he
was being made the victim of a prac-
tical joke He was greatly surprised
when draft for $4,000 arrived.
leveland.-Uhlan, black gelding,
that trotting wonder-star perform
er of the grand circuit race meet
ing at the North Randall track
trotted and clipped second, oficia'
time, from the worlds trotting record
of 2:01 to wagon for trophy.
Columbus.-Hal D. Landon, As,
noted Washington political CORE
spondent and writer, was found
dead at the bottom of an elevator
shaft into which he is believed to
have fallen. The body was partially
decomposed. No foul play is sus-
pected. Landon was the friend Of
several presidents.
Marietta. surrounds the
death of Ila Mooney, 16, and
Mary McCamic, 10, whose bodies,
fully clothed, were found floating in
the Muskingum river here. The young
women had previously secured boat
and rowed up the river Nothing more
was heard of them, but the boat was
found tied to barge later. 1t con-
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carried. Whether they carried out a
suicide pact or were murdered and
their bodies thrown into the river has
not been determined by the police.
Zanesville.--Miss Sarah Schultz,
20, society belle, granddaughter
of the late Robert Schultz, million.
aire soap manufacturer, was seriously
if not fatally injured shortly before
midnight when an automobile in whic ,
she was riding went over a 30-foGr
river, four miles south of the city
The girl was caught in the wrcckaga
when the machine turned over in tht
water. W. D. Schultz, an uncle, ownel
of the car, was thrown out and hurt.
Toledo.-Walter Fitzgerald, 16, a
newsboy, is lying at the point of
death at st. Vincent's hospital as
the result of stab wounds inflicted by
Raymond Herman, 16. According TO
Young Herman, who is being detained
at the Toledo Juvenile home, he and
Fitzgerald quarreled and Herman al
leges Walter struck him and in self.
defense he drew q pen-knife and stab.
bed his companion.
Toledo.-J. Rapp is in St. Vim.
cents hospital seriously injured as
result of lighting match in a gas
filled room in the Lincoln hotel. Rapp
was showing aguest to a room on the
third floor when the accident occurred,
AS he entered the room, Rapp struck a
match and instantly an explosion took
place that hurled him through the door
and blew out the windows. He was
terribly burned about the chest
Youngstown.-Wor engaged
in excavating for a sewer in Lo'
gan avenue unearthed 20 feet be
meath the surface three apples and a
penny of the coinage of 1910. The
apples were in an excellent state OF
preservation and were eaten by the
workmen. Twenty years ago this
street was filled in, and it is believed
the apples which fell from a tree
along the road were buried ct that
time. Agriculturists who have been
told of the strange find are unable to
account for the remarkable preserva
| Sion of the fruit.
Canal Dover.-Beach City claims
to have the smallest families on
an average of any town in the
state. OF the 200 families living there
S3 are childless, 35 have but one child
each and 80 but two children each
The population of the town is TOO
Xenia.-Effie Wilt, 25, house
keeper employed by David Nathan
farmer of Fort Williams, neal
here, died from drinking carbolic acid
Before her death she declared she
ended her life because her attempts tc