The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
Buckeye Notes


town boosters worked hard fo
', next years convention Of Ohio's rura
letter carriers at the closing day o
the convention here. Newark won.
P. ]. Powers Of Gibsonburg was re
elected president, Levi Hoy of Wau
seon reelected vice president, and T
j. Parker of Cambridge reelected
treasurer. r. A. Radcliffe of Kentor
was elected secretary. D. E. Bowers
OF Creston was named delegate al
large to the national convention. The
carriers passed resolutions endorsing
woman's suffrage and named com.
mittee to work for better roads In
Ohio. More than 500 delegates at.
tended the convention.
Marietta. - DR.. J. w. Boebout
Of Dexter City, a few miles east
Of this place, probably will lose the
sight OF both eyes as a result of the
explosion Of bottle of chloroform.
DR.. Boebout was experimenting with
the chemical when the explosion oc-
CURED, filling his face with broken
glass, several of the pieces entering
his eyes.
East Liverpool. - Elk Chief e.
j. Lamson of Garrettsville was
elected president of the Ohio Fire.
mems association, succeeding George
Knoffiock of Mansfield, not candidate
for reelection. Other officers are:
Vice president, Thomas Cough, Con.
neaut; S. P. Pond, De Graft; H. P.
Morton, Columbus; William w. Ebb,
East Liverpool; secretary, D. X. Mos
er, Warren; treasurer, George Knise.
ly, New Philadelphia. The 1914 con
vention will be held in Mansfield.
Steubenville. - Patrick Ward, DO
liceman, hurled himself in front
of a fast Wheeling & Lake Erie
train, saving the life of Minnie Simko,
s. AS the engine was almost upon
the child Ward was seen flying across
the tracks in front Of 1t. He swept
the child out OF danger, missing death
by only fraction.
Shelby.-Carl l.. Wilcox, brought
here from Denver on charge of
embezzling $500 from the Wells
Fargo Express Co., was committed to
the county Jail at Mansfield under
$1,000 bond which his father and rela,
tives at GAINESVILLE refused to sign.
Fostoria. - John Hoffman, fifty.
five, of Alvada, was cut in two
by a Lake Erie & Western train. He
was sitting on the Hooking Valley
platform, with his head on his hands
and his feet beside the rail. The
steps of the smoking car knocked him |
under the wheels. He was a farmer.
Toledo. - All previous speed rec.
ords for heavier than air ma.
chimes were broken when Beckwith
accompanied by Aviator Har.
ry Atwood, flew from this city to
Detroit. 60 miles, in 81 minutes.
Lorain.-About seven hundred mem.
bers of Lorain County grange at.
tended the annual outing at /Glen's
beach, this city, Thursday. Many were
present from neighboring counties. A
feature Of the afternoon was the ad-
dress of ]. L. Taber on agricultural
Progress and the Value of Farm Or
steubenville. - Three yeggs, who
1ynamited and robbed the Rich
nond postotf1ce safe of $3.50 and
led in a stolen rig along the main
street of the town, shooting at awak-
ened citizens, escaped across the Ohio
liver with officers close behind them.
Cincinnati, o. Cornelius w.
trustee in bankruptcy
VI the Federal Biscuit Co. of New
York, has filed petition in the
United States district court for an
rider directing George P. Hoffman,
rustee in bankruptcy of the Reynolds
Aert1te Carton Co. Of Dayton, bank
upt, to turn over to the petitioner
Wo patents and registered trade
mark sold by Louis G. Reynolds to the
federal Co.
Bellevue, o. - Mrs. Jay Kelley !
4 Geneva, O., was instantly killed ]
nd her husband sustained a broken !
eg and other injuries a short distance !
outh of here when the automobile in :
1hich they were driving turned over
lto ditch.
Port Clinton, o. The postofice I
t Danbury was destroyed by
re when the store building of ]. r.
9th burned. The building was of
'ame and contained general merchan. Z
ise. A dwelling adjoining the store
urned. There is no fire protection In =
anbury.
Chardon, o. - The Chardon steam Z
Luhdry was destroyed by fire. =
he fire spread with rapidity and was :
eyond control when tho fire depart. l
ent arrived. The laundry was To- I
ated in the rear of a line of fashion y
Die residences on North street and :,
# time they were threatened with G
estruction. 4
Cincinnati, o. Panic stricken Il
'cause she had been accidentally ir
cked in room on the third floor of II
er home, j4-year-old Helen Fenton of s.
25 Gilbert-av leaped from window
Id received injuries from which she
ed an hour later.
Lima, o. DR.. C. A. Black.
lysician and Lima society man, was :
arried to Miss Marguerite Thomp- d
n, Lima society girl, at Put-in-Bay 4
he lay upon his sick bed. His
other, DR.. H. T. Black, lifted the
unger mans head from his pillow as E
e marriage VOWS were plighted.
le young physician then sank back
his bed and is in critical con- ~
ton. He was brought to this city. =
Toledo, o. - One man was
He'd, another perhaps fatally in Y