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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
FIRE TOTALLY DESTROYS
LARGE LOCAL INDUSTRY

promptly extinguished by the firemen
and the car was pushed to safety.
The explosion of two large COM
pressed air tanks used by the COM
pany in the operation of their elevator
gave rise to the rumor that they we're
gasoline tanks. Members of the COM
pany declare that the rumor was abb
solutely without foundation, asserting
that the bulk of their gasoline was
stored in the building across the street.
Soon after the fire was discovered
came the first explosion, which pre-
cipitated a large pully nearly fifty feet
into the air. Soon after the fremen
arrived there was another explosion,
which was heard all over town.
! Saturday morning it was found
there were several tons Of grain in
scattered piles that the fire had done
but little damage to and this it was
stated would be gathered up and
could be used as feed for hogs, etc.
The company opened up their build
ing on the west side of the street
promptly Saturday morning and did
a big busines all day. Their feed
grinder having been destroyed it will
be some days before they will be able
to do any grinding for the farmers,
but this feature of the business will
be resumed just as soon as new ma
chinery, which has been ordered, can
arrive.
The question Of rebuilding, at least
on the sight of the burned building,
has not been decided yet and probably
will not be for some little time, ac-
cording to a statement made by a
member of the company on Tuesday.
The Farmers Exchange company
own the land to the south of
the burned district and by removing
the dwelling would have ample room
to erect large building, but in such
case they would be greatly handicap
ped in loading grain onto the railroad
cars, which would necessitate very
long runway or chute, whereas in the
past they were situated SO close to
the tracks that loading was done di-
Irectly. 4
In appreciation of the prompt and
efficient work of the local fire depart
rnent at the fire, The Farmers Ex-
change company announces that they
ElSavs 9cided to present the depart
ment with their check for 500. This
| information will not only be source
of great qualification to the fire de-
partment, but to the peopl eof Medina
generally and especially to those who
witnessed the fire and were afforded
an opportunity of seeing frst-handeG
just what Medina's fire laddies car
and do do when called upon. But very
few minutes elapsed from the time the
alarm was sounded until stream o1
water was playing into the fire.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
MAYOR SOME SALESMAN

L. H. Randall is feeling good these
days and so is the New York Life ms.
Co. for whom he is agent. He was
one Of a few agents who were ban
quoted by the company at Hotel Stat
Ter last week as an appreciation for
extraordinary work done. The nation
al filed Of the company is divided into
large districts. Mr.. Randall belongs
to what is known as the great middle
department, composed Of the states Of
Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West
Virginia and Ohio. In this large dis
trict for the month of November Mr..
Randall rated first in number Of ap-
plications written, he having written
IL, amounting in volume to $4,000.
In volume he held tenth place in COM
petition with over 800 agents.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
WOMAN
STRICKEN BY DEATH

Lafayette lost one of its older ana
estimable women ON Sunday, Dec. 19,
when death removed Mrs. Mary Jane
(Baughman) Lance. Notwithstand-
ing her advanced age, Mrs. Lance had
been apparently in good health until
Thursday morning, the 10th, when she
was found unconscious, the result of
a stroke Of paralysis.
The deceased was born in Franklin
township, Summit county, O., Oct. 10,
1874, the only daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Aaron P. Baughman. She be-
came the wife of James Lance of Chip
pewa township, Wayne county, Oct. 5,
1869, to whom were born ten children,
seven sons and three daughters, all Of
whom survive. They are Aaron and
Elmer of near Burbank, Robert of
York, Nelson of Chatham, Arthur and
Harry Of Lafayette and Floyd of Me-
dina; Mrs. Sarah Erb and Mrs. Eliza
Young of Chatham, Mrs. Nora Mann
of Lafayette. The husband preceded
the wife in death last June Four
brothers and twenty-five grandchil-
dren also survive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baughman, after a
brief residence in Franklin township,
removed to Lafayette, where they
spent the balance of their lives.
At the age of 16, Mrs. Baughman
united with the German Reformed
church at Doylestown and had always
lived an earnest Christian life. She
was woman of noble impulses and
kindly disposition and her passing will
leave an influence for good far-reach-
ing.
The funeral service was held We'd
nesday, conducted by Rev. s. F. Dim
mock of the Medina Baptist church.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
OFFICIALS SEEK
CASSIDY HERE

1t is not altogether unlikely that
former Congressman James H. Cis-
sidy of Cleveland. who has been absent
from that city since the 9Th of last
April, when he left an unexplained
$4,000 tangle in his accounts, was in
Medina sometime Wednesday or Thurs
day.
Secret service men had traced him
from Lorain to Wellington, Tuesday
night, at the latter place where they
learned that he had been seen to leave
in high power automobile for Medina
A secret service agent by the name
of Frizzell of Cleveland was in Medina
Thursday looking for Cassidy and as
sured those with whom he talked that
he was satisfied that Cassidy was in
hiding either here or close by.
1t is stated that number of Cas-
sidy's relatives reside in this county
and that he contemplated spending
Christmas with them.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24

Medina was visited by one of the
most disactrous fires in it's history
last Friday afternoon when the main
building of the Farmers Exchange,
located on the east side of South Court
street just south of the Northern Ohio
railroad tracks, was totally destroyed,
together with contents, consisting of
thousands of sacks of wheat, oats and
other grains, besides large consign-
ments of farm machinery of all kinds,
entailing loss of approximately
$4,000, which was largely covered by
insurance.
The fire started in the basement of
the big building and had gained great
headway before it was discovered.
Mrs. Fred Snyder, wife of one of the
proprietors, at her desk in the Office
noticed small jets of smoke emerging
through cracks in the floor, and inn
mediately sought to ascertain the
cause. She had barely reached the
door when sheet of flame burst forth
in the area just beyond. Simultan-
eously it was discovered by several
farmers who were loading their wag-
ons close by, and it is the common
story told by all who were on the
ground that the building seemed to be
a seething mass Of flame within a
moment. In fact there was barely
time in which to remove the books and
account papers from the office before
the flames made it impossible again to
enter.
The fire department was on the
scene and playing streams of water on
the burning building within ten min
utes from the time the alarm was
sounded, but it was soon discovered
that the only thing to be done was to
prevent the fire spreading to the dwell
ing just south of the driveway to the
south. Already the fire had consumed
barn at the rear of the dwelling and
was burning its way to the dwelling
along runway connecting the two
buildings. The wind favored the fire.
men and they were able to save the
dwelling. When. the latter at one time
seemed doomed all the contents were
hastily removed to the street.
The Farmers Exchange Company is
lone of the largest and best known Of
its kind in Medina county. Besides
the main structure which burned, the
company owns a huge grain elevator
and another building across the street
It was only few hours before the
fire that thousand bushels of wheat
had been loaded onto a car of the
Northern Ohio railroad whose tracks
run close by the side of the building
This car was ignited, but the fire was
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
CROP PRODUCTION MORE
this YEAR THAN LAST

Crop production in the State this
year aggregates in quantity about IS
per cent more than last year, Prices
on December / average 6 per cent
lower than a year ago, making total
value of crop production ,on this basis
about 8 per cent more than last year.
The estimates are based upon the
crops whose values in the last COM
plete crop census represented SO per
cent of the value of all crops.
For the United States production
this year aggregates in quantity about
9 per cent more than last year. Prices
December 1 average 1 Fer cent lower
than year ago, making total value.
of crop production on this basis about
8 per cent more than last year; these
estimates are based upon crops whose
value in the last complete crop census
represented &c per cent of the value
of all crops grown, and may be re-
garded as representative of all crops.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
DELIGHTFUL CELEBRATION

The spirit of Christmas in music was
the dominant note of the program of
the Congregational Sunday school at
the church Thursday evening. The
celebration was little different from
those of former years and yet carried
with it the same charming associa-
tions which make the holiday so inter-
esting for the young folks.
The opening number was a girls
chorus of fifty voices in a professional
followed by Christmas carol. The
girls were uniformed in white, set off
with green and silver. A Graphanola
played number of Christmas carols.
One of the records, a German rendi-
tion of "Stille Nacht", was made by
quartet which is now in the trenches
Of the European war. Miss Clara
Fem announced these numbers.
Smaller children of the primary de-
partment appeared in little play en-
titled, can Ideal Christmas Eve"
characters of which were family of
nine little children, two of whom were
twins, Polly and Molly, the mother
miss Ruth Nichols), the visitor miss
Mildred Calvert) and Santa Claus (Dr.
Floyd Nichols).
Santa wound up the program by dis
tributing the treat to the younger
members Of the school. The church
was decorated with unusual taste, the
color scheme of white and green being
carried out in stars and holly. A
large Christmas tree lit up one corner
of the auditorium.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
ADAM MINKs KILLED

Adam Minks of Marshallville was
almost instantly killed while at work
cutting logs in the William Shank
woods, east Of Doylestown, Wednesday
December Is.
Mr.. Minks had been at work only
about an hour when the tree which
he and his partner, Tom Bardges,
were cutting down caught on another
tree standing near q limb falling
which struck Minks on the head, crush
ing his skull. He died in half an
hour. ses
Mr.. Minks was go years Of age and
leaves 4 wife and 4 large family
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
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FAITHFUL FOLLOWER

Last Sunday, Dec. 19, as evening
was casting it's mantle Ger the face
Of Nature, and to the sweet strains OF
music, played by a friend, which prov
ed to be her requiem, the spirit OF
a truely good woman and one whose
worth was appreciated by her friends
and associates, was waited home to
the One who gave it. 1t was the
soul Of Della Hartman. Within the
week she sickened and died. Deeply
interested in the coming festivities Of
Christmas week, Miss Hartman, as
late as Tuesday evening preceding her
death. had drilled the children Of the
Congregational church in the music
which they were to sing on Christmas
The following day she was stricken
with pneumonia and her condition
grew worse until the end.
The deceased was native of Wayne
county and the daughter Of Rev. Lee
and Matilda Warren Hartman, both
of whom died many years ago. At
an early age she entered the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Bishop, the latter
her aunt, where she always felt and
was treated as a daughter.
Miss Hartman was a musician of
more than ordinary skill and exquisite
taste. She received her first instruc-
ton from Mrs. G. ]. Ryder, later at
tending the Conservatory of Music in
Cleveland under instruction of w. B.
Colesorl. Owing to an unusually fine
sensibility Of the exactions of her art,
she excelled as an accompanist and her
services as such were often sought.
She fulfilled the. position Of organist
at the Congregational church for rs
years, and had been a member of that
church for 80 years, having united by
confession of faith in 1883. Y
Shortly before her death, realizing
that the hours were her last, the true
attributes of this blameless soul
shone in splendor as she beseeched
her sister not to allow the circumstanc
es Of her passing to encroach upon the
joy Of her little nieces at Christmas
time.
The funeral was held from the home
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock, con
Quoted by Rev. H. Samuel Fritsch of
the Congregational church, pastor Of
the deceased. Burial was made in
Spring Grove cemetery. The large
attendance of lifelong friends at the
last sad rites and the beautiful and
profuse floral offerings attested the
affection held toward the one who is
gone. X
Della Hartman will be missed in
Y Medina. ~ sa,s
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
HEN CONVENTION At
|. 0. 0. F. HALL
K-r-r-r-ah kah kah kah!
Koo Koo KoO Koo-o-o-o-rrr!

The cocks shrill clarion" and the
CHEEKY roundelay of the motherly bid
die, with which the !. 0. O. F. hall
.resounded Wednesday at the irallg grlrz
alton of four-day convention Of the
Medina County Poultry association,
sounded like paeon of praise for the
seasons bountiful return, and seemed
to carry the sentiment, as well as the
fowls could articulate, that whether
the country's happy economic condition
is to be credited secondarily to the
polices of the alleged "claim-jump-
ing" Teddy, or traced to the political
propaganda incubator Of the Common
er, if the gentlemen had been "trap-
nested," it would have been found that
neither was responsible for tile egg of
prosperity. For parties may come
and parties may go, but SO long as
good mother biddie continues to per-
form her functions-retireth diurnal-
ly to the privacy of her nest, and
"soldiereth" not on the job; so long
so far, at least as the agricultural part
of the country is concerned, "God is in
His Heaven, and all's right with the
world"
The large enthusiastic attendance and
fine display is worthy of an industry
that represents to this county busi-
ness of $4,000,000. Extra choice birds
are ON exhibition. The Medina Coun
ty Poultry association is revival of,
and the successor to the Medina Poul-
try and Pet Stock association of four
years ago and those who witness this,
it's first exposition, will have no occas-
ion as did those who saw the building
of the second temple-to "weep when
they considered the glory of it's pre-
decessor."
On exhibition, but not competing
for prizes, is A. A. Carver's 1st prize
Speckled Sussex, Ohio State Fair-a
recently imported English variety. AL
so 1st prize singlecomb Rhode Island
Red pen, Coliseum, Chicago, valued
at 81 900.
There is big display of the fol-
lowing breeds: Anconas, White Rocks,
Buff Rocks, Partridge Rocks, White
Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, White
Orpingtons, Bantams, and wild pheas-
ants, raised in Medina county.
A comparatively new breed-having
been before the public some 10 years,
is the Buckeye, exhibited by M. O..
Perkins, of Weymouth. Their "pea"
combs, and merely rudimentary gills
are dinky affair when compared with
the lordly crest and wattles of their
progenitors-the Rhode Island Reds
which it is claimed is at least COM
Portable improvement, what time "the
frost is on the pumpkin" They are
meeting with cordial reception from
the gallinaceous sisterhood generally,
although they do say it is being whis-
pered about in polite circles of hem
dom of her gown-which she supposed
was an exclusive pattern is threat
ening to institute infringement pro-
,ceedings, on account of Miss Buckeyes
color.
An interesting feature is that of the
State University, the same as it began
making last November, at the Poultry
(oon+;p,,ad ~, ,oao.o Ky
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
MURDER FOLLOWS
STERLING SHOOTING

IA Startling was the scene Of shoot
ing Tuesday night that eliminated in
murder.
The victim of a revolver bullet was
Roy Williams, colored, who was shot
through the body at the Valley House
about 1850 Tuesday evening. He was
hurried to the Akron city hospital,
where he died Wednesday morning.
The fatal shot was fired by Roy
Finch, it is believed. Finch is also
colored. He and G. N. Jones, color
ed, were arrested in Chicago Junction,
by B. & o. detective, following the
shooting.
Late Wednesday afternoon Sheriff
Miller of Wayne county talked with
the Chief Of Police at Chicago juno
tion, and was told that B. & o. de-
tectives were on their way to Creston
with the two men for the purpose of
having hearing before Mayor Nc
Glennan of the latter city.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
SALE POSTPONED

The sale of the Creston Ladder &
Bending works, which A. H. Etling,
trustee in bankruptcy, expected to
hold in January, has been called off
indefinitely by order of United States
Judge Clark owing to a protest filed
by the Erhart, Medina county, inter-
ests, who wish a re-hearing in the
case on account Of chattel MORTGAGE
some of the Erhart people hold on the
machinery. Owing TO the fact that
Judge Clark left Tuesday on three
weeks trip, the sale win be held up
for SINE time, If it is ordered at all.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24

At hotly contested election Tues
day on the question Of issuing bonds
for the erection Of a school building
at Leroy was carried. The struc-
ture will be used for an auditorium,
physical training, manual training,
and domestic science, and will cost in
the neighborhood Of $4,000. The Le-
roy school has outgrown It's present
buildings and the new building was
badly needed, it is claimed.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
FRED sHAFER DIES supDENLY

Fred Shafer, general merchant of
Marshallville, and generally prom
inent citizen of Wayne county, died
very suddenly Of heart disease Mon
day afternoon. Mr.. Shafer had been
suffering from heart trouble, but his
death was entirely unexpected.
Three daughters and one son sur
vive, Mrs. Roy Bardon, Barberton;
Mrs. Clarence Lang, Wooster; the
daughter Mary, and the son living on
the home farm.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
DEATH OF MRS. H. S. JACOBS

After an illness of more or less Sc
verify lasting for several years, Mrs.
H. S. Jacobs, wife of Rev. H. S. Ja-
cobs, residing two and one-half miles
northwest of Homerville, passed
away Friday, Dec. 10. The funeral
was held the following Monday fore
noon, interment at West Homer cem-
etery.
Mrs. Jacobs was well known in the
section where she had lived so long.
She was sister of Harvey Lindsay Of
Pleasant Home, a sister-in-law of D.
E. Kenner, and an aunt of Mrs. Ray
Bowen and Samuel Lindsay, all Of
Doylestown, besides many other rela-
tives and friends.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
spEELMAN NEARLY KILLED

Prof. j. s. Speelman formerly of
Sharon Center and at one time nleIl-
Der Of the board Of county examin-
ers recently had a narrow escape from
being killed or severly injured when
his auto rolled over an embankment
north Of Shreve. The accident occur.
red at 6 o'clock as Prof. Speelman
and Earl Aylesworth were driving in
the formers machine to Shreve. The
wheels were in rut in the road and in
getting out Of it, the machine went
too far to one side Of the highway and
turned over. The embankment is
ten feet high but the occupants of
the machine escaped without injury.
Mr.. Speelman is at present a district
superintendent in Wayne county.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
BOUGHT STOLEN AUTO

Through information furnished by
a Creston garage owner, Cleveland
police have arrested three boys Of
that city on charges of stealing six
automobiles at different times from
Cleveland streets. The Creston man
was an innocent purchaser Of one Of
The six machines.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
FOR NoN-sUPPoRT

On warrant charging him with
non-support of his wife and children,
Sheriff Gehman arrested John Martin
of Lodi, at Kent last Saturday morn
ing, and brought him to Medina where
he was given hearing before Justice
o. O. VanDeusen, who bound him over
to the grand jury on bond of $500.
Martin, who is civil engineer, says
he is unable to earn a living for him.
self and family in Lodi, and that as
his wife is unwilling to accompany
him elsewhere he does not earn sufi-
cient to maintain two establishments.
He has retained F. w. Woods as at
torney.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
CRESTON WOMAN DIES

Mrs. Jacob Speiglemire Of near
Creston, died Saturday morning, age
go years. She is survived by her
husband, one son and two daughters.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
MARRTACES

Emri Barnoczky and Julia Stefan,
both Of Medina,
Herbert D. Mafkley Of Burbank and
Florence 4. Long Of Seville.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
NEW BUILDING FOR LEROY

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-07
CAMBRIDGEPORT.

Raymond f. Cushing spent The
Fourth at Mount Hermon.
Mrs. Edmund Wyman of Greenfield
Mass. has recently visited her mother
Mrs. Katherine Stevens.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. d. Weaver of Sax
tons River spent from Saturday till
Tuesday with relatives here
Mr.. and Mrs. Schrader of New York
city were guests the first of the weeR
of their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. N. A.
Blodgett.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Martin enter
tanned over the Fourth their daughter,
Mrs. Sanford Gallup and family of
Springfield.
Miss Oma and Miss Jennie Harwood
who have been in Brookline for sew
eral years have returned to Rose Ter
race, their home here, having finished
work at the boarding house of f. L.
Pierce.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-07
LONDONDERRY.
Yrs. J. E. Calvin is i'll.


Lawrence Leonard is home from Z.
Y. Nj. for the summer vacation.
Warren Garfield and family of Kan
sas City, Mo-, are at L. d. Garfield S.
Col. and Mrs. r. E. Hathorn of Lud-
low were guests recently at J. II.
Hathorn S.
Mrs. f. X. Moore and Miss Alice
Arthur spent a part of last week at
the Carleton House.
Bowen Shattuck of Keene, n. IT,. is
visiting his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. w. Shattuek.
Edwin Arnold and Arthur Wade
were home from their work in Spring
field (Vt.) over the fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell Arnold who
spent their vacation with his mother,
returned Monday to New York.
Misses Ruth and Marjorie Reed of
Amsterdam, n. Y, are with their
grandmother, Mrs. Stella Bryant.
Mrs. Stockwell came last week to
spend the summer with her son, f. A.
Stockwell, who is pastor of the UNI
versalist church. They will live in a
part of Mrs. Abbie Marden S house.