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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-01
Ar Endless Search.

The search iur the elixir WI life and the
philosophers stone ha~ been abandoned.
but the hunt for some kind Nj tax that will
arouse no objection continues Wash ing
ton Star.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-01

Johnny Griffiths will take on Matt
Wells. the smuggling Englishman. al
Akron next Monday night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-01

SOCIAL CALENDAR-Wednesday

Mrs. \. b. Walker this afternoon
cntcrtain~ the Wednesday Bride
club.
Mr.. II. X. Howard i- thc hu~tc--
thi~ afternoon To- the Modern Pr~
elias.
Thursday
Meeting III the Parcut-Tcachrr-
a~~ociatlum nd the grammar school
building az 3 80 o'clock.
Mr.. James a. Browne cntertaln-
the Thursday Bridge CLUE at the
Browne apartments. First and Icrr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-01

lcnc light will make plants grow larger
and more rapidly han those subjected
only w sunlight.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-01

See that Your pattern Is perfect before
cutting nnr goods.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-01

The nnnuunrrmcni tuday that the
Christina. Shrp conducted annually ~
The ladies Of the Christian. Baptist aud
PRESBYTERIAN churches ~ 10 ~ opened
Tuesday viii hr hailed with pleasure bv
those seeking Christmas rcmcmhrancrS.
The shop viii hr conducted i'm the room
Formerly urrr.picd IN the Chamber w
Commerce IN the Merchants National
Bank building. The ladies NJ the differ
cnt churches are making elaborate pren.
aratinu> for the cprniug and large guam
Titles of lacc~. drawn work and other Fl
ucIy arr being made.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
WADSWORTH LUCKY

1t is stated on good authority that
The Excel Rubber Company now To-
Gated in Akron, will soon commence
building a new factory in Wadsworth.
The officers of the company are not
yet ready to announce the site select
ed, but will do so within a few days.
Some of the men associated with the
company are natives Of Wadsworth,
which fact had considerable to do with
bringing the plant there. The COM
pany had spent several years getting
the business firmly established and
their constant growth and desire for
expansion necessitates the change of
quarters, the present factory being in
adequate to take care of their new
business policy.
The line of goods manufactured is
tire accessories. The company ex-
poets to be doing business in Wads-
worth by March 1 and to employ at
least twenty-five men.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
SHERIFF'S FIRST CASE

A coincidence in court cases oc-
Cured Monday. While L. H. Ran
dali, who succeeded R. L. Gehman as
mayor, was conducting his first case,
in which the booze element entered,
Gehman as sheriff was active in his
first case, which also was a liquor one.
The mayors case is given elsewhere
in this paper. Sheriff Gehman, arm
ed with warrant and 1927, took
an afternoon car for Cleveland to ar
rest Steve Demshak, a saloon keeper,
on the charge Of having violated a
local option ordinance in Medina.
Demshak has been selling booze to
various persons here for some time.
Agents have been here taking orders
payment for which, at least up to
some weeks ago, had been made in a
perfectly legal way. The present
charge is that Demshak's agent or
agents of late have not only taken
orders, but in some cases have ac-
cepted payment at the same time,
which, of course, if true, makes Dem
shak liable.
Mayor Gehman had no trouble in
finding Demshak and arrangements
were made whereby the latter was to
appear before Probate Judge Kennan
Wednesday forenoon. He was here
on time, accompanied by his attorney,
Mr.. Polshak. Demshak plead not
guilty, but through his attorney ask
ed the court to advance the date for
further hearing in order that defen-
dant could have time to change his
plea, should he elect to do so. Judge
Kennan set Feb. l for the hearing.
Demshak gave bond of $500 for his
appearance at the hearing, which was
signed by Blake Hendrickson.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
BOY WAVES RIGHT

Marshal John Gates returned Fri
day from Tyrone, Pa, whittier he had
gone Wednesday night to take VIM.
Hartsook, alias Harry I. Williams,
alias Harry Boyer, who was wanted
there for alleged forgery s.As was
reported in the Sentinel Hart week,
Hartsook was apprehended through
mail coming to him through the Me-
dina postofice, although he was work.
ing for J. H. Derr in Sharon. He had
another party get his mail for him.
The letter which finally entrapped him
was one from his sweetheart in Ty-
rome. The young man was willing
and anxious to return, therefore re-
QUESTION papers were Unnecessary in
taking him to Pennsylvania. Marshal
Gates reports that the ones whose
names the boy is alleged to have
forged evince no disposition to have
him receive the severe penalty pres
cribed by law for such offenses, but
merely want their money returned.
Of course this will be wholly up to
the prosecuting attorney of that coun-
ty. While in Tyrone, Mr.. Gates en-
joyed few hours with his brother,
who resides there.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
The Tale of a Pig-skin Harness

to the harness makers place I
told him what my father
had said concerning the peculiar elias
ticityof hog-skin. The harness maker
agreed with what father had said that
the harness would stretch, but told
me l would Lave to keep them where
it was dry.
"When the harness was done I put
them on the horses and took my Whit
fletrees down into the woods to get a
big log, as we were out. I hitched
the team to a hickory log-I should
think about two feet thick and about
60 feet long. About that time it
began to rain and snow. Being in a
hurry, / thought little of the matter
and headed the team for the house
I should say it was about 40 rods
away. Reaching the house, I looked
around and could see nothing of the
log. The yard was full of stumps
and 'geed' the team off little and
slipped the harness over one of the
stumps. When it got through rain
ing and the sun came out, it dried the
harness and drew the log right up in
to the yard"
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
HHs4e - - S,saL. O,
OUAlillllN q "a
Rent r. = @ess

At their special session on Monday
the county commissioners entered into
a written agreement with G. L. Cries
niger for the rental of rooms in the
Griesinger block on South Court street
for an Office for the prosecuting attor-
ney. These rooms Prosecutor Under
wood refuses to accept and has rented
others in the Reinhart block. While
the commissioners have rented these
empty rooms they have done so by the
month. But how many months they
will feel like paying county money for
vacuum is yet to be learned. It
seems to us that in the commissioners
avowed purpose to economize, they
have fallen into very picturesque
pitfall of profigacy. Prosecutor I'm
derwood selected apartments that cost
$15 per month. He expresses will
hgness to pay the difference of $5 be-
tween the rooms he wanted and those
which the commissioners wanted, but
the latter had already entered into
verbal agreement for the other rooms
and now they will soon begin issuing
warrants for thin air.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
CALAMITY COWS

One Of the most practical features
Of the National Dairy Show held at
Chicago last November was the test
ing of number Of cows picked up
throughout a number of dairy dis
tricts. From observation it was i'm
possible to determine which cows were
money makers and which were money
losers, but by very careful and prac-
tical tests these cows were divided in
to two classes: (1) those that more
than paid for their feed and care, and
(2) those that did not pay for their
feed and care. In the latter class
was one cow named Calamity. She
was we'll named, For every dollars
worth of feed she consumed she re-
turned to her owner 56.4 cents. II
anyone suspects that they have cal
amity COW or SO in their stable (there
are thousands Of such cove in Ohio)
the College Of Agriculture will assist
you in spotting her.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
HORSES MOST VALUABLE

Ohio horses are on the new grand
tax duplicate at valuation of 500, ,099-
174 and autos at $34, 571, 1902, accord
ing to statement issued Saturday by
the state tax commission. The total
tax valuation of Ohio horses a year
ago was $92,512,5O4, automobiles $685.
8O4, 1892. Cuyahoga, Hamilton and
Franklin are the only counties in
which the taxable value of automo-
b'les exceed that of the horses.
Sheep are valued at $7,0S0,616, a
loss of $163,0OO over the previous
year; catSle at $56,S3S,769, a gain Of
nearly $3,OOO,OOO. The additions to
all farm animals, said the commission
was brought about largely by the en-
largement Of herds, the value per
herd remaining stationary in most i'm
stances.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
War Veteran
Answers Call

Anthony Fretz, uncle Of Mahlon D.
Fretz of Montville and father Of Mrs.
Ida Flickinger of Westfeld, died at
the home Of his son in Canton, Ohio,
Sunday, Jan. 8, lacking two days of
having reached his eighty-seventh
year. For thirty-fve years, he was a
resident of Montville township, being
associated with his brother Lewis in
the Fretz mill, on the Pike between
Medina and Seville. He was a native
Of Bucks county, Pennsylvania.
In 1886 he retired and settled in
Wooster, his home till last September,
when the death of his wife Hannah
Crawford Fretz, to whom he was we'd
ded more than fifty years ago, passed
away. Since then he has been with
his son, G. w. Fretz, a member Of the
faculty of Canton high school. Dur
ing the Civil War, he was a member
Of the 166th 0. V. l., but earlier served
with TIE 9Th Illinois and was under
Grants command in the severe cam
paigns in Kentucky and Tennessee dur
ing the entire year 1852.
His first marriage was with a
daughter Of William Hosmer, one of
the original settlers of Guilford town
ship. Their one child, daughter, be-
came the wife of Melvin Flickinger,
until his untimely death about twenty
years ago, prominent citizen of
Westfeld township.
For many years Mr.. Fretz was an
elder in the church, his last service in
that capacity being at the University
church at Wooster. One sister, Mrs.
Anna Abbott, of Seville, survives of
the family that in 1849 removed to
Medina county from New Jersey,
coming by way of the Erie Canal. She
now resides with her daughter, Mrs.
c. V. Matteson, at Seville.
Funeral services were conducted in
the Presbyterian church at Seville,
Wednesday forenoon, by the de-
ceased's pastor, Rev. W. F. Weir, D.
D, of Wooster University, assisted by
Rev. Carson.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
New Officials
Assume Office

Monday morning, Jan. A, marked
the exit of A. E. Young from the Of
flee of Sheriff of Medina county and
Arthur VanEpp from the Office of
Prosecuting Attorney. Likewise it
witnessed the induction into Office Of
their successors respectively, R. l..
Gehman and Aldrich Underwood.
1t has been an honored custom Of
the county officers and their clerks to
make memorable occasions of this
kind by an informal farewell meeting
in the office of the county commission
ers, at which time substantial tokens
Of friendship have been bestowed up
on the outgoing officers. Monday
morning was no exception. Mr.. Young
and Mr.. VanEpp each were recipients
of fine and commodious rocker. En-
gineer w. F. Peters made the presen-
tation to the latter and G. M. Hatch
to the former.
Mr.. VanEpp responded in feeling
as we'll as felicitous manner. He
spoke of the general good feeling
that had existed among all the offici-
ais during his tenure of Office and Of
his regrets that the erstwhile close as
sociation must now be less intimate.
He expressed qualification, however,
that he had been able to keep his as
sociates out Of Jail for the past two
years.
Clerk C. M. Hatch, in presenting
the rocker to Mr.. Young, paid tribute
to the faithfulness of the latter in the
fulfillment of his duties as sheriff, and
said that he knew of only two occas-
ions wherein the sheriff might be said
to have been strictly off the job. One
was during his fishing trip to Pelee
Isle and the other was during the time
of his incarnation in the Cuyahoga
county Jail when gang Of rough
necks charged that he was out of his
jurisdiction in arresting one of their
number on north-bound Southwest
ern car. The episode caused much
merriment here at the time and the
| allusion to it Monday morning by
Clerk Hatch was greeted with ap-
plause.
Mr.. Young responded feelingly anc
in well-chosen words.
Sheriff Gehman and Prosecutor I'm
derwood were aleo present. The for
mer had with him box of cigars
lwitstwhich 40 regale all those addicted
Ito use Of the "ilthy weed, The fem
inine contingent of the court house
were remembered later with candy.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08

A. Hinckley farmer relates the fol-
lowing anecdote about a well-known
citizen of that township, which he de-
clares to be true, and which is of such
singular interest that we herewith re-
produce it exactly as it was told US:
"When l was in East Hampton,
Mass, said the Hinckley man, "living
with my father, he had very nice
young pair of horses two or three
years old-and he couldn't get a
harness made to hold them. So father
sent me down to the harness shop at
the village to zee if could get one
made of some material that would
stand the strain. The harness maker
told me that he knew of no
leather other than hog-skin which
he could guarantee not to break. But,
said he, 4 shall have to have the
horses here to fit the harness to-
$50 went back home and told
father that l should have to take the
horses down to get them measured.
Father told me he was afraid hog
skin harness would stretch so that we
could do nothing with it. When I got
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
ANOTHER DIVORCE CASE

Through her attorney, A. z. Til
lotson of Oberlin, Verna M. Whitman,
who claims residence in Chatham, has
entered suit in common pleas court
for divorce from her husband, Milan
w. Whitman. The couple have been
married only since February IA, 1914,
less than a year. There were no
children to bless the home. Plaintiff
charges that soon after marriage de-
fendant took her to live with his par
ents and that while there she was
compelled to act as a menial, where
as defendant was able to maintain a
home of his own in which she could
be mistress. Later, according to the
plaintiff, defendant began to neglect
her, accuse her Of unfaithfulness and
even carried his vindictiveness to the
point Of personally assaulting her.
This abuse, plaintiff alleges, contin-
ued until Dec. 18, when he bluntly
informed her that he would no longer
have anything to do with her, where
upon she entered her suit, not only
for divorce, but for equitable relief
and restoration to her maiden name.
Within few hours from the time
that plaintiff filed her suit, defendant
appeared, through his attorney, J. W.
Seymour, with cross petition. De-
fendant admits most of the minor
charges made by plaintiff that the
former took har to live with his par
ents, and that she assisted in the
household duties. But he declares
that she knew in advance that such
duties were necessary and accepted
of the situation willingly.
Defendant denies absolutely all Of
plaintiffs allegations that he was alb
usive, cruel and negligent, and in cross
petition charges plaintiff with a vic
ious temper, that she is a chronic
fault finder and that a favorite past
time with her has been to punch his
nose, push him in the face and cuff
his ears. One of these pugnacious
outbreaks according to defendant,
took place on Euclid avenue in Cleve-
land, much to his embarrassment and
chagrin. He asserts that plaintiff
has absented herself from him on a
number of occasions and that it was
upon one of these occasions that he
offered her $100 to settle up once and
for all.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
NEW MAYOR HOLDS COURT

The new mayor, Mr.. L. H. Ran
dali, presided at his first case Monday
afternoon, and wore the "ermine" with
all the dignity of a supreme court
judge.
The first case was one in which
Clarence Clapp, conductor of the thea
ter car on the Southwestern, was
charged with having committed as
sault and battery upon James San
dow last Saturday night when the car
stopped at Medina. Clapp plead gull
ty to the charge, but testified that the
assault was the result of a continued
harrassing by Sandow all the way on
the trip to Medina and that he antic-
ipated being assaulted himself, strik-
ing Sandow in self defense. Admit
ting that he struck the latter, Clapp
was fined $1.0O aid costs, amounting
to $4.75, which he promptly paid.
Sandow was charged with having
used profane language, melting a
breach Of the peace. He plead guilty
to tie first half sof the charge, which
was accepted. Mayor Randall then af-
fixed d penalty of $500 and the costs
all Of which amounted to $S.75, the
defendant to be committed until fine
is pad. The latter was without funds
and the court allowed him two weeks
in which to pay it.
Had it not been for booze, probably
these two cases never would have oc-
Cured, and in administering justice,
Mayor Randall also delivered himself
of his views on the temperance ques-
tion, serving warning that his deal
ings with cases wherein John Barley
corn has had part will be disposed Of
without mercy and with dispatch.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
Veteran al at at 996
Crosses the Bar

4 The zone clear call" came to an
other Of Medina county's aged and
respected citizens on Sunday morn
ing, Jan. 3, and this time it was Sam
uel E. East who responded. He was
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Martin Leatherman of Chippewa Lake
when the call came.
Samuel S. East was born in Berks
county, Pa, June 16, 1919, and had
his life been spared until next June
he would have witnessed the passing
of SO years. He was the last member
of a family of seven children. In
1846 Mr.. East was married to Mary
Benbaker of Clearfeld county, Pa,
to which union there were born eleven
children. Four children and the wife
preceded him to the other world some
years ago. The seven children who
survive are: Lizzie Shney of Smith
vile, John and Levi of Easton, O.,
Mary Miller Of Elkhart, Ind, Sarah
Smith of Rittman, Barbara Leather
man Of Chippewa Lake and Anna Ho-
hale of Cleveland.
The deceased moved from Pennsyl-
vannia to Medina county in 1865, pur-
chasing farm in Guilford township,
upon which he lived until the infrmi-
ties of old age compelled him to make
his home with his children.
Death was the result of pneumonia,
with which he was stricken about two
weeks ago.
Funeral services were held at the
Mennonite church in Guilford Tues
day forenoon and burial made in the
Guilford cemetery.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
Dies From Grief
Over Loss of Son

Grief over the death of hir son
Clarence and his daughter-in-law in
an automobile accident near AL
varado, California, in November on
Saturday resulted in the death of
Charles P. Vaupel, 70, 1914 st. Clair
avenue N. E., Cleveland. Mr.. Vaupel
was a pioneer resident of Cleveland,
civil war veteran and Mason.
For years Mr.. Vaupel was en-
gagged in the drug business at the
northwest corner of the Public square.
Later he became manufacturer of
his own medicines.
Mr.. Vaupel was member of
Memorial Post G. A. R., and of Iris
lodge, F. & A. M. Surviving him
are brother, George w., of Living
ston, Mont, a sister, Mrs. Margaret
E. Born of Cleveland; son, Albert
E., of Medina, o., and a daughter,
Ethel Vaupel Bates, of the Isle of
Pines.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
BATHRICK AN OPTIMIST

"There is no shadow without light.
Turn yourself around"
This in but one of the many aphor-
isms from the pen of Congressman E.
r. Bathrick included in neat book
which ne has sent with the seasons
compliments to many Of his friends.
These sayings are for the purpose
of dispelling gloom and showing the
futility of worry. Congressman Bath
rick calls his volume "The Don't Wor-
ry Book"
1t is a valuable addition to any lib
rary and shows that Mr.. Bathrick is
a philosopher.
The book says: "Think less of
your trouble and how you got it, and
more of how to get out of it. Thought
is the master of action. We must not
employ thought to mediate upon the
phantoms of the past nor fears of the
future when it should be directing ac-
tion for the present"
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
LIMBERGER CHEESE

Limberger cheese laid away in cup
boards and refrigerators will drive
ants away. No doubt Of it. It will
drive a hog out of a lanyard; it will
drive spike in a brick; it will drive
a tramp away from meal of victuals;
it will drive mule through barbed
wire fence; it will drive heard Of
cattle over precipice; it will drive a
negro away from a chicken roost OF
a man to insanity who stays five min
utes within ten feet Of its unsavory
presence. And yet some men will sit
up and eat the stuff and profess tC
like it.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
SIFT THIS YOURSELF

To employ familiar phrase, Mayor
Randall is doing Gland office busi-
ness" Wednesday he had another
assault case. Pearl Schemp was ar
raigned before him charged with hav-
ing struck and beaten Eva Johnson.
The circumstances brought out at the
hearing were as follows:
Claud Schemp and wife reside on
Foundry street near the corner of
Bronson. For some time they have
had as roomers Eva Johnson and her
husband. A short time ago Eva's
husband deserted her. The John
sons had belongings at the Schemp
chateau. In the absence Of her hub
by the surroundings palled upon Eva,
whereupon she sought to remove her
possessions on Tuesday. According
to the Schemps there was an indebt-
edness incurred by the Johnsons of
something like two weeks room rent,
and when the Johnsons sought to re-
move their goods, Mrs. Schemp inter-
posed a substantial protest. Mrs.
Johnson had fortified herself by as
sembling her brothers and father. At
the first move to gather her posses
sions it is alleged Mrs. Schemp de-
livered several telling blows upon Mrs.
Johnson. Meanwhile Mr.. Schemp had
arrived upon the scene. AT this
juncture Mrs. Johnson's father be-
came excited and was about to put the
kibosh to Mrs. Schemp, when the lat
ter's husband promised the father a
broken head if he didn't withdraw.
The father withdrew. 1t was then
that Mrs. Johnson invoked the law up
on Mrs. Schemp. The latter admitted
having struck Mrs. Johnson and was
fined SIS and costs, the whole amount
ing to $8.75.
But still, Mrs. Johnson was with
out her belongings. So she engaged
an attorney, who provided her with a
writ of replevin, and Thursday morn
ing, in company with Marshall John
Gates, John Butdorff went to the
Schemp home and removed the John
sons household effects to the home of
Mrs. Johnson's father on South Elm
wood street. simultaneously we nuder-
stand that Mrs. Johnson has entered
suit for divorce.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
APPLAUD SCHOOL GAIN

Teachers attending the annual con-
vention Of the Ohio Teachers Associ-
alton in Columbus this week enthus-
iastically applauded assistant State
Supt. J. L. Clifton, who announced
that the new school laws Of Ohio have
been accountable for Ohio schools adj
vance from AID to 9th place in twelve
months. "only few years ago few
states had worse schools than Ohio"
said Clifton.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
DEATH OF MRS HAsBROUCK

Many of her old friends in the north
east part of the county and in Wey-
mouth, where she formerly resided,
will regret to learn Of thedeath of
Mrs. Abram Hasbrouck at her home
in Ravenna, which occurred Wednes-
day morning. Her husband was
merchant in Weymouth for number
Of years. The deceased is survived
by three children-Richard of Salt
Lake City, Utah, Mrs. Amelia Slaugh-
ter of Detroit and George, Of Raven
na.