The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-12
BUCKEYE NOTES
News From All Sections Of
the State

of his feat of growing 1879 bushels Of
shelled corn on single measured
acre. This one crop resulted in free
trip to Washington, the winning of
big cash prize and nearly 139 bushels
of high-grade seed corn. Next year
he won another prize. Nothing was
heard from him, but recently he an
nounced an average yield of 552s
bushels of wheat per acre on a FIVE
acre field, the best wheat yield re-
ported this year and 40 bushels in ex-
cess Of the average per acre wheat
yield of the United States. He has it
entered in a $1,000 prize wheat grow
ing contest in Ohio and is at present
picked as winner in competition with
fully $50 of the best wheat growers in
Ohio. Already he is the Ohio boy
champion crop grower, if not the
| champion of the United States.
Columbus. = The Scioto river here
was flooded after a rapid rise
caused by three-inch rainfall. North
Of the city and near Delaware the
| Olentangy river overhowed at several
places. At Stratford, three miles
south of Delaware, the flood waters
washed out ballast from the Colum-
bus, Delaware & Marion railway
tracks and did much damage to crops.
Several persons who witnessed the
downpour of rain at Stratford said it
resembled a cloudburst. The power
house was put out of commission.
Toledo. - The alluring cabaret will
not be tolerated longer in Toledo.
So enticing are these forms of
amusement that many saloonkeepers
feel they have been Disseminated
against. So a committee from the
Lucas County Liquor Dealers associa-
tion pleaded with Safety Director
Greenwald, who sent out word that
dancing between tables would not be
allowed.
Gallon. = The potato yield in this
locality is unprecedentedly large.
Dave Kieffer, farmer near here, re-
ports that one hill yielded 43 tubers,
many of them Of sufficient size for
table use.
Sandusky. - Two bodies that had
| ldlll Ill d vault uWulLllSo DuAAe1I % SAAS
result of the gravediggers strike at
Oakland cemetery were buried ON
Thursday when the labor trouble was
settled
Cleveland. - Ohio arms, in the
face of the fact that hundreds Of
acres in the lowlands have been inun-
dated by the continuous heavy rains
recently, still may yield bumper crops.
Though enormous damage has already
been done to grains, John c. Cunning
ham, editor of the Ohio Farmer, de-
clared that a letup of the long rainy
spell, general throughout all sections
of the state, still may allow farmers to
harvest fat crops.
BeIlefontaine.--When Thomas Dun,
aged 1S years, of Quincy called for
} help while swimming in the Miami
7 river, his companions thought he was
Joking. He drowned. He had just won
, a swimming race.
Toledo. - While cleaning motors at
the Ford glass plant George Deem,
aged AZ, was electrocuted. Deem was
employed at the plant as an oiler. His
home was at Lime City, O., where he
. leaves wife and four children.
3 Youngstown. Mr.. and Mrs. Raj
tus Peck their daughter and son-n-
: law and the latter's two chill
l dren were seriously injured near Lee
; tonia when the automobile in which
u they were riding skidded from the
: road and upset on them.
/ Springfield. - Fred Stoltz was kill
ed and Vernon Larie was severe
;, ly injured when an automobile
truck skidded and turned over Stoltz
:, and Larie were enroute from this city
B to Urbana to deliver davenport, and
I when the car skidded the weight of
= the piece of furniture caused the ma
> chine to turn turtle.
> Alliance. - Elmer Imobersteg, aged
: % years, Beloit, o., drowned while
n swimming near the Westville dam
5, when he was seized with cramps. The
9. drowning is the third tragic death in
a Imobersteg's family.
a Sandusky. Ferd ]. Bing, Repub-
D. lican, has succeeded Jerome G.. Stoll,
! Democrat, as clerk of courts. The
= shift is the first of series that
: will give the Republicans seven court
$ house Offices by Oct. Is, when the last
is made.
Is Cleveland. - With the capture of
negro by Plain Clothes Men
ID Marquardt and Wickman of the third
precinct police believe they will be
T. able to clear up threescore of thefts
and burglaries committed in East End
n homes and Offices
< Toledo. A. c. Jones, chair
"a man of the county dry organization,
has just announced himself as a
% candidate for mayor. Mr.. Jones was a
il mayoralty candidate before the pri
maries two years ago. He is backed
~ by a big church following in addition
Il to the Anti-Saloon League.
Fostoria. - Miss Blanche McCan
O dless, aged 20, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward McCandless, E. Fremont
as st. was dubbed into insensibility while
70 working at the home of her sister
a. Mrs. Leroy Dillon, two miles east o.
le here on the New Riegel-rd. She .sait
- the man surprised her in the pantry o.
- the farm residence.
Wooster. - Mrs. Julia Lambrigger
- wife of Gus Lambrigger, widel!
- known Snowman, died at Orrville
~ The Lambriggers had Travelled
- through every state in the Union dur
- ing 80 years of circus life.
Mansfield. - One hundred and thiH
~ ty-one inmates of the Ohio stat,
reformatory were paroled at th
- bi-monthly parole meeting of TIN
- state board of administration. Eigh