The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15
BUCKEYE NOTES
News From All Sections Of
the State

lating business met here. 1t was de-
cided to inRugurate a state wide pub
licity and advertising campaign. The
details Of the project were outlined
and 1t was decided that the general
direction Of the publicity campaign
should be in the hands Of F. H. Shields
Of Columbus, the president, and A. w.
Miller, also Of Columbus, the secre-
tary Of the association. Emphatic
statements were made by officials and
members that the association will
have nothing to do with the control Of
prices at which the members may sell
their equipment.
Clneinnati.-Thec committee on ven
tilation and sanitation Of the Ohio in
dustrial commission, at a meeting
here discussed the problem of the
broom, with the result that the com
mittee went on record as being op-
posed to the old time domestic ar
ticle. mot only did we go on record
against the broom, but against all
methods of dry sweeping" said
Charles Atherton, Cincinnati represen-
tatiVe on the committee. I'VE all re-
alize that in the cleaning of buildings,
especially factory buildings and work
shops there must be as little dust
raised as possible. We will recon-
mend that the floors be dampened and
the dust collected by soft brushes or
other means"
! CIeveland.-Grief over the death Of
daughter a month ago prompted
Mrs. Pauline Bergen to attempt sui
eide in Gordon park by drinking chic
roform. Three hours of indecision,
during which her actions, bordering
on hysteria, attracted the attention of
pedestrians, ended when she quaffed
the poisonous potion in the shelter
house of the park. Albert Bergen,
husband of the woman, who was
called to the hospital, said his wife
had been brooding over the death Of
their daughter. Mrs. Bergen is So
years old.
Lima.-John Gary, aged thirty-eight.
was probably fatally injured as he at
tempted to board an Erie train at the
depot He fell under the car wheels.
His right arm was severed and his
chest crushed.
Alliance. - Laborers employed by
Samuel Austin G Son, erecting
large addition to the Morgan En-
cheering Co.'S plant, struck for 40
cents an hour. They were getting 25
cents.
CIeVeIand.-Mrs. Ada Keeler, aged
26, was instantly killed, and Earl Cox,
%, received a fractured skull when the
tandem motorcycle on which they
were riding was struck by street
car.
Van Wert.-Harry Vandron of Del
phos, who stuck a pair of scissors in
his wife's jaw, is in the county Jail
awaiting action of the grand jury.
Ashtabula. - Fred Sitterlee, aged
10, was drowned in a slip of the
main river at the harbor. 1t is thought
he went to sleep on the dock.
Canton.-Attorney Abram w. Agler
of Canton has entered the race for Re-
publican nomination for lieutenant
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Notwithstanding their captors,
Adam Aunger, 81, and Belle McCauley,
18, of Oil City, Pa, who were stopped
here while clipping, hired an automo-
bile and were driven across Pennsyl-
vania into New York state and mar
ried at Westfield.
CIeveIand.-Five benevolent institu-
tions in Cleveland were made bene-
fciaries by terms of the will Of Mrs
Theresa Tillman, who died May 20 at
her home, 1902 Woodland avenue s.
E. Mrs. Tillman's estate is valued at
about $4,000.
Youngstown. - Larkin F. Jordan.
former assistant manager of the
railway and fuel oil departments
of the Texas Co., in Chicago, has been
named president of the Pennsylvania
Tank Car Co., operating at Petroleum,
Pa, near here.
EIyria.-Three men in an auto
stopped before the Auto Service. Co.'S
station recently. One Of the men un-
locked the door with a skeleton key.
picked up the cash register contain
ing $40, threw it into the auto and
drove away.
6ucyrus.-The Bucyrus Steel Cast
ing Company's plant, branch of
the Carroll Foundry G Machine Co.,
has been sold by the stockholders to
the Ohio Steel castings Co. Of Lima
for 100000, possession to be given
Immediately.
lorain.-Becoming temporarily In
sane because of overwork, Ray
Washburn, 36, National Tube Co.
engineer, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head with
revolver. A widow and four children
survive.
NeWark.-A man registered as J. ].
Jones of Wheeling, w. Va, committed
suicide in his room in hotel here.
The body was found by maid.
Vermillon.-With a Deshler bank
book bearing the name Of F. M. Cabe
in his pocket, a middle-aged man
was found on the New York Central
tracks here. He had evidently fallen
from bumpers of fast train. He was
taken to Lorain hospital with broken
rib and concussion of the brain.
New Lexlngton.-Excite runs
high here as the result OF a
40O-barrel Oil gusher which was struck
on the Albert Thompson farm, two
miles west Of this city. The well has
been flowing steadily. Hundreds Of
barrels were lost before tanks could
be erected.
FindIay. - Richard o. Mungen,
former city auditor, who left the
city on AprN IS, is back at his
home here. He says he has been in
Seattle Ta00uoo oud ntha- noo.k .,AlzO