The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22
buckeye NOTES
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employing 500 men. has granted wage
increases of from 10 to l5 per cent and
Saturday afternoons off, with time and
a half for overtime.
Chillicothe. - Six years ago James
Roe caught a baby coon. Before turn
ing il loose he cut "V" in its ear. Re
Gently Roe caught the same coon.
Steubenville. - Toronto, O., is talk
ing about it yet. IT." in Toronto,
means the fact that three young ladies
walked up Main street carrying bam-
boo canes. The young ladies also wore
stylishly short skirts and pink stock
ings.
| Jackson. - Two truant schoolboys,
John Malone and Pink Walburn, appro-
priated neighbor's skiff and went for
a joyride on Salt creek. Boz
drowned.
Middletown. - George Woody, So,
shot and killed his wife, Maria, 40. The
woman's head was torn off by the
charge from shotgun. Woody
walked TO police headquarters and
confessed. A charge of murder in the
first degree was placed against him.
Findlay. - c. E. Longbrake's per
fume delivery team ran away and
broke hundreds of bottles of flavoring
extracts and perfumery over mile
of city streets, and the town is now
in a halo of sweet smells
Port Clinton. - 1t took Christ Nei-
man, local nurseryman, two years
to find he had a heavy rose thorn in
his left forefnger. He was bothered
with sore spot; an operation re-
vealed the presence of the thorn.
Mount Vernon. - Chester Jenkins,
13 months old, died here of burns
suffered when he pulled a plug from
washing machine and was deluged
with boiling water.
Chardon. - Citizens of Rock Creek
have subscribed $3.50 to be used as a
reward for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the person
who set fire to some of the buildings
on the Miss Edna Moses skunk farm
in Rock Creek and stole the valuable
skunks on the place. Moses has just
made an additional award of 800.
Findlay. Findlay businessmen are
to organize to collect a fund of $780,
900 to aid in bringing new industries
TO the city.
Fremont.-While George Nye, far
mer, was trying to repair his automo-
bile in shed on his farm, the engine
baCk-fired, set the machine on fire and
both the car and the building were de-
stroyed.
Columbus. Arthur Munk, a lieu
tenant in the 4th regiment, o. N. G.,
held three men at bay with revolver
until the police arrived and arrested
them, charging them with the theft Of
a large quantity of copper wire stolen
several years ago from the municipal
light plant.
Toledo. Holland c. Webster, 40,
attorney, died this morning after q
short illness. Mr.. Webster served two
terms as prosecuting attorney and
was veteran of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war and took an active interest in
military affairs.
SanduSky. - Twice as many sigma
lures as are required have been OBJ
tanned to petitions for a special cleo
ton to determine whether Sandusky
shall continue the charter that became
effective Jan. l, 1916, or return to the
old form Of government Jan. l, 1918.
Toledo. Half a dozen men are
under arrest charged with unlawfully
using the American flag and with in
citing to riot. The arrests resulted
from battle between more than 1000
Poles and police. Police say that for
the last three Saturday nights crowds
of young Poles have paraded past the
homes of German citizens, shouting
and urging them to come out and sa-
Lutte the American flag.
Toledo. - Police Inspector F. W.
LeutZ's desk in the central station was
rined and $25 stolen.
Ashtabula. - ]. NJ Zaback, funeral
director, has lost 10 cousins in the Eu-
ropean war, all members of the Ger
man army, who were killed in action.
Five were members of one family.
Ashtabula. Mrs. H. II. Timby,
wife of State Senator Timby, attends
the Columbus school of art while her
husband is at the Capitol.
Springfield. - Mrs. Fred L. Starke,
wife of the superintendent of the
Knights of Pythias home for aged in
this city, was struck by train and in
stantly killed. Her skull was frac'
tured.
Ottawa. - David Reynolds, 60, Of
Vaughnsville, is dead and his wife was
seriously injured when a northbound
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton passenger
train struck their car just south of
town.
Geneva. - Automobiles p a g
through Geneva next summer will dis
cover it to be live town. Signs read
ing Drive careful, please" will be
seen on approaching the town. On the
reverse sides the words Thank you"
will be seen in departing.
Napoleon. - A number of farmers
and business men Of Mcclure, together
with c. P Grisler, banker of Wau.
seon, and o. s. Shepard, merchant
of Edgerton, have organized a new
bank with $4,000 capital stock under
the name Of the Farmers State bank.
Lancaster. - Charles Hammack, SO,
a travelling salesman for the Groves
Fertilizer Co, Of Cincinnati and resi-.
dent of this city, was found dead in
bed at his hotel here
Rellaire. - Thomas Henri. 27. mill