The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-06-14
!: OHIO GLEANINGS; ;

Accused OF pointing a gun at mer
who attempted 10 raise an American
flag on stock farm near Toledo, Ed
ward Buester, a German farm hand
Is under arrest, Ofiicers took two
revolvers frcm his trunk.
Charles Howell, z. and Carl Keller
S, were drowned when they stepped
in the Scioto river at Columbus while
seining for crawfish. Their bodies
were recovered by police in 16 feet ol
water.
Mrs. Anna Saltzman, aged nearly
100 years, is dead at Findlay after
only a few days illness.
Harry Brown, a former hotel pro
prietor at Bellefontaine, who has
been mysteriously missing for eight
wears, was declared legally dead and
his only daughter, Mrs, Carrie Malone
of Cleveland, was named administra'
trix so she could collect his life In
surance.
Diphthcria aRtitoxin al about halt
the former price will be available to
Ohioans under a new contract Just
made by the state department OF
health with the firm which supplies
antitoXin, under the departments SUI
peryision, to this state.
Private John +. Gearin of Tippe'
canoe City died of wounds received
in action in France.
G., J. Reams of Marysville was az
pointed superintendent of the Fay.
otte-Pickaway- Clinton state free EN-
ployment bureau, with headquarters
in Washington c. II.
Irwin and Earl Steece were badly
injured when their auto turned turtle
near Kirkpatrick, Marion county.
Federal government is to COM
mandeer The supply of lumber at the
Toledo mills because of its inability
10 obtain lumber delivered to Camp
Perry.
When Lorain closed its war chest
campaign it was found to have tripled
its quota. Subscriptions totaling $500.
600 were secured. The original goal
was $4,000.
Ashtabula's war chest goal of $780,
600 was oversubscribed by nearly
$25,000, with 10000 people contribut-
ing to the fund.
Anthony Frazer. 40, was instantly
killed and Murrell Crissett, 81, was
seriously injured when they were
struck by lightning while digging u
ditch near oxford.
Vandals destroyed Lincoln high
way markers west of Bucyrus.
James II. Dye, civil war veteran OF
Urbana, hanged himself.
An auction sale held at North Lew
isburg, Union county, netted $4,000
for the Red Cross. A large quilt
brought 81 100 of this amount
Five thousand Ohio selects are now
in training at Camp Gordon, near AT
lanta, Ga
Another flying field will be con.
structed at Columbus, where the state
fair grounds have been taken over
for the purpose, it was announced by
the military aeronautical division.
Aviation cadets will receive prellm-
mary training there.
Edward Spear, SO, is dead at his
home in New Athens. He is said to
have held the Ohio record for the
longest Masonic membership.
At Cleveland Abraham Weinzim-
NOR. "a, real estate dealer, was shot
and killed by the police when he fled
from a house the officers had raided
in search Of the murderer Of a negro
who was called to his door and shot
to death.
Court sustained the will of Mrs.
Rebecca Williams, giving the city OF
Bellefontaine $l25,0OO for support of
Mary Rutan hospital.
Mahoning county has sent nearly
5000 men to war. Eight hundred and
thirty-one have just been sent to
Camp Gordon, Ga.
Mrs. Floyd Truck is a candidate for
postmaster at Sarahsville, Noble
county.
Sherman II. Eagle of Gallipolis will
manage Edwin Jones campaign for
the Republican gubernatorial nomins-
tion.
Forty retail grocers, some of them
conducting the largest stores in To-
ledO, agreed to sell no more wheat
flour until the crop from the next
harvest is available They voted to
turn their stock over to the govern.
ment for shipment to France.
Howard Michael, married, an au-
tomobile salesman from Miamisburg,
was found dead in a Dayton garage,
while sitting at the wheel Of his ma.
chine.
A serious explosion in the plant Of
the Libbey Glass company, Toledo,
blew down a huge stack and killed
Louis Wilson, %, a laborer
Mrs. Lawrence X. Langdon, "a, Of
Lebanon, wife of Lawrence K. Lang
don, prominent Republican and for
mer member of the state public utili-
ties commission, died at Cincinnati
from appendicitis.
Mrs. Carrie Flatter. w. c. T. U.
worker, was injured probably fatally
in a runaway at Yellow Springs.
Ohio wheat is progressing in fine
shape and in some localities is head
ing, according to the weekly report
of the United States department Of
agriculture. Oats, meadows and gar
dens are thriving.
Fire destroyed the general store
and adjoining residence of Daniel M.
Miller, at Berlin, east Of Millersburg.
Ora Troyer, Mennonite leader, was
at Bellefontaine to 25 days
in Jail for failure to keep his 9-year-
old daughter in school.
Mrs. Mary A. Link, 81, Bucyrus,
died of blood poisoning caused by
needle piercing one of her fingers
while ehn uoS waehinp curtains