The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-03-15
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founding OF the diocese, Pope Plus
TX established the diocese March 3,
1868.
John S. Hummel, veteran newsPa'
per man, is dead at Wilmington. For
80 years he had owned and managed
the Clinton County Democrat, a weok'
ly newspaper. He also served as post
master at Wilmington.
Jury in the case of Peter Gergle
the first OF the l3 defendants to DO
tried for participation in a riot NJ
Holy Trinity Catholic church at
Youngstown, Feb. 3, faileG to agree
and was discharged.
Harry G. Harkins, member OF .
grocery firm; David Grill a customer,
and Charles Bell were all shot and
wounded when they attempted To
fight off several robbers at Toledo.
Four bandits in an automobile held
up and robbed the paymaster OF the
Doehler Die Castings company, To-
ledo. of $500 IN cash
State health board announced that
the prevalence OF smallpox in ONO
is decreasing. There were about
/ 1000 cases in February as compared
with 2,O24 cases in January
Rev. J. II. r. Gordon, pastor of tho
United Presbyterian church at Hunts
vile Logan county, announced his
candidacy for the Republican nom
ination for representative.
Fireman Harold was killed when n
southbound passenger train on the
Cincinnati ana Muskingum VALLEY
railroad was ditched at Ellis station,
near GAINESVILLE.
Rotten eggs cost the United States
quarter of a billion dollars annually,
according to estimates Of the Ohio
Butter, Egg and Poultry association.
Muskingum college won its debate
with Otterbcin university.
Lake divilion of the Red Cross
opened a branch recruiting station
at Cleveland for chauifeurs, electri'
clans and mcchanicians for motor
transport service in France and. Italy.
Hours of study in the Lancaster
schools have been increased so that
school may be closed two weeks ear
lier than usual.
Tower Of the new 100000 Kumler
memorial chapel at Western College
for Women, oxford, collapsed.
Alice Sherwood, 80, OF New Ma3i-
son. died in dentists char at Cleve-
land while under anesthetic.
Frank L. Smith, Cleveland, auto
dealer. missing since Jan. 8, was
found IN Fostoria suffering from loss
Of memory.
While retail milk prices are at hiGn
levels. farmers near Toledo have
great quantities of surplus milk, for
which they can find nc market aEd
which is being fed to hogs or thrown
away.
At Wellstcn neightors broke into
the home of Mrs. Fred Pelpank, sec
nnd cousin of President Mckinley
and found hcr dead. Fear that her
only son would be drafted had caused
her to wEry recently.
Thirtytlve oil derricks in the Bre-
men field. Fairfield county, were
blown over by windstornl.
Forty-four barrels of flour were con-
fiscated in 10 homes by food inspec-
tors at Cleveland. One householder
had 10 barrels.
Charles McNaughten, 90, commit
ted suicide at his home in Lancaster
by drinking poison, after having
forced his grandson, Lawrence Nc
Naughten, s, to drink a portion of the
drug. Both were found dead.
Weekend passes were restored to
selects at Camp Sherman.
Dayton is TO have a war chest. A
campaign viii be started April l to
raise 100000
Two women and two children were
seriously burned, one of the women
Mrs. Anna lwar, so, probably fatally,
when a gas stove in a Cleveland resi-
dence exploded.
Mrs. Elsio Bass, "a, convicted Of
mansaughter at Cleveland, has been
paroled She was arrested several
weeks ago when a 9-year-old youth
died after he drank poisoned milk
that nad been stolen from her home
Arthur l.. Breslich and Albert j.
Mast resigned as trustees of Baldwin
Wallace college at Berea.
William Thomas, 81, was killed in
an explosion in the Western Block
Coal companys mine, near Steuben-
Vile
Six head OF cattle we're poisoned |
on the l.. j. Foster farm, near Coshoc |
ton, just before his public sale. All |
died soon after their new owners had |
driven them away.
Following his marriage at Lima to |
Miss Carrie Steinmann, Daniel |
Mooney, United States minister 20
Paraguay, left with his bride for New |
York. whence they will sail for South |
America.
William Young, so, was killed by q
passenger train in a tunnel near New |
Lexington. Several trains ran over |
his body before it was discovered.
Her mind becoming deranged from
worry of her sons enlisung for war, |
Mrs Morgan Carter, 60, living near
Bethesda, Gallia county, committed |
suicide by cutting her throat.
Rev. Thomas F. Fahey, A., who, |
after his ordination to the priesthood |
in 1901, was assigned to Carragher,
now a part of the diocese of Toledo. |
is dead at Cleveland after an illness
of four years.
Prisoners in the Clark county Jail
will be employed in building war
roads in the county during the spring
and summer
State Food Administrator CrOxton |
announced that the government will |