The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-06
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: OHIO GLEANINGS ;

Body oi Harry McCollum, 81, O
Findlay, was fouRd along the rail
road tracks near GalateR. badly man
Rled
When their fishing boat capslzed II
Lake brie, Peter Madin, 40; Thomas
Carnef, 30, and William Mackiawacl
40, Al. 1f Cleveland, were drowned,
Fed Detrick, 80, former mayor O
Kenton, was killed by a train at {
street crossing in Bellefontaino.
Safe of the Western and Southern
Life Insurance company at Xenl,
was robbed of $500 by thieves, who
turned the safes combination
Mrs. Pauline Joest of Cincinnati
was elected counselor Of the Ohio
council Of Daughters OF America al
the close of the three day convention
at East LIVERPOOL, Columbus was
voted the 1919 session.
st. Paul's NJ. Il. church at Napo
leon is made the beneficiary of a 81
acre farm near that city by the will
of Mrs. Mary A. Walters. The viii
provides that the farm be sold and
the proceeds used as a nucleus for a
church building fund
A clcudburst, accompanied by wind
ard lightning, visited Florida, Henry
county, three inches of rain falling in
I5 minutes. The loss is $4,000.
Paul p. Rover of Cincinnati has
been appointed assistant field direct.
or in the Red Cross bureau of camp
aervice at Camp Sherman. Mr. Rover
is an attorney and was formerly a
general assemblyman. He will be as.
sistant to the associate field director,
G. j. Browne.
Women are being trained and will
lie employed as conductor by the
Cleveland Railway company. They
will ill vacancies caused by a short.
age of man power. No mar will be
forced TO yield his position. The
women will be paid the same wage
that the men receive.
Because OF a dispute ever the date
ON which increased milk price be.
comes effective at Ti!Iin, no milk was
delivered by some of the largest dis
triAutine 'irms.
Fire of undetermined origin com.
pletely destroyed King Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal church at Columbus.
Loss is estimated at more than $780,.
600. The building, which was Of
stone. was erected in 1903.
Stone thrown by playmate killed
Fred Hackett, Is, near Barnesville.
Arby Sargent. 81, was killed by fly
ing rock while blasting in a quarry
at Belle Center.
Washington c. Il. water company
issued a warning that only most strin-
gent saving can prevent a water
famine unless rain comes speedily.
Bad seed and dry weather have
combined to reduce Fayette county's
corn crop to two-thirds of an average
Weld.
Threeyear old son of Forest Lu2a
Tor was injured seriously at Findlay
when he was caught in a gasoline
engine.
DR.. J. II. lands health officer OF
Cincinnati and notable figure in the
world, IS dead after an all.
ness Of six weeks.
Fire destroyed a block in the busi-
ness section of Canton. Loss $1,000.
100. Among the heaviest losers we're
Klein & Heffelman, S250,010; Dine
Deweese, automobile supplies, $lj0.-
OOO; Scioto Valley Supply company,
accessories, 100000; the
Stark Dry Goods company ware
house 100000.
William H. Brett, -, for - years
bead of the Cleveland public library,
was struck and killed by an auto,
mobile.
According to word received by rel
htives at Marysyille, about one.fourth
Of the members of Company e, 16Sth
Rainbow division, were
wounded or gased in the recent big
battle on the western front and are
now in hospitals.
At the annual reunion of the 96th
Ohio volunteer infantry, held at
BelIefontaine, Isaac F. Barnes, Marys-
vile, was elected president, and it
was decided to meet in Marysville
neXS year
Theodore E. Hartman, 20, Mans
field manufacturer. was killed when
his motorcycle turned turtle.
Ohio farmers are urged to SOW
liberty wheat acreage this fall, in an
appeal by l.. j. Taber OF Barnesville,
master of the state grange. He re-
minds the farmers Of their excellent
work in increasing the wheat acreaae
nearly 10 per cent last year, and he
asks that a similar increase be made
this year.
Hancock county selects sold SC0,-
600 worth of war savings stamps in
one week.
Rev. A. c. Bane, Westerville, finan-
rial secretary of the Anti-Saloon
league for the past four years, will
take the pastorate of Methodist
Episcopal church in San Francisco.
Hacks that cost from $1,000 to ST.
500 sold for $3.50 and S. when the
stock Of the Gosman Livery and
Transfer company, Sandusky, was
sold at auction.
Miss Martha Crumle, 81, made the
first trip as a rural mail carrier in
Athens county. She is the first wom-
M carrier i'll that county.
George Ward, II, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Ward of Brunersburg,
in Tiffin river. This is the
third boy from this family to drown
in that stream. Four other sons are
in France with the cOlOrs.
Congressman r. NJ. Switzer was OPP