Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-25
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Total death toll at Camp Sherman
as a result of the influenza epidemic
is In excess of 1000. In the state
$4,000 cases have been reported to
the state health department.
Daniel ]. Ganey, 33, Gallipolis dry
goods merchant, is dead.
Mrs. John Haubert, 35, Massillon,
was killed in an auto accident.
Scott Young, postmaster at Round
head, Hardin county, is dead.
Paul Halliday, Z, Youngstown, was
killed by streetcar.
Cyrus Crawshaw, 10, New Philadel-
phia, may die of a bullet wound acci-
dentally inflicted by an older brother.
E. ]. Bets, 72, former Ohio supreme
court Judge, is dead at Jacksonville,
Fla. He lived at Conneaut.
Rev. James NJ. Faris, pastor of Re
formed Presbyterian church, Belle
fontaine, died of apoplexy.
Miss Florence Tanner OF Canton,
by selling s13S,05974 worth of war
savings stamps during the vacation
thrift contest, won first prize, $1,000
worth of war savings stamps.
Boys at Camp Sherman are asking
| for jellies, jams and ice cream dur
ing, the convalescent period.
Infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Murrin Henry of Ottawa was severe
ly burned by the overturning of "a
kettle of boiling water.
For the fourth annual state adult
| Bible class convention at Bellefon-
taine. Nov. 14-15, automobile parties
are being organized over Ohio to
/ avoid railroad travel. A feature of
the convention will be silver trophy
! cup contest. Any class in the state
may send a representative ito tell of
i the class and its work.
Derris Berry, 15, Findlay. was 'ac-
cidentally shot and instantly killed
i by Walter Stratton. IA. The boys
had been hunting and were walking
home.
Lieutenant Merton Campbell of
Wakeman, former Ohio State student
was killed in action in France last
week, according to the official cas-
ualty list He was an aviator.
New city directory estimates the
population of Columbus at 250,O00.
. Wage increases of 25 per cent were
granted employees of the Wilys-Over
land company at Toledo and Elyria
now receiving under 45 cents an hour
Christmas parcels for American
troops abroad will not be accepted by
the postal authorities for mailing
after Nov. 20.
Oscar McVey, son of Albert Nc
Vey of Lancaster, was killed in &C
tion in France.
Schools, cF~rches and places 20
amusement a. layton were closed al
precautionary measure against in
fuenza epidemic.
Resources OF Ohio state and private
banks We're only $7,000,000 short o
the $1,O00000,000 mark Aug. 81, thu
highest they have ever been, accord
ing to State Bank Superintendent
Berg. The exact figure was 1898,
0O3.119. an increase of more thai
SZU,UUn,OUO since June ~.
Securities Commissioner P. A
Berry reports that the operation o
the blue sky law has been very sue
cessful during the past year, satisfy
ing promoters of legitimate enter
prises and putting stop to promo
tion of millions of dollars of swir
ding schemes.
Federal government is planning t
build 900 homes for workmen i,
Dayton.
Charles r. Mayors. president of tn
: New First National bank, died at hi
!. home in Columbus.
State health officials are nc
alarmed over the daily increasin
number of cases of influenza in Ohit
DR.. f.. j. Schwartz, head of the div
!. sion of communicable diseases, sal
= he does not expect the crest to b
r reached until next week. The nun
: ber Of reported cases was approx
nstely $1,000. Nearly so new MI
= inequalities reported outbreaks.
Fire at Marysville destroyed th
residence of c. H. DeWolf
Fire in the Grassell Chemical con
pany's sulphuric acid plant at Cley,
land caused loss of $175,000 Fir
men, with water-soaked handke
chiefs tied over their mouths an
aoses. fought the flames In dens
louds of smoke.
Dr. G. A. Bierdemann, pastor
First Lutheran church, Findlay, ha
= teen appointed a chairman of til
I federal community labor board
BuCyrus oversubscribed it's fourt
liberty loan quota of $31c,900 by gi
ing $324450.
Charged with making disloyal u
terances to hamper the liberty loa
| Philip P. Smith. 81, retired farme
| was arrested at Tiffin. He was T
| leased under $1,000 bond He lat
bought a $500 bond and the chars
against him was dismissed.
On account of the influenza Ell
demic annual meetings and electit
| of Red Cross chapters in Ohio w
be postponed from Oct. 23 to Nov
!. Charles L. Bowman, for 15 yea
| editor of the Ashland Times-Gazett
| has resigned his position to enter Il
| Tolsdo and Ohio Central railway
| But.rus, in the air brake departmel
| Rev. p A. Douglas, Ohio missio
| airy, died of cholera at Urumiah, Pt
| sia.
| Ohio Federation of Labor. in &C
vention at Columbus, voted again
statewide prohibition and for the pl
| posed constitutional amendme
which provides that legislative rat
cation of federal amendments shi
be made referable to the people.
John B. Moore, president of t
Ohio Mine Workers association, W
unanimously elected president of t
Ohio Federation of Labor. Moo
succeeds John A. Vol, GAINESVILLE,
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