Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-15
State SIFTINGS

Colonel John Quincy Adams, 76, IA
nous as an Indian fighter, died at
Norwalk.
Lawrence Ottley, 5, Chillicothe, was
run over by an automobile and IN
stantly killed.
Perry county teachers institute Will
be held in New Lexington the week
Of Aug. 1922.
Yeggs blew the Hooking Valley safe
at Hooking station, south of Lancas-
ter, and secured $50.
Maricet Cruz, As, was killed by
lightning during storm which caused
much damage near Napoleon.
Norwalk city will decide soon the
question of installing a chlorine sys-
TEN at the municipal water plant.
At Cleveland, Patrolman Dominlck
Graham died from injuries received
when he was run over by streetcar.
At Sandusky six former saloonists
were fined $208 each after refusing to
sign afhdavits that they did not sell
liquor.
Mansfield street railway employees
were granted their demands for
higher wages by an arbitration COM
mittee
Demands presented to city council
by Portsmouth's policemen and fire.
men call for "a per cent increase in
salaries.
A hog weighing 1000 pounds Is
| owned by Samuel Smith, Guernsey
county farmer. The animal is five
years old
Seized by cramps while bathing In
Clear Fork creek, near Bellville,
Richland s-dnty, Lloyd Walker, IA,
was drowned.
James Krouskop, 2S, and Mrs. N. T.
Rhodes of Sidney were severely in
jured when Krouskop's auto over
turned near West Liberty.
Professor Arthur Hirsch, Morning
side college, will succeed R. T. Ste
venson as professor of history at Ohio
| Wesleyan university this fall.
Park Holcomb and R. o. Nichols
workmen, were injured when church
building at Middleburg, Logan county
collapsed while being remodeled.
Thelma Vaughn, 4, fell three stories
down the elevator shaft of the store
in which her father is employed al
Alliance. Her condition is serious.
Ohio coal miners will hold scale
conference early in September, wher
it is said they will ask for wage in
crease, six-hour day and fve-day
week
A plague of grasshoppers has
struck Pleasant township, Fairfiek
county, and great damage is being
done to young clover, late corn ant
cabbage.
| At Dayton Major R. W. Schroeder
army aviator, set a new world recort
for high attitudes when he flew a
a rate of 1877 miles an hour at a heigh
of 18,400 feet.
BY the will of the late Jennie P
Haney, Millersburg, fund of $40 90
is left as nucleus for a hospital il
Holmes county to be known as Joe
Pomerene memorial
Mayor Schneider of Toledo assaile
high living costs when he announce
a program which includes the estat
lishment of municipal grocery store
at the II fire engine houses of tn
city.
Colonel F. S. Van Gorder of tn
Warren Chronicle was elected pres
dent of the Select List of Ohio Dali
Newspapers. C. H Spencer of tn
Newark Advocate was elected secrs
tary-treasurer.
Alliance citizens will vote Sept.
on a proposal to issue $525, 600 i
bonds for the construction of an art
fetal gas plant to replace the suppl
of natural gas, which will be discol
tinued Nov /.
Stanley Ostroski, reported killed i
action, has returned to his home
| Gypsum, Ottawa county. He says b
was gased, which blinded him for
long time. during which he was u
able to write letters.
Mrs. Blanche Schramm filed su
at Hamilton against the Woodmen
America to collect $4,000 life insu
ance carried by her husband, ADOLF
Schramm, shot to death by policeme
during a raid on a cafe.
Fire loss in Ohio during the secor
year of the country's participation
the war was less than the first, sa,
y State Fire Marshal Fleming in b
y annual report to the governor. Du
e ing the II months ended June 30 las
e 5,314 fires entailed a loss of $7,31
q 90S, while the year before 1908 fir
resulted in a loss of $8,347. SAP.
James Schneider, farmer, livil
south of Bremen, Fairfield count
laid down under tree to take ma
When he awoke he looked into Il
eyes of copperhead snake T
struck the snake with his fist as
buried it's fangs in his jaw. He kill
the copperhead with his hant
Schmeltzer's condition was critic
for a time.
DR.. w. V. Milligan, 92, died at Ca
bridge after brief illness. He h
been pastor of the First Presbyteri
church there for As years, retiring
years ago.
Burglars blew the safe in the off
Of the Independent Savings and Lo
company, Lorain, and got away wi
$40 in cash and several hundred d
lars in liberty bonds.
/ ]. L. Mcfarland, deposed as prin
1 pal of the Glover school, Akron,
Gently by the board of education, w
, reinstated, given a years leave of &
he sence and granted years salary
O. $1,S00.
I'd Another seven miles of Fayet
county highway is to be improved
once at cost of $35,80O.
A Scent franchise granted to t
es Ashtabula Rapid Transit compa
a will be the subject of a referendr
b. election there in November. city o
k cials announced after checking ref
endum petitions
e To recover $4,000 paid to the E
rd Four Railway company several yea
in ago for permanent establishment
the company's shops at Delawa
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