The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-11-14


Ivan Ault purchased Gilbert's
house on N. Broadway this week.
Rev. ]. M. Small will preach at
the Baptist church next Sunday morn
ing.
The flu has again broken out in
Wooster, several cases being reported
there.
The O. A. B. C. delegates visited
the Root Co. factory Wednesday
morning.
-Diphtheria placards at the home of
John Ellsworth, on s. Court street,
give warning of a case of the dread
malady at that place.
The we'll being drilled on the Mrs.
w. A. Cutler farm, in Lafayette tp.,
went thru the sand Tuesday. 1t
proved to be a dry hole.
"A new rule at Delaware college
banishes the titles "doctor" and "pro-
fessor" in common parlance.
Will Massey, U. S. mail clerk on
the Northern Ohio railway moved to
Delphos, Ohio, Wednesday.
Daddy Brooks, clerk in the
Bartholomay stores, has moved his
family from Weymouth to Medina.
The little 2-year-old daughter of
Prof. and Mrs. Conkle has been sick
the past week with severe cold.
-Mervin Hoeffer of Fredericksburg
has harvested his sweet potatoes and
foud one among them that weighed
over five pounds.
Mrs. Fanny Gehman Simmerman,
of Lodi, was in an auto wreck last
Tuesday afternoon. Six persons
were in the car, but no one was hurt.
Ford Cannon finished digging his
"public sale" potatoes Monday. He
had a good yield, made some easy
money, and got some needed exercise.
Medina Machine Shop will close
down Saturday to let it's employees
have an opportunity to join in the
chase after poor bunny on that day.
There will be the regular meet
ing of the W. B. A. of the Macca-
bees this evening at 1880. Members
are requested to attend on account
of important business.
Karl F. Lutz, the engineer at the
A. l. Root Co., returned to his work
Thursday after an enforced vacation,
caused by blood poison in his right
arm and hand.
The A. I. Root Co. has bought a
new International truck which is to
be equipped with pneumatic tires.
This will be the second International
truck, bought from E. E. Wallace.
A letter received from Mr.. Her.
man Clark of Saratoga, Calf, states
that his large prune crop is now ready
for market. Mr.. Clark is an old Me-
dina boy and has made unusual sue
cess in his line of endeavor.
An internal revenue collector was
in Medina Wednesday hunting up evi-
ence of more whisky stills. He found
plenty of raisins at number of places
visited, but found no evidence in any
case to warrant arrests being made.
Arrangements are being perfect
ed by J. w. Tuttle, salesagent for the
phonograph people, for a tone-test of
the Edison machine at the Princess
theater in Medina Saturday after
noon, Nov. %, at 2 o'clock. Mr..
Glen Allison will be the soloist and
admission will be free, but by ticket.
One Medina merchant, feeling
good over the great showing of Me-
dina in caring for delegates and WIS.,
itors at the Bible convention, said:
'Instead of bringing boosters to Me-
dina to do advance work for the con-
vention they should have sent them
over the state and boosted up the
laggard delegates"
According to the schedule laid
out on Wednesday of this week the
case of the State of Ohio VS.. Elbert
johnson will be heard next Monday
Nov. II, when the regular petit jury
will be in session. Johnson is charged
with the malicious destruction of prop
erty in that he girdled a number OF
fruit trees belonging to F. E. Joachim
of Granger. The offense is punish,
able by a pentitentiary sentence.
The "Town Fool"-and we use
this term with no intention of offend
ing anyone-uttered wise philosophy
Tuesday morning. A man was trying
to find a man to do a small piece OF
work, requiring the labor of an active
individual about two hours. He
stopped to inquire where he could fine
some one, and in reply was told: "You
poor boob, you could have done the
job yourself in half the time you have
spent searching for some one else tt
do it,"
The story about the old farmers
chickens which were so we'll informed
that when they saw the preacher
driving up they'd cast lots to see
whose turn it was to die, is evidently
lost on big fat hen owned by Mrs
Kimmell, living near one of Medina's
popular pastors, Last week Mrs. Kim
nell missed this old bird and search
revealed it with the preachers flock
quite contented. Flirting with death
as it were, just like our soldier boy!
'going over the top"