Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-10-22
STATE SIFTINGS

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n. S. Garrison, 80, Springfield, COM
mitted suicide.
Stanley Needom, 6, was drowned in
Lincoln park, Cincinnati.
Mrs. Mary Smith. Dayton, killed
herself by taking poison.
Marietta's latest gas well is show
ing volume of 800 900 cubic feet.
Walter Boiling was robbed of $74o
as he slept on the canal bank at Ham
lton.
Esther Carpenter, 4, Akron, was
burned, probably fatally, while play
ing with matches.
Akron claims to have the highest
birth rate of twins. Fifty sets have
been born this year.
Policeman H. w. King, charged
with manslaughter, was released at
Norwalk on $4,000 bond.
Paul Pulaski, Miiddletown grocer,
was bound and gagged and his store
robbed by three negroes.
Fred wertz, 8, Springfield, was
killed when he stepped in front of an
auto driven by A. J. Domer.
Hugo Schlesinger, AZ, prosecutor of
Franklin county, died in a Columbus
hospital following an operation.
John Schi1ey, 20, found 1,200 dia-
mond in a gravel pile at Tiff1n as a
score of workmen searched for it.
Odam Spangler, 95, of Hebron, has
not missed a Fairfield county fair
since its inauguration SO years ago.
Police are searching city dumps at
Cincinnati for a $4,000 necklace un-
knowingly discarded by H. c. Yeiser.
Using strong acid and hacksaw,
smuggled to him by friends, Edward
Brown escaped from Jail at Bowling
Green.
Sherman T. Mcpherson, former
United States district attorney, died
at Cincinnati after nearly a year of
poor health.
"Bunt" Ball, a baseball player, is
being held at Ironton for investiga-
ton in connection with the death of
Mrs. Anna Grubb, 35.
Of 26,169 pupils in the Akron ele-
mentary grades examined by city
health officials, only $50 were found
to be affected with disease.
Thomas E. Cunningham, IS, civil
war veteran, died at Dennison as the
result of burns received when his
home was destroyed by fire.
Two barns, dwelling house and a
number of other buildings were de-
stroyed at the Knudson dairy farm
near Toledo. Loss $25,O00
Benjamin Crane, 10, son of Willard
Crane of Martel, near Marion, was
killed when his motorcycle collided
with wagon on a country road.
Pete Shur, As, roomer in the home
of w. Heneberger at Akron, was
found murdered in an clubhouse His
head had been crushed by a blow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Settles ot
West Lafayette are in the county jail
at Coshocton. charged with killing
their 5-days-old baby. The child diet
from poisoning.
William Blake, a member of the
Warren police force, is under arres
at Youngstown. With II others he
was seized on charges of violating
the Volstead act.
Fire which broke out in the base
ment of the Ritter bookstore, in the
heart of Mansfield, completely
wrecked that store and damaged 9th
ers in adjoining buildings.
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bula boys, all students in the Ashta
bula schools, earned a total of s35 ,00(
during the summer vacation. This il
a gain of $1,000 over 1919.
Springfield city commission dead
locked on the proposal to grant tn,
Springfield Street Railway company
straight fare of Z cents. AS resul
the city is without streetcar service
Seven passengers were injured ant
10 others were severely shaken up ant
slightly cut by flying glass when (
section of a Nickel Plate railwa.
freight train backed into a streetca
at Cleyeland.
Lester Laughlin, %, was killed, ant
Harter and Marion Harter, brothers
injured when the auto in which the.
were driving was struck by trail
at Delaware
Andrew Mogajcsyk is held at Car
ton to await action on the part of tn
federal authorities under the charg
that he wrote a threatening lette
to H. H. Timken, head of the Timkel
Manufacturing company, demandin
the payment Of $4,000.
A ruling made by Prohibition Con
missioner Kramer permits farmers t
manufacture and sell sweet cider col
tanning less than one-half of 1 pc
cent of alcohol without obtaining
permit or giving bond. The rulin
applies not only to cider but to othe
fresh fruit juices.
One of the largest corn crops eve
raised in Ohio is forecast by the Ok
tober crop report issued by the stat
department of agriculture. The repor
also shows record yields of apple.
peaches and pears. The bulk of tn
corn crop is now safe from damag
and harvesting and silo filing is i
full swing, the report says.
Federal dry officers arrested
persons in raid of 33 business place
and homes at Steubenville.
Jury at Marysville acquitted TO
mer Prosecuting Attorney John T
Willis, charged with embezzlement.
Total stock of wheat on hand i
Ohio is 20,Seo,00 bushels as agains
2S,700,000 last year, a reduction {
nearly S,0OO,O 900 bushels, according t
the federal department of agricultur,
Beating an infuriated bull over tn
nose with a broomstick, on a farl
near Lancaster, Mrs. Henry Hartma
rescued her husband after two farm
ers armed with pitchforks had failet
Michael Russell, veteran city D.
! liceman, accidentally shot himself Ill
der the heart at his home in Toled
Cau0ht under a heavy truclE aS