Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20
The $50 o0o Waterwnrks hond Is


in Youngstown by sweeping MAORI
ties.
Frank S. March, New York, was
appointed recreational director in
Middletown.
Ashtabula council allowed gas rate
to be increased from 36 cents to 81
per 1000 feet.
Sandusky city commission granted
a care fare increase of 1 cent within
the city limits.
Miss Elsie NJ. Samburn, 26, COM
mitted suicide at Ravenna by swal-
lowing posion.
Tiffin health officials will attempt
to revive interest in the tri-county
tuberculosis hospital
Ohio Electric trainmen have been
granted an increase Of wages Of
about 10 cents an hour.
A contract for 55 houses was let by
the Niles housing corporation, which
plans to construct 500 homes.
Karl T. Whinnery, former principal
of Salem high school, is to be the
principal of South high in Youngs-
town.
D. M. Brown, Youngstown prohibit
tion officer, sold $4,000 worth of con-
fscated liquor to druggists, hospitals
and physicians.
Antony Zazorc, 13, Fairport, was
| electrocuted when he came in contact
with live wire while at play around
mine tipple.
When the large steel storage tank
at the Paragon Refining company's
plant at Toledo exploded, $500 bar
rels Of crude oil were destroyed.
Antony Zazorc, Is, Fairport, was
| electrocuted when he climbed to a
roof on boys dare" and accident
ally touched high tension wire.
Mahoning county, Ohio including
the city of Youngstown has popula-
tion of 1S6,310, an increase Of 70,159
over 1910, according to census re-
ports.
Captain D. Lindley Sears of Buoy
rus resigned the commission under
which he is serving on the Mexican
border and will resume law practice
at Bucyrus.
James Watkins, Lancaster, picked
up horseshoe while picking black
berries and few minutes later used
it to kill copperhead snake coiled
to strike at him.
A decline of $1,320,S09 was expert
enced in month in the pay rolls Of
industry in Mahoning county. Gen
eral shutdowns in July are blamed
for the decrease.
John Lewis sued DR.. G. B. Byer at
Lorain for $4,000 alleged damages,
fcharging that X-ray burns received in
removing a wart from his leg caused
blood poisoning, which incapacitated.
him for Is weeks.
Ohio fair price commission will not
tolerate any present increase in the
price of food commodities, milk or
otherwise, at this time. This was an
nounced by the secretary of the COM
mission.
Howard Jordon, 40, Fayetteville.
was killed, and Homer Morgan, 46,
Marathon, was fatally injured when
; a motor truck on which they were
riding collided with a traction car at
J Madisonville.
Uncle Sans treasury will be en-
riched by at least $125,000 soon, pro-
t hibition agents estimate, by the auc-
ton sale of 55 barrels and 1, 800 cases
, of bonded whisky and so automobiles
, seized at Youngstown by agents in
the last six months.
!, AS the alleged result of a grudge
I of years standing, said to have arisen
over debt, Harry Belcher, 80, shot
> and instantly killed General Chat
field, proprietor of a store at Sheri
e dan, Lawrence county.
l. Joseph Embry of Newark was killed
I and his brother, F. E. Embry of Dres
) den, and Thomas Ramsey of Newark
|. were so badly injured that they MAJ
die, when a train struck their auto
Il mobile at grade crossing at Dres
l. den.
u George Francis Burba, 55, chief ed
}. itorial writer of the Columbus Dis
e patch and former secretary to Cover
C nor Jams M. Cox, died suddenly from
p heart trouble at his home in Colum
bus. He was one of the best known
V. newspaper men in Ohio.
Is Donald Ensminger, s, and Robert
n 16, brothers, were instantly killet
ID and four other members of the fam
t. lily of David H. Ensminger of Butler
le Pa, were injured when their automc
IS bile was struck by an Erie passenge
train, north of Youngstown.
y Mrs. John Nicholas died from In
le juries received while working as al
lie engineer in a pumping station at Vel
u million. Her husband, who was IL
* could not procure a substitute, an
Mrs. Nicholas volunteered to work
I'd his stead. Her hair had became eI
y, tangled in the machinery.
n Former Governor Frank B. Will:
ar Republican candidate for Unite
In States senator, has plurality of VI
y. ward of $4,000 over Walter F. Brow
B. of Toledo, his nearest competitor TO
ar the nomination. Returns indicat
r. that w. A. Julian, Cincinnati sho
IS manufacturer, will have plurality c
Sc 1900 over Municipal Judge A.
as O'Neil for the Democratic nominatio
for United Staets senator.
u Joseph Green, GAINESVILLE, was prol
ly ably fatally injured while operating
no railroad crane in Lancaster.
ne Miners of Hooking county hav
added primary election day to thei
as list of holidays.
Ohio's third presidential candidate
an DR.. Aaron S. Watkins, was notified g
IS. Germantown of his nomination by tn
'ol Prohibition party.
Homer Heisley, 4, Cleveland, wa
IA struck by a truck in front of his hon
he and killed.
Nv Ravenna's mayor vetoed the 20 pc
lie cent increase ordinance for heat an
". light rates.
w At Alliance, federal officers arres
RS ed eight men on charges of seIlin
a whisky and seized about $12,0l
ng worth of whisky and wine.
Clinton county held a home-comin
Is, | celebration AT Wilmin gtnn in con