Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-02
STATE SIFTINGS

Cleveland was chosen as the next
convention city by the Ohio Baptist
convention.
Tuscarawas county fruit crop is
the smallest in years, according to
the outlook of fruit growers.
Drillers shot gas well near Nor
walk which they claim is good for
million and a half cubic feet.
Thomas c. Cashen of Cleveland
was elected president of the Switch
mems Union of North America.
Teams soliciting for the Lorain
community chest fund will begin
their drive for 100000 on June IL.
Lorain's expenditures for city up
keep in 1920 were approximately
100000 more than the preceding
year.
Milk prices came down to a new
low level at Wooster when the retail
price was cut from u to 10 cents a
quart.
S. ]. Miller was elected manager
of the Allen County Live Stock COM
pany, organized by stock shippers
and farmers
Findlay's new cost-plus streetcar
franchise was held valid by Judge
William F. Duncan in a decision in
a taxpayers suit.
Eastern Ohio conference of the Lu-
theran synod of Ohio held a three
days session in St. Pauls Lutheran
church at Alliance.
Wallace Williams, 35, negro, was
shot and killed at Cincinnati during
a free-for-a1l fight over the owner
ship of 25-cent piece.
Isadore Waknac was beaten to
death by burglars who entered his
house at Youngstown. The robbers
used piece of iron pipe.
R. R. Painter of Bowling Green
was appointed director of the bureau
of trusts of the alien property GUS
todian's Office at $1,000 year.
Mrs. Alta M. Kohler, convicted of
numbering her two children at War.
rem on Dec. 5, 1920, was sentenced
to Marysville penitentiary for life.
Fifty-two cases of bonded whisky
valued at approximately 1900, are
missing from the storehouse of the
federal prohibition forces at Youngs
town.
Trustees of the Ohio Masonic home
rejected all bids on the Ripley me
mortal hospital and decided to post
pone the construction Of the building
until next year.
At Cleveland Mrs. Ethel Smith was
| shot in the neck four times and prob
ably fatally wounded during an argu
ment with a man said to be a former
| suitor. He is under arrest.
Three bandits visited the home o
Jacob and Samuel Fett, near Bluff
ton, and robbed the aged bachelo
brothers of $4,000 registered lbert.
bonds and S140 in currency.
Body found on a farm near Wei
lington was identified by William M
Lawrence of Norwalk as that of hi
son, Robert L., %, Oberlin colleg
sophomore, who disappeared Marcl
II.
War department is definitely CON
mitted to the retention of Columbu
barracks, the reserve depot at CT
lumbus, Camp Sherman and a nun
Der of other government propertie
in Ohio.
With 40 to so per cent of the year
sugar supply on hand, the Continer
tai Sugar company issued orders a
Toledo to discontinue the writing c
contracts for more sugar beet acre
age for this season.
Thomas Watkins, 76, of Hollowa.
is dead at Bellaire of burns. Becon
ing Ill, he was taken to the Unio
mission. While alone in a room b
is supposed to have been overcom
by fumes and fell upon gas stow
William J. Bryan was the princip;
speaker at the Jefferson clubs ou
ing at Columbus 'Democracy's o,
portunity' was the subject of M
Bryan's address. Democratic leader
from all over the state were presen
Sam Purpera, charged with first d
gree murder for the killing of WI
fred C. Sly in a pay roll holdup c
Dec. 81 last, was found guilty by
jury of four women anu eight me
at Cleveland and sentenced by Juds
Maurice Bernon to be electrocute
on Aug. 29.
Ohio's 405 farmers cooperative {
evators are to enter terminal mark
through purchase of the Union elev
tor of Cleveland, which has a sto
age capacity of upward Of 2,000, on
bushels of grain. Branches may
established in Toledo, Columbus al
Cincinnati
Although reports from scattere
districts throughout the state sho
Ohio's wheat crop has suffered som
: tion of the crop as whole continu'
favorable, according to a report
sued by c. J. West, agricultural sta
istician. Complaints of damage
, clude yellowing, dying of leaves
the roots and thinning out.
A. B. Smith, 35, and his son We
non, 10, were drowned in a whirlpo
J just above a falls at Logan. tt
father had jumped in to rescue Il
. boy.
Mayor William F. Grail of Lora
was released under $500 bond aft
, pleading not guilty when arraign'
on an indictment charging crimin
| libel.
Bricklayers who have been out {
; strike at Akron for the past mon
returned to work, having agreed wi
, the contractors to accept 81 per ho
, pending arbitration of the wage d
. pute.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Highly, for
years superintendent and matron
the Allen county children's HON
near Lima, have announced that tn,
soon will retire.
Prosecuting Attorney Milo L. Mye
| notified farmers that plowing al
: planting on Sundays must stop
Union county. He threatened
. prosecute all violators.
! William Woodbridge, who lived I
a farm west of Mt. Vernon, W
killed by lightning Mrs. Ira Thor