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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-09
TRAIN AND MAIL.
SERVICE DELAYED
BY RECENT STORM
NeFmel aeryies hesmsssa ThmrndMy
And Fstany. SAYS Postmaster. Trains
- . Te II EIsurs Late Tnxs8ay.

HtSh waters caused b the fr0p1eai
esSn which swept ti1e Gulf Coast
2 MAaslasappa and louisiana has
1taEtptsd train sesxkH along the
c&g and deIaye2 she i~neosnirar
asai a~eeesdife 10 Postmaster Ar
AaEf y smith,
IN Tuesday TO OF tas heaviest
mai trains wRTe nnnusled and ttle
nsaii which uts1 should have brought
Nas rx-soglsd - ~ 70 arrive n
PaxaEoeila from claht 70 twelve
s1azrs late Train I aie NOD arrive
nrlii y 0esnxk GA "Wednesday. and
81 uaost people I'D not gss their
F1xslsern and western mail until tlle
faexk dnT.
<ersaAi service Is BEING resumed
3uaY ~ ths trains hxtl some mail
delayed because OF re-Fouting of
t4ne@linw Of trains vii BE- received
a4Fsng Thursday and Friday Mr.
Smith xafd
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-09
ShIPYARD WORKER
DIES As RESULT.
Of AUTO ACCIDENT


G r ashith ~ pascaspsla waa
dssa4&se6 8f ehafwes - manxlas&h-
sre Medfses a. afternoon when ne
gsfae preliminary heRrine 81
4tses & Peace Z n Denny. Tor
- aGesaeagal death q 8Uy 7 san.
aFd ~nish eeruTFsd eSFly Sunda5
d8afr3iaa aanlux9 aak fatally tn
ess waen aasistis 9orf roadster
II ahAN ie wa q passenger wefi
yser ri efnbaaxneuf oa Q 8 High
SIS a5 neHf EIne Mlie IAks
tfs asAAani oogugFsd abast : %
sef6 maaalnN Sanford waa
mekrs e n . passing car ard
Sged te tns Jackson County
capital Nhers 6e disd five hosfH
later snaifh aiso s1fferec brush
aaras and sher injuries gplkyvlu
ae Aeaasn& Smith was place. in
the 1arxsan Ces1nsY jail IN default
~ 500 bond Tor AIS appearances IN
5Es court "Wednesday afternoon
Tlse Bars sf4panslsd B. Il A Fails
c0kiusy aurunsg 10 investigate the
ageiaens rendered = .eraict that
Sanford met his death 80 ttse re-
sals OF tse RECKLESS ard su1pabie
nesisance Of the driver a the auto.
mobllc
Judge Denny. ~arqaatfinR Smith
Stated thai 1isrr WzH Insufficient
ryieence 70 sitoN neaitsenee on the
aarf OF smith therefore. ne could
not be held responsible Tor the ac
eidrns
Guy T Sanford. age ii. employee
Of the InzaIh s~hiphufidinR corpor-
alton. died - the Jackson County
Hospital Sunday morning. August
( flsr hours after he had sustained
injuries IN al automobile arrideus
rear Nine Mile Lake or q 8 High
nay 90 c P Smith Of paecae0ulA
eTfver Of the car. was lodged Ia the
Jackson County jail N default Of
100 bond OF charge Of m~anziatAkn-
tar ~iollnuink = c0Tuuaf 5 Jury veFdtrt
that shs victim mrt hta death -
tns result q the Reckless and cuI.
nAbIe neaiiesnre Of the driver.
h~ecordine 70 smith. Sanford was
kec NJ near the Mlastasipul Ala
hama state line about $50 Sunday
fs1ruine ae he vas hitch hiking
@ pA@aEoula
4 waa driving toward pasraRoula
gtfe creek when I Was side
ssteec b. m automobile travelling
n the opposite direction. throwing
nv car of the roaa and dnwn ar
En- hankment Smith said san
lord and I had nns been ON 10
Ether, Ia fact 7 dnnI ever FrsaseEn~
- srGins nhn b&fafa ilzaf nlah&
nesutAer = 4 very uuxoFlt1nate ac-
ldent Wluen asked q he had been
'rtnktng. Smith replied that me was
nj intoxicated
T1ie eoroneKsx jury. composed OF
ohn n McNleI Joe p. rerrcr. Joe
relsern. john r. MayeA Julius c
EcIlwain ana M C. Porter found
ae following verdict we the isary.
ummoned TO lnQuire and true pre-
eminent make hou o In what
manner. Guv 7 Sanford came to
IS death and Of such other mat
eFs relating % Same. find that the
aie Guy +. Sanford came 10 his
leath BY reason OF the wTeckless
md suipable negligence OF C. P
IN driving an automobile IN
Rhich we're said G. p. Smith and
suy T. Sanford over an embark
nent on U s Highway 90. on the
- ca q August. ia4o then and
hereby causing the death Of said
7ny r Sanford We recommend
hat said c p. Smith Be held by
ne Sheriff Of Jackson county to
cealt with according TO Las
Sanford who was 81 years old had
been an employee Of the ingalls,
shlpbuildine Corporation. Ills
1osiy was shipped to his former
leme IN Charleston. " Va. Monday
aieht for burial
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-09
Political Rally By
Veterans of Foreign
Wars, August 26th

The reorssntxec Cyclops rnsl
fJsckscn county q - Veterans
q Foreign Wars. Is eo-sponsorif.s :
statewide political rally and bar
oecae e be held 81 lie City PARK
ii CuIfpon on Monday night
August - Ia40 Tickets FOR TIE -
fair are n The hands a AL TIE
members and also - the White
House Cafe. Ter Per cert q ne
proceeds q The sale q these kickefs
All Be donated 70 TIE charity Nzrd
q the Jackson County Hospital
Hon Theodore BlIho candidate
tor reelection 20 the United states
Senate. and bis opponent Hon
Hugh White ex-EorrTnor. vi b
TIE principal speaker
Ensl4llAtion u 0lfiearx
Cyciou Post Y = " cordially
invites he public - is lnstalla
aol q ozneerz q h he'd Or san-
cay. AaEass i. AZ - , m = H.
Odd Fehozs Hall il Pasezeoula ne
N0Fk I'll - put % b member
from Biloxi and Galfpou Poss4
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-09

Don't BE- fooled that stop lock
and listen sign a. railroad cross.
rs b not intended for the engineer
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-09
LAUNCHING TO
TAKE PLACE HERE NEXT
SATURDAY, AUGUST IL

Sister Ship To ~Exehequer." Launched On June 5. Win Slide
OF the Ways Al ingalls, ShipbuiIding Yard, In Presence
Of High Officials 81 Maritime Commission and Others
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-09

fcontinued On Par Eghu
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-09

LARGEST AND MOST
moDEnS RENTING Plant
N SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
Evening star., 1940-02-26

said: I'VE felt convinced that the
Red Army was . blum; an army Of
the many 'purges' since execution
OF Marshal Tuchatshevsky could not
possess any marked operative power
The Red Army Is, we felt and knew,
an instrument kept up by mere pure
bred terror which never can get
along in the long rum"
Proud Of Air Force.
Proudly, he said that although
Russia was supposed to have one
OF the foremost air forces Of the
world, our small air forces manage
to do our front army far more ef-
ficient services than Russian air
force to their fronts. Their air
force is superior to our one only in
attacking non-military goals. I.
The day may come when, after good
many warnings, Petrograd will get
a good shower that will discourage
their traffic connections to the
fronts"
Capt. Pihkala said Finland ex-
pected that we will manage to hold
our own over the winter Our
ski troops handle the Russian in
fantry almost like seamen in rowing
boats could handle shipwrecked
(persons) swimming around. If,
however, Russia will not collapse
ere summer it will be another busi-
ness. For that end we must have
our armament improved"
He said Finland had been "over-
whelmed" by the worlds sympathy
and help. particularly from the
United States and Sweden, and that
thousands" of Swedish volunteers
were pouring in.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Resistance Of Firms
A Matter Of Course
Army Captain Says
We Had No Choice
Whatever Olympic Stor
Writes Brundoee

Sy the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-One sentence
In an uncensored letter from Capt.
Lauri Pihkala of the Finnish Army
to an American friend eptomized
the casual courage that has made
Finland q mighty mite of a nation
In her stand against invading Rus
sia.
He said simply: 1--WE hadn't, in
deed, any choice whatever"
The letter was written somewhere
IN Finland on January 6 to Avery
Brundage of Chicago. president of
the American olympic Committee.
Mr.. Brundage and Capt. Pihkala
have been friends since 1912 when
they competed in the olympic games
in Stockholm as members, respec-
lively, of the American and Finnish
teams.
Capt. Pihkala was a middle dis
tance runner then; he is now
member of the Finnish Olympic
Games Committee. His letter re-
gretted that this wretched Russian
assault might annihilate now the
18th Olympiad," scheduled this year
in Helsinki, but he said, IF this
trouble will be over ere the end of
May, we will be able to manage the
Olympics."
Comparison of Losses.
Laconically Capt. Pihkala re-
marked that lin the first frontier
fights when our lines retired back
to our fortified lines of defense. The
strength ratio was as rule Fin
nish battalion against a Russian di-
vision. The respective losses COM
pare, as rule, Finn to 80 to so
Russians"
In somewhat awkward English
that detracted nothing from his
meaning, Capt. Pihkala said, II
cannot see there was anything par
ticular that we took stand against
Russia. We hadn't, indeed, any
choice whatever. It was simply
matter of course that we shouldn't
yield and not hand over our bases.
We felt absolutely convinced that
once inside here they would have
made a quick end of us, literally
eradicated this nation. Russia's
seemingly civilized behavior in Es-
tonia is merely fake method to show
good masque in order to deceive
people,
Regarding Finland's chances, he
Evening star., 1940-02-26

little trouble. Few flowers have the
beauty, gracefulness and appeal as q
background for the modest little
ground flowers as do lilies. There is
something very spiritual and inspir-
ing about the calla lily; 1t seems to
have been set aside for rare occa-
sions rather than for general
pleasure.
BY using care and judgment, you
may have lilies for almost every To-
cation and purpose. Lilies are propa-
gated by division of the offsets, by
bulbils, seeds and scales, the best and
most satisfactory being by divisions
Of offsets, which you will find formed
at the base of the parent bulb or on
the end of rhizome.
The best time to do this dividing
and replanting is from two to four
weeks after the flowers fade, or i'm
mediately after the seeds ripen.
This is the only time the bulbs are
really dormant.
The pure white Gala lily, so much
In demand for wedding bouquets and
altar decorations, is the favorite lily
for cutting purposes. The delicate
fragrance and the lasting qualities,
besides its exquisite stateliness, never
fail in appeal.
Like its cousins. this lily is almost
free from insect foes. Worms some
times eat the bulbs and moles at
times disturb them as they 60 tun-
neling their way toward plants har-
boring grubs at their base. There are
several fungous diseases that attack
all kinds of lilies. ALI can be con-
trolled. The growing Of one type Of
lily will encourage the experimenting
with others until the garden can be
arranged so that just the right lily
for the spot will be found. They
should be established and permitted
to remain in the same place. Too
much transplanting causes discour-
agement and delay In perfect BIOS
SOming,
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Natures
Children
CnIIn iIv
Gala Lily

(ZuntedeschId uethioplcu)
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Lilium is said to be from the Celtic
word Ii, meaning whiteness. Lilies
are beautiful and distinctive plants
that do well outdoors. Few of them
are grown under glass. Some 300 to
400 species have been described.
There are many plants incorrectly
labeled sailing under the name of
lily.
The stately lily has not been culti-
vated in many gardens of America.
It is said that many flower growers
feel they are difficult to manage and
they have somewhow neglected to
find out the true merits of the many
lilies that could be cultivated with
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Young Mothersl Do Whut
Your Mother Did About
COUGHING COLDS

Of colds. Today three out Of I'VE moth-
ers are benefittng by this forty-four-
year-study Of colds when they uss
VapoRub and let, its Amazing poul-
tice-vapor action 60 10 work. PROFIT
BY THEIR EXPERIENCE. Do this,
II It's . coughing cold. melt . spoon
ful OF vapoRub In . pan Of boiling
water, and breathe In the soothing,
medicated vapors. Then masssgs
Z: g: e: :; s;:::; e: Z: !; !; s:!k:
Evening star., 1940-02-26
; Oat of 5 Mothers Use This

l7O1ne-PrOYed Treatment
You are right to worry when . cold
gtrikes your family. You should take
steps, at once, to relieve the misery
and suffering. But you want to be sure
That what you do IS really helpful. You
Gqnt want to take needless risks.
Tlpw here Is what most mothers do.
Ihlk use Vicks VapoRub. Since 1895
Hjc1B and their doctors have studied
Vays 70 treat the distressing symptoms
Evening star., 1940-02-26

A careful driver Is the best safety
device known.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Kalida Driver Out
On Limb

Only the limb of sturdy oak
tree saved Kenneth Bowersock, of
Kalida, from serious injury and pos
sible death last week.
Driving eastward on Route 224
west of Kalida, Bowersock applied
his brakes just before he reached
the Hedrick bridge, he related. His
car skidded on the wet pavement
across to the left side of the road
and into the path of a westbound
truck driven by Henry Simbler, of
Sibring.
The passenger car would have
stopped on the BERN but the truck
bumped it and the vehicle coasted
across the bridge abutment, Bower
sock said. BY some trick of fate il
came to rest with the front wheels
lodged on the tree limb and the rear
wheels caught on the bridge abut-
ment.
Bowersock was able to step from
the car onto the limb and reach
the road.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
A Long Range Prediction
By JOHN ADAMS

On July 2, 1776, the delegates from
the Is colonies, meeting in Phila-
delphia, voted to separate from Brit
ain. On that day, two days before
the Declaration of independence was
signed, John Adams, later to become
second President of the United
States. wrote to his wife, Abigail:
sI am apt to believe that it (the
day) will be celebrated by succeed
ing generations as the great anniver-
sary festival. It ought to be COM
memorated as the day of deliver
ance, by solemn acts of devotion to
God Almighty. 1t ought to be solem-
nized with ponp and parade, with
shows, games, sports, guns, bells,
bonires, and illuminations from one
end of this continent to the other.
from this time forward evermore.
"You will think me transported
with enthusiasm but am not. am
well aware of the toll and blood and
treasure that it will cost to defend
these States. Yet through all the
gloom / can see the rays of ravish-
ing light and glory. can see that
the end is more than worth all the
means; and that posterity will tri-
umph in that days transaction, even
though we should rue it, which
trust in God we shall not"
Adams predicted pretty well the
nature of the celebration, although
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Seeks Release From
Insane Hospital

The Third District Court of Ap-
peals last week considered the plea
of Clyde Brenneman for release from
the Lima State Hospital so that he
may stand trial for first degree
murder.
Brenneman's habeas corpus petit
ton contends he has been restored
to sanity, is being held unlawfully,
and is mentally fit to face trial in
Trumbull county for the Staying of
Mrs. Hazel Miller. He was COM
mitted to the Lima institution in
1885 after the Staying, which hos
pital records show was attributed to
jealousy. Brenneman told the court
he has carried a bullet in his brain
for five years, the result of his at
tempt to commit suicide after the
Staying of the woman.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Slippery Highway Is
Cause Of Mishap

Slippery pavement caused freak
accident at bridge on route ga,
two miles west of Ottawa last week
Glenn w. Smith, of Topeka, Ind,
was travelling east in a gasoline
truck and Charles E. Gerde, of
Brighton, Mass, was driving his
automobile west. As they approached
bridge both drivers applied their
brakes which caused the tractor
pulling the truck to iacknife and
come to halt while the passenger
car spun around and crashed into
the guard railing along the side of
the bridge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
ALLEN COUNTY
Wind Wrecks Shelter
Building

When three employees of the Thom-
as Coal Co., of Lima, speak of shay
ing the roof blown off"-you may bet
they know what they're talking
about
They stood in a 80 by 100 foot
tile and concrete building at the coal
company yards at 6:45 a. m. Friday
when tornado gust of wind ac-
tually lifted the roof off the struc-
ture.
The walls then collapsed, they re-
ported.
The three-all escaping injury
were Wilson Jones, office employe
and well-known singer, and Cal and
Eugene Hadding, truck drivers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
RawSOn

Olive Willoby is spending her
summer vacation in Fostoria.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Miles of Toledo
were Saturday evening supper guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Thomas.
Miss Bertha Little and friend
Lester Allen of Cleveland were week.
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Little.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley House were
Saturday evening supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Miller and family
of near Fostoria.
Mrs. A. w. Sherick and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bemestedfer of Fos-
toria were Saturday afternoon cali
ers on Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Willoby.
Mrs. Roy Cramer and family are
spending the week in Columbus
where Mr.. Cramer is enrolled in
Ohio State University.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tad Keller and son
Leland were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Myers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Peterson and
family of Lima were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Peterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Schryer and
family of Upper Sandusky and Mr..
and Mrs. L. r. Forsyth were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Neighswander and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Carrick, Lila
and Ruth Moon will return home
Tuesday from Decator, Ill.
Mrs. Dale Bowers and son Carol
spent Thursday in Toledo.
Horace Shaw is spending the week
in Greensboro, N. C. Mrs. Shaw and
daughter will return home with him.
Earl Weisel of Los Angeles, CAL,
calle don Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Folk,
Monday. 4
Elmer Huss and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lowell Thomas and daughter spent
the weekend in Streator, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Little and
Miss Marjorie Blauvelt of st. Peters
burg were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Little. After
noon callers were Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Little of Ottawa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Attorney Loses 6-HOur
Traffic Battle

Attorney Elmer McClain, of Lima
Route 6, was the loser in traffic
case in municipal court Wednesday
afternoon and it cost him $11.50
when it was all over.
Judge M. B. Jenkins found him
guilty of running thru a red light
and fined him 81 and costs of s1050.
Police charged that he ran thru a
light at Main and Elm streets on
June 20.
During the trial, which lasted
nearly six hours, Attorney McClain
and Police Prosecutor Lee Van
Blargan staged several heated argu-
ments.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
New Band Shell In
Findlay

Work is expected to be completed
by the middle of July on the new
band shell at Riverside park in Find
lay, bringing to completion the ex-
tensive program of reconstruction at
the municipal recreation center along
the Blanchard river.
The construction of the band shell,
to be one of the finest in this Sec
ton of Ohio, is being accomplished
through WPA and city funds. The
labor is being furnished by the
Works Projects Administration.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Highway To Be
Improved

Bids are being taken in Columbus
by the state highway department for
removal of the old street car rails
from the Main street of Van Buren,
and resurfacing the entire street
thru the length of the village.
After removal of the track, the
center section of the street will need
base pavement, and new bitum-
inous surface will be applied over
the entire width of the street. The
project is estimated to cost around
$4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Two Saved From
Drowning

Won Spellman and Howard Ebay,
Ada fishermen vacationing at Indian
River, Mich, rescued Roy Briggs and
C. H. Wegman of the Toledo fire
department, from drowning at the
mouth of Indian river, it was learned
last week.
Moving down the river in wind
and rain, the Ada men saw the
heads of the fellow fishermen bob
bing about waterflled boat drifting
into Mullet lake. Briggs had fallen
overheard when the boat struck a
log. Wegman was afraid to jump
as the boat began to sink. Both men
were helpless, dressed in heavy cloth
ing and wearing boots.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04

Ohio farmers who were permitted
to obtain superphosphate and lime
stone and charge its cost against
conservation payments to be earned
in the 1910 agricultural conservation
program bought 1868 tons of phos-
phate and 39,S49 tons of lime up to
May 81. These soil building ma
terials, in many cases, could not
have been purchased without the
grant of aid feature of the farm
program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Strengthen Findlay.
Guard Unit

Capt. Clay P. Edie, commanding
Co. C, Findlay National Guard unit,
announced last week he has been
authorized by the War Department
to form a trench mortar and light
machine platoon in his organization.
Organization of such a unit will
require possibly II new enlistments
in the company Captain Edie said.
Latest National Guard regulations
require each company to enlist to
full peace-time strength of lid men.
This is the greatest strength for
guard outfits since the World War,
it was stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Wrigglers In Water
Supply

Gus Bosler, president of the North
Baltimore board of public affairs,
announced this week that all in the
boards power is being done to rid
the village water of "wrigglers'
which have been the cause for many
complaints in recent weeks.
Various complaints told of persons
finding the wrigglers ranging from
almost invisible size to half an inch
in length in the municipal water.
The larvae are almost transparent
in smaller size, but in the larger
size, they taken on a reddish OF
brownish hue and are very active.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04

to be resurfaced under a $4,000
program during the next couple of
months, county officials disclosed last
week.
The average cost per mile for this
work will be $500. it was learned
from County Engineer L. H.
Schmenk. He said work will begin
soon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Helps Draft G. O. p.
Farm Plank

A Hancock county man summoned
to Philadelphia to help draft the
Republican party's attitude toward
agriculture, arrived in the national
convention city to find he was one
of only seven men entrusted with the
responsibility of writing the party's
farm plank.
He was N. G. Bennett, manager of
the McComb Farmers Cooperative
elevator, who is president of the
Ohio Farmers Cooperative company
both of Fostoria. Mr.. Bennett repre-
sented the cooperative organization
of Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Strawberry Crop Best
In Years

More than $4,000 quarts of straw
berries have been picked and sold by
commercial growers in the Ada dis
trict in addition to thousands more
from private patches, a checkup de-
termined.
The crop is one of the best in
years, according to B. w. Mathew
son, who has been in the strawberry
business on his farm northeast cf
Ada for fifty years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
CannOnballs Are
Stolen

A communique to the office of
Sheriff William v. Daley Saturday
sent his deputies into action with all
the earnestness of a war depart
ment.
It's origin was Spencerville, and
the sheriff had visions of a new
blitzkrieg, some unusual preparations
for the Fourth of July, or the work
of ambitious gangsters or pranksters
The fact that 20 huge cannonballs
part of Allen county's large and
valuable collection of Civil war rel
les, have vanished from the Spencer
vile cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-04
Summerless Summer
In 1916

One hundred and "a years ago
was the first year without sum-
mer, according to a clipping from
the Detroit Free Press of 1895,
owned by Mrs. Ida Ritenour, of
Lima.
In 1916 there was frost every
month of the year. Ohio was COW
cred with a half inch of ice in
May, while New York and Massa-
chusetts were blanketed under a
three-inch snowfall in June.
Indian corn was so frozen that the
greater part was cut in August and
dried for fodder, according to the
clipping.