The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-09-04

the wooded field on the west
side of what is now Lewis street,
between Spruce and Playground
streets, where they remained
until the following Sunday. The
heavy rainfall caused the rail
roadbed both north and south
of Caldwell to be washed out
and the first railroad bridge be-
low here met a like fate. The
circus took its departure on Sun
day, with the determination to
never again exhibit in any town
located on only one railroad,
which determination it adhered
to until the end of its career.
The seats on the court house
east side esplanade were last
Wednesday afternoon removed
to the Playground for use during
the days of the fair, taking the
place of those destroyed in the
early Tuesday morning fire. This
act was most commendable and
should become custom each
year in the future.
The cost of having a tooth
filled in New York City is $500,
in San Francisco the cost for the
same operation is $500; there is
far more gold dust in the latter
city than in the former.
During the Intervening years
between December 9, 1909, at the
time Charles c. Caldwell's COM
bined residence and business
building on the site now occupied
by the Free Methodist church at
the intersection of Cumberland
and Bridge streets and the des-
truction of the Playground grand
stand by fire earlys~on Tuesday,
/ August 26, 1858, Caldwell was
not visited by single destruc-
tive conflagration, thanks to the
efficiency of our local volunteer
fire department. At the time
Mr.. Caldwelrs property was
destroyed H. NJ. (MelD Wells,
yet a resident of this place, was
the clerk in Charley's hardware
store.
The Timken Roller Co. strike
on for more than a month has
been settled and the plants at
Canton, Columbus and zanes-
vile resumed operations on
Tuesday of this week.
The attendance at the Ohio
state fair held at Columbus last
week is reported as being several
thousand less than that of the
average during the past several
years. However, it is believed
the fair will "break even"
| Despite the many warnings in
this column to motorists to use
the utmost care in the driving
of their cars, a fatal accident
occurred east of Caldwell last
Friday night in which the life
of a young Noble county man
was lost and two others injured,
resulting when the car left the
| highway and crashed against a
tree. This should serve as another
warning.
| Now that the Caldwell school
ldays are again upon us it might
be in order, to at once, for the
local officers and the village
councilmen to Immediately put
an end to the practice of making
West street, between Playground
and Spruce streets, an auto
mobile race course before and
after class hours. In the past, the
practice has been most danger
Gus one. Don't lock the barn
door after the horse has been
stolen," was an old age truthful
saying.
During the Labor Day holiday
period, from last Friday evening
to Monday midnight of this
week, there were 400 deaths il
traffic accidents in the United
States against the prediction o.
420 by the national safety coun'
Gil. There was one death in Noble
county only few hours after
; the beginning of the period
There were "a such deaths il
> Chic, this state being second il
t, the number killed with Calf
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