Death by Own Hand in Poneto Farm Near Poneto
Lee Sellars aged 54 of near Poneto shot himself Sunday afternoon, dying instantly from a single .82 caliber revolver shot to the head. Neighbors, Coroner McBride, and Dr. Dickason were involved as his son Bing Sellars and daughter in law were at a nearby house. The self-inflicted tragedy follows weeks of ill health and past mental disturbances noted by doctors, with no financial motive evident. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Ponco with Grove cemetery burial.
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Lee Sellers
Poneto
Sellers
Bing Sellers
Bing
Lee Sel- Yars
McBride
Sellars
Sellark
Mckride
Dickason
Petroleum
Tles
Ponco
Grove Cemetery
Andrew Murray In Jail After Liberty Center Horse Theft
Police in Liberty Center pursue Andrew Murray who stole a horse and buggy belonging to Rev. Charles Stinson and led deputies on a pursuit toward Poneto. Murray pleaded guilty to horse theft and was bound over to circuit court with a $200 bond he could not meet. He is jailed with Sheriff Johnston.
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Liberty Center
Charles Stinson
Poneto
A. Smith
Smith
Andrew Murray
Murray
Anthony Smith
Stinson
Justice of the Peace
Eoircuit
Johnston
Tyner
Trustees Notice for Weekly Township Meetings
Notice states P B Fishbaugh trustee will hold meetings at his home each Wednesday to transact township business in Roa Creek Township Bata. The item notes recurring weekly sessions for local governance and official matters.
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Roa Creek Townshie _ Bata
Phineas Abshire Seeks Divorce Amid Allegations
Phineas Abshire filed for divorce from Susan Abshire citing abandonment since 1901 and alleged cruelty and adultery. The complaint names connected parties with details withheld by stenography, and recounts recent separations and a peace bond that was dismissed after her failure to appear.
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Phin
Loss settled in Arbauh school fire case in Union township
The Home Insurance company approved a settlement Monday for the Arbauh school fire. The building received four hundred dollars and the contents one hundred dollars, totaling six hundred dollars.
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the Home Insurance Company
Arbaugh
Union Township
A Soldier of Commerce Chapter I The Disappearance
In New York Townsend a senior partner of Townsend Burdick, windmill makers, faces a mystery as Harvey Irons, their Russia agent, sends grand orders from St. Petersburg and Moscow then vanishes. A web of intrigue unfolds with brokers, princes, and a planned matching of Mizik with a Circassian beauty amid a forbidden slave-trade crackdown in Tsarist environs.
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Townsend & Burdick
New York
Harvey Irons
Russia
Townsend
Lrons
Mr. Irons
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Paris
Irons
Mr. Townsend
Tlarvey Irons
The Boat on the Kur and Hafiz Effendi Plot
In Tiflis a Caspian bound boat captain Hassan awaits cargo as Hafiz Effendi and the old slave trader Tam Nafiz plan a thousand gold piece scheme. A staged melodrama scene interrupts with a desperate maiden and mockery from the audience before the tale continues.
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Tiflis
Caspian
Hassan
Constantinople
Stamboul
Astrakhan
Trebizond
Hafiz
Effendi
Mizik
Bokhara
Allah
Hafiz Effendi
Tam Nafiz
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Royal Baking Powder CO
Poento
Anrew Murray
Burdick
Mr. Burdick
Empire
Mussian
Haz Effendi
Rebsi
Thiutiy Mifouds
Chresssia
Georgia
Matiz Wend
Muley
Sergius Orskoff
Department of the Service
Ita
Caucasua
Persia
Turkey
Llms
China
Massachusetts
Maghud
Orskoff
Ameer
Davonea
Titlis
Batiz
Caor
Hafiz Bend
Misik
Amber
Mivik
Hiis
Georgi
Hafly
Ignatz Blartelkis
Titis
Yafiz
Ignatz Blarteikis
Ignatz Biartelkis
Koura
Sons of Heaven
Hatiz
Caucasus
Bakhara
The
Susil
Karakag
Kar
Hafiz Effend
Kahve
Joseph Chamberlain
Brommager
Joe
Patrick Golgin
New Orlang
Pangani Canal
Ry.g
Duyis
West
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