The Races Entry List Overflows for Week Contests
The 2:20 Pace on Saturday shows 28 entries for the $400 prize. A large field fills the Thursday races with eager speed fans and competitors.
09 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Lancaster Daily Eagle
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
1
The 2:20 Pace on Saturday shows 28 entries for the $400 prize. A large field fills the Thursday races with eager speed fans and competitors.
Thursday October 11 lists class no 1 races with pace purse 350, detailing horse names like ELTORA C sister directly DAGO BABE WREATH BERNEr MAGGIE E Duke Mobel King James BLUE JAY RED ON EMERY BROOKS Walley Logan DAN ASHLAND NEOLO J THE WEED DIRECTUM R MILDRED W JERRY O CONNOR A J POINTER and owners/trainers from Ohio towns including Lan caster Hamilton Alliance Zanesville Columbus Ironton Tiffin Spencerville Richwood Columbus.
A long listing of horse names and owners from Ohio and nearby states for Class No 2 at 2:27 trot event. Entries include Admiral Dewey owned by R R Jones Newark Ohio. The Tocsin owned by Ben Olds Mt Gilead Ohio. George Minister owned by Ben Daise Athens Ohio. Billy McKinney Nerick and Smith Nelsonville Ohio. Abcabel owned by M H Howe Nelsonville Ohio. Shorty Corwin owned by G A Urban Ast Zanesville Ohio. Teddy and Teddy 3 owned by G A Urban Act Zanesville Ohio. Guy Logan owned by Elmer Owens Bremen Olio. Rosary owned by Ruble and Lurvis Bremen Olio. Harry K owned by John Stuckiey Mechanicsburg Ohio. Nitayumm and Abby C owned by John Stuckiey. Red Ormonde owned by T Guse man Lancaster Ohio. Little Jerry owned by George Addis Hamilton Ohio. Mabley Walisham owned by F Neeley Lancaster Ohio. Bellswood Wilkes owned by Ire Leist Columbus Ohio. Clayton Brooks owned by S B Walker Pulaski Pa. Little Helen owned by Wm Watson Springfield Ok. Oneida Tramp owned by I Shannon New Philadelphia Ohio. Elle Kirtley owned by Jess Rinehart Mt Vernon Ohio. Jim Chimes owned by H S Myers Ellsworth Kansas. Herjolla owned by W L Caskey Circleville Ohio. Emmitoson owned by G W Lane Newark Ohio. Norine owned by C H Morline Cardington Ohio. plus additional unreadable entries.
Listed runner names and owners across Ohio Kentucky and Indiana in a 2:17 pace purse race. Entries include Pearl Carter Milton Forbes May Dilison Patch Barney O Connor Jr Al Dillard Topsy O Connor Ralph Marlow Jil Logan Moko Elder Mildred W and others with connections to Alexandria Ravenna Zanesville Logan Pleasantville Marysville and Lancaster.
Mrs. Lena Bope of Circleville dies after a Saturday night illness at Athens Hospital. Sister Mrs. Mary Shupe of Forest Rose avenue mourns. Two children survive. Funeral services were held in Circleville today with burial planned in Lancaster Wednesday. Mrs. Bope was well known in Lancaster and many friends mourn her passing.
West Side schools were dismissed Monday due to an unready heating apparatus. Teachers spent the day visiting North School while the new system was installed and tested Tuesday before sessions reopened.
The Lancaster Citizens band leads Thursday’s pig school parade at 10 oclock. Friday features the Pickerington band with a special music program. Saturday to end the event the Mechanics band heads the premium stock parade at 11 oclock.
Lemuel Osler of 432 Madison Avenue was appointed regular patrolman to fill the vacancy caused by Patrolman Cave's resignation. He will begin Tuesday evening at the former salary of 70 dollars monthly. Twenty extra police were appointed by the safety department to assist during the fair under Chief Henry J. Wallace.
Government calls for immediate action to support the Liberty Loan of 1917. Citizens are urged to consider the crisis and contribute funds to clothe house feed train arm and transport soldiers. The message stresses the massive cost and the need for timely sacrifice.
Wartime appeal urges citizens to purchase Liberty Loan bonds with patriotic duty. It emphasizes allies’ efforts in justice and freedom and invites voluntary subscriptions without any service charge. The message frames financial support as a privilege and civic responsibility.
A reporter notes a consortium of banks operating in the Lancaster region including Amanda Baltimore Basil Bremen Hocking Valley Nat l Bank Fairfield National Bank Farmers and Citizens Bank Lancaster National Bank Farmers Merchants Bank Clear Creek Valley Bank Co First National Bank Bank of Basil Bremen Bank Co First National Bank Farmers Merchants Bank Millersport Bank Co Pleasantville Bank Pickerington Bank Rushville Banking Co Farmers and Citizens Bank.
The scheduled game between the White Sox and the Giants in New York was postponed because of rain.
Russian workers defy government warnings and initiate a general railway strike in Petrograd aimed at stopping normal traffic except for sanitary and military trains. All passenger departures were halted except for front line service, despite Nikitin’s threat of treason charges against strikers and telegraph operators who refuse to transmit the order. Date of Draft Hearing Set in Washington as Supreme Court schedules Dec 10 for arguments on selective service law.
Washington dispatch reports August exports of oats doubled and fresh beef up 50 percent, with meat and dairy products totaling 24.5 million dollars. Breadstuffs reached 45 million dollars, cotton led by value at 63.0 million, while total exports of the listed goods amounted to 155.6 million versus 108.4 million a year earlier.
Peoria reports Jesse Barker, a millionaire banker, shot himself in his home bathroom amid domestic troubles and a divorce suit. Barker wed Charmee Wolfe Robinson of Louisville in 1914, a union that stirred Louisville and Peoria social circles.
Sir Edward Letchworth grand secretary of English Free Masons died in London at age 84. News of his passing comes from the capital where tributes are paid to the veteran official who served the order for decades.
Dayton reports Professor C O Loos of Steele High School died of heart trouble after 43 years on the faculty and 14 years as principal. Other Ohio items note a safe theft in Cleveland, a farmer robbery near Athens, Downey defeats Denny in Columbus boxing, Cleveland's 4th game win over Cincinnati, and John Noshack on trial for wife murder in Cleveland.
In Chillicothe on October 1 Major Chase announces 7,000 extra overcoats a large supply of heavy wool uniforms and 45,000 more blankets will be issued to selective service men in the coming days. Heating plants and barracks work progress as winter nears while many recruits face outdoor conditions. The Third Ohio National Guard regiment departs to Montgomery, Alabama, to join the state guard division, with Lt. L. A. Curtis in command of the train and police. Special trains carry wagons, mules, horses and heavy equipment to Alabama.
New York reports the National League sold every Polo Grounds seat for the Gant White Sox game with strict measures to curb scalpers. Giants president Hempstead offered to donate $20 to police funds if scalpers were stopped. Individual names printed on each ticket. Nationals win city title 6 to 1 over the Americans, four wins and one tie in seven games.
Governor Cox opposes moving Ohio Fuel Administrator Garfield’s headquarters from Columbus to Cleveland arguing Columbus is central to production. Homer H. Johnson, Cleveland attorney, may not be appointed, with Charles E. Adams also considered. McGhee sent 205 town names for coal needs. 15 mayors report some coal, others none. The Ohio coal clearing house, led by J. M. Roan, provided emergency coal to dozens of communities last week. Cleveland will ship 3,000 tons of emergency coal from Ohio mines for hospitals, schools, and households at about 6.75 dollars per ton.
Washington reports Vice Admiral Sims stating an American patrol vessel fired on an Italian submarine at night in the war zone after the submarine did not answer recognition signals. One officer and one enlisted man were killed. Secretary Daniels expressed deepest regret and offered condolences to the Italian ministry of marine and the American navy. Big guns in a continuous duel with small actions and trench reconnaissance continue on the Passchendaele ridge fronts in Flanders as massive artillery maintains the exchange.
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