Stella Emslie Sues for Breach of Promise After Weight Gain
Stella Emslie of Bowling Green sues a prominent farmer for breach of promise. He argues the Stella of today is not the same person as the one promised to marry eight years ago, noting her weight has risen from 125 to 319 pounds and claiming he cannot be expected to marry her now. She seeks $3000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Stella Emslie
Stella Emilie
Stella
Yore
Ihe
Avordupois
Sensation at funeral shocks Bluffton congregation
The Rev Clarence Miller of Bluffton Indiana stirred a funeral for late Congressman A N Martin by denouncing his vices. He claimed Martin should have died in battle, noting a $100000 career yet a cheap pine coffin and blaming liquor for a tragic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Miller
Bluffton
Indiana
Congressman Martin
Ind
First Presbyterian Church
A.N. Martin
Miller
Vaughan Offers Cheaper Bag Top in Richwood
Ww. G. Vaughan advertises affordable bag tops for carts and carriages in Richwood, promising lower prices than local shops. The brief notice stresses value and prompt supply for owners seeking a new top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richwood
G. Vaughan
Henry Baker Recovers Voice After Nine Week Silence
Henry Baker of Orchard Place, south of the fair grounds, regains his voice after two months of silence. He spoke only in a whisper for nine weeks and surprised his son and daughter, who did not recognize their father on the telephone. The return occurred the same day and nearly the same hour as the disappearance, prompting neighbors to celebrate this odd recovery reported by the Marysville Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Baker
Orchard Place
Fair Grounds
Thomas Hinton
Baker
Clarence Perfect
Marysville Journal
Marion county man released from jail under insolvent debtor law
William Kay Clements of Marion county, jailed three months for defaulting $500 judgment to Addie E. Carter of Jackson township after being declared the father of her child, was released today. Commissioner E W Porter issued a certificate to Sheriff Burnham for release until August 12 when final discharge will be heard. He plans to deny the charge and may seek damages against Carter and press perjury charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kay Clements
Marion County
Addie E. Carter
Jackson Township
Clements
E. W. Porter
Porter
Burnham
Marysville
Stum Ac Oids Merit Cures Sour Stomach Says Druggist
C W Wolgamot, Druggist, touts Stum Ac Oids as possessing great merit and claiming to cure aggravated cases of sour stomach, bad taste, foul breath, and bowel problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MBL
C. Wolgamot
Local notices from Richwood and vicinity in Ohio
Nappenings from Marion County to Marysville and beyond include visits by Miss Ella Leeper and Mrs. Hudson, a K P lodge ice cream social, a court of inquiry on a drunken disturbance, and multiple visits among families. Notable items: deaths, travel by Col. Fred Blankner, and a Maple Dell Park lawn fete with fireworks drawing a large crowd.
Summersville Stings In Social Roundup
Miss Cora Potts visited Chas Seran and family last Friday. Oscar Jennings stayed with Lum Paugh near Milford Center. Mrs. Wm Morris of Marion visits her parents in town. Ben Paugh returns home from work near Byhalia to his mother Elmira Paugh. Friends church will hold services next Sunday morning and evening led by Rev Calvin Stratton of Mingo. M E ladies hosted an ice cream supper at the schoolhouse last Saturday night. A barn fire on Martha Hill property caused excitement Sunday evening but was extinguished with little damage. cause unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Hudson
Springfield
Ohio
Yount
Bessie Vivian
Mercy Webster
York
Ethel Clevenger
K. of P. Lodge
S. Baker
Marion County
Jas. Hoskins Jr
Sidney
Park Avenue
Flora Adair
London
John Hoskins
Indiana
Jas. Hoskins
J. L. Jolliff
Richwood
Magnetic Springs
Maple Dell Park
Jim
Cora Potts
Chas, Seran and Family
City Mills
Oscar Jennings
Lum Paugh
Milford Center
Wm. Morris
Marion
Louis Evans
Ben Paugh
Byhalia
Elmira Paugh
Friends’ Church
Calvin Stratton
Mingo
M. E
Martha Hill
Local Notes and Social Updates from Essex and Area
Clyde Parish shows improvement while Miss Bodie Munivain lies ill at home in Essex. Jonathan Williams finishes home addition, and croquet champion James Seamon shines this season. Several families report illnesses and local Sunday school picnics are planned in Temple and Haines groves. Rev Hubbell and Mrs Hubbell attended the Ohio missionary conference at Sabina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Parish
Bodie Munivain
Essex
James Seamon
J. E. Inskeep
Bell Sunday School
Haines Grove
C. E. White
David Carr
City Mills
Richwood
Ohio
The
Baptist Sunday School
Temple Grove
Post Office Moves to Richards Building in Richwood
Uncle Sam Postmaster and assistants moved the post office last night to the Richards building at Franklin and Ottawa. The force prepared for patrons this morning, arranging new boxes and services. New quarter-sawed oak furniture from Keyless Lock Co and a burglar and fire proof Mosler safe enhance the room, praised for fit and finish by Mr. Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgeon
Richards
Franklin and
Ottawa Streets
Beavers
Keyless Lock Co
Indianapolis
All Day Session Fails to Yield Steel Workers Accord
Pittsburgh July 31 Disappointment spreads as the Amalgamated Association fails to ratify New York compromise with Morgan Schwab and Gary. Union mills and open mills dispute surfaces as leaders seek changes before agreeing to the plan. A long day of talks ends without a conclusion and a Wednesday meeting is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and ‘Tin Workers
New York
Amalgamated Association
Messrs
Morgan, Schwab
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Combine
Electric lamp tragedy kills 80-year-old man in Zanesville
Frederick Petty, 80, was returning home when he found an electric lamp not burning. He adjusted the carbons and the iron frame, and the lamp touched the magnet, sending the full current through his body and killing him instantly. He was married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Frederick Petty
Masked men raid Buckusrys residence for loot
Twelve masked men visited the residence of Peter Drum a wealthy farmer eleven miles east of Bucyrus Ohio bound the family and tortured Drum to uncover hidden money. They took $50 and fled after neighbors were alerted by the women’s screams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucyrus
Peter Drum
Here
Lynch threat looms as miner riot aids suspect
Zanesville Ohio July 30 Melvin Shelton, wounded by Grant Taylor during his final hours, died Monday. That evening hundreds of miners gathered at King’s mines, many calling for the lynching of Bisby, the colored man blamed for sparking the riot. Cambridge authorities brace for potential trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Melvin Shelton
Grant Taylor
Taylor
King’s Mines
Bisby
Cambridge
Sailors Rescued After 31 Hours At Sea Near Toledo
Rudolph Nearing William Regler and Arthur Bateman, aboard the 23 foot Privateer, were towed to Toledo by the steamer Hesper after a day and a half of stormy weather left them nearly swamped and without provisions near West Sister Island. The voyage began from Put in Bay Monday morning and ended Tuesday afternoon with their rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Rudolph Nearing
Wm. Regler
Arthur Bateman
Privateer
Hesper
Put
Bay
Bateman
Regler
West Sister Island
Thompson Township Social Notes and Local Visits
Nelson Fryman called on Bell Waring Monday. Will Jones and wife spent Sunday at Bellpoint. Wm. Fryman had a valuable colt to fall and break its leg. James and Jonathan Fryman spent Monday and Tuesday in Columbus. Marshal Field and wife of Marion spent Sunday and Monday with friends here. A lawn fete at Maple Dell drew many locals. Mrs Lizzie Hastings of Springfield and Misses Lattie Redman and Mary Houston of Osborn visit their brother John Redman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Jonathan Fryman
Columbus
City Mills
Richwood
Ohio
Marshal Field
Marion
Maple Dell
Lizzie Hastings
Springfield
Lattie Redman
Mary Houston
Osborn
John Redman
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets ad and local notices
An advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets at 25 cents with E W Grove’s signature on each box and a refund guarantee if not effective. Local notes mention Mrs W D Cameron improving after illness, a repair shop specialty by W G Vaughan near Richwood Electric Light Plant, questions on heat expansion and Philippine climate, visits among local families, I O C F lodge plans, Dr Marie Simone-Perfect's return from Delaware, and travel by M P Martin of Mt Vernon and Dr Pyle of Oberlin with timing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desiggists
E. W.grove
W. G. Vaughan
Electric Light Plant
Richwood, Ohio
M. P. Martin
Mt. Vernon
Dr. Pyle
Oberlin
Richwood
Mr. Martin
F. A. Martin
W. R. Robison
Imperial Edict Says Foreign Affairs Board Replaces Tsung Li Yamen
Washington reports an imperial edict issued on the 24th establishes a foreign affairs board to precede the six existing boards. Prince Ching supervises the new body with Wang Wen Shao as associate minister, Chu Hung Chi as president and associate minister, and Hsu Shou Pieng and Lien Fang as senior and junior vice presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prince Ching
Tohio
Tsung Li Yamen
Hsu Shou Pieng
Lien Fang
Dayton Club May Move as Small Attendance Hits Hard
Dayton Ohio July 29 The Dayton baseball club faces possible relocation due to persistently low crowds this summer. Sunday’s turnout was about one third of typical gate, with Manager Armour's patience wearing thin. A boycott by union workers against People’s railway lines largely drives the sagging attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Armour
Judge lifts injunction then raises tax on street car firm
Cleveland Ohio July 31 Judge Strimple dissolved the temporary injunction against the city board of equalization preventing an increase in the tax assessment of the Cleveland Electric Railway Co. Minutes later the board boosted the assessment by nearly five million dollars. The street car companys attorneys will appeal to the circuit court at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Johnson
State Board of Equalization
Cleveland, O
Strimple
City Board of Equalization
Cleveland Electric Railway Co
Board of Equalization
Circuit Court
Local Notices and Family Updates From Area Dialects
Charley Welch recovering from heat exposure while Old Mr. Soliday remains ill in a weak condition. Miss Blanch Hill of Marion visits relatives Walt Hill and wife. Jacob Bevelhymer and Patsy O'Brien of Liberty township were here on business last week. Wheat yields are small due to chintz bug. Arthur Elliott's house burned Friday night. insurance light. Mrs. RB Koffroth improves enough to travel on crutches. Ernest Albaugh and wife return to Springfield after four weeks visiting. he works in a piano plate factory. K of P lodge officers installed at Pharisburg. banquet afterward features a supper for the wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Green
Marion
Marysville
City Mills
Richwood
Ohio
Ella Leeper
St. Louis
C. W. Leeper
Blues Creek
Bonner
Jacob Bevelhymer
Patsy O’brien
Liberty Township
Arthur Elliott
RB. D. Koffroth
Ernest Albaugh
Springfield
Ernest
Seefried Fires Into Crowd Kills Man at Forest City Park
Otto B. Seefried park manager in Cleveland shot into a disturbance crowd at Forest City park fatally wounding Thomas Murtagh with a bullet through the abdomen Edward Yarahan was hit in the knee but not seriously injured Police chased down Seefried and found him in an engine house with a revolver in hand and arrested him A crowd gathered outside the engine house before police dispersed them
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Forest City Park
Otto B. Seefried
Thomas Murtagh
Edward Yarahan
Seefried
Man Dies After Fall From Big Four Express
Delaware O July 31 Joseph Mc Cann lies unconscious at county infirmary after falling from Tuesday morning's Big Four express due here at 2 15. He lay on the street crossing for some time before found his skull was crushed and three large pieces were removed by surgeons at police headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Joseph McCann
County
Appointment of district mine inspectors announced
Chief State Mine Inspector E G Biddison re appointed district mine inspectors for three year terms dating from July 15 1901 William H Miller Newark for the First district Stark Summit Medina Wayne and Holmes D H Williams Glouster for the Second district Athena Washington Meiga Gallia and Law rence Columbus Ohio July 31 1901
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
E. G. Biddison
William H. Miller
Newark
Stark
Summit
Medina
Wayne
Holmes
D. H. Williams
Glouster
Athena
Washington
Meiga
Gallia
Lawrence
Ministers Attend Sabina Ohio M P Conference This Week
Rev H Clark Rev A H Owens and Rev Matt Hammond attend the annual M P church conference at Sabina Ohio this week. Rev T B Graham was unable to attend due to ill health. It marks over fifty years since he last missed the conference.
Youngstown Plant to Move to Cleveland Operations
The Youngstown tin can plant will be removed to Cleveland to operate with the Cleveland plant. The trust formed expects the Youngstown plant to be a key facility. Ohio Oil Cloth Co. plans to resume operations on August 1 after its period of closure under the trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, CO
Youngstown
The
Tin Can Trust
Cleveland
Ohio Oil Cloth Co
Trust
Train collision in Old Forge claims child life
Akron Ohio reports a carriage struck by an Erie train at Old Forge. W G Matson, his wife, and their children were in the carriage when the accident occurred. the boy, aged about two, was killed. The full details are not provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
W. G. Matson
Erie
Old Forge
Riotous crowd at National Steel plant prompts police dispersal
Steubenville July 31 A riotous crowd gathered about the Mingo Junction plant of the National Steel Co Tuesday morning and had to be dispersed by police Ninety five Slay furnace men struck over a proposed 25 to 40 cent daily wage advance Their places were filled by Italians and further trouble is feared
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Mingo Junction
National Steel Co
July Eclipses and Gundy Tie in Sobering Times
July events report a sobering tone near O., with mention of Gundy and a weeklong sequence. Details are fragmentary but suggest a local focus on ongoing concerns and time markers.
Uribe Uribe Plans Overthrow of Colombia Reported
New York dated July 31 reports agent Restrepo and Perez say Gen Uribe Uribe is back in Colombia with allies Herrera and Marin. 3,000 troops in Tolima, $200,000 raised for munitions, 15,000 Mauser rifles and 2,000,000 cartridges bought in Europe. All liberal drive to topple conservatives could void French Panama Canal concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. d. Restrepo
Raoul Perez
Uribe-Uribe
Colombia
Herrerra
Marin
Tolima
Senor Perez
Restrepo
Europe
Belgium
Perez
Liberal Party
Gen. Uribe-Uribe
Panama Canal Co
All Day Fight Near Neuta Ends With British Gun Loss Narrow Escape
Details from Durban describe an all day engagement near Neuta on July 28 between a British column and Boer commandos. Four hundred Boers attacked repeatedly, Maj. Edwards and Gunner Carpenter were killed, five Brits died, and the 67th field battery narrowly lost a gun before it was limbered and taken under fire for three miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durban
Natal
Neuta
Edwards
Carpenter
Nashville officer and family suffer ptomaine scare
Nashville July 31 Capt E Tholman of the firment, his wife and two children, his sister in law Mrs W J Pape and her child, narrowly escaped death from what doctors say was ptomaine poisoning from an ice cream freezer. Five hours of hard work by physicians left them out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
E. Tholman
Nashville
W. J. Pape
Johnson murder trials end with life sentences in Ohio
Upper Sandusky July 30 The court overruled the stay of judgment for Marsh Lindsey and sentenced him to life in the penitentiary. Willis Miller, the fifth member of the Foster gang, also received a life term after his motion for a new trial was overruled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Sandusky
Johnson
Marsh Lindsey
Willis Miller
Rail line purchases seed huge deeds and mortgages
Springfield Ohio July 30 two deeds and mortgages filed by the Detroit Southern railroad show one deed for two million dollars and mortgage for four and a half million dollars as the first mortgage holders price for the Ohio Southern the second deed records six million dollars and mortgage ten million dollars as the purchase price of the Detroit Southern Railway bondholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, O
Detroit Southern Railroad
Ohio Southern
Detroit Southern Railway Bo
Jenkins Wins Two of Three Falls in Mixed Style Title Bout
Tom Jenkins of Cleveland defeated Charles Wittmer of Cincinnati two falls to one at League Park in a mixed style championship match for a $1,500 purse. First fall went to Jenkins in 15:28, Wittmer won the second in 21:48, Jenkins took the third in 2:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, C
Tom Jenkins
Cleveland
Charles Wittmer
Cincinnati
League Park
Jenkins
Witemer
Jenkiga
McDonald Named Receiver in Coal Co Dispute
In Wooster Ohio on July 30 Charles A McDonald of Wooster was appointed receiver of the plans on Coal Co after Denial R Hanna and Thomas R Long of Cleveland filed the application. The move stems from trouble among stockholders of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Charles A. McDonald
Plans On Coal Co
R. Hanna
Thomas R. Long
Cleveland
Richwood News Briefs Reflect Illness Travel and Local Happenings
Fragments note residents visiting and ill with various complaints over the week. Mrs Brooks and others report sickness while J Miller and W Hillem advertise goods. Adam Hoover upgrades his farm with a granary as Miss Blanch Bader visits from Marion. George Gam recovers from rheumatism and returns to town life. John Walters and wife travel from LaRue due to his father’s sudden illness. J C Aronhalt rents rooms behind the Richards building for a restaurant and ice cream parlor setup.
Reverend Habbell to lecture on Mammoth Cave at Grace Chapel
Rev C H Habbell will give a popular lecture on Mammoth Cave at Grace Chapel near Arbela on Friday evening August 9. All are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Habbell
Mammoth Cave
Grace Chapel
Arbela
Local residents tied to farm and family visits
John D. Jolliff of the southwest rural area has built a granary on his farm and plans wind power to grind stock food. Mrs. Chipps of Cardington, visiting her daughter Mrs. Chas Truesdell, is now visiting relatives near Urbana this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Jolliff
Mrs Jones Returns Home From Galion Visit
Mrs. W. A. Jones of Galion returned home yesterday after a pleasant visit with relatives in Richwood. She was accompanied home by her husband's sister Miss Ida Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Jones
Galion
Richwood
Ida Jones
Epworth League Lawn Fete Planned Near Gazette Building
The Epworth League of the M. E. church will hold a lawn fete on the lawn south of the Gazette building on South Frankton street on Wednesday evening, August 7. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
M. E. Church
Gazette
Franktion Street
Richwood Buggy Works Advertises Repairs Near Electric Plant
W G Vaughan proprietor of Richwood Buggy Works near the Electric Light Plant in Richwood offers complete satisfaction in all carriage and buggy repair work. He notes the business is the successor to McGee Vaughan and invites inquiries for smithing woodwork priming and every repair need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.G. Vaughan
Richwood Buggy Works
Electric Light Plant
Richwood
McGee & Vaughan
Palm care guidance for houseplants from Vick
In the house palms can stand where light is fair but not direct sun says Vick. Water to wet the soil ball thorough and wait for dryness before watering again. Wash foliage often and keep free from insects. If scales appear, brush with areohol solution and wipe away. Palms are not troublesome to care for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vick
Stiles Leaves Richwood for Massillon Oil Post
Wilfrid Stiles, longtime Standard Oil agent in Richwood, departed Tuesday for Massillon to take a higher paying role with the same company. His Richwood salary had been raised several times as the company showed appreciation. Bruce Street succeeds Stiles in the post and begins his duties today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfrid Stiles
Standard Oil Co
Richwood
Massilon
Ohio
Bruce Street
Horn & Co
Stiles
Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union County
W.H. Richards
Old Reliable Merchant Tailor
Studebaker
Itis Lap
the Country News
Tewas
Thomas Scofield
Profs. McCord
Z. X. Corey
Green Camp
L. B. Harvey
Mr. Scofield
Scofield
Fred Blankner
Wm. King
Fred Pinney
Roy King
R. Watrous
Lafayette
Mrs. Wm. King
Will Johns Street
Perry Miller
Sint Mary Hildreth
Frank Hill
Dunkirk
R. W. Hill
Clara Harts
Reading, Pa
Mrs
Harry Thomas
Church Street
Summersville
Rushcreek Rarebits
Jonathan Williams
Fairview
C. Nf. Hubbell
Sabina
Ohio M. P
Uncle Sam
Lanesville
Guernscy County
Thompson Township
Nelson Fryman
Bell Waring
Will Jones
Bellpoint
Wm. Fryman
Philippine
Islands
W. C. Davie
Mt. Gilead
W. W. Davis
I. 0.C. F. Lodge
Broadway
This Place
Richwood Lodge
Marie Simone-Perfect
Prospect
Taun Li Wamen
Board of Foreign Affairs
Dayton Western Association
Charley Welch
Mr. Soliday
Blanch Hill
Mr. Walt Hill
Pharisburg
Oriatell Ceacaie
Tan O
Gen
Brigard
Oribe-Uribe
Maracaibo
Curacao
Maritime Exchange
Herbert O. Jeffries
Col
Murilo
Svanilla
Allegheny
Tholman
T. J. Brooks
Chase & Santasia
J. Miller
W. Hillem
Will Cunningham
Hyer
Adam W. Hoover
Miss Blanch Bader
W. S. Crawford
Geo. R. Gam
John Walters
LaRue
J.C. Aronhalt
Doan
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