Fifty Attend Marysville Excursion to Toledo on Thursday
Marysville residents report a sizable group of fifty attending a Thursday excursion to Toledo. Local items note changes in a grocery firm, a medical staff update, an impending reunion venue shift, and various local incidents. News items include a water tank modification at the T and O C line, a fatal boating incident near Pleasantville, and a church building committee visit to Springfield for stone quality.
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Marysville
Toledo
Wm. Tabern
J. H. Jones
Plain City
Cramell
Johp Kennedy
H.C
Hureday
Raymond
Kenton
Presbyterian Church
Springfield Thoresay
Art
Democratic convention in Union county names slate for county ticket
In a quiet Court House gathering nearly all precincts were represented at the Democratic convention. A. Thompson, E. F. Curry, A. J. Hare, W. L. Blaney, F. A. Thompson and W. A. Garrard head the slate for Sheriff, Clerk, Probate Judge, Commissioner, Prosecuting Attorney and Infirmary Director. Delegates and alternates to State and Congressional Conventions listed. platform endorses Democracy, Home Rule, minority representation on boards, and calls for vacant County Auditor position to be filled. Signed by Kishkade, Hare, Kibler, Garrard.
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Court House
A. Thompson
Taylor Township
E. F. Curry
Richwood
A. J. Hare
Marysville
W. L. Blaney
Jerome Township
F. A. Thompson
W. A. Garrard
F. H. Thornhill
G. W. Moore
A. E. Mitchell
Lester Clark
Homer Southard
J. D. Gamble
J. H. Shipley
Joseph Morrison
Robertson
William Sanders
Robert Hazlett
E. E. Moore
T. N. Fox
John Greenbaum
J. T. Carpenter
Frank Smith
C. W. Snider
Philip Bupright
Clucker
J. W. Harris
Franklin
Union County
Ohio
House
Senate
General Assembly
Board of County Commissioners
J. H. Kishkade
A. J. Hare O
Kibler
W.A. Garrard
Pair of Allen Township youths in romance notice
Albert Poling, farmer, 18, of Allen township, and Miss Lydia Weaver, 20, are named in a brief social notice. The fragment notes their ages and residence with no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Poling
Allen Township
Lydia Weaver
Land Transfers Reported in County Deeds listing
D Hinkle and others transfer 23 acres in Union and Delaware counties to Melvin Wollam for 1 dollar. Sue Vanutilburg and husband transfer lots in Jerome to Nellie Walker et al for 400 dollars. Fannie H O'Brien and husband transfer 1 acre in Liberty township to R J Hicks for 325 dollars. George Rigel and wife transfer 80 acres in Claiborne township to J F Ledley et al for 4000 dollars. N Dunnaville and wife transfer 13 acres in Union township to A F DeBolt for 205 dollars. L Myers et al transfer 51 acres in Liberty township to Ada A Ingram for 1700 dollars. J B Styers and wife transfer 50 acres in York township to James Patrick for 2000 dollars. Robi Thompson and wife transfer 326 acres in Jackson to J M Sanders et al for 20390 dollars.
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D. Hinkle
Melvin Wollam
Union
Delaware
Sue Vanutilburg
Nellie Walker
Jerome
Fannie H. O’brien
R. J. Hicks
Liberty Tp
George Rigel
J. F. Ledley
Claibourne
N. Dunnaville
Frank Weaver Dies in Marion of Smallpox
Frank Weaver, formerly of Leesburg township, died in Marion on August 6 from smallpox. Son of the late Benjamin Weaver, he moved with his family to Arkansas years ago, later returning to Union County after his father’s death. His mother remarried Walter McMahan and now lives in York township. Little had been known of Frank since he left home, with details of his death and burial reported from the Marion Star on August 6 and 7.
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Frank Weaver
Benj. Weaver
Leesburg
Marion
Union County
Arkansas
Marion Star
Philip Showers
Kenton Avenue
Weaver
William Thibaut
Thibaut
Showers
Mme. Francisca R. Janauschek
Saratoga
N. Y
E Police
Fire Department
Peoria
Ill
e@ torah
Edoward Flanagan
Harry Tracy
Oregon Penitentiary
Minneapolis
Maxim D. Robb
Fourth Ward
J. W. Robb
Cincinnati
Cincinati
August Herrman
Board of Waterworks Commissioners
Jelius Fleischmann
Maz Fleischmann
George B. Cos
Fire destroys London hotel and burns seven to death
A fire at the London hotel in San Angelo Texas early Sunday morning destroyed the building and killed seven residents. Seventy six people were in the hotel. seven confirmed dead and three others missing believed safe. The blaze also damaged three stables and several stores, with firefighters preventing total town loss.
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Neuse
San Angelo
Tex
London
Landon
Ed Hendrick
Waco
Fowler
Houston
Schulimpsky
Swindling suspect arrested in Brooklyn case
Morris Straus, wanted in Youngstown Ohio on swindling charges, was arrested in Brooklyn. Using the alias John Underhill he opened a Youngstown store with Henry Harris as manager. Harris is under arrest for a swindling scheme that cost a local merchant several hundred dollars. Straus faces related charges.
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New York
Morris Straus
Youngstown
Brooklyn
S Traus
John Underhill
Henry Harris
Harris
Straus
Aged Farmer Bound and Burned by Robbers Near Dayton
Jacob Mumma, an elderly farmer living north of Dayton, was attacked by masked robbers who broke into his home Saturday night. Bound and subjected to a coal oil fire to extract a supposed stash of money, he remains in critical condition after his shotgun misfire failed to stop the assailants. They secured only a small amount of cash.
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Dayton
Jacob Mumma
Mumma
Kerr notices death of daughter in China mission field
County Commissioner John W. Kerr received a cablegram announcing the death of his daughter Dr. Sarah Kerr aged 83 in Shanghai China from cholera while ministering to Chinese stricken areas. Deceased was a noted medical missionary of the Methodist church and had spent five years in the Orient.
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Toledo
John W. Kerr
Sarah Kerr
Shanghai
China
Methodist Church
Orient
Results of Court Martial in the Philippines
A recent Philippine mail summarizes court martial outcomes. Accused were dishonorably discharged in 227 cases, forfeiture of pay in 331, other punishments in 118, fines in 110, and confinement in 20. Charges ranged from murder to assault with many cases for minor offenses based on native Filipino complaints. Severe sentences, including death in some cases, reflect strict discipline.
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Washington
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Prince TsIa Chen Pays Respect At Grant's Tomb
Prince Tsla Chen of China visited New York on Sunday with a busy schedule that included a tour of the city fire department and a drive through Central Park. At Grant's Tomb he placed a wreath of American beauty roses and laurel leaves on the crypt in memory of General Grant, presented by the prince and escorted by Col. Middleton.
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New York
Tsla Chen
China
Gen. Grant
Moose to be stocked on Grand Island in Lake Superior
W G Mather president of Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co plans stocking Grand Island 35 miles east of Marquette with moose. Four young moose from Manitoba traveled through Duluth en route to the island after obtaining permission from the Canadian government.
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Duluth
Minn
Grand Island
Lake Superior
Marquette
W. G. Mather
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co
Cleveland
Manitoba
Vanderbilts Race Entrants Earn Third in French Events
In Deauville on August 12, William K. Vanderbilt fielded Nettie who finished third in the Prix de la Societe d Encouragement. His Mari Gold also took third in the Prix Yacowles.
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Vanderblitt
Deauville
France
William K. Vanderbilt
Nettie
Marigold
Fortieth American ships salute King Edward coronation
Manila August 11 forty one American cruisers and gunboats assembled at Cavite and fired 21 guns at noon in honor of King Edward's coronation.
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Manila
Cavite
Edward
Commercial Law League to Convene at Niagara Falls
The Commercial Law League of America will hold its annual convention in Niagara Falls from August 11 to 16. An extensive programme has been arranged for the gathering in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Law League of America
New York
The
Niagara Falls
The Sorrows of One Family in Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio on August 12 contractor Frank Murphy was killed by an Erie engine Sunday night. A stepson and a son have died previously after being struck by engines within four months. In all, six family deaths occurred within 18 months.
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Youngstown
Frank Murphy
Erie
Calf With Two Tails Reported in Springfield
Springfield Ohio August 13 J H Brameman of Tremont who buys calves for butchering found a calf with two tails one in the correct place and another growing on the shoulder indicating a rare deformity observed after purchase of cattle for slaughter.
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Springfield
J. H. Bramnaman
Tremont
East Liverpool Accepts the Cail Closure
In East Liverpool, the council or authority accepted the Cail agreement or proposal. Details are sparse with readable fragments indicating acceptance and a local decision point tied to Rue 1 Adrian. Further context from the article is needed for full clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Adrian
Romantic tragedy ends in marriage after suicide attempt
In Marysville Ohio on August 9 Rev F W Abicht joined Lydia Weaver and Albert Poling in marriage after Poling, who had been jilted months earlier, shot himself in the head but survived. Poling is 19, son of wealthy Or Semus Poling.
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Marysville
F. W. Abicht
Lydia Weaver
Calvin Weaver
Albert Poling
Two Strange Deaths In Cleveland Barn and Lumber Yard
In Cleveland on Friday Dan Murphy 23 died when a bale of straw toppled onto him as he slept in a barn. Henry Sabert 45 was found dead half buried in shavings at a lumber yard likely overcome by heat and smothered by shavings.
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Cleveland
Dan Murphy
Henry Sabert
Brigade Review Highlights 2d Brigade Encampment
Newark Ohio August 9 1917 Gov Nash Gen Dick Gen Speaks and Gen McMakin review brigade Friday evening with staff. Maj Guerin orders refreshment stands to stop selling ice cream watermelons and pies to soldiers. A dozen soldiers fainted at brigade review but were revived at camp hospital.
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Newark
Gov. Nash
Speaks
McMakin
Maj. Guerin
Medical Department
Small Assets Large Liabilities In Bellaire Store
Bellaire Ohio August 9 The Bellaire department store a large jobbing house has closed A stocktaking shows assets about 60 with liabilities near 25000 The concern bought goods nationwide and sold them to peddlers in Bellaire Wheeling and Pittsburg M Zeff a proprietor is under arrest.
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Bellaire
Bellaire Department
Wheeling
Pittsburg
M. Zeff
Slavs Thank City Over Kossuth Statue Plan
A group of Slavonians met in Cleveland and passed a resolution thanking the city council for blocking a Louis Kossuth statue on the public square. The statue is slated for University Circle near Wade Park and Adelbert College, four miles from the square.
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Louis Kossuth
Cleveland, O
University Circle
Euclid Avenue
Wade Park
Adelbert College
Prisoner Shot After Prison Escape in Marietta
A desperate Negro prisoner escaped during an arrest and faced Officer Alexander with a club. The officer pursued through a square and fired four shots, the final shot wounding the man who refused medical treatment and remained wild.
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Marietta
Alexander
Burglars Strike Three Businesses and Bank in Johnstown
Three business houses and the Citizens' Ashbrook bank in Johnstown Ohio were burglarized Friday morning. The bank safe was wrecked though little booty was taken. A posse with bloodhounds pursued the robbers and their capture was expected.
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Johnstown
Ashbrook Bank
Charles Lindeman Dies From Elevator Accident
Charles Lindeman of 205 East Clifton avenue died at Cincinnati city hospital after a neck injury from an elevator accident at Mihalovitch and Fletcher plant located at Pearl and Lawrence streets. He suffered the injury Wednesday and died Friday.
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Charles Lindeman
Cincinnati
Chas. Lindeman
East
Clifton Avenue
Mihalovitch & Fletcher
Pearl and
Lawrence Streets
City Hospital
Milford Repeals Ordinance Opens Village Quiet
Batavia Ohio Aug 9 after Milford faced one closed Sunday the village council has repealed the ordinance permitting everything to run wide open in the future and ending Sunday closures for the town.
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Batavia, O
Milford
Burglary Suspect Chased Up Tree in Lancaster
Burglars forced entry at Mack Eubanks residence in Lancaster Ohio stealing 1000 dollars and a diamond. Police tracked suspects and chased a Negro up a tree before he claimed innocence.
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Lancaster, O
Mack Eubanks
Doga
Sawmill and Spoke Factory Destroyed by Fire
In Junction City Oregon on August 9 a fire destroyed the saw mill and spoke factory of F W Guin sler with machinery lumber and stock. Loss estimated at 2500 with no insurance carried.
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Junction City
F. W. Guinsler
Infant's Terrible Fate in Boiling Water Accident
Springfield Ohio August 9 Wilbur King ten month old son of Frank King climbed a chair and fell into a tub of boiling water dying from scalds Friday incident details confined to the child's death and cause placed in local news report without sensationalism
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Springfield
Wilbur King
Frank King
Bev in Beverly Man Dies After Drinking Alcohol
Stockport Ohio August 9 Silas Wilson drank a large quantity of alcohol and died soon afterward. His body was found and taken to his home in Beverly.
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Stockport
Beverly
Silas Wilson
Will Appeal to Highest Tribunal
Wheeling West Virginia August 9 To the United States court of appeals goes the cases of strike agitators sent to jail for contempt of court by Judge Jackson John J Coniff announced the decision. Steps will be taken at once to carry the matter to the utmost tribunal.
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Wheeling
W. Va
United States Court of Appeals
Jackson
John J. Coniff
Wireless Telegraphy Link Between Washington and Annapolis
A wireless telegraph line was established between Washington and Annapolis by the navy department. The link spans about thirty five miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Annapois
Navy Department
France Holds Over One Hundred Million in Chinese Capital
A report states that French capital invested in China totals more than 100 million. The figure underscores strong financial ties and expanding overseas commitments by French firms amid evolving Sino European trade relations.
Coronation Eve Crowds Fill London Streets Ahead of King Edward VII
London crowds roamed the semijeminated streets as Westminster Abbey and the Strand drew attention on the eve of King Edward VII’s coronation. The metropolis showed restraint after wartime excesses, with building lights brightening the city and a somber restrained mood prevailing.
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London
Aug. C
Edward VII
Whitetall
Westminster Abbey
Strand
Coronation Day Spectacle Draws Crowds and Royal Processions
The city thronged as coronation events held visitors spellbound and traffic slowed. Tens of thousands camped for hours to view the procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. Salutes from London towers greeted sunrise while the royal entourage and Prince of Wales led a long, formal pageant of horse guards, aides, and dignitaries. The Abbey scene overwhelmed with nobility and global rulers, marking a grand display of imperial ceremony.
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Tower of London
Hyde Park
The
Abbey
Buckingham Palace
Royal Farm Fly
Royal Horse Guards
Bend
First Life Guards
Prince of Wales
Yorkhouse
Prince and Princess of Wales’ Household
Prince and Princess of Wales
Lord Roberts
Pertab Singh
Maharajah of
Gwalior
Affred Gaselee
Edward Hobart Seymour
Lord Kitchener
Duke of Connaught
Prince Arthur of Connaught
Weakterbury
King Edward gifts Osborne house to nation for coronation
London Aug 11 King Edward signals his coronation with a munificent gift to the nation the Osborne house estate formerly favored by Queen Victoria. In a message to Prime Minister Balfour the king says the property will be open to the people with memorial ties to the late queen and the remaining buildings may serve national purposes including a convalescent home for navy and army officers. If Parliament approval is required the king asks Mr. Balfour to secure the necessary steps.
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London
Edward
Osborne House
Victoria
Balfour
Buckingham Palace
St Windsor
King Edward Attends Privy Council and Investiture
King Edward sat in a privy council at Buckingham Palace where new ministers were sworn in and later he led an investiture ceremony for the Victorian order.
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Edward
London
King Edward
Buckingham Palace
Imprisoned Students Released by Czar Order
Berlin Aug 13 A dispatch from Petersburg says the czar has ordered the liberation of all students imprisoned at Smolensk in connection with student disturbances in Moscow last February.
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Berlin
Petersburg
Smolensk
Moscow
Holmes Appointed Associate Justice to U S Supreme Court
Roosevelt announces Oliver Wendell Holmes as associate justice to fill the Gray vacancy. Gray resigns due to ill health after strokes, having served since 1881. Holmes, Massachusetts chief justice and son of the poet Holmes, accepted the post, expressing pleasure at the assignment.
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Oyster Bay
N. J
Roosevelt
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Gray
Gray
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Hoe
Arthur
Holmes
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Beverly
Mase
United States Supreme Bench
Presse
Beverly Farms
Quarantine Raised by Danish West Indies
Washington reports that Danish West Indies authorities have lifted the quarantine on Philadelphia and Cartagena. Minister Swanson in Copenhagen notified the state department of the action.
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Washington
United States
Swanson
Copenhagen
State Department
Danish West Indies
Philadelphia
Cartagena
Ship Building Plant Sold in Wilmington
The Harlan and Hollingsworth ship building plant in Wilmington Delaware was transferred Monday night to the United States Ship Building Company for about 1.5 million dollars.
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Wilmington
Del
Harlan & Hollingsworth Ship Building
United States Ship Building C
Gunboat Boyca and 300 Soldiers Missing Since July
Panama August 13 reports the Colombian gunboat Boyca with 300 soldiers aboard departed July 29 to reinforce General Bert at Agua Dulce and has not been seen since. Incoming ships have sighted no trace of her. The dispatch is dated Suggay.
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Panama
Boyca
Gen
Bert
Agua Dulce
Philadelphia Papers Consolidate
Philadelphia papers Public Ledger and Philadelphia Times announce consolidation starting Tuesday August 12 and will publish under the title Public Ledger and the Philadelphia Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
The
Public Ledger
Philadelphia Times
Army post to be located at Cloud Springs near Chickamauga
Chattanooga Tenn August 1 This tentative notice states that the army post will be placed at Cloud Springs at the southern edge of Chickamauga park near wet to Chattanooga.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cloud Springs
Chickamauga Park
Lee sails for Tacloban to view Grant in the Philippines
Aug 11 report says Gen. Jesse M. Lee departed from here for Tacloban on Leyte to observe Gen. F. D. Grant. Nine gunboats of the mosquito fleet have been retired from coast patrol duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Manila
Jesse M. Lee
Tacloban
Leyte
F. D. Grant
Transport Meade to Sa n Francisco From Manila
Washington reports the transport Meade has been diverted from Magis Aug 8 to San Francisco. The ship carries infantry and units of the 15th United in, with details incomplete due to partial OCR text.
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Meade Salle
Manila
Washington
War Department
Meade
Magis
San’ Francisco
Gom
United
NOT A CANDIDATE Wm J Bryan Says He Will Not Run in 1904
William J Bryan declared in an interview near Muscatine Iowa that he will not be a candidate for president in 1904. He dismissed reports from Mason City as unreliable, saying he has no plans for future nominations and will remain a private citizen focused on his work as editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. J. Bryan
Muscatine
William J. Bryan
Danville
Col. Bryan
Mason City
Bryan
Poet Season Series of Baseball Games
J Louis reports at Aug 8 that R L Hedges offered wagering with Mr Rovineen on the outcome backing his team for 86000 while discussing a season series of baseball games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Louis
R. L. Hedges
Rovineen
Varied world events reach far and near
Reports include Gunboat Cretea Pierriot at Cape Haitien and troop debarkation, quake shocks hitting Skagaway Alaska and a Mass City oil gusher, Nicaragua's Masaya volcano emitting vapors for twenty days, a Kirkwood Lake flood after a cloudburst, and Senator McMillan's sudden death at Manchester by the Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Masaya
Nicaragua
Mass City
Mich
Ino. Pearson
Kirkwood Lake
Camden
N. J
Train Hits Auto Near Upper Sandusky Injures Carey Man
Aug 11 in Upper Sandusky O receives injuries that may cause death when a fast special train strikes an auto attempting to cross the tracks. Harry Kitchen of Carey is hurt while his companion W B Hoff a Carey merchant jumps to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Sandusky, O
Harry Kitchen
Carey, O
W. B. Hoff
Carey
Boy Killed by a Train in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio on August 11 a thirteen year old named Frank Glazing was struck by an engine and killed instantly while walking on railroad tracks on his way to begin his first day of employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Frank Glazing
Drowned manWilliam Zink in Akron bathing accident
William Zink aged 26 who arrived from New York with friends was drowned Sunday afternoon while bathing in the Ohio canal in Akron Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
William Zink
New York City
Ohio Canal
Daughter fatally gored by vicious cow in Waldo pasture
Marton Aug 11 The four year old daughter of Guy Jones of Waldo was fatally gored while crossing a pasture by a vicious cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marton, O
Guy Jones
Waldo
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Tunis Baxley
Hamilton
Huh
England
Blackburn
J. W. Stewart
Pleasantville
C. D. Mills
Daugther
Licking County Reservoir
Paris
Walter Kerns
Lunda
Lenorah Hathaway
Caris
Bert Cameron
Farmer
Aurilla Joliff
Leesburg Township
Morrie Straus
Brooklyn, N. Y
Columbus, C
Phillippines
Prince Tesla Chen
the National Guard
Buckingham Pelece
Round Oak
Beckwith
Oowagiac. Mich
Me. Gray
Cretea Merrot
Cage Haytien
Skagaway
Alaska
Prince Chen
Suite
Sagamore Hill
Manile
James McMilan
Michigan
Manchester By the Sea
Mass
Catawisca Valley
Shenandoah
McCrea
Machias
Crete-a-Pierriot
Firminist
Cape Haitien
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