Officer Wounded Then Suicide Follows Standoff in Mt. Orab
Cincinnati police officer Captain Lynn Black was gravely wounded as James W. Webster barricaded himself for about an hour in Vernie Armentrout’s house near Mt. Orab Ohio. Webster, wanted in Indiana for Sheriff Compton’s slaying, killed himself with a gunshot after initial gunfire and gas attempts by officers. Authorities during the siege included Clark County Captain Black and Brown County Sheriff John Neu, with witnesses noting gunfire and gas canisters. Webster’s arrest had prompted a reward and linked escape from Ft. Madison Iowa.
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MT. Orab
Cincinnati
Mt. Crab
Lynn Black
Brown County Police
James W. Webster
Walker
Robert Burris
Black
Webster
Roy Compton
Rushville
Ind
Vernie Armentrout
Indiana
Armentrout
Capt. Black
Robert Roberts
Clermont County
John Neu
Brown County
Capt Black
Cambria
Ft. Madison
Iowa
Compton
Capt
West Virginia
Peterson's Ointment Claims Instant Eczema Relief
A 30 year old ad touts Peterson's Ointment as instantly stopping itching and healing eczema and old sores. It promises rapid relief from red cracked skin and a month long use banishing traces, with a 36 cent box sold at drug stores.
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Peterson
Peterson’s
Wellington News Briefs and Community Notes
SAILING DATH WELLINGTON Nov 21 Miss Ruth Hege of this village now in Brussels Belgium will depart for Africa on March 10 for work in the Mission fields. She is in a strenuous medical course with support from the local Baptist church and Ohio Association. FULL report of her experience is in The Ohio Independent Baptist edited by Rev H K Finley. FAMILY QUARANTINED The Bernie Miller home Huntington is quarantined due to diphtheria. Mrs Miller and three children are ill. BEARDS AND BETS Eber Murch of this place joined the House of David but the joke is a lost bet. he must stay unshaven until Christmas. THE FORGOTTEN MAN Sermon by Dr C W Recard notes forgotten men and the need for helping others. LEAVE FOR SOUTH Mr and Mrs W J Powell and daughter Pauline will spend winter in Florida. Carl Robinson accompanies them. An orchestra forms in the village for dances at Huntington and Lo-Net Theatre performances. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Mrs Anne Von Blume admitted to Falls Clinic Hospital for observation and treatment. DINNER Wellington Board of Education and faculty will dine in Home Economics room Tuesday evening with students planning the meal.
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Dath
Wellington
Ruth Hege
Brussels
Belgium
Africa
Hege
Eber Murch
House of David
Murch
Howard Evans
Neighborhood Bridge Club Meeting At Mrs Bradstock Home
Mrs L G Bradstock entertained Neigh borhood Bridge Club members at her home Friday evening with Mrs Walter West as guest. High honors were won by Mrs West and Mrs William Wads worth. Entertaining Grange youths followed as Miss Mary and Lucille Burge hosted Wellington Subordinate Grange members.
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Orhood Bridge Club
L. G. Bradstock
Neighborhood Bridge Club
Walter West
West
William Wadsworth
Miss Mary
Lucille Burge
Wellington
Local Grange hosts guests for Friday evening games
Young People's Grange and guests from Brighton LaGrange and Wellington enjoyed thirty participants at the Seat of Honor initiation. Refreshments followed. Penfield quartet sang at the local Methodist church Sunday night. The Youths and Methodists prepare for December 6 missionary talk by Rev Ira Gillette. Clergy and choirs provided music across churches.
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Seat of Honor
Brighton
LaGrange
Wellington
Penfield
Train wreck feeds jobless risks in Junction district
A livestock train derailed near Junction Pa causing 67 sheep deaths. Needy locals reportedly helped themselves to the mutt on the scene as the wreck solved the food problem temporarily with no interference.
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Junction
Display Gooseberries Reach Record Size in Redmond
In Redmond Oregon, Thomas Quigley exhibits the largest gooseberries ever shown in Central Oregon. The wine red fruits rival Royal Aune cherries in size and are translucent enough to reveal seeds when held to the light. Fire destroys historic Freeport barn. A century old building, among the region’s oldest, is burned.
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Redmond
Ore
Oregon
Thomas Quigley
Freeport
Fire destroys Freeport stable once used for canal workers
A historic dwelling and stable in Freeport, long tied to the Pennsylvania canal era, burned recently. Built in March 1832, the structure served as a residence in recent years before its destruction.
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Freeport
Pastor Beats Bandits In Altoona Stand
Reverend Vernon D. Grubb of St. Pauls Reformed Church in Altoona thwarted two bandits who accosted him one night. The incident ended without reported injuries as the assailants fled.
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Altoona
Vernon D. Grubb
St. Pauls Reformed Church
Here
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Tipperary
IHS
Violet Curtice
Herrick Ave
East
Coplea
Junior Grissinger
Courtland
Bernie Miller
Huntington
C. W. Recard
Jess
South
W. J. Powell
Pauline
Florida
Carl Robinson
Paul Recard
Charles Willard
Carlton Willard
Paul Schafer
Maurice Tran
Lo-Net Theatre
Anne von Blume
Falls Clinic Hospital
Family Services
Thrift Service
the Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning CO
Second Street
L. A. Baumgardner
Methodist Church
Methodist Sunday School
Ira E. Gillette
Epworth League
Lutzow
Church of Christ
Florence Gariss
Naomi Novarte
Hi Times
Union
H. K. Finley
Gene Castleman
Heidelberg College Glee Club
Castleman
Fred Sponseller
Grubb Knestad
Ieee
Sao
Jualit Store
Paris
Wasserman's
Wasserman’s
Elyria
Broad St
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