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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1903
Page
7
Secretary of State Laulin in Columbus on March 26 advised Paulding county deputy supervisors to ignore a recent law on township precinct apportionment. He argues the provision limiting elected justices of the peace and township trustees from same precinct restricts voters' rights and conflicts with the constitution.
Columbus Ohio March 26 directors of the United Association of Lumber Dealers from Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky and West Virginia met to decide suing to test the validity of the demurrage clause of the interstate commerce act. Counsel include Senator B F Wirt of Youngstown H M Daugherty of Columbus and Clyde Painter of Bowling Green.
Fire destroyed Samuel Jackson's two room home in East Springfield early Friday. Jackson is jailed on grand larceny charges while his wife and children remain at the pesthouse. No one inside the house for a week and no fire alarm was activated. In Columbus, nearly a hundred navy enlistment candidates were examined, six met requirements, with flat feet blamed for most rejections.
At a Friday meeting of the Zanesville Marietta and Parkersburg railway directors in Zanesville Ohio an official announcement stated that contracts for building the line will be let on Monday President Blair will reveal the awarded firms from Pittsburgh The line forms a link in the new Wabash route to tidewater and will be pushed to completion.
Louis Westfall a cook at Blenke kamp restaurant 802 Main street Cincinnati swallowed carbolic acid Friday morning. Westfall had been discharged from the restaurant and from several city hotels previously due to drinking.
Toledo March 2 report says International Motor Car Co. subject to reorganizing control by Pope Manufacturing Co. Col Albert Pope leads this New Jersey incorporated firm. The subsidiary plant will be enlarged as part of the shift and expansion of automobile production.
Senator Hanna received a telegram from Thomasville Georgia reporting Ruth Hanna’s condition slightly improved with a lower temperature. Doctors confirm the illness as typhoid fever.
In Cleveland on March 27 a merger of Citizens' Saving and Trust Co. and American Trust Co. was announced after a officers’ conference. The combined capital stock will be 4 million dollars, deposits 27 million, and resources 34 million.
The Roseville Gas and Oil Co struck a 20 barrel producer on Mayor William Harkness's farm in Roseville. The new well is yielding large quantities of gas and arousing much excitement in Zanesville.
Bellefontaine Ohio region reports the death of Frank Foughty renowned for telling the time to within minutes without ever carrying a watch. The local note credits his unusual skill and mentions his passing on March 28.
In Canton Ohio Jacob Miller 82 applied for a marriage license to wed 57 year old Emma Snyder. Miller described as a retired farmer with substantial means, his bride helped him up the steps into the probate office. Both had prior marriages.
A group of Dennison businesses obtained a temporary injunction to prevent the American Sheet Steel Co. from relocating its Dennison mill. Judge Showem of New Philadelphia issued the order after a Thursday filing, with service to Division Superintendent T. J. Haley. The petition claims a prior contract barred removal.
Cincinnati on March 28 reports that a record large class of 708 candidates will receive the degree on April 6. Grand and supreme officers will attend to take part in the ritual, with members from various hives contributing the enrollments.
In Columbus on Wednesday morning Foley the Goat shot Detective Cal Crim and struck John Rose of Steubenville with a heavy ruler. Rose was not seriously hurt. Foley received 80 days of lost good time and was sent to a solitary cell.
Youngstown Ohio March 26 T S Arnold of Alliance was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 380 days in jail for placing obstructions on a railroad track. Arnold lost his job as brakeman on the Pennsylvania and tried to play hero to recover it.
Sam Frahm, accused of burglarizing 40 houses in Dayton over two months and claiming a total of a thousand burglaries, was arraigned in police court Thursday morning and pleaded not guilty. The case was continued.
Cleveland March 27 Marr Ruta arrested by Patrolman Hughes on intoxication charge. Dr Budwick examined her and diagnosed typhoid fever. Ordered sent to city hospital for medical treatment.
Jacob Steitz a prominent Delaware county farmer aged sixty six or older, described as the wealthiest in the county, died by hanging Thursday afternoon. Poor health all winter is given as the cause of the deed.
Dr. C. C. Probst secretary of the state board of health convenes health boards in Columbus on April 9 to discuss Ohio smallpox cases and strategies to stamp out the disease.
Two thousand music lovers attended the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra concert in Gray's Armory. Soloist Ellison Van Hoose, tenor from New York, performed to marked attention in a delightful program.
Adolph Buck of 402 Warner Street Cincinnati was arrested Friday at Saymmes Corner by Constable Hamilton on a charge of breaking into a mailbox on rural route No 3. He is held at the county jail.
In Toledo on March 28 Marion Police Department officer Haynes shot himself in the temple and died instantly after contracting the grip. The tragedy marks the second suicide linked to the recent grip outbreak in Toledo within 21 hours.
Mrs. Lavinia Cain sues Thomas Cain charging bigamy. He is said to live with Mrs. Cain No. 2 in Paulding. Plaintiff seeks divorce and alimony.
The 1904 dedication ceremonies in St Louis will run April 30 to May 2 with grand fireworks. President Roosevelt and former President Cleveland will speak, a military parade under Maj Gen Henry C Corbin will precede a grand review.
Washington reports Mrs Roosevelt and her children will sail on the president's yacht Mayflower during the coming week. The president bids them farewell as he departs on a western trip Wednesday morning.
March 30 reports Arthur Pennell carried $35 000 in accident insurance with most policies issued four to five years ago. His life insurance totaled $215 000, and all but one policy have not been paid.
St John Newfoundland reports the sealing steamers Virginia Lake and Aurora arriving from the ice fields on Sunday morning with 25,000 and 23,000 seals respectively. The year’s total catch is expected to reach 360,000. In New York a ferry boat Bound Brook burned to the water’s edge Sunday afternoon with no passengers aboard.
Twenty one sisters expelled from France under the associations law were sheltered Sunday in St Johns by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and the Sisters of Charity.
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