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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1902
Page
7
A promotional plea extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with easy terms for land purchase. It invites readers to request “The Corn Belt” and “The West Nebraska Grazing Country” booklets and mentions cheap excursion tickets and travel details through the Chicago Kansas City and Holyoke route.
In Selma county near Springfield Ohio Stacey Hitchkock played with his children and warned with a laugh then fired accidentally striking his daughter Pearl Hitchkock in the face. The bullet lodged in her head and the gun had been reloaded by a child earlier. The family bottlenecks a string of accidents with three daughters in three months.
The Greek Catholic church plans to relocate its U S cathedral from San Francisco to Cleveland or Pittsburgh. Bishop Tichon backs Cleveland, and the church has bought ten acres of land in Cleveland, strengthening the case for the move.
Mrs. Anna T Miller and Attorney Thomas E Steele were found guilty of conspiracy to blackmail in a United States court in Columbus Ohio. This marked their second trial after a hung jury last week. Deliberation lasted about 45 minutes before a 1 04 verdict of guilty was announced. Both defendants were present but showed no visible reaction.
Reports circulated that negotiations to have the United States Steel Corporation absorb Republic Iron and Steel Co plants may be nearly finished. Officials neither confirm nor deny. several Republic officials have been in New York last week. In Ohio a separate incident: a rear end collision on the Big Four at Arcanum injured Conductor Dawson and Brakeman Smith, with cars destroyed by fire.
Police investigate a mysterious poisoning of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dean in Columbus on Friday. Both were found unconscious in bed. Mrs. Dean is expected to die while Mr. Dean had only slight hopes of recovery.
In Coshocton Ohio on Friday John Crawford aged 14 drank whisky found in a flask at Bancroft Street School and in a drunken frenzy flourished a pocket knife while panic-stricken students watched. Teachers could not control him and police were called.
Springfield Ohio December 17 a movement forms to combine manufacturers of grain drills. Two reliable sources say options were secured on two firms in the city. Bellefontaine December 19 Ohio Fair Managers association elected 8. Stucky of Van Wert president and B P H Chamberlain of Bellefontaine secretary treasurer.
In Lithopolis police found the murdered Mrs Charles Wheeler. Her Columbus Pump founder husband was taken into custody as guards surround the jail. Deputies Coroner left Lancaster for the scene. officials kept tight control and denied access and details.
Edmund Hauser, a former newspaper man, was arrested in Canton on a charge of impersonating a government employee. He allegedly showed a badge to gain access to cash drawers and took small sums as counterfeit money that would be confiscated. He faces a hearing in Warren on Friday before U S officials.
In Columbus attorney general Sheets will seek ejectment against the Miami and Erie Transportation Co. in Cincinnati as part of a canal commission drive for better water rentals. The company had been allowed a $2000 annual rent for a Mill Creek power site but now refuses the power, leaving the state short on revenue and competing with Hosea’s group that wanted the same site.
Advance sheets from state labor officials show 8 081 men and 363 women employed in brick and tile factories in Ohio. Net wage increase 2.4 percent in 1901 benefiting 2 840 employees. Capital invested 28 306 169 dollars. manufactured goods value 8 167 273 dollars. wages 3 530 686 dollars. salaries 484 531 dollars.
East bound flyer on the Cleveland and Pittsburg line collided with a freight at Garfield. The passenger locomotive and 11 freight cars derailed. Fireman Robert McNee suffered a broken collarbone and Harry Ennis of Chester, Pa., was bruised.
Cincinnati December report quotes Walter W. Kuhn asserting that Castro, future president of Venezuela, once sold whisky in Venezuela for a Cincinnati firm and helped introduce American whiskey there before gaining national prominence.
Toledo report states the Ann Arbor Railroad Co. will raise wages for all system employees by five to seven percent. This brings the total increases to ten percent over the past year.
Cincinnati resident John Shannon aged 40 living at Henleys lodging house, Lodge and Gano alleys, fell down a flight of steps early Thursday morning and sustained a broken neck.
London reports indicate President Roosevelt may accept arbitration to settle Venezuela tensions. Exchanges between Washington and London intensify as a formal submission to Britain is expected Monday. Berlin and Caracas confirm parallel moves with Britain and Germany signaling agreement on arbitration terms. Trinidad hosts blockade forces and U S battleships arrive as a winter squadron tour continues.
New York dispatch reports Ciudad Bolivar on the Orinoco river falls to Gen. Matos leading insurgents. Authorities expect the march toward Caracas with plans to assume Castro's role and demand the indemnity.
Mrs Ida Davies Green widow of the late Lieut Green U S N died Sunday afternoon in Janesville after illness caused by blood poisoning. The suicide at Rio Janeiro three years ago was her husband’s.
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