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Newspaper

The Clermont Courier

Location

Batavia, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1916

Page

2

Red Cross first aid work expands across Ohio

State wide interest grows as Columbus base teaches civilian first aid. Women inquire from Columbus and other cities, signaling enlargement of the program. The effort aims to educate women in effective home accident response rather than solely training nurses for war. Army hospital use is a peripheral benefit of the civilian course.

Union News Service Columbus First Aid Department The American Red Cross Red Cross

Mrs Dan Hanna Seeks Divorce and Custody in Ravenna

Dan R Hanna son of late Senator Mark Hanna faces a divorce suit from his third wife Mary Stuart Hanna who also seeks custody of their three daughters aged seven five and three. The couple separated last September with Hanna spending time in New York and Cleveland. They married in 1907 after Mary Harrington and Daisy Gordon had been part of his family. He deeded Cottage Hill farm and other property valued at about half a million dollars two years ago.

Ravenna Dan R. Hanna United States Mark Hanna Mary Stuart Hanna Hannas Cottage Hill Farm Here New York Cleveland Shelley Mary Harrington Daisy Gordon Cottage Hill

Receiver case reopened in Cincinnati traction dispute

Albert D. Alcorn of Cincinnati challenged Judge Murphy’s prior order appointing a receiver for the Cincinnati Dayton and Toledo Traction. W C Shepherd for the defense urged against the receiver. Ohio Electric Railway rentals held by the Bondholders' Committee were argued to be non attachable. Plaintiff's attorneys warned of jeopardy from attachment by judgment creditors. Judge Murphy asked to consider the matter with an early decision pending.

Hamilton Albert D. Alcorn Cincinnati Dayton Toledo Murphy W. C. Shepherd Ohio Electric Railway Co

Interurban Collision Injures Dozens in Dayton

A score of persons were injured in a crash between the Dayton Springfield and Xenia Southern interurban and a city car at Bayard and Ludlow streets. Five are seriously hurt. the motorman was slightly cut by glass. Police blamed the airbrake failure and Motorman Smith's inability to stop.

Dayton, O Dayton Springfield and Xenia Bayard and Ludlow Street Smith

Mrs Monypenny 82 Slips to Whooping Cough in Columbus

Mrs William Monypenny aged 82 in Columbus is seriously ill with whooping cough. She is the mother of Captain Perin B Monypenny of the Fourth Regiment Ohio National Guard.

Columbus, O William Monypenny Perin B. Monypenny Fourth Regiment N. G

Veteran hunter, 106, issues Ohio coon hunt challenge

Woodsfield Ohio July 4 veteran G A R John Hally, age 106, issues a coon hunting challenge to any Ohioan over $0. He says he lives simply and has beaten his father who died at 103 and credits freedom from worry abstinence from tobacco and toxicants plus lots of coon hunting.

Woodsfield John Hally

Prodigy Babe Born With Four Teeth In Columbus

Juanita June Reever born in Columbus twelve days ago weighs 12 pounds and has four teeth. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Reever. The piece notes family lore about great-grandfathers in the Reever line who kept their first or full sets of teeth to old age.

Columbus,c Juanita June Reever Frank G. Reever Daniel Groomes Alfred Kaylor

Ohio Teachers Association elects leaders at Cedar Point

J. V. McMillan of Marietta is named President of the Ohio Teachers Association after a floor nomination process. Wilson Hawkins of Newark wins a Board of Control seat on the Teachers' Reading Circle. H. V. Hotchkiss of Akron and others retain posts as sessions highlight debates on the school as a community hub.

Cedar Point J. V. McMillan Marietta Ohio Teachers’ Association Darrell Joyce Hamilton Carey Bogges Springfield McMillan H. V. Hotchkiss Akron Wilson Hawkins Newark Reading Circle R. E. Offenhaur Sandusky A. J. Moore Cincinnati R. J. Condon John Barrett Washington Pan-American Union Frank B. Pearson

Degrees Awarded at Holbrook Centennial Exercises

Fifty students from Queen City College of Pharmacy Cincinnati received degrees during the Holbrook Centennial program in Lebanon Ohio. Dr Frank Cain led the exercises. The student body then dedicated Holbrook avenue Hast street where the main university building stands. Six hundred alumni students and townspeople decorated the graves of Alfred Holbrook Melissa Holbrook and Heber Holbrook in Lebanon Cemetery. Prof O P Kinsey of Valparaiso University delivered the grave address.

Lebanon Queen City College of Pharmacy Cincinnati Lebanon University Holbrook Frank Cain Holbrook Avenue Hast Street Lebanon Cemetery Alfred Holbrook Melissa Heber Holbrook O. P. Kinsey Valparaiso University

Mexican coin stash found in hemp bale at Newark factory

An employee at the Rugg Halter factory in Newark discovered a small bag of gold and silver Mexican coins concealed in a bale of hemp from a large shipment. The coins reportedly total about $600 in face value.

Newark, O Rugg Halter

Buckeye News Notes and Regional Briefs

Ashtabula completes an eight day drive to raise 40000 dollars for the Y M C A, funds total 45267.50. Cleveland hosts the tenth annual Ohio Retail Jewelers Association convention with 150 delegates. A British South Africa diamond export tax is debated. Toledo reports a bank theft case where a forged twenty dollar check was used. New Holland notes Comptroller Williams approves increasing First National Bank of New Holland capital to 60000 while reducing Miamisburg National Bank’s to 100000. Wellington voters approve 55000 in bonds for a new high school by a 6 to 1 margin with 31 opposing and 195 supporting.

Cleveland Ohio Retail Jewelers Association British South Africa New Holland Williams Washington First National Bank This Place First National Miamisburg

Anti-Narcotic Bill Draft Steps Touched On in Ohio

Advisory committee and trustees of the National Anti-Drug Habit League met in Columbus to outline a draft anti narcotic bill. The plan seeks to create a model law for adoption by Ohio legislature and other states.

Columbus Ohio

Troops pursue Mexican raiders near Fort Hancock

American cavalry crossed the Rio Grande from Fabens Texas in pursuit of eight armed Mexican raiders who attacked Fort Hancock. The raiders crossed back into Mexico after looting stores and provisioning the border camp, leaving a flour sack and bacon behind, while residents fled the fusillade at dawn.

Union News Service Fabens Tex Rio Grande Mexico Ft. Hancock Leroy Eltinge George Bell, Jr el Paso Eighth Cavalry Nulo Eltinge Here Columbus

Mess Tables Two Miles Long At Camp Willis Ohio

Ohio troops crowd into Camp Willis as 1016 mess tables, each 12 feet, are set up for the rapid gathering. The Fifth Regiment from Cleveland under Colonel Zimmermann arrives with 1556 men and mascots. Adjutant General Ben Hough resigns his Lieutenant Colonelcy to rejoin his regiment, hindering potential Mexican border service.

Columbus, O Willis Columbus Cleveland Charles X. Zimmerman Zimmerman Field Hospital Toledo Ohio Central Ben §. Hough Hough Ohio

Firing Incident Near Nogales Spurs Border Tension

Americans fired upon as about 60 shots were directed at guards from a position southwest of Nogales station. The skirmish produced no casualties as darkness hampered aimed returns and guards reported no hits or definite identification of the assailants.

Nogales, Ariz Nogales Station

Washington Hints at Slow Action on Carranza Reply

Washington officials expressed ignorance over Carranza’s reply and delayed any further action until Wilson consults Congress. The War Department reported National Guard mobilization progressing smoothly with up to 30,000 guardsmen expected to reach the border in days as Maj. Arthur McArthur relayed details of raids and drownings near the border.

Washington State Department Carranza Wilson General Pershing Congress United States Mexico Carrizal War Department National Guard Baker Border Guard Maryland Missouri Wisconsin Kansas Pennsylvania Columbus Arthur McArthur Funston Bell Old Fort Sennet Fourteenth Regiment New York National Guard Jerome Gasconade Louis Reitz Robert Dale

Funston Denies Baseless Glenn Springs Crossing Charge

Gen Funston declares there was no deception by Obregon or Gen Scott regarding American troop movement into Mexico after the Glenn Springs raid. He recalls a newspaper extra claiming crossings and says both sides avoided the topic in later talks, calling the charge utterly baseless.

San Antonio Texas Funston Obregon Scott Mexico Glenn Springs Carranza State Department City of Mexico Maj. Langhorne

Southern Camp Called Off at Oglethorpe

Orders from Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood disband the southern military training camp due to officer shortage. Men enrolled for July classes will be reassigned to Plattsburg for training and care.

Pt. Oglethorpe Leonard Wood Department of the Host Southern Plattsburg

Troops Entering Mexican War Zone Rush West for Frontier Concentration

El Paso seen as a staging hub as National Guardsmen arrive by train and are redirected westward to bolster frontier defenses. The Second Massachusetts Infantry heads to Columbus New Mexico. New Jersey artillery to Douglas Arizona. other units move to unannounced border positions. Generals plan rapid redistribution while undertakers prepare to retrieve fallen U.S. soldiers from Carrizal under Obregon guarantees.

Massachusetts Infantry Columbus N. M New Mexico New Jersey Field Artillery Douglas Ariz San Bernardino New Jersey Infantry Massachusetts Era Paso Pennsylvania Guard George Bell, Jr Carrizal Mexico Alvaro Obregon

Big demonstration in Xenia to spur recruitment

In Xenia Ohio Colonel Hubler and the Third Regiment band from Dayton held a street demonstration and a public meeting at the Business Men's Club to boost enlistment. A recruitment station opened on the courthouse lawn while Hubler questioned Xenia's patriotism and warned of possible drafting.

Xenia Hubler Third Regiment Dayton Business Men’s Club Company I Dobbs Darlington Secretary of War

Soldiers Headed to Mexican Border From West Virginia Guard

Charleston dispatch reports two battalions of the Second Regiment West Virginia National Guard will entrain for the Mexican border with a third battalion to follow within 24 hours. Units from the First Regiment arrived at Camp Hatfield for mobilization. Medical inspections are complete and all men are vaccinated for typhoid and smallpox. Officers say they are ready to proceed when federal mobilization work is finished.

Charleston West Virginia National Guard Camp Hatfield

Carranza Turns Over Prisoners After Bragging of Killings

Gibson reports prisoners were turned over to authorities after Carranza forces boasted about killing wounded foes. The incident underscores tensions amid the civil conflict and raises questions about treatment of combatants.

Carranza

Liberated Troopers Arrive in El Paso with Wounded Noted

Troop K soldiers listed include Fred Williams from St. Louis and many others from Oklahoma City Meridian Washington Atlanta and more. Luther Alexander and Archie Jones suffer minor wounds.

el Paso Texas Chihuahua City Fred Williams St. Louis R. L. Floyd Oklahoma City Allen Peterson Meridian Miss Joe Oliver Brighton Ala George Stone Talladega Felix Page Washington, D. C Will Harris Atlanta J. Edward Chattanooga James M. Stokes Harvey M. Lee Columbus Ohio Elsa Graham Smith Grove Tenn Charles Marall Pasadena Cal Luther Alexander Columbia Macon John Coleman, Jr Walker Valley George M. Chaplin Morristown Archie Jones

Carrizal Fight Allegations Reach U.S. Troops

In El Paso reports detail ambush by Mexican forces that killed American troops after surrender. Private Gibson, Luther Alexander, and Archie Jones allege Mexicans killed wounded and boasted of it. A Mexican general crossed the border to deliver a typed list of names as a formal note.

Union News Service el Paso Tex Venustiano Carranza United States Wiliam D. Gibson Luther Alexander Archie Jones Gibson International Bridge

Trail Lost by the Troopers in New Mexico Border Raid

Return of the Mexican garrison to Ascension along Pershing line drew renewed attention. Mexicans who fired on the border gate guard escaped before dawn. Patrols failed to locate them. a searched adobe house showed Mexicans had been there. Border patrols doubled and orders issued to pursue all mounted Mexicans within raiding distance of the boundary.

Columbus N. M Ascension Pershing

Buckeye Soldiers Marry in Northwestern Ohio

Three Northwestern Ohio militiamen joined in marriage. Captain G W Cartwright of Ottawa wed Miss Lucy Buttler. Graham Silverwood of Port Clinton tied with Miss Bessie Winnie. Private William A Pisher of Tiffin wed Miss Rosa Z Smith in the courthouse at Tiffin. They reside in Fostoria.

Toledo Ohio G. W. Cartwright Ottawa Lucy Buttler Graham Silverwood Bessie Winnie Port Clinton William A. Pisher Rosa Z. Smith Tiffin Fostoria

Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Across Commodities

Market listings show wheat prices for No 2 red at 1.10 to 1.12 per bushel and corn varieties around 0.77 to 0.79. oats, hay, eggs, poultry, and various cattle and hog categories are detailed with grades and price ranges. Livestock figures include shippers, butcher steers, cows, calves, hogs, and lambs with multiple quality levels and price guidance.

Northwestern

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Dan Hanna Score Break Sues Coon Hunt Challenge Babe Queen City College Buckeye News Ashtabula, O Ashtabula Y. M. C. A Donald Gilmore Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Co Samuel K. Thompson Wellington Fort Hancock Camp Willis Uncle Sam Gen. Obregon Mexican War Frontier National
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