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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
2
In a turbulent tale, Griswold backs Barbara Osborne and Ardmore supports Jerry Dangerfield amid a North and South Carolina power struggle over Appleweight. Ardmore hunts, Griswold acts, and a staged arrest at Ardsley spices the political plot with farce and bravado.
A sheriff style pursuit unfolds as Miss Dangerfield leads a posse to capture Bill Appleweight at a moonlit church in Turner Court House. Armed men loyal to Gov Dangerfield plan to seize Appleweight and move him toward Kildare jail amid threats and political fever.
The caboose, Prof Griswold and his party press a fast, uncertain ascent through woods toward Mount Nebo. A mule, a sharp turn, and a mystery hill confuse Griswold as Habersham guides them, declaring they are nearly out of bounds and north of North Carolina.
In Obsratein a rock church hollowed from the cliff forms the town’s sole Protestant chapel. Legend recalls 14th century Count Oberstein killed his rival brother and vowed to build a church where the body first touched ground, a spring then allegedly sprang from the crag as a sign of heaven’s appeasement.
J B Molyneaux was reappointed Democrat member of the Cleveland board of review for a full five year term. Fred Mathews was not considered. Other appointments include Ranney, Fogarty, Sampson, Stafford, Wright, Harris, Lord, Hughes, and Conrad filling various five year terms or unexpired terms.
Mary Vanek, 29, arraigned in police court on assault and battery for clubbing her four year old son Michael. Judge Levine gave costs and three months in the workhouse. Lt Walker testified he heard screams and rushed in to stop the attack. The child, unconscious, later showed signs of potential recovery at Huron Road hospital. Vanek claimed drunkenness and lack of memory.
A heated public battle in Cleveland pits parents, teachers, and health officials against the school board over mandatory vaccination. Courts handle mandamus suits as two lawyers seek to bar expulsion of unvaccinated children from classrooms amid ongoing controversy.
The Wright brothers relocate testing from Montgomery Alabama to Dayton Ohio for instruction at the inventors grounds near Simm's Station. Aircraft shipped to Indianapolis for the aviation contests with Walter Brookins to perform flights on June 13.
Medina, Cleveland pastors played leading parts in the annual a9 area tinss of the etree held across Zanesville Bedford Seville North Royalton and Medina. The moderator is Rev. Charles H. Prescott.
John Thurston a hooker at the Empire rolling mills risked his life to pull Louis Edwards from a gear box after Edwards slipped while carrying a 160 pound billet of red hot steel. Edwards suffered severe flesh injuries to his left arm and head but was taken to a hospital in serious condition not expected.
In Mansfield Ohio residents and the Richland county executive committee denounce President Taft's recommendation of Dr. Leroy C. Benedict for postmaster. The committee's reorganization repudiated Benedict and endorsed James Herring. Other Ohio postmaster nominees to the Senate include John C. Roderick Canal Dover and David C. Mahon Denison among others.
Two convicts Bert Smith and Albert Frazier escaped from the Ohio penitentiary at night by scaling walls and traversing from the roof to a descent near Spring street. Smith was a Cuya hoga county murderer jailed February 3 1908 for life while Frazier alias Lamotha was a Lucas county safe cracker serving 15 years. Belts stolen from a shop aided the 30 foot descent.
Columbus toll rates for long distance will rise after a recent reduction. The Cleveland to Columbus rate will double, affecting Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo Dayton Springfield and Lancaster. Bell system rates likely rise June 1 with independents following around July 1 returning tolls toward pre reduction levels, and in some cases higher.
Boston university trustees select Doctor Guy Potter Benton of Miami University Oxford Ohio as president to succeed retiring William E Huntington. Benton has accepted the election and will move to Boston when released, though he wishes to attend Miami’s commencement.
Ohio Democrats announced a July 27 demonstration at Olentangy Park as a rival to the Republican state convention. The second annual Ohio Democratic day will run during the Republican ticket naming hours. Over 100,000 invitations will be issued and speakers include two Democrats aligned with the national administration along with Guy Harmon and other state ticket members.
The Ohio Coal Dealers' association merges with the Indiana Michigan Coal Dealers' association uniting coal interests of three states. The constitution bans production or price control and pooling of profits. Elected officers include President Robert Lake of Jackson Michigan Vice President H H Deam Bluffton Indiana and Treasurer W A Gibson Upper Sandusky Ohio. O P Rand opened the first session of the coal men's meet.
Elwood Indiana woman says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after three months of illness and near operation. She took six bottles and reports marked improvement. The ad promotes the product and warns about optional surgical risks. Other items urge Perry Davis Painkiller and moral sentiment, ending with light jokes.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis flags a forty five year wait for adequate hospital care. Despite 7,000 new beds last year, about 300,000 indigent consumptives need placement and only 22,720 beds exist nationwide. As of May 1, 1909 there were 294 institutions and 15,244 beds. 99 institutions and 7,500 more beds were added in the annual report.
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