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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1925
Page
2
Senate election committee authorizes supervisors to collect ballots from the Brookhart Steck contest and bring them for a recount. Many other Washington items include appointments, rescissions, and policy actions from the Coolidge administration.
Ohio lawmakers approved a two cent per gallon gasoline tax for automotive use with 50 percent license tag fee cut starting 1926. Revenues divert to state cities and counties. The bill also advances compulsory schooling and other measures while a separate licensing bill for real estate operators proceeds.
Dayton reports poison whisky caused the death of William McIntire 45 a Scotch Highlander found in a rooming house after a party. Marion notes four year old Jack Koolish Minard was killed when struck by a truck while playing near his home. Ashland records Ludwig Scherff 95 a longtime tailor and Odd Fellows member died after brief illness. Cleveland reports six in one household nearly died from food poisoning linked to baked beans. Warren lists Dr H G Glew a Warren dentist jailed as insane. Fostoria burglary thefts total $3600 in women’s clothing from Hoover store. Mansfield notes parole board at the Ohio State Reformatory granted 126 paroles and continued 81 cases. Dayton records second fatality from Baltimore and Ohio rail crossing crash Clark Hamm 22 of London Ohio dies. Miss Helen Lowe of Urbana killed. Youngstown announces J Morris named Erie railroad safety director for Ohio. Toledo honors musician John Emil Weber 72 noted city and national acclaim. Akron reports burglars steal thousands of dollars in Cuyahoga Falls Akron area including tools and jewelry. Akron cites Seiberling Rubber announces underwater vulcanization invention by L A Larsen developed in Seiberling labs. Middletown credit hose company rescue prevented major fire in Trenton Ohio with three homes damaged and $3 500 in losses. New Lexington jury clears Homer Pettit 16 in shooting case after tree limb caused accidental discharge.
A serial arsonist in New York City sparked multiple fires on the East Side, trapping fifty tenants in a five story tenement and killing five people including a six year old and an adult man. Police and fire crews intensified patrols as officers rescued residents and evacuated others.
In Richoe Louisiana two mail trains, No 12 and No 100, collided in heavy fog between Franklin and Patterson. Thirteen people died including four white men and nine Negroes. Five were seriously injured. Engineer Mathews of the east bound San Antonio Express reported being hurt and unable to talk, saying he lost his way in the fog after passing a switch.
In Troy Ohio F A Pfister reports he misplaced his home key a month ago. A locksmith made a new key but upon return home he found the door open and jewelry and other items valued at about 1000 dollars missing. He suspects someone found the key.
Former film comedian Roscoe Arbuckle announces from Beverly Hills that he wed motion picture actress Doris Deane at the bride’s mother home in San Marino near Pasadena on Tuesday night.
A posse waiting for five highwaymen halted an attempted robbery at the Farmers Bank of Steelville. Two robbers were killed, two captured, one escaped, and a citizen was shot. Cash was not taken after cashier D. F. Harnett and bookkeeper W. L. Wingo were forced into a vault.
After a spell of grippe or flu, Tanlac claims to restore strength by cleansing the blood revitalizing digestion and restoring appetite. The ad touts the tonic as made from roots barks and herbs and encourages buying a bottle to regain vigor. Take-acne Pills TANLAC FOR YOUR HEALTH.
Advert says Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills cure indigestion constipation liver complaint and biliousness. Trial box offered free with no cost to send to 872 Pearl St N.
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