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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1917
Page
3
Ohio voters will receive distribution of arguments from both dry and wet factions. The dry side argues prohibition aims to prevent liquor, while coal price controls and wartime issues surface in campaigns statewide. Ohioans seek court action over petition signatures and labor issues frame a broad Labor Day discourse.
Ray Preston 28 of Oberlin broke his right ankle when the truck he was teaching a companion to operate went into a ditch between Oberlin and Elyria. Preston jumped. the companion remained at the wheel and escaped unharmed.
Fremont merchant O E Johnston received a telegram from somewhere in France stating his son Homer Johnston has arrived safely. Homer is a member of the aviation corps that recently sailed from New York.
A fire of undetermined origin gutted a one story sawmill and damaged the veneer plant of the Talbert Zol er Lumber and Veneer Company in Cincinnati. The loss is estimated at 25000 dollars.
Hamilton earns the label from Mayor John A. Holzberger who declares a strict city regime. He states laws will be enforced to the letter and Sundays will be closed except for drug stores to fill prescriptions.
Tiffin physician Lieut. M. B. McGonigle of Toledo and Lieut. B. R. McClellan of Xenia spoke to the Seneca County Medical Society. Both are in the U S medical corps and collecting data for the War Department. Seneca county will supply six physicians for service.
James Hobart Jr of Cincinnati has been decorated for service on French battlefields with the American Field Service. A letter to Mrs Hobart confirms the Aug 8 award, as Hobart and 12 other volunteers were praised for excellence in service before a mixed panel of officers including two French generals and one English general.
Police and county authorities search the Conneaut area for two men connected to the slaying of Frank Donohue a 45 year old marine fireman found with a bullet wound near the New York Central tracks.
Burglars blew open and removed about $700 from an Acme grocery store in Akron. The 600 pound safe was found two miles away. A nearby grocery store was also broken into but nothing was taken.
Rev. 8. K. Mason of Toledo formerly of Delaware spoke at the fifth annual convention of the West Ohio Methodist conference in Ada on "The Opportunity of the Church in War Times" stirring high enthusiasm.
Officials investigate a mysterious kidnapping involving nine year old Gladys Allie who says she was taken by two men from Portland Oregon in spring 1915. She was moved through New York Chicago and Buffalo to Youngstown then Hubbard and kept for months before neighbors alerted authorities. The Spaniard left when police pursued him.
Joseph Heston 82 a Civil War captain in the Fourth New Jersey regiment and prominent landowner shot and killed his wife at his home five miles east of Wapakoneta then wounded his stepdaughter and killed himself.
Donald C. Storms, 22, son of Daniel EB Storms former Indiana secretary of state, was wounded in the left hip by a burglar at his father's Sandusky residence.
East and West notes criticize the spending of newly rich Japanese during Kawabiraki on the Sumida river July 21. Crowds fill both banks and the river with lit boats and bunting while restaurants book up early. The Japan Advertiser condemns the extravagance as a sign of class wealth, not broad national well being.
The corn production bill boosts land values across England with surging inquiries for farms and estates. Speculators and financiers are active as ownership changes occur weekly for profit. A Devizes auctioneer notes land selling better than in 25 years, with over 6 million dollars sold this month at 75 to 400 dollars per acre. Many inquiries target five to six thousand acre estates to settle soldiers and sailors after the war.
A London Tit-Bits excerpt recalls a past fad claiming woolen dress, down to boots, could cure many ills and make embow points slim and active. The piece notes the craze had some truth but rejects blanket attire as a millennium solution amid the lingering dogdays.
A humorous exchange draws a sharp contrast between rough exteriors and inner kindness. Senator Sorghum quips that tough men resemble oysters requiring rough handling to reveal value, prompting light reflection on character and politics.
A humorous exchange hints a garden scene at the zoo. The dialogue notes dogwood catnip horse chestnut dandelions elephant's ears and tiger lilies as clues to ownership. The remark implies the plot ties the garden to a person linked with the zoo.
Market report lists prices for flour, corn, hay, oats, wheat, butter, eggs, poultry, live stock and hogs. Includes specific grade quotes for winter patents flour, No. 1 white corn, timothy hay, No. 2 oats, No. 2 red wheat, butter and eggs varieties, live poultry weights, cattle and hogs bid ranges and per head values.
The article profiles Judge Julian Mack born in San Francisco who built a career from Harvard Law School to Northwestern and the University of Chicago. It notes his roles as Chicago civil service commissioner and Cook County judge, and his 1909 appointment to the U S circuit court, with later service on the commerce court. He discusses pension system flaws and promises to support soldiers and their families until they return home.
Major General George Bell Jr designated to command Camp Logan in Houston born in Maryland January 23 1859 age fifty eight. He attended West Point starting 1876 graduated 1880 and rose from second lieutenant to lieutenant colonel by 1911 to colonel in 1913 and to major in 1903. He earned a LL B from Cornell in 1894 and became a captain in 1898. Lieutenant Colonel William K Naylor Bell's chief of staff born Illinois November 24 1874 joined the Ninth Infantry after Minnesota National Guard service and is a distinguished graduate of the infantry and cavalry school, staff college, and army war college.
Dr. Harry A. Garfield president of Williams College is named coal administrator with authority to enforce fuel provisions of the food control act. He outlines a licensing system, follows Hoover’s wheat scheme, and notes no government takeover of mines unless rules fail. Retail coal prices to be fixed. public sentiment may keep them down. Wilson order sets maximum anthracite prices and caps jobbers’ profits on bituminous coal.
The article notes French soldiers advising American forces in modern war practice. It highlights Capt. Henry Courif guiding aviation instruction, with Maj. L. W. B. Rees of England and Maj. R. Perfetti of Italy as fellow foreign experts. It mentions French hospital, camouflage, and drill sergeant involvement across various U.S. military settings.
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