Greenville Journal Notes Local News and Guests
Melvin Garver of Muncie Indiana visited Greenville on Thursday. Flag Day in Ohio June 14. Local visits include Miss Louise Gorton in Cincinnati and Dr J J Little in Pennsylvania. Many residents travel to Cleveland Buffalo and Indianapolis. Joe Eikenberry joins U S Geological Surveying Corps in Norwalk Ohio. Decoration Day crowd hears Rev Campbell. Local court cases include bridge injunction hearing and ex postmaster Al Peffly’s death. Fire destroys Townsend farm barn and tobacco shed. Automobile time trial Dayton to Greenville completed in 59 minutes 53 seconds. Isaac McCown dies at Greenville Fair Grounds. death ruled natural. Seventy-four-year-old man survived by wife and seven children.
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S. C. Crane
Dayton
Court House
Martin Gauvey
Gauvey
Isaac
German Township
Greenville
Toledo
Darke county Republicans endorse Taft for president
A joint meeting of the Republican Executive and Central committees of Darke county Ohio passed resolutions praising Theodore Roosevelt and endorsing William Howard Taft for president. They pledge wholehearted support to secure Taft's nomination and highlight his past record and policies.
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Darke County
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Executive Committee
Wm. H. Taft
The
United States
Penguin Facts From The Philadelphia Record
The piece describes the Cape of Good Hope penguin known for its unusual voice and behavior. It notes the bird’s swimming and diving abilities, winged forelegs, and surface breathing at sea. It mentions a penguin feeding scene by Mrs P and describes its habitat in southern temperate and frigid zones.
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Cape of Good Hope
Philadelphia
New York City consumption figures and traits
The New York Herald reports that New York City uses 118,150,000 pounds of cotton annually, builds forty six new structures daily at about 13,000 dollars each, and averages two electric lights per resident. It notes a reputation for discourteous railway staff and that adult men consume about 380 drinks of spirituous and malt liquors yearly.
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New York City
New York Herald
Facts From France and a Quip From Philadelphia
A disconnected fragment mentions French port tonnages led by Marseilles Havre Cherbourg Boulogne Rouen Dunkirk and Bordeaux and cites mortality rates in Paris from the 14th century to the present. It also includes a humorous exchange about Miss Pechis’s disposition and dental charm from an American source.
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Paris
Reims
France
Marseilles
Havre
Cherbourg
Boulogne
Rouen
Dunkirk
Bordeaux
Pechis
Philadelphia
The Apple Tree Myths and Handy Nightly Puzzles
A fragment from a children's page discusses Appomattox and the Lee surrender tale under an apple tree, noting the story’s shaky basis. It offers a calendar game for finding weekday dates, a trick with a stick game, notes on the meadow lark, a salt superstition from Rome, and short Humpty Dumpty style items about Mabel and the Pigs, and the song Hail Columbia.
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Appomatton
Lee
Temera Grant
Appomattox
Grant
Tetinn
McLean
Work Light and Clean Jobs at Peters Cartridge Co
Young men and girls at The Peters Cartridge Company in Kings Mills Ohio were promised good wages and a comfortable hotel nearby. Assist ant Manager, King's Mills, Ohio. 44-8¢
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Peters Cartridge Company
King's Mills
King’s Mills
Cause For Complaint Rear Admits Story Of Food Inspection
A Portsmouth navy yard dinner sparks a humorous talk on food inspection. A sailor claims a taste test exposed subpar soup yet notes the vermin debate, while Philadelphia reports a novelty campaign by a woman printing cards to trigger dental engagements, netting her commissions.
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Portsmouth Navy Yard
Sheet Silver Price Drop Tied to Rolling Mills
A Journal of the Franklin Institute notes that sterling silver has cheapened over a generation due to rolling methods that form sheets for stamping rather than hammering from rods. Most manufacturers buy these sheets from mills specializing in rolling. Sterling silver comprises 975 parts silver and 25 parts copper, with copper providing hardness.
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Journal of the Franklin Institute
Sterling Ailver Artiles
Darke County Journal Subscriptions Offer Readable News
The old Darke County Journal invites readers to subscribe for 1.00 per year within the county, 0.50 for six months, or 1.15 out of county, boasting two thousand nine hundred twelve columns of reading matter per year and urging readers to share with neighbors or distant friends.
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Greenville Journal
Cuity News
Melvin Garver
Muncie, Ind
Louise Gorton
Cincinnati
J. J. Little
Pennsylvania
W. A. Mills
Indianapolis
Ed Cornell
C. S. Rimer and
A. L. Baughman
Union City
John P. Meeker
al Peffly
Arcanum
Ollie Whallon
Family
Dr. P. Dickes
Atlantic City
Frank Bachman
Cleveland
P. Hopkins
Chicago
H. A. Sawyer and Family
Edwin Best
Charles Lockwood
Buffalo
R. Ashbaugh
T. Crawford
Savona
Louie Wagner
Raymond Wenger
Little Son
Wheeling, W. Va
Harrison Coblentz
Butler Township
A. H. Judy
Frank Bowen
Redkey
Ind
Glen Hathaway
Youngstown
George Hathaway
Earl Harris
Springfield
Gertrude Roland
St. Marys, C
Amos Ninsley
Florin
Lancaster County
John Bear
Joe Eikenberry
U. S. Geological Surveying Corps
Norwalk
William Hunt
Williamsburg
John A. Hamilton
Campbell of
Secretary of State
J. C. Clark
Greenville Creek
Broadway
Common Pleas Court
Emma Eller
West Fourth Street
Hugh F. Marshall
June Farmer
Henry Farmer
Aken
Stelvideo
Journal
Peter Yount
W. B. Nevel
James B. Hufnagle
Carrie Bowman
P. J. Smith
J. C. Ludwig
New Bremen
Wapakloneta
Katzenberger
Dee Klinger
Greenville Cemetery
Townsend
Jaysville
Isaac McCown
Ontral
Taft
Castoria
the Penguin
Cock Robin
New~foundland
Gulf
Leonardo da Vinci
India Iscariot
Chicago News
Mabel
Abe
Columbia
Ehyil
Joseph Loplinaon
Benny
Teddy
Cabe Oie
Rocsbar
Meeker
Los Angeles
National Eelectiv Medical Association
Norfolk
Louisville
Baratoga Springs
N. Y
K.P
Spokane
Seattle
Washington
B. P.O. Ington
Baltimore
Cape May
W. J. McCurdy
Philadelpha
Ded Barry High
Rimer
Wu. Kipp
Brad
Onporite
C.a.snow &Co
Washimaten
Toledo Blade
Tolego
E. Lawrence
Insurance
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