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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
3
By William T. Ellis a distinguished American figure surveys the path of missionary work in the United States, tracing the influence and reach of religious service across communities and time.
In Yokohama a mix of Western and Japanese influences sparks debate over missions. Americans and Europeans coexist with churches, schools, and a sailor economy. A cannons and devils tale, Eurasian children, and native missions illustrate the complex social and religious landscape.
Tokyo papers urge swift disclosure of negotiations with the United States over bombarding Japan with reparations and punishment for culprits. An eminent diplomat links Bushido ideals to President Roosevelt while predicting justice in the pending action.
Helen Curtio and Marguerite Curtis, ages 41 and 10, reportedly sought death by poison in their Lakota Street home. The girls drank rat poison. Marguerite died Friday night and Helen soon after. Grandmother Helen Curtis cites hereditary impulse. Frank, 8, and Clarabel, 4, witnessed the tragedy as authorities transported both girls to St. Jobs hospital.
Emma Jareben t,13, a top pupil, committed suicide with rat poison over inability to afford fine clothes for graduation, after buying poison from a family grocer. She told her mother the reason before dying. In Maryland, Conuwinge Bridge near Port Deposit burned, likely arson, kerosene poured at west end. loss estimated 100000 to 126000 dollars. In New York, alleged stolen jewelry valued in thousands recovered. two waiters arrested, Meras found with a jewel cage worth at least 1000000.
A series of brief notices from June 7 report fatalities and injuries. Boone Louisiana teen Orville Briggs, 14, and his father David Briggs died after a live wire accident. Montgomery Alabama resident Charles N Holt, 40, died from a suspected strychnine ingestion amid personal crisis. Philadelphia notes a third story fire injuring Jane Greenbaum and three stepchildren. Beaumont Texas derailment near Browndell injures several. Patrick Wallace killed and others injured. Cuban strike outcome in Santiago favors nine hour day wage unchanged.
A touring car crash near Camden injures four, with two women from Philadelphia dying. A Wisconsin window accident kills a girl in Mt Morris township. A cyclone devastates Karachi, many ships ashore and buildings ruined. A Melbourne diamond firm head killed in his office, a $50,000 gem missing. A Ridgewood burglary ends in gunfire injuring two. A Kansas City woman commits suicide at a hotel. Duquoin endures its worst Perry county storm in years damaging homes.
In a Cleveland report, Dr T Frank Uifferd of New Jersey discusses public health fare while local divorce intrigues unfold. David Evans, wealthy Cleveland heir, faces accusations from his nephew about inheritance and marriage plans involving Margaretha, with details of hospitalities and a complex family web. Veteran Elton A Blakeslee, age 73, describes an engagement to Nellie Willong that ended as she refused, revealing a tale of love and misfortune amid a civil war veteran's scandalous social circle.
A jumble of notices from Ohio communities reports a ministerial call in Marion to a Methodist pastorate dating back eight years to when a man saved his brother from death row. It lists pension appeals, pardons, accidents, indictments, a horse parade in Columbus, and other local items with names and places across Cincinnati, Columbus, Middletown, Toledo, Chillicothe, Cleveland, and Marysville.
Fragmented item recounts a seventeenth to eighteenth century scene with Mention of a gun found near Tovesaint creek mouth and preservation state. Includes scattered reports on 1870s harvests frost damage and local crimes with names like Jordan and Aquitto and notes on a female light keeper appointment and a mayoral divorce suit in Athens Ohio.
Duntee presides as president of the National McKinley association discussing tribute to the late President McKinley. Mrs Barber of the city and sister of Meir McKinley is named, with references to resolutions and reorganization and concerns over past oppression. The article notes plans for a formal statement and ongoing association duties amid memorial events.
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