11 May 1916
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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
1
Washington gossip notes the House shows Republican attendance advantages in committee of the whole while Democrats rush to offices to handle correspondence. It covers cabinet speculation on postmaster appointments tied to Tammany Hall, Wilson headquarters plans, and mixed votes on tariff and Mexican policy, plus local society updates, weather effects, and school events.
Court actions include private sale orders for Benjamin Kaiser estate and public sale orders for Nettie Pierson J E Blottman and Jacob Goetz estates. Administrators named for Bernhart Blottman with bond 12000. wills of Daniel Hufford and Martin Christian admitted to probate with executors named and bonds set. Multiple guardianships and administrators appointed. hospital commitment for Ruby Rhoades. sales and inventories filed.
An old advertisement warns that drafts cause neuralgia stiff neck and rheumatic pain. Sloan's Liniment is promoted to stimulate circulation ease soreness and relieve neuralgic headaches neuri tis and other pains. Priced at 25 cents at druggists.
In a swiftly moving scene reported by the Birmingham Age Herald, a bustling crowd streams through a motor age setting as a buyer and others engage in a rapid sequence of actions. The account highlights a dynamic event with multiple participants and timely movement.
Fragmentary ad style text references Fletcher’s Castoria and a nostalgic line “Adele Sar” with mentions of farmers, Uncle Sam, and a wealthy era. The readable portion hints at old promotional copy and a patriotic economic theme without clear event details.
Weathering a rib steel shortage, umbrellas could disappear from shelves. Yet long-armed readers will still need the Journal to stay dry.
A Columbus observer notes widespread hardship among saloonkeepers as licensing declines, employees are cut or quit, and general drinking declines. Reports from Chicago corroborate a massive fall in license values and a shift toward abstinence, with beer consumption dropping sharply in 1915 versus 1914.
Sampson Groves, a repeat liquor law violator, pleaded guilty to running a speakeasy in Sabina Ohio. He was fined 500 dollars plus costs, the bartender 100 dollars, and Groves must pay 1000 dollars on a forfeited bond and 1000 dollars in a tax penalty. He already paid 2835.20 dollars and 1200 dollars worth of liquor was confiscated and destroyed, with a new bond of 1000 dollars required. Groves vows never again.
Special report from Pomeroy: after a year with home rule saloons the Tribune Telegraph cites rising crime and hardship. It attributes murder, fights, indecent conduct, wife beating, profanity, reckless driving, and public disorder to the saloons' return. The piece portrays a continuous strip of social harm over the year.
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