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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Welcome to
Summit County,
Ohio
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Source: Frederick Douglass Paper - New
York
Dated: July 14, 1854
MARRIED.
In Pittsburgh on the 4th inst.,
by John PECK, Mr. Harvey Garrison WEBB to
Miss Rebecca H. STRANGE, both of that city. |
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio
Dated: June 28, 1918
AKRON NEWS
Bert VERNOSTER, 287 Cross street, driver for the
Burkhardt Brewing Co., fell from his wagon tonight and
sustained a severe scalp wound. He was taken to
People's hospital.
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Jury Visits Murder Scene.
The jury which is try Paul
CHIVARO on the charge of murdering Patrolman GTethin
RICHARDS was completed this afternoon at 2 in Judge
E. D. FRITCH's court. Immediately after the jurors
were sworn, they were taken to view the scene of the murder
and to inspect the locality in which the tragedy was
enacted.
The jurors are Andrew J. HARRIS, Copely;
Willis P. FENN, Tallmade; F. Glenn ANDERSON,
Akron; A. W. HAWKINS, Akron; Georger A. LAUDENRON,
Akron; Edward T. GILLEN, Akron; John HADFIELD,
Akron; Ike REEDER, Akron; Charles T.
GOTTSHELL, Akron; Arthur J. BECKER, Akron; W.
M. HERR, Akron, and ALfred P. WALKER, Akron.
It required the issuing of a fifth venire to obtain the
jurors. Most of the veniremen dismissed today were
excused on the grounds that they were opposed to capital
punishment or that they had formed an opinion in the case.
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Draft Numbers Announced.
The six holders of the first draft number drawn
from the great bowl in Washington today in Summit county
are: Harry A. AMMAN, 62 Glenwood avenue, Board No. 1;
Wallic S. YINGLING, 804 Corley street, Board No. 2;
P. S. BIERINGER, 291 Orchard avenue, Board No. 3;
John MINOR, 682 Bowery street, Board No. 4; Louis
FARINA, 287 East avenu7e, Board 5; Joe EMAR,
Barberton, Board No. 6.
Holders of the second number, which was the fifth
drawn, because the second, third and fourth number are H.
CARSON, 4311 Carmichael street, Baord No. 2; A. A.
COURTNEY, Cuyahoga Falls, Board No. 6; John W. Hartz,
115 Lake street, Board 4; C. A. Lamson, 366
Buckeye street, Board 3; Genk K. LIM, 237 Wooster
avenue, Board No. 5 and J. F. MALLISON, 675 Broadway,
Board No. 1.
The first registrant of 21 to file his questionaire
with the Summit county board is Ira BAZTER, 1005 N.
5th street, Barberton. HE claims no exemption and will
be classified as 1-A.
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Prisoner Makes Escape.
Playing upon the sympathies of his jailors after
his wife had fainted in the lobby of the jail.
Morris KEITH of Barberton induced Deputy Sheriff
Scotty ENGERSON to take him to the prosecutor's office
in an attempt to give bond to obtain his release from jail.
He was unable to obtain sureties and when being taken
back to jail he broke away from the officer and escaped.
The police are hunting for him.
Mrs. KEITH, was sent to the City hospital after
she fainted at the jail. Her condition is not serious.
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I. O. O. F. to Honor Two.
Two Akron men, Col. George S. Whitney and
Lieut. Col. William H. GOSTLIN of Canton Akron, I. O. O.
F., will receive the Grand Decoration of Chivalry at the
Grand Encampment of Ohio Odd Fellows and the Department
Council of Patriarchs Militant I. O. O. F. at Mansfield July
8 and 9.
Canton Akron No. 2, the largest canton in the world,
330 strong, will go to Mansfield to take part in the parade
July 9. Plans are under way now to take a large
delegation of Summit county Odd Fellows to the encampment
for the two days session.
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Boy Blast Victim Sues.
The loss of two fingers and a
thumb in the explosion of a dynamite cap with which he was
playing, resulted in the filing of a suit in common pleas
court today by Ernest SEELEY, i, against John P.
McCAUSLAND. James T. McCAUSLAND and Hugh
McCAUSLAND for $15,000.
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Widow Sues for $5,000.
Suite against the state industrial commission for
$5,000 for the death of the husband was begun today by
Clara M. FRIDINGER. She claims her husband died
from an injury received when he pounded his finger while
working as a blacksmith for a firm carrying state insurance.
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Two Burned in Explosion.
J. S. SCHUMAKER, 111
Brodahely court, and A. R. BRANDT, 381 S. Forge
street, were severely burned about the face and eyes this
afternoon by an explosion of chemicals at the Amazon Tire &
Rubber Co. plant. They were taken to City hospital.
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83 Indictments Returned.
Nineteen cases were ignored and
eighty-three true bills were returned by the special grand
jury which reported to Judge FRITCH today.
Eurbis MALDONADO, was indicted on a charge of
murder in the first degree for killing of Pat O'CONNELL,
of Barberton. Three indictments for second degree
murder were returned, twenty-six for grand larceny, three
for highway robbery, five for carrying concealed weapons and
five for forgery. Ten secret indictments were
returned.
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Drowns in Turkeyfoot Lake.
Rome ZIMMERMAN, 28, of 318 W. Exchange street, was
drowned in Turkeyfoot lake late last night when a boat in
which he was attempting to cross from one landing to another
became filled with water. J. J. MILLARD, 33, of
85 W. State street, and D. C. BROWN, 28, or 443 W.
Market streets, and D. C. BROWN, 28, of 443 W. Market
street, who were with him struggled in the water for an hour
before they were rescued. They are in People's
hospital where they will recover.
ZIMMERMAN's body was recovered. His widow
survives.
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert O'DELL, who were
drowned in Summit lake last night, were taken to
Portsmouth tonight for burial.
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Slayer Sent to Reformatory.
William LOWE, N. O. T. conductor, was sentenced to
the Mansfield reformatory today for manslaughter for the
killing of a passenger on the Grant street line last winter.
Harry FLEISHER, found guilty of pocket picking,
was sentenced to a term in the Ohio state Penitentiary by
Judge C. C. BENNER today.
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