Just a few more articles from the Feb 25, 1919 OHIO STATE JOURNAL Page 10 Y Field Committees Are To Meet In City Ohio and West Virginia field committees of the Y.M.C.A. will hold a conference today at headquarters, 60 South Third Street, in connection with the national finance drive for $1,000,000 of which Ohio and West Virginia's quota is $134,843. Miss Helen BARNES, a national secretary; Miss Anna E. CALDWELL, state director in the United war work campaign, and Miss Jean C. MOORE, publicity director for the present campaign, will be in charge. Talks also will be made on reconstruction work and new opportunities for girls at meetings at 10:30 and 2 p.m. ***** Captain Said To Have Taken Men's Savings Alleged to have embezzled $300 from a private in his company, who is said to have paid him the money for three liberty bonds in the fall of 1917, Harry L. HAIGHT, recently discharged captain in the Three Hundred and Thirtieth Infantry, Eighty-third Division, was arraigned before United States Commissioner JOHNSON yesterday. HAIGHT is said to have sold $19,000 worth of bonds at the camp. Most of the men in his command are still overseas, it is said. ***** Fire Lieutenant Hurt Lieutenant Clarence OGBORN of Truck Company No. 1, Front and Elm Streets, sustained a lacerated firhgt foot last evening at a $100 blaze at the warehouse of the Andrus-Scofield Company, coffee dealers, 184 Randolph Street. A defective furnace caused the fire. ***** Must Show Coroner Man Was Not Slain Though police and Sheriff SLACK yesterday were of the opinion John Jacob FUNK, aged 49, whose body was found Sunday south of the city, had ended his own life and had apparently closed their investigations. Coroner HEINTZ was looking for a murder clew. Information was given police, they said, that FUNK, a few years ago, had shot himself in the face while attempting suicide. He was also said to have had domestic troubles lately. ***** Fines Saloonkeeper $50 Arraigned yesterday in municipal court on a charge of having sold liquor Sunday. George WOLF, saloonkeeper, 184 West Spring Street, was fined $50 and costs by Judge OSBORN. ***** Bridegroom's First Thought Was Liquor That the first thing her husband, Carl M. HEISSER, former undertaker, did on their honeymoon was to buy a bottle of whisky, was the assertion of Flossie B. HEISSER yesterday before Judge EVANS in divorce proceedings. She was granted divorce on grounds of gross neglect. HEISSER formerly was a West Side undertaker. Mrs. HEISSER is a daughter of Dr. Joseph E. BEERY, 802 West Broad Street. ***** PUGH Is Improving City Librarian John J. PUGH is recovering from a 10 days illness with laryngitis. ***** In Grocery Business for 38 Years; Quits N.C. HAGER, for 38 years a grocer at 151 East State Street, has sold out his business and will retire. He will close his store Thursday for invoices. It will open Monday under new management. Coming here in 1881 as a clerk for J.H. HARNER, who had a general store at the State Street address, HAGER in two years was made a partner and since then has run the business. The late P.W. HUNTINGTON was one of his first customers. State Street at that time was a muddy country road. HAGER says Mr. HUNTINGTON waded through the mud one evening, and told him he was glad to see a grocery store in his neighborhood. "It will make it handy for me," he told HAGER. HAGER's home is at 1670 Bryden Road. ***** Asks Receivership for Devore Mfg Co Charging mismanagements Charles E. WILLIAMS, holder of 300 shares of stock in the Devore Manufacturing Company, yesterday asked appointment of a receiver and an accounting. It is asserted P.R. DEVORE, who also owns 300 shares of stock in the company, had made personal gains. Attorney Hugh HUNTINGTON represents Williams. If you would like a photocopy of an article, please contact me. This and other Ohio newspaper transcriptions can be found on my website. Joyce Fullen Grove City OH http://www.fullenfamily.com/Newspapers/ohio__newspapers.htm

Thank you for these articles from the early 1900s. It is really nice that you do this. If you might think that your work is not appreciated that is not true, it is! Thank you again :) Curiousity: is the Fullen name from Clintonville and IC on E. N. Broadway? Again, thank you for the interesting bits of Columbus history (and genealogical info for some.)