Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1916 — George B. Cox, Politician and Theatrical Magnate, is Dead. [ARTICLE]

George B. Cox, Politician and Theatrical Magnate, is Dead.

George B. Cox, capitalist, theatrical magnate and former republican leader of Cincinnati, died at his home in Clifton, Ohio, Saturday morning. Death was due primarily to a stroke of paralysis, which he suffered after returning from a theatre with his wife. He suffered a slight stroke of paralysis several years ago, from the effects of which he never fully recovered. From boot-black and butcher’s boy, he rose until he became the most powerful man in the government of Ohio, naming mayors, judges, congressmen; governors, and having much to do with the fortunes of presidents. Leave Orders at Once For Street Oiling. M. J. Ehlert, who is here now oiling the streets, will take orders while in the city for oiling streets not included in the present contract at the same price charged on the city contract, at the rate of $2.45 per hundred square yards. Those desiring to have their streets oiled can elave orders at Gallagher’s hitch barn. ,