Social notes from Elyria and surrounding area
Mrs. A O Curdate visits relatives in Norwalk. Mr. Martin Denman from Chicago calls on Elyria friends. Dole of Detroit visits local residents. Mrs Avis Hamlin entertains Berea visitors. Eric D Chapman’s son to spend Thursday in Cleveland. George Baumner visits Cleveland friends Tuesday. Mrs Charles Scheldewag in Brownhelm. E K Massey in Cleveland today for business. Mrs W E H Mosher of Oberlin guests in Elyria today. Mrs J B Taylor of New London to stay with Mrs A B Taylor. Mrs J R Jones returns from Adrian Michigan. Mr T T Robinson back from Chicago. Mrs Harry Sprotte of Detroit visits Miss Marjory Brooks. Four O’clock business meeting Thursday at Mrs Hinman’s. Mrs Helen Denney hosts dancing party at Country Club. Mr and Mrs W A Bowen of Oberlin guests of Mr and Mrs R W Comings. Mr and Mrs A J Boynton return from Tennessee. Mrs A J Robson hosts guests at Jackson Terrace. Bert Andrews enrolls at Darling’s Business College. F P Townsend leaves for Chicago on business. Miss Carrie Sherwood returns home from Cleveland visit. Mrs H M Metcalf hosts Oberlin guests at her East Second Street home. Four O’Clock ladies hold meeting at Mrs B H Hinman’s Thursday. Miss Katherine Neilson of Oberlin visits Mrs Gee Philpott. Mrs Jennings of Toledo, Browning lecturer, guest of Mrs H P Boynton. Bishop Leonard of Cleveland to confer at St Andrew’s Friday. Mrs S Harter travels to Protection Kansas to visit grandchildren. Mrs J V Sampsell hosts luncheon Thursday, first event of season.
Local society notes and marriages in progress
Mrs Shoupe improves from illness as Emergency club plans a meeting at Mrs Simmons home. Mrs Maddock and Ian Melvin visit Mrs W S Pepsner during spring vacation. H C Harris S B Rawson and E M Rice go to Oberlin for U K A banquet at Park Hotel on April 12. Lee Stroup and Thaddeus test for Cinelawati. Maxell and Mrs Stroup wintered in Charlotte and will be home Saturday. C Ed Crowther and Miss Fannie Burt wed quietly at Rev Sala's study. both worked at Dean Wiedrie and popular with the young. Fortnightly meeting at Mrs Sharp. papers on Gold and Silver Mines and Salt and Borax Deposits. Haines reading from Hesper by Hamlin Garland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
H.C. Harris
B. Rawson
E. M. Rice
Oberlin
U. K A
Park Hotel
Lee Stroup and
Thaddeus
Cinelawati
Mrs. Stroup
Maxwell
Charlotte
North Carolina
C. Ed. Crowther
Fannie Burt
Sharp
Union hall meeting opens tribal organization drive
Amew tribe of Red Men to be organized at Union hall Cheapside Toure day evening. The council votes to sell four issues of street bends to Otis and Hough of Cleveland for 249.83. Lang to speak at First Congregational Church at 8 p.m. on lyceum. LaGrange hosts Lorain County Sunday School convention at Baptist church on Wednesday May 1 No. Electrogen tonic ad promotes 50c to 1.00 bottles and a free 66 cent bottle offer via The Electrogen Co. Fremont Ohio. Eady Drug Store carries it.
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Union Hall
Otis and Hough
Cleveland
Lorain County Sunday School Association
Baptist Church
LaGrange
George
Becaus
Electrogen Co
Fremont Ohio
Eady
Stora
Exceptional Opportunity in Real Estate and Fire Insurance
An offer invites your own office with no capital, promising potential yearly earnings from 100 to 5000 dollars. It claims to provide a method for securing agencies with major fire insurance firms and includes conveyancing mortgage writing and policy work, asking readers to contact Ozman A Tarbell & Co. in South Bend Indiana for details.
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Ozman A
Tarbell & Co
South Bend
Ind
On the Square with a Police Magistrate
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt shows a reporter questioning a police magistrate about bail bonds. The magistrate defends himself against insinuations of taking fees and asserts bond forfeiture handling, insisting he is On the square.
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Polce
Chicago Record-Herald
Long Fight Over Land Worth Five Dollars Ends After 60 Years
The Camp versus Zimmerman land dispute in Lehigh county concludes with a jury awarding Andrew Camp ownership of an 1800 foot long by four to 23 feet wide strip valued at about five dollars. The case spanned Supreme Court sessions and decades of legal fees. Zimmerman and key witnesses have died, while the widow who continued the fight lost.
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Andrew Camp
William Zimmerman
New York Herald
Allentown
Hugnats
Lehigh County
Zimmerman
Supreme Court
John Rupp
Peter Kunkle
Camp
To Preserve Youth Regret Free Fifty Years Young
A speaker urges focusing on right thinking to rebuild life and character and to forget regrets. She argues regrets are useless and a major handicap, and eliminating them is essential to remaining youthful at fifty.
Bilkins and Wilkins Mock Fancy Dress Banter
A brief London Tit-Bits exchange recalls a failed costume party. Bilkins admits avoiding the fancy dress bail after last season, while Wilkins notes he looked foolish and spent the evening spooning with his wife once masks were removed.
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Bilkins
Wilkins
London
53 year old coat of Clinton man shown in perfect condition
John P. Ledyard of Clinton township Wayne County Pennsylvania wears a wool overcoat made 53 years ago by his mother. The garment remains in near perfect condition with no rent or break and only slight aging from time.
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John P. Ledyard
Clinton Township
Wayne County
Pennsylvania
The Artistic Wink Teases Effects of Eye Expression
The piece extols the charm of a well timed wink and eyelid artistry among Spanish women, noting heredity and emotion as keys. It compares tearful signaling of the past with modern rarity of tears, and humorously asserts women cry as seldom as men.
Parisian exchange on a guarded challenge during a tense moment
In a brief exchange a Parisian notes the challenger faces an expert swordsman. The responder agrees the boast boosts confidence, adding the expert is unlikely to act clumsily or cause injury.
Cork Leg From Cow Raises Thornes Fortune in Glens Falls
Julius Thorne, who lost a leg in a railroad accident, raised a sick calf on skim milk and butter to fund a cork leg. He sold raffle tickets to the public and plans to wear the new limb at the drawing event in Glens Falls.
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Huyt
New York World
Julius Thorde
Glens Falls
Thorne
Thorn
Tuorne
The Red White Blue Squire and the Singing Court
A Connecticut justice court seethes with a noisy crowd as a young man charged with brass theft disrupts proceedings. A spectator shouts support for Squire Hooligan, prompting removal orders, then the court discovers the man to be the accused in custody.
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Connecticut
Temple of Justice
Bells Led to Burglar's Capture
Police in Paris raid Faubourg du Temple after residents report nocturnal bell sounds. They find two men testing timepieces stolen from a factory warehouse. authorities recover 200 watches sold as tested.
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Paris
Faubourg du Temple
Pickles! Advice on choosing a husband from a writer
A Milwaukee Sentinel quotation urges women to marry a man with good digestion and no nerves. It extols a hearty, robust husband who enjoys three square meals and has a knack for Welsh rarebit and distinctive salad dressing, calling him a lovely husband.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Derivation of Check From Persian Chess Terms
The piece traces the word check to the shah from Persia via Arabic and old French. Chess reflects checks, kings, and the cry Check indicating danger to the king. The term extended to cheque as a bill countering fraud and to checkered from the board pattern and old French exche quer.
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Persia
Arabic Roots of Zephyr and Cipher in English
The article traces English borrowed words Zephyr, cipher, and zero to Arabic slfr meaning empty. It notes medieval Latin forms ciphra and zephyrum, possibly linked to zephyrug, with later Italian zefiro producing the English doublet sero with elpher.
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Ciphra
Zephyrum
Zephyrug
Sero
Elpher
Quote on belief and credit in a sly exchange
An admiring friend notes he believed fully in himself while Mise Caysane counters that some people are creditless. The brief dialogue hinges on self confidence and social judgment.
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Mise Caysane
Town Improvement Planed For Vines Shrubs And Town Halls
The article outlines backyard beautification through vines shrubs and proper planting methods. It notes municipal improvement efforts in southern California and Monrovia Indiana where women organize a Commercial club to raise funds for a town hall.
Village Improvement Association Fair Promotes Beautification Efforts
Tyngsboro Massachusetts villagers raised funds for street beautification and yard prizes at the annual fair in the town hall. The event showcased the three act rural play Willow Dale performed by local amateur talent to strong audience support.
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Village Improvement Association
Tyngsboro
Mass
Improvement Association
Willow Dale
Apeople
Mind and body must grow together in education
The Knoxville Journal argues that training the mind without a sound body is flawed. A strong physique supports life and work, as many successful farmers and professionals attest, suggesting physical development in youth is essential alongside mental learning.
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Knoxville Journal
Death and Eyes: De Quincey Health Note on Exercise
A brief Health Record excerpt notes De Quincey on how eye appearance changes with bodily state. It suggests that weeks of exercise can alter the depth and sweetness of the eye, possibly influencing young ladies' habits.
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Emerson
de Quincey
Where the Gold Goes in Egypt’s Boom and Hoarding
A Cairo boom is linked to the Nile dam and rising arable land. A consular report notes nearly 20 million pounds from London absorbed locally as gold hoarding increases. Gold beaters’ bazaar crowds as pounds sterling coins are melted into jewelry. Some George III sovereigns reappear in circulation.
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Egypt
Cairo
Nile
London
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A. O. Curdate
Norwalk
Martin Denman
Chicago
Elyria Friends
Mr. Dole
Detroit
Avis Hamlin
Berea
Eric D. Chapman and Son
Geo. Baumner
Mra. Chae. Scheldewag
Brownhelm
E. K. Massey
Ow ‘Business
Mra. W. E H. Mosher
J. B. Taylor
New London
A.B. Taylor
West Avenue
J. R. Jones
Adrian, Mich
Mr. T. T. Robinson
Harry Sprote
Marjory Brooks
Helen Denney
Middle Avenue
Country Club
W. A. Bowen
R. W. Comings
A. J. Boynton
Tennessee
A. J. Robson
Jackson Terrace
Bert Andrews
Darling
F. P. Townsend
Carrie Sherwood
H. M. Metcalf
East Second Street
Mansey, Bugbey, Lindsay and Davis
B. H. Hinman
Katherine Neilson
Gee. Philpott
Fourth Street
Leonard
St. Andrew's Church
8. Harter
Kan
J. V Sampsell
Conry & Mueller, Grocers
W. Broad
Baers
William Maddock
Ian Melvin
W. S. Pepsner
Strongsville
Lang
Lyce Yn
Courge
Long
Apatin
4G. Whitten
Missouri Experiment Station
Met
California
Los Aneles Times
Monrovia
Morgina County
Commercial Club
Indiana
Indianapolis News
Sre
the Biggs & Everard ‘Co
The
Elyria Wardware Co
Wagner. Mfg. Go
Yaa
Petons
Elyria Hardware Co
Hart
Japan
Chase & Sanborn’s
Gerald S. Martin & Co
East Third St
Elyria
Ohio
Rawson Phone Dr
B. T. Mills
Summuer
Blaina
Gulf Road
Caroline Street
Grafton
G. G. Heffelman
E. Broad St
Rawson
Largo
Lin Crusta Walton
Smith Bros, Jewelers
Opticians
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