Gas Lamps for Business Streets Discussed by Merchants Board
The merchants board debated gas street lamps in Cleveland styles to enhance storefront display. The plan was postponed due to lighting contract issues with electric service, with concerns over city entanglements with the Bell company. The board noted rapid merchant growth and shoppers increasingly patronizing home stores in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Merchants Board
Bes, Company
Que Speaker
Koleta
Howe
Double shift ruling for Cecilia’s boarding house
Mayor Chapman ruled a double shift of lodgers is not allowed at Cecilia’s West avenue boarding house. The court heard testimonies as Cecilia tried to bring a man to share a bed with Steve Barrish’s approval not given. The mayor urged amicable settlement and ordered occupants’ permission. Twenty five followers of Cecilia and Steve left satisfied.
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Chapman
Council Chamber
Cecilis Monica
West Avenue
Steve Barrish
Steve
Cecilia
Anton Webber Given Sixty Day Workhouse Sentence
Anton Webber was brought before Mayor Chapman by Humane Officer Dumas. He received a sixty day workhouse sentence for neglecting his minor children, with thirty days to find employment. If he turns over his wages to his wife, the sentence will be suspended, and he must pay the prosecution costs.
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Anton Webber
Chapman
Dumas
Webber
Fruit Trees Escape Damage After Cold Snap
Fruit rowers and gardeners voiced anxiety Saturday and Sunday due to unusual cold and frosts but report that trees have not yet suffered damage. Growers say weather has been cold enough to worry yet winds and light snow or rain prevented freezing on boughs.
Narrow Escape from Injury on Loni Street
A carpenter's helper fell from the first floor into the cellar of a house on Loni street while moving lumber. He suffered a head injury but remained conscious, was treated by Dr. Anderson, and walked home within an hour. He was not a regular employee of the company but hired as needed.
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Wiy
Loni Street
Brown
Anderson
Coal and Lamber Company
Indicted Insurance Men Arrested by Sheriff in Foraker Probe
Lorain voices show senator Foraker will aid Capt. Gove to regain post at Lorain post office after strike duty issue. Postmaster Bowman forwards complaints of Captain Gove’s alleged discourtesy and mail delivery failures. Gove pledges to fight, seeks inspector investigation into the matter.
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Lorain
Senator Foraker
Gove
Indictments Served on Insurance Agents in Anti-Trust Case
Grand jury indictment against twenty four insurance agents for combining in violation of the Valentine anti trust law. Indictments handed to the sheriff by Clerk Faxon as officers begin serving them. Names include M O G Bovee N F Kelling C G Lord L Marse R W Poulery Frank A Smith and others. Prosecutor Stevens declines to discuss case and says he will not enter disputes over points of law.
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Grand Jury
Faxon
M. OG. Bovee
N. F. Kelling
C. G. Lord
L. Marse
R. W. Pouleroy
Frank A Smith
William Smith
A. H. Babbook
WS. Little
George H. Lewis
A. E H. Robinson
J. B. Parker
C. S. Vowerk
Thomas G Chapman
H. Steel
Howard H. Benham
Harry W. Veon
Stevens
Ilege
Green Line Abuses Streets At Service Board Meeting
Residents loud over dirt street conditions as bricks replaced over green earth without tamping causing rough, loose paths. A worker cites poor raw material for not using a tamping iron. West Third Street noted as problematic while six horses haul stone from the quarry toward Broad.
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Service Board
8. W
Third Street
Brounid
City Street Franchises and Tracks Debate Progress
Service Board urges paving to install street car ties on East side streets including Clark Taylor Olive and Wingles. Prefers early track bed prep with costs charged to the franchise holder to avoid delaying paving and potential future trenching. Concerns over mud, sinking rails, and drainage as traffic resumes.
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Server Smith
Soith
Nrluk
Taylor
Olive
Wingkles
Sanders
Ue Street
Pinkerton Lecture Disrupted by A Disturbance at Church
An historic account notes Pinkerton being interrupted during a Church of Christ lecture by several young women who asked questions and talked, prompting him to question listeners' attention. The speaker later urged quiet and respectful listening, and the scene shifted toward a more orderly audience afterward.
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Church of Christ
Pinkerton
Leten
Lsten
Gta
Removal of Charles Nostrum
The doomed Nostrum couple, amid squalid, unsanitary surroundings, near Carlisle township, face removal to the infirmary. A Carlisle township trustee notes many humane society calls urging transfer, though authority remains limited if the couple refuses. The physician was summoned and arrangements made to clean the home.
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Carlisle
J. T .Moon
Avithhe Humane Society
Nostrum
Liem
Meeting to Organize Red Men Tribe at Union Hall
An Indian notice states a meeting will be held this Thursday evening at Union Hall Cheap Site for preliminary work in organizing a tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men at 7:30.
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Union ‘Hall
Improved Order of Red Men
Leaves: Home for Parts Unknown
Myerere Miller of this city abruptly left his job at H. Wilkins store Monday afternoon with a packed suitcase and told his wife he might be late. No definite destination or reason was given and his whereabouts remain unknown. His wife is distressed and coworkers recall his calm demeanor that day.
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Myerere Miller
H. Wilkins
South Lorain
Miller
Willard Knowlton
Salt Lake City lecture denounces polygamy and Mormonism
Rev. Thomas Pinkerton of Salt Lake City spoke at the Disciples church last night reviewing Mormon history and criticizing Brigham Young’s followers. He called polygamy a fundamental principle and urged action to eradicate what he termed evil effects of Mormonism.
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Thomas Pinkerton
Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Gallilee
Tie
United States
Smoot
Pickerton
Pinkerton
Mon
A R. Webber
Stu
Oberlin Civic club to hear Senator Poraker on Foraker Day
Oberlin April 18 President Harry Rehr reports assurances from Senator Poraker that he will address the Oberlin Civic club Saturday evening. Mayor Tom of Cleveland was expected but canceled. Efforts are underway to secure Poraker as the main speaker for the event.
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Oberlin
Harry Rehr
Tired of Life Steel Worker Took Morphine
Lorain April 18 William Armstrong a steel plant employee committed death by own action at his boarding house 677 Eleventh avenue He came to Lorain two weeks ago from Barberton a hard drinker and had been under liquor influence since arriving He was found dead at noon a bottle partly filled with morphine explained the cause Family trouble is said to be the motive He was about fifty years old and survived by a wife and two children
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Lorain
William Armstrong
Eleventh Avenue
Armstrong
Barberton
Hard Luck in Persons Indictment Across Lumber Mill
G A Persons the lumber dealer faces grand jury indictments for employing a stationary engineer without a license and his foreman John Kennedy for operating without a license. A sudden state inspector visit, a licensed engineer quitting, and engine failure nearly shut the mill. The case hinges on who was responsible for the power plant's operation.
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G. A. Persons
John Kennedy
Persons
Kennedy
Parsons
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