Lorain County notes and visitors at Pittsfield
In Lorain County reports from Pittsfield and surrounding areas mention visits by Wilcox and wife, Ada Post, Mrs. H., Mr. Hubbard, Mrs. Williams, and many others. Local social events include reunions, dinners, church gatherings, and a dime social. Several residents travel to Cleveland and Elyria, while others host guests from Wellington and Akron. A church funeral, a baptism of 40 converts, and a broken collarbone are noted amid a flurry of small-town activity.
Nickel Plate Notes From Elyria District Arts and News
Alien Cintot West View visits here this week while Will Richmond attends a Teacher's Institute in Elyria. Many local residents attend the Farmers Institute and the Maccabees picnic plans. Weather drought threatens crops and late potatoes while fruit orchards show sparse blooming. Funeral services, family visits, and small-town daily life fill this fragmentary community notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alien Cintot
West View
Will Richmond
Elyria
Mat Pillivant
Ester
Frank
Antherst
Hart
Campbell
Sheffield West Ridge notes and community updates
In Sheffield West Ridge a flood of local news covers visits by Jessie Squire and Miss Baumhart, a sermon at Murray Ridge schoolhouse, and a planned Friday social at the West Ridge school with ice cream and cake. Reports from the August picnic at Randall’s grave note temperance speeches and farm crowds, with multiple families visiting Oberlin and nearby towns. hospitalities, births, and illness also appear among relatives and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Squire
Lorain
Alford Squire
Oberlin
Life
Murray Ridge
Miss Baumhart
Nettie Fowl
West Ridge
Randall’s Grave
Local notes from Carlisle and nearby townships
Community column recounts farm visits and events across Carlisle and surrounding areas. Mentions Miss Many Scott, church resignations, Rev Lathrop Cooley’s mission gift, Cooley’s long service in Medina, and the elderly preacher’s approach. Social gatherings at Randall’s Grove, weather woes, threshing hazards, and a touch of travel and family news.
Avon Lake Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Nettie and Wina Dunning entertained Florence Ketchum of Lorain. Miss Mable Krause of Cleveland visited cousin Mrs. Lara Jaycox and aunt Mrs. N. Beard. Mrs. Wilcox hosted several ladies from Saginaw. Bertha Crandall stayed with her parents, Jno. Dunning and wife. Alice Rettger of Cleveland boarding at Wollks caught a bug. An infant of Joe Gabel’s died last week. M E Sunday school picnic at Randalls Grove drew good attendance. Mr. Mawby and wife hosted guests. Myrtle Green and baby visited with sister and husband from Penfield. E. A. Sullivan spent a week in town. Miss Ola Braun visited relatives. Miss Nora Master of Lorain visited Mrs. Inc. Dunning. Georgie Eugel, typhoid fever, is no longer under doctor’s care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie
Wina Dunning
Florence Ketchum
Lorain
Mable Krause
Cleveland
Lara Jaycox
N. Beard
Wilcox
Saginaw
Bertha Crandall
Jno. Dunning
Alice Rettger
Woll
E. A. Sullivan
Ola Braun
Nora Master
Inc. Dunning
Georgie Eugel
Bop
Grafton Local Notes Highlight Thresher Record and Fevers
Grafton news shows Blanchard and Maggie Cleveland visiting, Hastings family hosting, and J Hastings relatives. Burke and Thompkins thresh 1041 bushels in 24 hours using a Huber Thresher. Chas German contracts fever. Elmer Trans reaches twenty first birthday with gifts. A gathering at home ends with celebrations and mutual good will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Blanchard
Maggie
Brighton notes and social updates from Oberlin area
The item lists various local mentions: Miss Mary Val visiting her sister Burge. J. Everheart and G. M. Peasley in Lorain. WW Everson in Ness for a day. Co. O. Brown and wife in Norwalk. Mrs. W. W. Akron in Elyria on business. Miss Nina Getchel of Oberlin visiting Miss Jessie Hyerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Val
Burge
J. Everheart
G. M. Peasley
Lorain
Diers
Everson
Ness
Co. O. Brown
Norwalk
Osdale
Akron
W. W. Akron
Elyria
Nina Getchel
Oberlin
Misa Jessie Hyerson
LaPorte Ladies Aid Met With Mrs Ann Robrow
Community notes from LaPorte record a Ladies Aid Society gathering with Mrs Ann Robrow, sewing activity, and planning for a pastor's salary social. Also reported are family health updates, births, visits by relatives, and local social happenings including a birthday surprise for Harlin and a Lakeside outing return.
Kipton Socials and Theater Takein in Kipton
Kipton residents report a successful Loch hall event with door receipts totaling 90.15 dollars. A social at the Disciple church town hall is planned for Friday September 1 with a box supper to be sold and each lady to bring supper for two. Various residents and visitors are noted, including Prentice family trips to Michigan and visits from Bertha Stern and Biffa Granger, while local newspaper changes attract attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loch Hall
Yn Bates
Pr. Miller
Spencer
Kipton
Palm
Martin
Randolph
EB Prentice
C. HB
Disciple Church
Town Hall
Bow
Ercton
Re. B
Prentice
Pave Teursday
Michigan
Biffa Granger
Buffalo
W. Granger
Bertha Stern
Mgr
Eggleston
Cleveland
Kate Brumby
Wellington
Elyria
Eivery
Mr. Norvel
Megina
Chippaws Lake
John Lucan
Gleveland
Chas. Lucas
Local society notes from Brownhelm and vicinity
Miss Jessie Chapman of Rochester visits W. B. Cran dall in Brownhelm over Sunday. Charlie Fairchild of Mount Vernon visits his mother Emily Fairchild. Lizzie and Dot Bacon of Oberlin stay with John Shotton. Henry Bacon and wife spend a few days with C. I. Whittlesley. Tucker and wife of Elyria board with Mr. Ames at the station. Miss Fuller, formerly with Mrs. H. B. Lindsley, has returned home. Mrs. Henry Kane ill with geomatism but convalescent. Mr. Henry Smith injured when horse kicked after hay rake ran onto the animal. two ankle bones broken. Burton Andress of Elyria visits his daughter Susie last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer. Chandler
Oberlin
Nok
Fort Ana
Scott
Detroit
Michigan
Randalls
Phe
Carrie
Mies
Maddock
Fleury Co
Henry Townsend
Laporte
Tovell
Nellie Lantsberry
Brunswick
Medina County
Lathrop Cooley
North Eaton
Cleveland
Hamlin Lave
Society Sire
Cooley
Franklin Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ann Robrow
Lewin M. Pounds
W. O. Jones
New York City
W. J. Ham
John Jy. Booth
Pin
Rand
Ridgeville
Henry County
A. L. Bingham
Lave
Tein
Lou Pope
Love
Cheapside
Grooml
Harlin
Lewis
M.D. Rand
Hirde
Charlotte Hand
Lewis Hamdin
Fields
Peter Hanlin Jr
P. Chapman
Qleo Chapman
Jessie Chapman
Rochester
W. BE. Crandall
Charlie Fairchild
Mt. Vernon
Emily Fairchild
Lizzie
Dot Bacon
Johm Shotton
H. B. Lindsley
Henry Kane
Henry Smith
Burton Andress
Elyria
Susie
Electric Road to link Cleveland and Akron route plan
Reported contract in New York last Saturday sets the Cleveland Wadworth and Souther Electric Railway in motion. Eastern Medina County anticipates immediate construction touching Parma Royalton Hinckley Remmears Granger and Wade son Cos worth with a branch from Granger to Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Wadworth and Souther Electric R. RK
New York
Medina County
Parma
Royalton
Hinckley
Remmears
Granger
Wadison Cosworth
Akron
Alac
Real Estate Transfers in Lorain and Surrounding Townships
Real estate transfers list multiple parcels in Lorain and nearby townships. Entries name buyers, sellers, and tract details with prices such as 800 and 1125 dollars, including several lots, blocks, and additions in Brownell’s and Wallace Jones and Root’s additions.
Flags of Nations at Philadelphia Exposition
The National Commercial Congress in Philadelphia prompts exposit ion managers to display foreign nation flags atop the grand building. Trade and transportation firms will display banners from their countries, with the Spanish banner beside the Stars and Stripes signaling peace, and the German flag beside Old Glory suggesting continued peace with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Commercial Congress
Philadelphia
Medina stove swindlers expose slick knaves tale
A Lorain Times report recounts a Medina scam where con artists sold a stove with a generous trade in, using a blotted double note. A sharp lady noticed the back notes aligned oddly, thick paper and two notes passed together, revealing the fraud and leading to a risky scheme against fresh buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina
Lorain Times
Drowned seaman Harry Thomas at Lorain
In Lorain on a Monday around 5 30 pm a boat mate Harry Thomas aged about 22 in Avon was drowned after being intoxicated and slipping from a boat onto the river bank. An inquest was held by Coroner Braman this morning. He lived in Avon for several years and was not married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thomas
Neok
Bedford
Clumbrian
Thomas
Avon
Havin
Return of Amherst clothier to Elyria ends two store venture
The Amherst clothier Mr Baker plans to close one of his two stores and devote his time to the Amherst shop. He has made many warm business friendships in Elyria and will be missed upon departure. If he resumes business here in the future, citizens would welcome him back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Worth Amherst
Baker
Toledo Norwalk Rail Link Progress Report
Mr. Parks Foster is authority on the electric line from Toledo to Fremont. The plan is largely purposed and ready for delivery if possible that it will be completed by December 1. Stocks are back for the project and the road extension to Norwalk is being considered to fill the gap from Cleveland via Oberlin and Anne to Norwalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks Foster
Toledo
Fremont
Norwalk
Anne
Oberlin
Cleveland
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LA Grange
Lorain County
Pittsfield
Win. Wilcox
Arthur
Ada Post
Hubbard
New London
Sarah
Wheeler
Les Stroup
Leveland
W. Dale
Mahon
C. BR. Fheer
Edith
Heagmyer
C. B. Meriam
John
Mina Potter
Flersey
Burton Plumb
Bilyria
Plumb
Bambridge Tucker
Mason Powers
Earl Underhill
Spen
LuZeile
Dawson City
Ust
John Bouga
Lester
H. A
Linwood
Bud Gott
Bessie (Iott
Ryan
Blanc
Basnett
Agene Wait
Mc Iegor
Rose H Spicer
Bassett
M. E
Silver Lake
Akrots
Gquvurge Johnson
Noval
White
Julia Waite
Gideon Letby
Deck Crowner
C. Crowne
Pondenia
Allin
Maat Cornish
Cheeland
Erpe-Cially
Gould
Mer
Bart
Maney Cotter
Melvin Fitch
Olmsted
T. Howletts
Litelyfield
Byron Millson
James Beveridge
Beveridge
Jurd
Aedde Dent
Towtt
Fa Danis
Will Reynolds
Lute Alexander
F. Merce
Bancroft
Bort
Flicks
Chas Cox
Sam Clark
Henry Barrow
Mes. Davis
Mich
Norton
Clifton
Burrell
Wm. Walker
Joseph
Alfred Walker
Nelson van Wormer
Sugar Ridge
Baptist Church
Lew Warden
Chiago
Joe
Allie Alten
Father Falk
Joseph Alten
Adamson
Belle Gibson
Cohumbias
Vise
Frank Smith
Te M. EK
Huyeh
Staulford
Blackwell
Etla Blackwell
Vermillion
Leon Mitchell
Martindale
Nye
Chestnut Ridge
Mary Blacksper
Tandall’s Grove
Manderville
LaPorte M. EE. Church
A.D. Bingham
Mr. Rand
Ridgeville Corners
Eugene Fauver
Will
Drouth
Kate Ruder
W Df Longbon
Yvisin
Eaton
Roy Cole
Ford Hill
C. Ball
Mary
Edna Garretson
Fiumane Society
Longson
Columbia Baptist Church
Mrs. Yost
Avon Baptist
Randall Cove
Hazel Hicks
Geo
W. Hicks
Rye Buck
May Debussy
Lulu
Edith Slater
D. Fitch
S. W. Movo
Henry Martin
Joliet
Louise Fitch
Sheffield
Randall’s
Henry Day
Bessie
Hlyria
Will Day
Chas
Watson Caley
Indiana
Jim Welsch
Frank Caley
Geo. Steele
Hartford
Henry Standen
Will Northrup
Negess
Higgins
Riley
Alice Bitely
Operlin
Florence Brown
Topeka Kas
C. Reynolds
Maurice Hecock
Fondall’s
Carlisle
F. OC. Williams
Fe Roberts
Will Greens
Dora Pomerny
Wood County
Janene
Tren
Ington
Michi
George Tlarrgest
Deland Avery
John Hall
Arthur Sherburne
Grant Campbell
Harrington
KR. Ruth
Mlyria
Charry Crosier
Frank Irish
Jane Root
Stownholm
Kelsey
Summer Whitemub
Grafton
Kank
Washington, D. C
G. Whitcomb
MS 1. Par
Eva Jordans
Tra Pease Wae
Furday
Pearl Gibson
Billings
Randall
F. Root
Randall's Grove
Pittefield
Lewis Cole
Loie
Sadie Whitcomb
Mary Yosiker
Wm Crosier
Clarence Sheldon
John Hobbs
Dayton Hobbs
Martha Raywaon
Vermontville
Man
Avon Lake
Brighton
Brownhelm
A Gregg
Braman
John Henry Fisher
Anna
Fisher
Henry C. Meyer
Wallace, Jones and Root
Jerusha Mattison
Bruce McDonald
Plyra
Roaqu
W. D. Holliday
Holliday
Penfield
Arthur W. Hage
Anton
Mary Lembhardt
Oakland
B. C
F. Gibson
Zelda B. Gibson
G. A. Castell
Amherst Township
Larcia M. Curtis
W- Purcell
Sarah Rolinsor
Ollie Robinson
A. Ts. Hill
A. Bramais
Linus
Thayer
Wire Town
E. Miller
Nosland
Elver M. Gibson
Emma Me Gibson
Alefred Grills
Russia Township
Wilt Jordan
Mable Tyson J
Benjamine Tyson
Aberlin
Saab
Flags of All Nations
Amherst
the Biggs
Spe
Green
Biggs
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