Conflicting Testimony In Oak Point Coroner Inquiry
The coroner began an inquest into a deadly Oak Point accident on Lake Shore Electric where three women were struck by a fast car on a trestle resulting in one death and two serious injuries. Witnesses clashed over the motorman’s actions as some saw him reading a paper while others saw him standing with hands on the controller looking ahead. In a separate note, Charlee Harlbut reports growing ginseng in Lorain County with 3,000 plants and sales of roots and seed. plant value estimates range from 30 to 35 cents for three-year-olds and 34 to 7 dollars per pound when dried, with a total market value around 300 to 400 dollars. Beds have drawn visitors from Elyria, Oberlin, Kipton and nearby areas.
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Eake Shore Electric
Oak Point
Lorain County
Charlee Harlbut
Lorain
Elyria
Oberlin
Kipton
Man Sues Over August North Amherst Assault
Howard W Walker files a petition in the court of common pleas alleging Ward Tolhurst assaulted him at North Amherst on August Sth. He says two bones were broken under the left eye and he was badly hurt seeking up to 32000 in damages with H A Pounds and Lee Stroup listed as his attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W Walker
Court of Common Pleas
Ward Tolhurst
North Amherst
Amott
Pounds
Lee Stroup
Pure Milk Campaign Urges State Action on Adulteration
The state dairy and food department concentrates on a pure milk drive after findings of formaldehyde in milk alarm dairy officials. Commissioner Ankeney cites affidavits and vows immediate prosecution of adulterators. Local health officers are deemphasized as the state takes lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Dairy and Food Department
Ankeney
Wota
Rural Free Delivery trims routes with 100 family base
Ohio rural free delivery inspectors capped new routes to 100 patron families and 25 miles maximum. Previously 80 families sufficed. The conference in Cincinnati suggested Lorain County routes planned for October are shelved for now.
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Ohio
Chicinnati
Lorain Co
Residents await water main on Tanth Street delay noted
A Tanth Street resident asks how long until the water main is laid. The pipe lay along the street for months, rusted and dirt covered, delaying completion. EB Gale sold Elyria Plumbing Heating & Electric Co. to EH Wurst, who took possession Monday. Gale plans to move to Cleveland.
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Tanth Street
EB Gale
Elyria Plumbing, Heating & Electric Co
EH H Wurst
Gale
Cleveland
Wurst
Bridge Fire on West Side Bridge Fire Box Sparks Fire
A section of the West Side bridge caught fire from live steam falling from an engine fire box but was quickly extinguished with little damage. Separately, a Rocky Mountain locust plague in 1874 caused extensive crop losses across Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Iowa totaling $106 million with large indirect losses.
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Dhone
Rocky Mountain
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Probate actions reveal estate appointments and wills
Probate Court appoints HJ Ingersoll as administrator of Polly Nicholls estate for mortgage clearance. The Augustine Whitney will from Vittafield is probated with HJ Rossiter authorized to take witnesses depositions on Mackinaw Island. Sarah Aunt Watkins of Lorain probate confirms Fo A Rowley as executor. Lorain properties to Rudid Watkins for Mrs Davies care, remainder among Edith Laura Charles Clara Norton and Florence Watkins.
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HJ Ingersoll
Polly Nicholls
Augustine Whitney
Vittafield
H J Rossiter
Mackinaw Island
Michian
Sarah Aunt Watkins
Lorain
Rowley
Tan Morehouse
Rudid Watkins
Watkins
Davies
Edith
Laura
Charles
Clara
Norton
Florence Watkine
Lorain County Baptists to Hold 65th Anniversary Conference
The Lorain County Baptists Association plans its sixty fifth anniversary conference in this city on August 23 26 and 27. The Tuesday program features a Ministers and Laymen conference with the theme What in a Christian Wednesday will host the convention proper. A large attendance is expected and officials anticipate a successful gathering.
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Lorain County Baptists Association
Former Elyria Man Severely Injured in Plant Incident
Erik Hentz age 26 an engineer at the shape mill of the steel plant suffered a bad wound to the left side of the face and left ear in a Saturday morning accident. A condenser exploded in the engine room when water ran low. He was taken to his home on 12 avenue near Vine. The former Elyrian has many friends in the city who will be saddened by the news.
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Erik Hentz
Vine
Hents
The Police Arrest Process as Described by a Washington Detective
A Washington police detective explains the arrest experience from approach to custody. He notes officers may restrain with firmness yet seek to ease the process, describing wagon transport, booking, cellular conditions, and possible collateral security or detention until court.
Birch Boxes for Oranges Reach Across Regions
A note from the market describes birch boxes for citrus shipments with Mediterranean and Florida oranges, mentioning Maino and an inner supply chain term birch someside. This brief item signals cross regional fruit trade and packaging terms.
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Florida
Explosion Burns JA Carpenter and Family in New York Area
A gas well near a yard exploded Friday evening injuring JA Carpenter of Avo bia and his mother from New York. Carpenter, carrying a lit lamp, removed a cover when the blast hurled him three feet. The mother and two others suffered severe burns, with fatal risk to the mother.
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JA Carpenter
Avo
Bia Two Sone
New York
Hig Yard
Carpenter
Wreck Patient Leaves Hospital in Ohio Town
Dallas Gordon, a severely injured July 19 W wreck victim, was discharged from the hospital Saturday. His Columbus home will see him visit friends in Flying and Lorain as he regains strength before returning home. In Elyria readers note the upcoming marriage of Chas Whitmore to Mabel Melalu in Sleepy Eye Minnesota on Sept 2, a former Reporter staff member now praised by many friends.
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Dallas Gordon
C&s W
Mr Gordon
Columbus
Gordon
Carda
Flytia
Chase Whitmore
Mins
Mabel Melalu
Sleepy Eye
Minn
Whitmore
Elyria
Docks Underway at Lorain Steel Plant Amid New Blast Furnace
Lorain Steel begins nine hundred feet of ore docks at the new blast furnace site with plans for modern landing gear. OS Bickford nears completion of a residence at Sixth Street and Middle Avenue as carpentry by Phipps brothers and stone work by C. H. Mcinke, Columbus Street contractor, shape the project.
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Lorain Steel Company
OS Bickford
Sixth Street
Middle Ave
Phipps Brothers
C. H. Mcéinke
Columbus St
Real Estate Transfers Listing Various Transactions
Transfers include Rachael Parker to Jane Anderson part of lot 21 Columbia for 1 and 0 dollars. Harriet Peck to Mrs JC T Halgate for year of lot 46 Oberlin for 3 000 dollars. Waskelh to Mary A Bernard lot 11s bik 2 Wellington for 148 dollars. Edward Wells to Wm Crapo senth part of lots Pand 16 Rochester for 400 dollars. Daniel Richards to Catherine 7 pins part of lots 4 and 6 Oberlin 0 dollars. BY Andress Joden Hohnes part of Sections Carlisle for 2050 dollars. John W Witeman to St Tenatas college part of lot 6 Brownheim om LaGranse Mhitk. Cream company to Belle Vermon Mapes Dairy company part of Jubia Lorain for 1000 dollars.
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Rachael Parker
Jane Anderson
Columbia
Hetréof
Harriet Peck
Jct
Halgate
Oberlin
JT Waskelh
Mary A Bernard
Wellington
Edward Wells
Crapo Senth
Rochester
Daniel Richards
Catherine
Pins
Andress Joden Hohnes
Carlisle
John W Witeman
St Tenatas College
Brownheim Om LaGranse Mhitk and Cream Company
Belle Vermon Mapes Dairy Company
Jubia Lorain
Accident on C and S Way Injures Ward in February
On February 26 a car derailment on C and S Way near Henrietta injures Theodore D Ward who suffers fractures to his left arm and right ankle and serious internal injuries. He seeks about 26000 dollars in a common pleas case with attorneys Skiles and Skiles and Lee Stroup. Other listed names include Francis Marion Shelton 26 Canton teacher Mary Gertrude Packard 26 Oberlin George P Smith 21 laborer Lorain Emma Hoatettler 20 domestic Lorain.
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C & S Way
Henrietta
Theodore D Ward
Court of Common Pleas
Skiles
Vrancis Marion Shelton
Canton
Mary Gertrude Packard
Oberlin
George P Smith
Lorain
Emma Hoatettler
Burr Sues Estate for Six Hundred Eleven Thousand Dollars
Court records show Celia E Burr filing suit in the Court of Common Pleas for 611386 against the estate of Almira S Burr deceased. Attorney listed is DJ Wye with Sunday Laws noted as counsel. The item includes an old Hogland law debate and a Sunday work anecdote.
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Celia E Burr
Almira S Burr
DJ Wye
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Vonhiuins
R. I. Hill
International “Armor
Daniel Freese
Broad Street
Baptists
Pollerman
Washington
Washington Post
Paliceman
le Guilly
Toys
Harry H. Smith
East Broad Street
Lorain Street Railway Co
City of
South Lorain
Fulton Street
Elyna
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