Local Briefs From Lorain and Nearby Towns
A flood of short notices from Lorain and surrounding areas lists residents visiting relatives in Cleveland and Toledo, salesmen and merchants traveling, and locals enjoying Sundays with friends. Attendees include J W Booth La Porte and Miss Beth Shepard factory street with several families noted across Lorain, La Porte, Oberlin, and Elyria.
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Beth Shepard
Pactory Street
Migg Gertrude Shepard
la Porte
Farmer Captures a Golden Eagle in New Jersey Farm
A farmer in Bomerville New Jersey reports capturing a golden eagle believed extinct in central New Jersey. P Packer of Southland Mountain set a trap for a lamb thief and found a seven foot wingspan bird as the result in the trap.
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Bomerville
N. J. Dev
New Jersey
Elephant Toothache Baffles German Zoo Directors
Berlin dispatch reports the Zoo at Barmen cannot find a dentist to fill an elephant’s hollow tooth. The animal grows mad with toothache when fed sweets and resists treatment. A prior dentist quit after being chased by the elephant, who now sues for damages over the scare.
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Berlin
Barmen
Pastor William Gaston Marks Twenty-Sixth Anniversary
Cleveland dispatch says Rev. William Gaston of the North Presbyterian Church on Superior avenue N E and B 40th street celebrated his twenty-sixth anniversary as pastor on Sunday. He preached on I will remember the years of the right hand of the most high and cited the success of his efforts.
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Cleveland
William Gaston
North Presbyteran
Superior Avenue
N.E
40Th Street
Man Seeks President Roosevelt Shoe Shine
David Robinson, a Black man from Lackawanna County, heads to Washington to ask for a chance to shine the President’s shoes, carrying letters of recommendation from judges, congressmen, county officials, and prominent attorneys.
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Wilkesharre
Lackawanna County
David Robinson
la Mon
Washington
Roosevelt
Woman in Industry Chivalry Forgotten in Job Search
Denia A. Hayes president of the Glass Bottle Blowers' union urged women binders to unite with the Women Bindery Workers' union to demand fair wages and decent conditions. He warned false pride keeps women from joining unions, leaving them without needed protection in industry.
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Denia A. Hayes
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
The
Labor Tribune
Mr. Hayes
Alf Walter Raleigh
England
Hayes
Farms to use label in alliance with labor unions
Farmers organized as the Society of Equity will ship products bearing a society label and set up receiving stations in large cities. Members vow not to perform skilled labor unless unionized and not to take jobs during strikes. The plan aims to align producers with consumers and cut middleman profits. committee members named Otto Doedgrlein John Tohe L N Staats and N C Crawley.
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Society of Equity
Yaorlong
National Convention
the Society of Equity
East St. Louis
Building Trades Council
Trades Union
Bintes
Otto Doedgrlein
Chicago
John Tohe
Missouri
L. N. Staats
IF Fools
N.C. Crawley
Wisconsin
Silver Anniversary of Labor Poem At Pittsburg Convention
The piece by the late George E. McNeill praises union unity and labor justice. It notes the Pittsburg meeting as a milestone misinterpreted as the twenty-fifth AF of L anniversary, while the real twenty-fifth year was reached in Minneapolis.
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Labor
George E. McNeill
A. F. of L
Pittsburg
McNeil
American Federation of Labor
Minneapolis
American Federationist
Union
Handa
Roosevelt To Return Funds From Insurance Contributions
President Roosevelt plans to refund 148000 dollars collected in 1904 from valleyholders of large surface companies. The money came from Equitable Life Mutual Life and New York Life Insurance Companies as a contribution to Republican national committee efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Suralce
Jultiee
Equit Ve Life
The
Mutual Life
New York Life Insurance
Ohio AG to lead push to strengthen anti trust law
Wade H. Bilis, Ohio attorney general, to direct a no session effort to amend the Valentine anti trust law. The National Petroleum Association will seek incorporation of Kansas anti discrimination law features into the revised act, seen as the most effective yet enacted.
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Wade H. Bilis
Ohio
National Petroleum Association
Kansas
Many Children in This Family Unites in Sterling Wedding
In Sterling on December 3 a wedding joined William Evers and Agnes Rivert in a union of two elderly families. Evers 70 and Agnes, four times seventeen plus two, total 140 years. The couple from Magnitus forge a large household with 34 children and ample boys for a football team and girls for a sewing society.
Samuel Spencer Die at Thanksgiving Death
Funeral services for Samuel Spencer former president of Southern Railway were held Sunday at St John’s Church. Rail officials financiers and public figures from across the country attended, paying tribute in a ceremony at Oak Mall cemetery.
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Wrashington
Samuel Spencer
The
Southern Railway
Oak Mall
St John's Protestant Episcopal Church
Decree to Vacate Cuban Congress Seats Announced
Governor Magoon announced in Tiayana that a soon issued decree under U S authority will declare vacant the seats of all members elected in 1905 to the Cuban Congress. He spoke at a conference with Senators and Representatives at the palace.
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Tiayana
United States
Magoon
House of Representatives
A Lady Elephant Keeps a Trunk for Travel
A playful remark notes that a female elephant always carries a trunk when she travels, using a pun on the animal’s anatomy to imply readiness and adventure.
Wanted A girl for general housework
Advertisements place two requests for a competent girl for general housework. One ad notes preference for someone who can go home nights at Mrs C. El Mudge 250 Highth Street. the other lists 126 Grace Court as contact. Both dated December 3, 1931.
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Grace Court
Grand jury to probe New York poolroom gambling
The December grand jury was sworn in today and will investigate poolroom gambling in New York City. District Attorney Jerome plans to present findings to lawmakers in Albany next year to push laws aimed at ending track gambling statewide.
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New York
Jerome
Albany
Minnehaha Laughs At Question From Hiawatha
When Hiawatha asked her why is a hen Minnehaha laughed, a playful moment noted in the legend imagery. The exchange highlights tribal storytelling and the humorous dialogue between two iconic figures.
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Hiawatha
Minnehaha
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