Amherst quarry strike threatens county wide wage walkout
Workers at Amherst area quarries demand higher winter wages after walkouts at Ohio Quarries and other Amherst pits. One thousand plus men across multiple sites face uncertain pay as stone prices rise but wage gains stall. Village households fear mortgage strain and disruption if strike widens.
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Eost
Cleveland Stone Company
Ohio Quarries Company
Amherst
Overals
Malone
No. 6
Sind
Ston
New Elyria Electric Line Faces Toll Hurdle in Cuyahoga
The Chevelant Bucklin Blythe Electric Railway seeks right of way through three miles of Youd or Strongsville property but must pay Brooklyn and Parma Plank Road Company $8,000. County commissioners may need funds change within a week as voters authorized purchase last election, while Strongsville residents urged action. The plank road firm says tracks on its highway would cut tolls and reduce road use if the street car line proceeds.
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Chevelant, Bucklin & Blythe Electric Railway
Youd
Strongsville
Cayadhogin County
Brooklyn and
Cusahosa
Citiens of
Strongsyilte
Purc Chase
Plank Row Company
Husbands affair leads to Lorain divorce case
Mrs. McClure testified in the common pleas court that Robert McClure deserted her after five years of marriage began, after she found him with another woman. He refused money, rent and groceries piled up, and she left for her mother. She later moved from Homestead, Pennsylvania to Lorain.
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Robert McClure
Court of Common Pleas
McClure
Aged citizen Thomas Baker dies at 79 in city
Thomas Baker of Ninth Street died Thursday morning at age 79. He leaves two daughters and a son. Funeral services will be at the Baptist Church Sunday at 1 30 p m. Reporter Want Ads Bring Results.
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Thomas Baker
Baptist Church
Dock at Oak Point Recalled in Local Harbor Plan
H H Clough, in this city, long favored Oak Point for harbor use. After Chicago fire, a narrow gauge line and dock served beavertown quarries, shipping stone to Chicago. The Cleveland Stone Co later owned the property, the line abandoned, now Clough seeks a right of way for a Oak Point Elyria electric line pending Knox suit.
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H. H. Clough
Elty
Oak Point
Chicago
Windy City
Baxter Clough
Beaver Creek
Cleveland Stone Company
Elyria
Knox
Mr. Clough
Verdict for Shuster against Cohene in $1501 case
Jury awarded $500 to Joseph Shuster against Patrick Cohene contractor for injuries from a wheelbarrow incident on a narrow plank at Lovain. Shuster said the plank was unsafe and he protested. An interpreter for lawyers' questions revealed Shuster could speak English.
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Joseph Shuster
Patrick Cohene
Cohene
Lovain
Shuster
Cobene
Vievent
Captain Bemis Praises Daily Reporter News Growth
Captain Bemis notes the Daily Reporter is adding nightly news coverage and a cleaner presentation. He says the change will be welcomed at every fireside and that the efforts will surely win out.
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Daily Reporter
Capt. Bemis
New Traction to Connect Elyria With Indianapolis
At a Findlay meeting an organization formed as Cleveland & Interurban Company to build 4 traction lines from Norwalk to Indianapolis. Plan links with Bluffton line and Lake Shore Electric at Norwalk, running through cars Cleveland to Indianapolis. Counties seats Norwalk, Tiffin, Findlay, Ottawa, Van Wert, Decatur, Briff ton to be served. Riggs & Sherman to survey route and secure rights of way. Notables include Probate Judge Suhr and Norwalk figures among investors.
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Findlay
Norwalk
Indianapolis
Ind
Cleveland & Interurban Company
Bluffton
Pluffton
Lake Shore Electric
Cleveland
Southwestern
Tiffin
Ottawa
van Wert
Decatur
Briffton
Riggs & Shermaffint
Toledo
Suhr
Miller
C.F. Jackson
C. F. Jackson Co
W. Owen
Ed L Young
P J Poole
John BF. Montgomery
CL. Casterning
3. Parker
P W . Ewing
W. H. Loy
W O E. Crates
David Kirk
Warklville Licenses And Telegraphs Listing
A fragmentary historical notice lists names and occupations in Wellington including Heamara foreman, Sevilin EB, Scott 21, Albert Williams 27 telegraph operator, Anna May Be mis 19 Blyris with incomplete details and locations.
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A of. Heamara
Wellington
Sevilin
Scott
Dar
Albert BE. Williams
Anna May Bemis
Blyris
Ramsey Gets Into Lorain
The Ramsey railway project plans to enter Lorain’s business district by a separate passenger line and a freight line heading east to National Tube Works. Passenger cars will run along Oakdale Boulevard to Clark Street Washington Street and West Erie avenue into the loop, reaching the heart of the business center near Lake Shore Electric and Cleveland & Southwestern Traction Company. The new cars are described as gasoline motor propelled machines built specifically for this route.
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Ramsey Railway
Lorain
Lne
Penfield Avenue
National Tube Works
Oakdale Boulevard
Clark Street
Washington
Convicted Gillette Tries Gas Suicide in Prison
Chester Gillette, condemned for the murder of Billy Brown in Herkimer New York, attempted to take his life by inhaling gas after a week of awaiting execution. Guards guard him closely as he heads to Auburn Prison, while his lawyers plan appeals citing trial errors.
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Herkimer
Billy Brown
Chester Gillette
Gillette
Coridor
Richards
Court House
Auburn
Osborne Engineering Discusses Bridges at Fourth and Broad
Mr. Osborne of Osborne Engineering met with the Board of Public Service on a Wednesday evening to review plans for new bridges at Fourth and Broad streets. JF. Cc. Smith was absent and no action was taken.
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Mr. Osborne
Osborne Engineering Company
Peal
Public Service
JF. Cc. Smith
Father Kistner Objects To Gowns Singers At Oberlin
In a letter to The Reporter Albert Kistner, assistant pastor of St Marys Church and music director, rebukes female soloists for shawl dress during Oberlin Musical Union concerts. He commends Dr Andrews chorus and criticizes soloists and dress, notes the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Emil Paur, and urges better rehearsal for soloists.
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Father
Kistner
St. Mary's Church
Oberlin Musical Union
Dr. Andrews
Scott
Messiah
Euulio de Gogorza
Cesar Franck
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Emil Paur
Bowling Tournament Arranged in City Next Week
A grand bowling tournament is set to begin next Monday evening with twenty participants forming ten teams. Each bowler contributes $1 to a prize fund of $20. Teams include Lord and Harlow, Reese and Kindt, Welty and Eason, Bloomberger and Shallow, Deitman and Hill, Adams and Shaw, Sill and Merifield, Tite and Anderson, Swohmyer and Seevers.
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Lord and
Pretty Pictures Offered For Sale By Old Ladies Home Gift
Three Bermuda scene paintings by W. G. Cleveland are displayed in Chas Savage store window. Donated to the Old Ladies' Home, they will be sold to benefit the home. The works are described as very pretty and admired by many observers.
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Bermuda Island
W. G. Cleveland
Chas, Savage
More Soldiers Than a Year Ago in County Pensions
Judge Hienman notes a rise in civil war veterans this year with about fifteen more pensions paid through his office. He attributes the increase to county population growth and the larger number of eligible veterans.
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Hienman
Horse Seized by Justice for Board Sale
A farmer found a stray horse north of the city and kept it in his barn after efforts to locate an owner failed. The horse was turned over to the local Justice of the Peace and will be sold for its board within a few days.
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Justice of the Peace Lord
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