Elyria water works debate voiced by nine citizens
Local interviews show Elyria business leaders and residents split on water supply. They urge thorough investigation of lake versus river options, with calls for unbiased engineers, storage, storage and filtration plans, and prompt action once a consensus emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Warden
Elyria
F. C. Wilford
Jehyer
W. E H. Hars
Oberlin
T. Boyden
F. H. Foster
Clark’s Orient Cruise Sets Sail From New York
Mrs J C Hill and Miss Edith Hill join a large Clark’s Cruise party departing New York at 3 pm aboard the Celtic for an 18 426 mile water and 684 mile rail itinerary. Stops include Funchal Gibraltar Athens Alexandria Cairo and Rome among others. Five hundred will travel Nile Luxor Karnak Thebes and First Cataract on charters Mayflower Victoria Puritan. Notables include Postmaster General James A Gary Major General E A McAlpin and ex Mayor J D Phelan. The Celtic large steamer carries abundant provisions for first cabin passengers.
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Mra
Gibraltar
Algiers
Athens
Alexandria
Cairo
the Pyramids
Palestine
Jaffa
Constantinople
Maples
Pompeii
Rome
Nice
Monte Carlo
Liverpool
Nile
Luxor
Karnak
Thebes
Victoria
Puritan
Union
James A. Gary
M'Kinley
E. A. McAlpin
Burton N. Harrison, Jr
GO. Templeton Crocker
J. ,D. Phelan
San Francisco
Horse Thief Absconds With Koble’s Horse and Buggy
Lorain police hunt for Henry Kobles missing horse and buggy left hitched on Broadway near Franklin after he unattended a business. The 1100 pound black horse with white hind hoof markings and a black top buggy with patent tips were reported missing with no trace yet found. A stray line notes an experienced cook seeking work at 218 East Avenue and a front bedroom for rent in Century block suite 50 with contact details, reflecting miscellaneous classifieds in the same notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Koble
Oak Point
Lorain
Broadway
Franklin Street
Plea in Common Pleas Over Meat Bill Judgment
In Common Pleas Court R H Shute sues John T Copan and Fritz Rudin for 48.98 on a meat bill. An attachment failed in Justice Lord's court. Copan claims real estate in Big Fin. Case transcript from Justice Lawrence's December 18 trial notes Shanver bound to common pleas on 300 bond after peace proceedings. Fowl reports threats and fear for life by a neighbor.
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R.H. Shute
John T. Copan
Fritz Rudin
Justice Lord’s Court
Copan
State of Ohio
Charles Fowl
Henry Shanver
Shanver
Common Pleas Court
Fowl
Probate actions and settlements in three Ohio estates
Probate Court Harriet W. Marshall as administratrix of Eugene G. Marshall’s estate filed an inventory and appraisal. Charles F. Grail, administrator of James Kelly’s estate, returned an order of sale of private property. Bonola E. Morehouse, administratrix of John M. Urban’s estate, settled with the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad over Urban’s death. the estate receives $800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet W. Marshall
Eugene G. Marshall
Wellington
Charles F. Grail
James Kelly
Bonola E. Morehouse
John M. Urban
Chicago and Eastern Tllinon Railroad
Urban
Real Estate Transfers to Julia Morrow in Lorain
The Citizens Savings Bank and Company transfers Lot 11 in G Hogan's Mineral Spring addition Lorain to Julia A Morrow for 1800 dollars.
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The
Citizens Savings Bank Company
Julia A. Morrow
G. Hogan
Mineral Spring
Lorain
Accident at Western Automatic Machine Screw Works
Albert Stevens of Tremont Street was crushed when a wheel weight detached and struck his right hand at about 11 am. Two fingers were amputated at Dr. Cushing’s office after the weight, recently installed, failed its test.
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Albert Stevens
Tremont Street
Western Automatic Machine Screw Works
Stevena
Drs. Cushing
German Army Drafts From Available Youth Decline Dramatically
Reichstag data show 1 646 846 young men nominally available for service in the German Empire last year. Large deductions reduced numbers for emigration, deferments, voluntary entries, Ersatz Reserve, and unfitness, leaving 222 687 drafted into the army and 6 184 into the navy.
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Army
Navy
General Metcalf Innocent Says Kansas City Star Reports
The Kansas City Star recounts an interview with Con BTesaman Bing noting General Wilder S. Metcalf cleared of charges over shooting Filipino prisoners. The piece cites senatorial exoneration, calls Metcalf a meritorious officer, and condemns malice from opponents and a later pension commission angle.
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Kansas City Star
Taty Groek
Wontaing
Btesaman Bing
Wilder S. Metcalf
Elyria
Punston
Kansas
Topeka
Morton
Huffman
Glasgow
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
Dick’" Blue
Kirkpatrick
Metcalf
Blue
Funston
Star
United States Senate
Vienna Inventor Builds Submarine to Reach North Pole
Dr. Anschutz Kempff of Vienna designs a submarine to travel under Arctic ice to the North Pole. His model, tested in a large basin, appears to meet the challenges, echoing Frank Stockton’s tale The Great Stone of Sardis and its suggestion that this may be the safest path.
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Frank Stockton
Sardis
Anschutz Kempff
Vienna
North Pole
Stockton
Pole
Lively Railroad in Manchuria
A Vladivo stock editor recounts railway chaos in Siberia and Manchuria. An imperial Manchu noble provokes violence with a sabre, a Russian lady counters with a revolver, and a conductor is struck. Further tales include a seven hour halt as a driver plays cards with a barrack foreman.
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Siberia
Manchuria
Vladivostock
Tsitsikar
Sinoe
Harbin
Candidate Letter Seeks Support for Lorain County Clerk
A Republican nomination letter from I. S. Vaughn requests backing at the Lorain County Republican convention. The document expresses Vaughn’s desire to be county clerk and asks for party support.
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Lorain County
Temen Yalle
I. S. Vaughn
Long Runs by Conductors Prolonged on Fast Mail Routes
The article notes extended runs for train and Pullman car conductors as speeds rise. It cites Rock Island No. 21 from Chicago to Omaha and back, Union Pacific Overland, and lines to Cheyenne and Ogden. It highlights long trips to Denver, Portland, and across Canada, with Pullman crews earning 76 dollars monthly. It also covers electric line competition fears and opinions of a leading traffic expert.
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Rock Island No. 21
Chicago
Omaha
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Ogden
Denver
Northwestern
Portland
Ore
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Vancouver
Victoria
Sioux City
New Orleans
Peace in the Family Ended With Promises at City Hall
McNulty and his wife appeared before Mayor Reafy and Humane Agent Lawrence seeking peace over ongoing disputes. He vowed not to return home drunk. she promised to be good. The couple, with two children, was sent away after costs were paid. The youth society of St. Pauls church schedules a social at Rev. N Lehmanns home on February 6 inviting congregation members.
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Shorty
McNulty
Reafy
Lawrence
Young People’s Society of
St. Paul's Church
N. Lehmann
Desperado Sharley Lowrey Nearly Captured by Deputy Sheriff
Deputy Sheriff Charles Sailsbury recounts a late night pursuit near Oberlin with Sheriff Warden and Turnkey Yost listening. After tracking Lowrey to a half way house, Sailsbury and an accomplice entered, subdued the suspect, and pursued him through snow and a woodchuck hole, only to wake up realizing it was groundhog day.
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Charles Sailsbury
Sharley Lowrey
Turnkey Yost
Here
Oberlin
Lowrey
Jae Wels
Hothe
Aide
Fnally
Charley
School Board Deliberates Bell Purchase and Textbook Choice
Four members and Superintendent Comings met. No action on bell purchase after review of options from Worthington and Son and Bergen's Botany chosen for high school spring term. Committee to acquire two dozen microscopes formed. Nell Ames Horr hired to teach physical training and volcanology for six weeks at 55 dollars monthly. Meeting adjourned. council to meet at seven tonight.
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Crisp
Hill
Lersoh
Snow
Worthington and Son of
Cleveland
Bergen
Supt. Comings
Lersch
Nell Ames Horr
Catholic University for Washington to be founded
Rev Father Walter Elliott announces a Catholic University in Washington D C costing 150000 dollars. It will be the only college of its kind in the United States and will be run by the Paulist Fathers to train priests for missionary work among non Catholics in the United States and for insular missions in the Philippines and Porto Rico. The St Marys church choir will give a concert Friday evening assisted by Mrs Conlon Sweeney of Cleveland and the Harmony quartet. attendance is invited.
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Washington
D. C
Walter Elliott
St. Thomas's College
United States
Philippines
Porto Rigo
St. Mary’s Church
Conlon Sweeney
Cleveland
Harmony Quartet
Pioneer Topeka dealer praises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
Thos L Ross a well known Topeka real estate pioneer since 1878 credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with ending his lifelong stomach troubles and restoring his or his wife’s appetite. He says he has not suffered a day since starting the remedy and urges fellow citizens to try it.
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Topeka
Kas
Thos. L. Ross
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