Foster Foster Borne To Topse City Bowed In Grief
Obituary honors Parks Foster with a simple service at his family home. City offices closed as residents from Elyria and beyond gather to mourn. Clergy read scripture, a choir from Oberlin performed, and pallbearers included police officers. Burial at Ridgelawn followed at W. G. Sharp's tomb. Foster praised for charity, mentorship of young men, and vast financial influence in the community.
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City
Parks Foster
Fridar
Norvicen
Bowad
Mournigg
Providenes
First Corinthians
Tennyson
G W. Johnson
First Baptist Church
Oberlin College
D Faxon
B. Day
D J
Nrv
J. C. Hill
George A. Ely
William A. Braman
R. D. Perry
George H. Robbins
Smith
Whitney
Berkline
Petera
Zanky
Miners
Elyria to Furnish South Lorain Water Contract Expected
Elyria may supply the Shoffields Law and Improvement Company's South Lorain allotment with water as plans for a large contract progress. W A Donaldyon, president of the company, asked for water rates. The board replied they will supply water after water works improvements are completed at meter rates.
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Elyria
Shoffields Law and Improvement Company
South Lorain
Lorain
W. A. Donaldyon
Lorain H.C. A. Industrial Association Plans Expansion
The Lorain H. C. A. Industrial Association proposes establishing a strictly industrial branch in South Lorain and moving the general association to the North End. It aims to broaden services beyond the Lorain Steel Company employees, serving the city’s young men and aligning the South Lorain building with the needs of local industrial workers.
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South Lorain
Lorain Association
Lorain Steel Company
Three Prisoners Taken From County Jail in Friday Roundup
Three prisoners were removed from the county jail on Friday. Tom Miller, a colored man, was sent to the penitentiary for eight years after a wounding incident. George Mathews was also sent to the penitentiary following burglary in Lorain. Charles Murry, who broke into an Oberlin store, was sent to the reformatory.
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Tom Miller
George Mathews
Miller
Mathews
Lorain
Charles Murry
Oberlin
Straight and Sloping Plans Clash Over Washington Avenue
City council orders a straight layer of stone on Washington avenue beige but servers push to change plans to fit board preferences. The board says the straight layer causes misalignment with the bank and instructs the city engineer to draft wedge plans with grades of 2.7 feet south and 0.7 feet north for council review.
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Washington Avenue
Tha! Bank 1618
Elyria Police Cut to Three Off Duty
The Elyria police force stands at six officers with three on duty and three off. The mayor calls the current tally exceptionally small and contemplates appointing special officers. Captain Hawke and Officers Baker and Nevda are off duty due to illness, with Baker injured, leaving four officers to guard the city at night.
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Elyria
Hawke
Offcers Baker
Nevda
Bakeria
Otto Kimbel Opens New Restaurant and Hotel
Otto Kimbel will open his new restaurant and hotel at 310 Broad street Saturday morning. The establishment is described as clean well lighted ventilated and spacious with ten rooms beside a handsome parlor and accommodations for twenty persons. Kimbel is experienced in the trade and patrons will be well treated.
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Otto Kimbel
Broadstreet
Kimbel
Cooley Denies Lorain Prisoner Parole Delays
Responding to Judge Washborn of Lorain County, Cooley of the public service board said records show in the last two years only two Lorain prisoners were paroled from the Cleveland workhouse. One was for disturbance, the other for disorderly conduct, and none charged with keeping a disorderly house. He argued the judge should not shift responsibility onto the board.
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Washborn
Lorain Co
Cooley
Public Service Board
Jadze Washborn
Lorain
Cleveland
House of Correction
Beckett Girl Has A Past In Cleveland Scandal
A Cleveland work house inmate identified by Will Beckett of Elyria as the wife of his brother Addison Beckett, Ethel Beckett formerly Ethel Caeser, faces immoral conduct charges after deserting her husband in Cleveland. The case was brought to Mayor Folger's attention following the woman's Wednesday detainment.
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Cleveland
Folger
Will Beckett
Elyria
Addison Beckett
Ethel Beckett
Ethel Caeser
Bickel Claim To Be Paid By Public Service Board
The board of public service voted Thursday night to pay Henry Bickel of Lorain a 135 claim for property damage caused when a water main was laid. This action settles the dispute over loss to Bickel's property.
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Board of Public Service
Henry Bickel
Lorain
Bickel
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