Lecture by Rev Dr Bigelow at Congregational Church
In Lorain County on Friday March 1 a talk by Rev Herbert Bigelow of Cincinnati will be held at the Congregational church. Admission is free as he speaks for the Ohio Direct Legislation league on the Initiative and Referendum.
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Congregational Church
Herbert 8. Bigelow
Cinnipnati
Bigelow
Ohio Direct Legislation League
Brighton Grange
C. E. Hardy
C. E. Pax
Ty. E. Burge
D. L. Perkins
M. Goss
Agricultural College
G. M. Peasley
Anderson
Gay
Newton Moore
Huron County Sunday School Association
Bellevue
Jean Caswell
Stfe
Marion
D. F. Seeley
O. Inmar
Michigan
Miss Hate Guthrie
Camden
G. M. Peasleys
Elmer Gannett
Wellington
CO. C. Miller
Fred Black
Farm sale and purchase in Carlisle Amhurst
Carlisle editor Beeker sold his Center farm to L Mendelson and bought a small fruit farm at Amherst. Mrs. Ror Smith spent Tuesday in town and surrounding errands.
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Ed. Beeker
L Mendelson
Center
Amherst
Ror Smith
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription advertised cures for women's ailments
An 1890s style advertisement touts Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a powerful restorative for many female ailments. It claims to aid nursing and expecting mothers, relieve headaches backache and pelvic disorders, and promises a permanent cure with alcohol free glyceric extract.
Ramser railroad surveying in Huntington area
West Huntington continues Ramser railroad survey crossing the Northern Onto near Gaker's Crossing. Local reports note moves to Wellington and several families visiting relatives, with scarlet fever affecting Center School and a public sale planned by Abbie Phelan and Chas Dirlam.
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Ramser
Northern
Gaker’s Crossing
Arthur Perry
Yasisinger
Elyria
Alonzo Rogers
Sullivan
Wm. Handley
Jasper O. West
Henry
Wellington
Alis
E. F. Chapman
Ticontirago
N. Y
Mabel Sell
Huntington
N. O
New London
Targart
Akron
Braley
Theo
Diriam
Walter Diriam
O. Elwood
Nova
Missy Reisinger
Perri
Walter Handley
Ward
Owen Knapp
Penfield
West Ridge social notes and local visits
Ed Pember improves slightly while land seekers tour Ridge farms. Mrs. Peter Miller attends her brother Clayton Patcher’s funeral in Cleveland. Dorothy Versey suffers from whooping cough. Samuel Grills visits son Alfred in Cleveland. Alfred earns another promotion. George Lauer is restless. Dr. Grills finds success. Mr. and Mrs. Mason visit My and Mrs. Pallas to meet Irene Keith. Irene Keith, visiting Michigan friends, returns to the Ridge. Mrs. Arthur Fesler hosts sister Mrs. Albert Schoup of Elyria. Alfred Maddock hosts neighbors on Saturday. Dr. Chas Cushing drives with auto and punctures tire near Elyria.
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Ed Pember
Peter Miller
Cleveland
Clayton Patcher
Miller
Dorothy Versey
Samuel Grills
Alfred
George Lauer
Lorain
Grills
A. Mason
Pallas
Irene Keith
Michigan
Arthur Fesler
Albert Schoup
Elyria
Alfred Maddock
Chas, Cushing
Local Family Mourns After Brother's Sudden Illness
O H Sutliff learned on Monday of his brother Ralph Sutliff's illness in Michigan. The note describes a dancing party at the Sutliff home on Thursday night and the family's sorrow at the development.
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O. H. Sutliff
Ralph
Michican
Social Round of Grafton Residents and Visitors
Mrs Waite entertained her parents from Hinkley and Mrs Will Jago of Elyria visited her parents in Grafton Mondar. Charles Smith of Cleveland spent Sunday with Fred Smith. Thomas Hill from Elyria called Monday. Furguson went to Navarre for his aunts death, staying Thursday to Saturday. Grafton Hive invited to Elyria for a public installation with fifteen ladies attending. Mrs Block of Elyria visited Sunday. June Johnston of Gibsonburg spent Sunday with Mrs Haskins en route to millinery work. Mr Millhouse the new barber will move his family from Wakeman to Grafton.
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Grafton Hive
Elyria
Block
June Johnston
Gibson-burg
Haskins
Grafton
Advertised Medicines Claim Benefit and Trade Ads
A correspondent questions the claim that advertised remedies reliably save lives. The letter cites Electro-gen as a blood purifier and tonic, poison-free, with a free 50 cent bottle offer, and notes El l Drug Store in Fremont as a seller. It also promotes Kodol digestant and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as digestive aids and tonics with assurances of purity and quality.
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Hollister
Bus Schedule Notes for Chicago and West Rail Line
Leave Elyria at 6 45 a m daily and 4 17 p m except Sunday with onward service to Chicago and West.
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Chicago and
West
Elyria
Intelligent Farmer Urges Good Roads Benefits
A farmer from Cinnaminson, Michigan, writes to State Highway Commissioner Sargent praising improved roads between Philadelphia and New York. He cites basket counts, travel time, and costs, arguing roads boost rural productivity and reduce prices for urban consumers, justifying city support for road improvements.
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Clayton Couron
Cinnaminson
Sargent
Maine
Good Roads Magazine
Philadelphia
New York
How to Use a Drag for Highway Work in a Bulletin
An Illinois highway commission bulletin outlines drag techniques for road maintenance including light drags at a center-pushing angle, walking the team, starting from wheel tracks, and dragging after rain. It notes widths of 18 to 20 feet, adding earth toward center, and repeated applications for best results. Also discussed are state aid for roads, Minnesota advocates for a direct tax to fund rural road improvements, and Britain's plan for a central highway department funded by automobile taxes.
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Illinois Highway Commission
Ole Peterson
Minnesota
Great Britain
London Chamber of Commerce
England
Chamber of Commerce
Crack Nut Sunday in England and America
A New York traveler recalls a north England church service where worshippers cracked nuts during the sermon on Crack Nut Sunday before Michaelmas. The noisy habit spread from colonial America and persisted in remote areas despite efforts to suppress it, highlighting a quirky historical religious custom.
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England
North of England
New York
New York Press
Turpentine Uses and City Cafes in Historic Notes
Hints on cleaning and restoration using turpentine cover household tips from stain removal to whitening fabrics and furniture. Also described are extravagant New York cafes with mirror rooms and moonlit ceilings as reported in exchanges. A Chicago doctor advises summer country outings, while a local tale jokes about selfish behavior at a fire scene from the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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New York
Broadway
Citiman
Swamphurst
Buckletz
Aus
Swamphurst Hose
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Comfortable Fortunes and Household Quips
A Washington Store Novelty line asks what counts as a comfortable fortune and frames it as a big enough sum to buy what you want yet not so large as to draw grand jury attention. A Puck joke riffs on housekeeping and discharging the cook with a quip about wife wanting satisfaction.
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Grand Jury
Washington Stor
Puck
Market Prices and Commodities Report of Farm Goods
A list of current market prices for dairy Butter Creamery extras Eggs poultry and dressed poultry. Food items include apples potatoes onions squash dried beans popcorn wheat corn oats clover and hay with price ranges by grade and quantity. Livestock hides pelts tallow and wool are listed with varying buying prices and unit measures.
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Bethe
State
Western
H P Navy
Lima
Ohio
Electrogen Co. remedy claim purifies blood clears disease
An advertisement asserts that Electrogen, priced at 50 cents to one dollar, kills disease germs in air and water to purify blood and strengthen the system. It claims no alcohol or opiates and invites fair trial, sold at Bady Drug Store and Fremont, Neb.
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Electro Gen Co
Fremont, C
Bady-Drug Store
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Bossip
Lorain County
Brighton
White House
Anna Bauer
Sandusky
Eugene Garrett’s
Albert Johnson
Freda
Norwalk
Olena
South Ridge
John Kolbe
E. Baus
Clara Snyder
Frances Eppley
S. Baus
E. Howe
Murray Ridge
Rudolph Sabiers
Lilian Roth
Grand Ledge
Mich
Thos Fesler
Frank Bechtel
Friends Brunswick
James Alexander
Demaline
Ladies’ Aid Society
Vincent
Wakeman
Friends
Schrubsole
H. N. Allen
Sala
Broughton
Lantsberry
Mr. Rhoades
Miss P. Prindle
Legrione
Charles Robson
Mr. Goodyear
Carlisle
DR. Pierce
Uliest
Pierce
West Ridge
N. G
Herman
Electrogen Co
Fremont
Esdy Drug Store
Lane
Fresh Air Fund
Harper’s Weekly
Kodol
Sre
Dallac
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