Death of Six People Charged 10 Prof Billek
Chicago authorities say Herman Billek, former Lorain resident, to face murder charges for six Vizal family deaths in Chicago several months ago. Medical expert Prof Haynes found arsenic traces in all stomachs. Police plan to present inquest evidence Thursday and grand jury indictment is anticipated. victims include Martin Vrzal, Rose Vrzal, Mary Vrzal, Tillie Vrzal, Rose Vraal, and Emma Vrzal.
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Lorain
Chicago
Herman Billek
Vizal
Billek
Haynes
Billie Vraal
Shippy
Martin Vrzal
Rose Vrzal
Mary Vrzal
Tillie Vrzal
Rose Vraal
Emma Vrazal
Lorain School Board Faces High Costs For New Building
Local board concludes high school construction is unaffordable at current material prices, estimating over 150000 to fund. Five plans have been submitted, and spring starts for nearby hospital improvements including a three story pressed brick building with a free dispensary. Community news also notes street railway fare protests, tax collection changes, and burglaries.
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Good Roads in France and Drag Work in Kansas
Consul Brunet reports France’s road network improved from medieval neglect to numbered six grade categories with national to local maintenance. Roads use new macadam and stone methods, with defined grades and extensive recent construction. In Kansas, King road meeting spurs cash-funded road work, split log drags, and plans to drag every dirt road this spring amid farmer enthusiasm.
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Brunet
St. Etienne
France
Paris
Louis XIV
Napoleon I
Merry
Elyria Reporter Will Print Daily Under Receiver
George E. Hill announces the Elyria Reporter will continue nightly publication under court appointment as receiver. He assures subscribers and advertisers their prepayments will be honored and contracts fulfilled while the paper remains operational during pending legal action.
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Elyria Reporter Printing Company
Elyria Reporter
George E. Hill
Philippine Roads Drive Fast Toward Wide Highway Network
Reports from the Philippines say impassable trails are becoming good highways fast under native convicts guided by white officers. This road buildup aims to fix transport costs and boost interior product movement to coastal markets. The policy suggests a broad, efficient network may appear sooner than in the United States.
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Philippine
Philippines
United States
Mad Tax Speech Highlights Road Costs and Farm Losses
Congressman John W Bankhead of Alabama argues that the money needed to hatch a ton of something on dirt roads would pay freight for 250 miles by rail or four miles by river and one mile on lakes. He says bad roads levy enormous costs on farmers and drain profits through transport to rail stations river landings and urban markets. He cautions that both farmers and town suppliers suffer from poor roads.
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John AW. Bankhead
Alabame
Orchard Reform for Better Fruit in Iowa Homestead
An Iowa Homestead writer urges permanent orchard reform. Treat fruit as a crop, restore soil fertility with legumes manure and fertilizers, apply top dressings or bone meal and potash, inspect and lightly prune trees, and use stock like hogs, sheep, and poultry to aid spraying and provide income.
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Iowa
Hauling Apples Rigs and Fall Planting Tips
The Rural New Yorker shows three apple hauling rigs for barreled loads of up to twenty one barrels using low wagons, cross poles, and plank beds. It also advises fall bulb bed setup with well drained soil, enriched by old manure, layered stones for drainage, and careful planting timing for better stock and fewer substitutions.
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New Yorker
Of Interest to Women Washington's Birthday Dinner Dreams
The write up describes an attractive Washington's Birthday dinner theme with a drum centerpiece, bayonet place cards, red white and blue decor, and hatchet napkin ties. It outlines a menu including anchovy paste toast rounds, tomato soup, fried fish, turkey, sides, cherry ice, and hatchet shaped cake, plus a word-making game and cherry prize ideas.
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Washington
Washlington
Cornwallis
Delaware
Virginia
George
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Advertisement
An advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a liquid cola relief with a laxative principle driving out the cold and a healing throat lingering cough stopper. It claims safety under the National Pure Food and Drug Law and notes it contains 10 opiates, sold by all druggists.
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Kennedy
Real Estate Transfers Highlight Lorain Township Lots
Byron G. Nichols transfers to PF L. Hageman in Wallace Jones and Roots addition Lorain lot 63 for 800 dollars. A H Krapp to Charles Bender in Charles Doll trustee addition Lorain lot 17 for 2500. William Honecher to F A Sanford part of Sheffield Land & Improvement Co Lorain lots 236 237 for 700. H P Busha to William H Oldham Lorain Lake View allotment lots 180 13 for 479. RB Avery to Anton Schmitz Ludwig Am herst lot 4 for 350. Harriett Gaslord to Richard Quinn Sheffield township Gaslord subdivision lot 3 for 2360. Sarah Wells to Daruts Wells SW corner of tract 3 in Huntington township.
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Byron G. Nichols
PF. L. Hageman
Wallace, Jones and Roots
Lorain
A. H. Krapp
Charles Bender
Charles Doll
William Honecher
F. A. Sanford
Sheffield Land & Improvement Co
H P. Busha
William H. Oldham
Lake View
Avery
Anton Schmitz
Ludwig
Amherst
Harriett Gaslord
Richard Quinn
Gaslord
Sheffield Township
Sarath Wells
Daruts Wells
Tracer
Hantington Ty
Dinner's Coming Smell It Digestive Ads
A vintage health ad touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as an artificial stomach that digests food for you. It promises relief from indigestion, sour risings, heartburn, and loss of appetite, claiming a free sample by mail from F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
Atdress F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Blds
Marshall, Mich
Through Trains East Leave Elsing Daily
Through trains depart Elsing daily at 1,345 m. for Medina Akron Youngstown. Connecting routes run to Butler Fittesburg McKeesport Cumberland Washington D C Baltimore Philadelphia New York. Sleeper service from Akron.
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Elsing
Medina
Akron
Youngstown
Butler Fittesburg
McKeesport
Cumberland
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Sleeper
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Lincoln ‘Home
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