Telephone 60s of Elyria Oberlin plan merger of interests
Lorain county independent telephone firms plotted a coalition to block Belt interests and protect local lines. Oberlin and Elyria groups sought funding and expansion, with Oak Point routes and Lake Shore Electric ties shaping a likely Oberlin Lorain line. Farmers wary of routes and a possible steel plant at Beaver Creek hint at broader strategic moves beyond a simple streetcar project.
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Lorain County
Glyria
Oberlin Telephone
Oberlin Telephone Company
Hlyria
Good Roads Convention Brings National Experts to Elyria
The National Good Roads Association will hold a three session convention at the Elyria theatre in Elyria city. Local and county delegates will attend as officials, engineers and speakers outline permanent street and road improvements for Lorain County. The schedule includes morning and afternoon programs with lectures on state highway attitudes legislation and world roads. Several dignitaries and officials will participate. TRY OUR WANT COLUMN.
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Fridday
National Good Roads Association
Elyria Theatre
Arthur Giles
la Porte
Cleveland
Elyria
Lorain County
Nye
W. J. Cadmus
Clayton Chapman
Loraine County
E. G. Johnson
Samuel Houston
T. P. Rixey
N. G
Si2yeet
Capt. W. Bradburn
Y. J. King Lorain
Nash Huckins
Oberlin
J. T. Haskell
Wellington
H. G Redington
North Amherst
H. Patterson
Hon Gee, H. Chamberlain
Yellow Line May Enter Oberlin
Developments in recent hours show Lake Shore Electric seeking an Oberlin entry to compete with the Green Line for Cleveland-bound passenger traffic. A North Amherst meeting gathered Oberlin officials and Lorain interest to secure farm right of way while farmers along the North Amherst to lake shore route voiced enthusiasm for the electric railway.
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Lorain
Oak Point
Lake Shore Electric
Ereen Line
Ober
Up & Lorain Company
Oberlin
Oberlin & Lorain Line
Green Line
Trafic
Cleveland
North Amherst
Messrs. Skell and Summers
C. S. Herrick
Coga
Worth Amherst
Lake Shore
Poor Nero I Doomed to Die By Judge Hinman’s Dog
A Cleveland attorney reports Nero the Saint Bernard, owned by Judge Hinman, is to be shot by police at the judge's orders to end the dog's suffering. Nero had a long, storied past including theft of the dog Belden, and a bond forming with the judge. The doomed dog has long drawn county visitors to the courthouse.
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Nero
Slim- Man
Bernard
Judge Hins
Comstock
Cleveland
Belden
Vermillion Hera
St Bernard
Myrla
Hinman
Yearlong board meeting names street commissioner
The board held a meeting last evening appointing John Houghton as street commissioner for Tan ary. Dan Baene also sought the post. Houghton had been acting in the role for months. Plans to shape the trunk sewer outlet on the East Side were approved. The Citizens Gray and Electric team is disputing a late-month water bill and the issue was referred to the superintendent. The brick sewer outlet on the West Side remains under discussion.
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Board of Public Service
John Houghton
Tanary
Dan Baene
Houghton
Elected Officers at Second Congregational Church Meeting
The Second Congregational church held its annual business meeting electing Mrs G A Friday as president of the Woman's association with several vice presidents and secretaries named. Roles include treasurer work committee chair and home and foreign missionary societies. A meeting tonight will select a new pastor. The text adds a moral simile about greedy men likened to hungry pigs.
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Second Congregational Church
G. A. Friday
Woman’s Association
Buswell
Frank Hange
Sam Hind
Rath
Comittee
J. H. Read
Home Missionary Society
Wilford
Foreign Missionary Society
Fingold to Wed Pauline Lampleener in Elyria
Joseph Fingold the well known iron merchant plans marriage to Misa Pauline Lampleener of Cleveland. The couple will wed soon and likely reside in Elyria. Fingold is a business associate of Solomon Mendleson.
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Joseph Fingold
Misa Pauline Lampleener
Cleveland
Elyria
Mr. Fingold
Solomon Mendleson
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Texas West
Texas
Elyria Treatne
Sealawag
Harry H. Smith & CO
Ohio
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