Mysterious whereabouts in Verbeck theatre fire deaths
Coroner reports unclear fire cause at Verbeck Theatre Lorain Ohio with Hattie Marsh and her two children listed as dead by burning. Fire started near stage end and doors were left open after the performance. Occupants in Marsh family rooms were found as burnt beds. search for the missing occupants remains unresolved.
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French
Hattia Marsh
Janes Dwyer
Hattie Marsh
Vetbeet Theatre
Lorain
Ohio
Tuga
Marsh
Broken buggy encounter leads to warrant for farmer
A heated Tuesday afternoon quarrel on Lake Avenue between a doctor and farmer escalates into a wrecked buggy and, on Wednesday, a warrant for Henry Buswell for violating team conduct laws. Buswell was arrested after the warrant was issued.
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Reely
Henry Buswell
Buswell
Lake Avenue
Cily Linnts
Fairmer
Elyria
Attorney General's 1905 report urges legal reforms
Collections of old glains paid expenses. The report by Attorney General Ellis Lar dated January 10 1906 reviews the department’s work for the year ending December 31 1905. It calls for authority to appear in criminal cases and before grand juries, to procure exceptions from Common Pleas to the Juvenile Court, and for changes in venue. It notes cost savings under the centralized system and says state claims amount to 47000, supporting the department’s self–financing trend.
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Columbus
Ellis Lar
M. Ellis
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Har
Attorney General
Governor
General Assembly
Common Pleas
Juweno Court
Ellis
WII
Grand Jury
Ecole Io
Mr. Ellis
Truiry and Food Department
Attorney Generals Department
Mayors Endorse Revised Ohio Municipal Code Plan
Ohio mayors meeting in Columbus approve a revised municipal code drawn by a committee. The plan, based on the Pugh Kibler form, centralizes executive power in the mayor and introduces a merit system with civil service commissioners.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Toay
Cleveland
Mayors’ Association
Solicitors
Representative Lersch Proposes City Watering of Traction Tracks
Representative Lersch introduced a bill to empower municipalities to compel traction companies to water their right of way along city streets. The bill stems from Juersch's city council experience with CG. & S. W. which for years refused to water tracks on Middle avenue without owner help, despite dust from street cars.
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Lersch
House of Representatives
Juersch
Middle Avenue
Two Deaths at Steel Plant From Agony and Burns
Two workers died and two were seriously injured at a steel works within hours. Henry, a boiler house water tender, was fatally burned when a blow off valve failed under high pressure. O Connors, a 40 year old night foreman, was crushed when a skip car shifted, dying soon after at St. Joseph's Hospital. Coroner calls it accidental. funeral plans for Henry and O Connors announced.
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Seventh Avenue
Larein
Boller’House
Henry
Henri
Wickens
Mir Tor
Ben Hur
French
Parkside Chapel
James O'Connors
Granger Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
O’connors
O'Connors
Reichlin, Reidy & Scanlon
Ben
St. Mary’s Church
John Johnston
Calvary Cemetery
Prior's Death A Shock In Elyria Finance Circle
Elyria financiers were shocked by the suicide of L. W. Prior, Cleveland broker and head of Dennison Prior and company, who killed himself at the Hollenden Hotel after heavy losses in stake speculation. A committee of Cleveland bankers will review his affairs and report soon, with firm officials noting the impact on the company as limited.
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Elyria
L. W. Prior
Cleveland
Dennison, Prior, and Company
Elyria City
Hollenden
Dennison
Prior
Blind Man Rose Lays Ill in Back Room Shop
In a back room at 607 Broadway Lorain near Verbeck, Johny Rose a blind broom-maker lies ill and uncared for for almost a week. He is lame barely able to eat sleep and needs aid while doctors say pneumonia threatens his serious condition. Friends have begun to learn of his plight and may help soon.
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Johny Rose
Broadway
Lorain
Mr. Rose
Lorain County Bank Returns to Old Rooms
The Lorain County Banking Co. moved back into its old Broad Street rooms this morning. A temporary roof is being installed over the rooms, and the bank is the first to resume business. Mrs. BE Savage, who had been ill for a week, is reported better.
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Lorain County Banking Co
Broad Street
Bank
BE. W.W Savage
Amherst business men sign contracts that trouble
North Amherst shopkeepers faced a sharp scam as a stranger sold a five dollar membership contract promising to collect old bills. Soon letters claimed merchants owed thirty five dollars, an attorney demanded immediate payment, and a forged paper led to threats of lawsuits. Townsfolk resisted and the fake attorney fled toward Elyria.
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North Amherst
Ue Ac
Whenry Amherst
Brownhelm
Youngei
Fay
Justice Schhuler
Tle
Lawn
Eylriu
Torney
Sulla
Centralized Country Schools Advocated
The Lorain County Board of Examiners urges careful study of centralizing country schools. It cites declines in pupil numbers, teacher shortages, and outmoded methods as reasons to consolidate, hire better paid teachers, and create township high schools with daily teacher conferences and supervision. The board recommends township boards adopt centralized schooling to improve training and efficiency.
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County Board of Examiners
Township Boards of Education
Loran County
de Gression
Atate
Ohio
Tie
Tle
Ounsene
Board of
Lorain County
der Reid
R. H. Kingstson
W. R. Comings
Ward T. Nye
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James O’gonners
Foday
Lorain County Bank
Amherst
Harry Weshhah
Chicago
Grand Rapid
Harry Th
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