Elyria Man Killed Near LaPorte Unknown Identity
An unidentified man, likely Swedish laborer, about 30 to 40, was found dead on Lake Shore tracks near LaPorte Indiana. He carried a Northwestern railroad ticket Manitowoc Wisconsin to Green Bay and wore a black overcoat and brass collar. A coroner seeks help to establish his identity.
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Elyria
Ohio
Lake Shore
LaPorte
Ind
Mack
Northwestern Railroad
Manitowoc
Wis
Green Bar
Guy E. Thompson
Charles Higgins
Little Rock
McCann Bros
Michigan Street
la Porte
Ministers Oppose City Saloons Longer Hours
City ministers stamp out longer saloon hours amid public stir. Liquor dealers confess they might quit after hours and Sundays, prompting police and ministers to question why permits allow extended selling. The clash pits reformers against business interests as talks unfold.
Anniversary marked wreck voyage off Nova Scotia
Wednesday marked the tenth anniversary of the wreck when D A Cleveland of this city nearly lost his life aboard the litre steamer Risa during a party cruise off Nova Scotia. Survivors have met annually for a banquet. this year the event was held in the city with a 6 o'clock dinner and a smoker. Guests came from Cleveland and Akron.
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A. Cleveland
Nova Scotia
Cleveland
Akron
Good Roads Move Gains Support From Farmers Near Ridge Road
A Cleveland motorists meeting last night urged farmers to join a general movement for better highways. Solicitors along the Ridge road reported excellent success with many farmers agreeing to aid in road improvements.
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Cleveland Automobilists
Here
Cleveland
Long Lost Sister and Brother Meet Across Years
A fraternal order helps reunite siblings separated since infancy. From Lorain county origins, Belle Lacy of Westel Tennessee and Jean or Jo an DeLacie of New Orleans discovered kinship through photographs and letters. Their story traces to John DeLacie who left Lorain in 1875 seeking fortune and eventually married again after his first wife's death.
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Lorain County
Col
A. H. Kimacher
Cleveland
Joan H DeLacie
New Orleans
Woodmen of the World
WW. Stranahan
Columbia Station
DeLacie
Belle Lacy
Westel
Tenn
John DeLacie
John H. de Lacie
Tucker
Columbia
Harriman Backed by Rockefeller in Bid on Major Rail Lines
Washington dispatch reports disclosures before the Interstate Commerce Commission showing Harriman backed by John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil planning to seize the New York Central Lake Shore and Vanderbilt lines. Wall Street anticipates a historic clash among giants. Standard Oil influence on Vanderbilt finances is noted. Harriman’s stock stake and the executive committee dynamics are cited amid fears of overcoming Vanderbilt control.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
New York Central
Lake Shore
Vanderbilt
Wall Street
James Stillman
William Rockefeller
Bride elopes after repeated rejections in Union City
Cornel Belly of Union City eloped with his sweetheart Miss Mabel Topoff after four prior wedding attempts were halted by her parents. After a midnight leap from a second story window she landed with her lover and a minister performed the ceremony at a neighboring house. The couple seeks parental forgiveness.
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Bell
Miss Mabel
LaRue
Rus Hearn
Amherst
Alice Hearn
Hlyria
Hearn
Nicholas
Thornberg
South Amherst
Wisty
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for South Lorain Residents
Joe Perusek aged 30 a moulder, Antonio Cerar 25, house work, Joe Pauline 25, machinist, and Francis Tlarseh 24 domestic, all of South Lorain, appear in the marriage licenses listing.
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Joe Perusek
South Lorain
Antonio Cerar
Joe Pauline
Francis Tlarseh
Coroner Holds Eight for Wreck
Washington January 10 eight men are held to the grand jury after a coroner inquiry into the wreck that killed 45 on the night of December 30. Named held are Harry Hildebrand engineer of dead train 2120 Frank F Hoffmier conductor P F Dent night dispatcher William D MacCauley division operator B O railroad B L Vermillion engineer of local train 66 George W Nagle conductor train 66 J W Kelley trainmaster William Dutrow telegraph operator at Silver Spring
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Washington
Harry Hildebrand
Frank F. Hoffmier
P. F. Dent
Baltimore
William D. MacCauley
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
B. L. Vermillion
George W. Nagle
J. W. Kelley
Baltimore & Ohio
William Dutrow
Silver Spring
Judge Hinman Denies Resignation Over Health
Judge Hinman says he has not resigned probate judge post and has no intent to quit. He confirms age and workload are taxing but denies abandoning duties, noting he requested transfer of Oak Point cases to ease strain while they remain unresolved.
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Hinman
Oster
Oak Point
City Board Debates Stone Suit and Street Plans
The board read a Grafton Stone Company letter accusing city discrimination in sidewalk stone thickness. Sampson stone from Ely Stone Co. is cheaper, prompting demand for equal access amid public concern. Council advancing culvert work and crosswalk orders. Lorain Telephone Co. bid offered. decision pending. Clark Street sewer bids rejected. storm sewer planning for Lake Avenue and Cleveland Street discussed. A maple tree issue near Thomas Wright’s home was filed for action.
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Board of Public Service
Grafton Stone Company
Ely Stone Company
Grafton
Sampson
Schultz
Huron Street
Henry Niepfoot
Lincoln Court
Lorain Telephone Company
Water Works
Lorain
Clark Street
Sugar Ridge
Lake Avenue
Cleveland Street
Thomas Wright
Medina County Judge 19 Dead in California County
Judge 8S. G. Barnard longtime Medina educator and former superintendent of public schools died at his home in Media yesterday at age 19 years. He ran a private school, served as probate judge, and practiced law for many years.
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Medina
Fireman sings as he is rescued from warehouse blaze
New York January tenth report tells how Fireman John T. Seufert endured thirty hours trapped in burning Roosevelt Street paper warehouse ruins after two firefighters died. He sang Waiting at the Church while rescued uninjured, compared his fear to miner Hicks, and was treated for possible pneumonia, with onlookers recalling a foolish purchase line at the end.
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New York
John T. Senfert
Roosevelt Street
Hicks
Bakersfield
Calminer
Seufert
Seufert Sang Blithely “Waiting At the Church.” Seufert
Miner Hicks
Senfert
Lorain to Get New Theater on Duane Street
W G Sharp sold the Williams property on Duane street to H A Dykeman for a theater to be built this year. The site near the Cleveland and Southwestern tracks in Lorain’s business district will seat about 1500 and imitate the Steubenville theatre design. Albaugh brothers plan another Lorain theater regardless of Dykeman, signaling two new venues forthcoming.
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W. G. Sharp
H. A. Dykeman
Williams
Duane Street
Lorain
The
Albargh Brothers
Dykeman
Cleveland Trust Theater
Steubenville
Ohio
Albaugh’s
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Wilson County
Association of County Recorders
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Cornel Belly
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