Farmer Jack Burton killed at Grafton crossing by train
Jack Burton a farmer about five miles east of Grafton was struck by a B and Q train at the village crossing Saturday night. He died within a half hour from injuries including crushed ribs and possible heart rupture. Coroner Miller investigates blame. funeral at 4 p.m. Tuesday from his home, burial in Wellington. Burton leaves a wife and five children.
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Jack Burton
Grafton Village
Burton
Miller
Wellington
McKeesport Men Target Oak Point Real Estate
A group from McKeesport Pennsylvania arrived in Lorain to purchase farms near Oak Point. F S Knox held options on east of the Point but let them lapse for reasons he termed good. The McKeesport men plan to buy several farms and already own substantial Lorain property as negotiations continue.
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Oak Point
McKeesport
Lorain
F. S. Knox
McKeesport Party Seeks Early Ground at Ben. Friend Farm
The Ben. Friend farm on Leavitt road attracts the McKeesport group led by George Hartman T W Verner D G Donavin and Sam Miliken Verner who heads the McKeesport water works says they have information a large industry may locate there and want to be on site early.
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Ben. Friend
Leavitt Road
McKeesport
George Hartman
T. W. Verner
D. G. Donavin
Sam Miliken
Verner
Lake Shore Electric stockholders to meet
The annual meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Lake Shore Electric road is scheduled in Cleveland and Tuesday. The principal matter is the annual report of President Moore, expected to influence the contemplated improvements.
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Lake Shore Electric Road
Cleve and
Tusday
Moore
Marriage Licenses Issued in Lorain Area
Lawrence Weitz 25 car repairer Lorain and Agnes Josephine Nuhn 17 domestic Lorain. James Alexander Neish 53 Plymouth N Y and Lenora Quaintance 45 Wellington.
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Lawrence Weitz
Lorain
Agnes Josephine Nuhn
James Alexander Neish
Plymouth
N. Y
Lenora Quaintance
Wellington
New Officers Elected for Lorain County Good Roads
The Lorain County Good Roads Association met at the courthouse and elected H. J. Eady as president, N. L. Cotton as first vice president, H. P. Boynton as secretary, and C. T. Wincles as treasurer. A board of directors was named, but attendance was small and interest lagging despite a 25 cent dues. The group proposed attracting speakers from afar to boost support for road improvements.
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H. J. Eady
England
D. J. Nye
N. L. Cotton
H. P. Boynton
C. T. Wincles
Boarad
Elyria
Henry Petts
Pittsfield
J. R. Worcester
Russia
Job Alexander
Eaton
N. T. Foster
Amherst
W- J. Krebs
Penfield
L. W. Adams
Columbia
W. High
Camden
Alfred Mills
Ridgeville
Charles Tucker
Seven Feet Tall and Weighs Over 300 Is Seven Feet Tall and Weighs Over 300
City of Elyria joined a $2,000 damage suit after an accident on North Street near Washington Avenue on October 24 1906. Plaintiff Alex Kailes alleges a Lake Shore yard engine frightened his horse causing a fall into an excavation. He claims city negligence for missing guards. Also notes 25 new members from a Lorain revival at First Congregational Church with 11 becoming active.
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Elyria
Court of Comon Pleas
L. S. & M.S. Railway
Parsch Lumber Common Pleas
Alex Kailes
North Street
Washington Avenue
Lakeshore
Parsch Lumber Company
Kailes
First Congregational Church
Lorain
Giant showman McKenzie visits city amid league talk
Roderick Bain McKenzie giant advance man for Barney Gillmore’s Rocky Road to Dublin tour draws crowds in town. He claims England education and stage renown while planning potential boxing bid. J A Wilson discusses league changes with local officials and potential Mansfield team addition.
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Barney Gillmore
Dublin
McKenzie
England
Europe
Cleveland
Jeffries
MeyKenzie
Soldering iron used on door in Century Block incident
Anna Erickson of the Elyria block is jailed on a disorderly conduct charge after a Sunday afternoon disturbance. The report notes an unusual use of a soldering iron by Floto and Ian in stocking rooms at the Century Block. Additional details describe the scene and preliminary allegations by Trig.
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Anna Erickson
Elyria
Trig
Multiple Unconnected Accidents Reported Across U S
A string of incidents from Jan 14 reports include a fatal shooting in Cincinnati after a fence dispute between neighbor s over a line. a British steamer Pengwern sinking near Cuxhaven with all hands. a bride drowning in the Cuyahoga River while boarding a steamer. a man named B F Tracy jumping into a lake near Akron and drowning. and a disturbance in Cleveland involving Mrs Ericson armed with a soldering iron at the Century block leading to arrest.
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Farmer
New York
United States
Cincinnati
Newton Muchmore
David Fisher
Fisher
Muchmore
Walter
Cuxhaven
Germany
Pengwern
Jennie Windmnueller
Cuyahoga River
Cleveland
Pontiac
Farmer Crowns
Lake
B. F. Tracy
Akron
Barberton
Charity Begins at Home Debate Sparks Complaints
Opinion notes a clash as the saying charity begins at home is questioned with a counter claim that charity does not start locally. The writer suggests a broader critique of how aid is distributed and perceived.
Spry 96-Year-Old Visits Grandson in Ohio
W. 5. Clark, about to turn 96, visits grandson BE. L. Briggs of the Lorain Street Railroad Company. Clark recalls arriving in the United States at age 51 and outwalks Briggs, living race memory of England’s royalty while staying in Warsaw and northern Ohio.
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Clark
BE. L. Briggs
Lorain Street Railroad Company
Briggs
England
Edward
Queen Victoria
Warsaw
Ohio
Coran Falls Seeks Harbor Funds for Oak Point
Local interests press for harbor improvement at Oak Point in Lorain. Attorneys Adams and Resek met with Congressman Burton in Washington but learned no surveyor has surveyed the harbor. Under congressional rules no appropriation can be approved until such a survey is completed, delaying funds to next year.
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Steel City
Oak Point
Arkee Eye
Lorain
Congress
Adams
Resek
Washington
Congressman Burton
Burton
Cadmus Receives Carnegie Aid for Pacific Coast School
Rev Cadmus of the First Congregational church secures Andrew Carnegie support for a new separate education project for Asiatics on the Pacific coast. Carnegie offers to cover half the cost, with a San Francisco building projected at over 150000 dollars and full American-style instruction.
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Cadmus
First Congregational Church
Andrew Carnegie
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
America
Orient
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Tran
Friend Farm
LSE
Marconi
JIE
Marquis Solari
Lorain County Association
Mr. Eady
The
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Court House
Alex. Kailes
Washington Street
Othy
Roderick Bain McKenzie
J. A Wilson
Regalia
J. A. Wilson
Henry Brassele
Athletic Park
Lake Shore
Bucyrus
Medina
Wooster
Ashland
Galion
Crestline
Ian
Dhiue
Ternoon
Erie Longreen
Longreens
Adda
Retulte
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Ogtain Money
Carnegie
Millionaire
Pacific
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