Local Briefs from Lorain and Nearby Areas
Miss Nelle Smallwood suffers diphtheria. Mrs Jordan of Ridgeville hospitalized. Mrs C Weaver and children set for California. Five trusts sued in Little Rock for over a million dollars. Miss Nellie Snyder visits Oberlin. Congress to provide 15 million for lake harbor improvements. C and 3 W workers repair Lorain tracks. Amherst quarry strike ended. old workers recalled. Payroll rise 5 million in 1906 over 1905, total 60,573,559. Anna Mechling wed George O Hara with parental consent. Rev Homer E Sala and wife guests of Rev Sala. Progressive Spiritualist Society to meet in Elyria. Mrs Elizabeth Schauss to speak. Miss Matilda Harper visiting Bushfield. Harper system hairdressing tours western cities.
Evelyn Thaw Refuses to See Friends in New York
In New York on January 19, Evelyn Thaw refuses to see anyone while awaiting her husband’s trial in New York County. Thaw faces charges for the shooting of millionaire White in the city last summer, with proceedings slated for the coming week.
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New York
Evelyn Tet
New York County
Thaw
Millionaire White
Second Hand Goods Bought and Sold at Elyria store
A local business advertises buying and selling all kinds of second hand goods from needles to houses. It also offers a storage house and lists contact as No 54 Mustave Elyria G. Phone 1013 Rawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mustave
Elyria
Rawson
Cuban Land Sale Brochure Ad by C G Kiefer
Cuban land for sale with several good pieces available. Interested buyers urged to call evenings. Located at Cheshire block Broad Street. Contact C G Kiefer. Dated January 16, 1961.
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C. G. Kiefer
Cheshire Block
Broad St
Cattle Tuberculosis Warned By Federal Study Bulletin
A U S Department bulletin by the Bureau of Animal Industry reports experiments by Dr. E C Schroeder and W E Cotton showing tuberculosis can infect humans via dairy cattle. It notes lungs are commonly affected, transmission may occur without visible lesions, and that fresh tuberculosis material from cattle has high virulence while milk and dairy products pose ongoing exposure risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
E. C. Schroeder
W. E. Cotton
Cleveland Boy Bad Again
Cleveland article recounts Leo Dean a youth once treated by cranial surgery for mental abnormalities and lenient reform efforts. After a head injury reawakened his delinquency the doctors are urged to repeat the procedure, with probation officer Mrs Callaghan seeking further intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Leo Dean
Leo
Lee
Callaghan
New Post Office for London Crowned in Armored Cement
Plans for a grand new post office on the Christ hospital site in the Strand have been completed. The structure will be built of armored cement over two and a half acres, under treasury supervision. Foundations begin with a 30 foot depth, promising engineering challenges below the Thames level. the project aims to yield the finest cement construction, with built in moulded chimneys stairways partitions and light wells.
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London
Christ Hospital
Strand
Treasury
Huddersfield Mayor Cuts Infant Mortality Rate
Alderman Benjamin Broadbent of Huddersfield, England, reports his two year infant mortality prevention scheme reduced deaths among Longwood babies born during his mayoralty. Of 112 promissory notes issued, 107 children received the five dollar gift. four deaths and one unknown outcome yield 35 per 1000 or 44 per 1000 when counting the missing child. Results compare with 122 per 1000 in Longwood and 139 in Huddersfield, with a year without any infant deaths among listed babies. The plan drew wide interest, including inquiries from President Roosevelt.
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London
Benjamin Broadbent
Huddersfield
England
Longwood
Broadbent
Princess of Wales
Alderman Broadbent
Roosevelt
Mineral Production Surpasses 1 Billion in 1905
The 1905 summary of U S mineral resources notes a total production value of 1 623 877 127 with iron at 382 450 000 and coal at 476 756 963. Fuels rise to 602 477 217, metallics to 702 453 108, nonmetals to 921 024 019, and an unspecified 400 000 brings total to 1 623 877 127. A new state-by-state value table accompanies the usual quantities and values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
United States Teological Survey
Farmers Stop Workmen In Niagara Line Clash
A group of armed farmers halted workers on the Niagara Lockport Ontario Power line near Lockport New York. They claimed a 200 foot land strip was deeded to the company but fences were placed on farm lands. A gun battle ensued, workers fled, no injuries. Transfers to company farmer mediation planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockport
N. Y
Niagara, Lockport & Ontario Power Company
Hospital guards face cruelty probe at Newburg asylum
Cleveland case report notes George Justice testifying at an inquiry into abuse claims at Newburg state hospital. He described moving a patient from a police station to the asylum and a buggy struggle with possible injury but denied seeing beating. Walter Enlow testified seeing accuser strike a patient. The trustees plan to continue testimony with no time limit.
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Cleveland
George Justice
Newburg State Hospital
Justice
John Garber
Third Precinct
Garcer
Walter Enlow
R. S. Japp
Beech
McClure speaks on aging at Clover Club anniversary
In Philadelphia Col. A K McClure, elderly editor and ex-president, urged that old age holds no fear. He recalled Carnegie offering 200 million for a lease on life and joked about preferring ten extra years, noting Carnegie’s eagerness for vitality.
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Philadelphia
Clover Club
Col. A. K. McClure
MacClure
Carnegie
Alex
Hoggist
Andy
Knox Extends Land Option Near Amherst
Frank Knox continues settlement talks over Oak Point land. Several options that expired January 15 are renewed, including the Brant farm option just outside Amherst’s corporate line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank § Knox
Oak Point
Brant Farm
Corporation
Amherst
Toledo reports gift of tongues spreads with多 languages
In Toledo on January 19, 15 people reportedly received the second Pentecost. Joseph Hudson claims he can speak 12 languages though most phrases are gibberish to his father R W Hudson. The father also received the gift and described speaking in unknown tongues judged as Arabic by a sister teaching the new truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Akron
Joseph Hudson
R. W. Hudson
Cherifes Not Limited The Use Of Horses
Attorney General Wade Ellis declares that sheriffs are not limited to horse and buggy by last winter’s law. He says sheriffs may travel by interurban or steam train if faster to serve justice, and that mileage allowances cover only horse and buggy expenses. Public servants should aid the ends of justice, even if the law seems unfair.
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Columbus
Wade Ellis
Wellington Union Agricultural Society elects new officers
New officers of the Wellington Union Agricultural Society have been elected. BE. Adams is president, G. B. Warner vice president, C. E. Dirlam secretary, and J. B. Mallory treasurer. The date of the next fair has not yet been determined.
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Wellington Union Agricultural Society
BE. W. Adams
G. B. Warner
C. E. Dirlam
J. 8. Mallory
Threaten Wife Beaters With Hemp Neck Tie Note
Vermilion gym gossip stirs as a local paper notice warns men who beat wives that vigilant groups dubbed whitecaps will act. The cryptic threat hints at blackeye straps and hemp neckties, while ads promote Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea for nerves and a pancake pitch from Mrs. Austin’s.
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Vermilion
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Nelle Smallwood
Jordan
Ridgeville
C. (. Weaver
California
Little Rock
Ark
Nellie Snyder
Oberlin
George Persons
Cedar Street
Congress
The
Lorain
Uncle Sam
Pacific Coast
Lake Shore Electric
Greenburg
Anna Mechling
Geo. O'Hara
Homer E. Sala
Sebring, O
Progressive Spiritualist Society of
Odd Fellows
Elizabeth Schauss
Matilda Harper
Rochester
J. M. Bushfield
Harper
San Fragrisco
Evelyyn Thaw
Conry & Mueller
Grocers
W. Broad Om
Bell
Danaf
Cleveland Boy
Agcuser
Newburg
KNOX
Boe
the Robinson & Hancock Co
Smith Bros
Hollister’s
Rocky Mountain
Mrs. Austin
Matthews
McVey& Pitts
Bell's
Max
Hart
Broad St. Elyria
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