Local Briefs Highlight Residents Versatile Moves and Events
Local briefs note Mrs. Austins Pancakes praised as delicious. Guardian named for Caroline Wieht. Mrs. George Lewis and Anna Lewis visiting Mrs. Barton in Cleveland. George Kellar moving from Amherst to hand property to F S Knox. Waldo Foote recovering from illness. Lake Shore railroad to upgrade tracks with heavier steel this spring. Avon trustees approved funds transfer in common pleas court. H G Davidson host for Clarence Foster of Newberry. August Michael ordered to vacate Amherst farm and move to Gerlach farm. L W Drake leaving Fourth Street to attend BE Hill funeral. Henri Pety seeks info on John Harrison.
Civil war veteran dies in Washington estate heirs sought
A Civil War veteran dies in Washington state leaving a large estate with heirs hard to locate. Miss Rose Moriarty deputy city auditor is confined to house by illness. Additional local notes report events at the Elks hall a hospital surgery updates and a settled Dean Electric company suit. Six Lyceum entertainments remain with best seats at 1.50 and Baldwin Drake and Beauchamp upcoming performances.
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State of
Washington
Rose Moriarty
Baldwin
Lyceum
Drake
Beauchamp
Gaynor and Green Knocked Out Council Bids
Washington January 26 bid by Oliver and Bangs to build the Panama Canal for a large profit is definitively rejected. Carter Gaynor Green syndicate linked to former operations in government contracts. Bids may be advertised again.
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Washington
Anson ‘Ss. Bangs
Carter-Gaynor-Green Syndicate
Oliver and Bangs
Panama Canal
Summer Song Suspect Arrest Sparks Insanity Charge
Cleveland, Jan 26. Albert Shears was jailed on insanity charges after walking the street singing In the Good Old Summer Time without hat or coat. He claimed it was summer. The piece ends with an ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
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Cleveland
Eithr
Alibert Shears
Second Hand Goods Bought and Sold at Hastave Elyria
An advertisement for a general second hand goods shop at No. 50 Hastave Elyria offers buying and selling of items from small notions to a house and lot. Includes a storage house and a contact phone number 1013 Rawson.
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Hastave
Elyria
Rawson
Oberlin Ice Company Faces Receiver Hearing Contests
A preliminary hearing on H A Morgan’s petition for a receiver for the Oberlin Ice and Cold Storage Company occurred in the court of common pleas. The judge reserved ruling and set February 2 for trial, noting the outcome may hinge on the upcoming annual stockholders meeting and the board’s control by the Ackelsons.
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H. A. Morgan
Oberlin Ice & Cold Storage Company
Court of Common Pleas
Washburn
Dewitte
Sandusky
Harry Ackelson
Roxie Ackelson
Stroup & Fauver
Ackelsons
Morgan Sp
Morgan
Ackelgons
Ackersons
Change in The Ely via Grocery Company Ownership
L. B. Sweet has purchased the entire interest of E. 3. Perry in The Elyria Grocery Company and will manage the business. B. S. Perry remains employed. the firm continues under the name The Elyria Grocery Company. 1-25-21.
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Elyvia Grocery Company
L. B. Sweet
E. 3. Perry
B. S. Perry
Elyria Grocery Company
Notable virtues emerge in dire moments
A wary snapshot notes a hidden divinity in small acts. It calls a philanthropist the stingiest miser, and a hero the greatest coward, all revealed by an emergency large enough to summon them.
Two Bound Over For Car Breaking
George Miller and John Stoner were arraigned before the mayor on car breaking and larceny charges. Bound over to the grand jury under $500 each, they were sent to county jail after arrest on January 4 with shoes aimed for sale. Shoes traced from Massachusetts to Monroe Michigan, found in Elyria, Toledo case $45 missing, detectives link to prior Michigan Central robbery.
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George Miller
John Stoner
Lodi Street
Massachusetts
Monroe
Mich
Cleveland
Toledo
Elyria
Brockman
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Banks Rush to Replace Worn Currency With New Bills
Elyria bankers push to retire old torn notes and send them to the government mint for replacement. They stress there is no profit in new money and call for government to cover express costs to move worn currency.
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Elyria
New K of P State Officers Named by Ohio Lodge Vote
The Ohio Knights of Pythias committee met at Hamilton and canvassed 700 lodges. A E Kerns of Findlay was elected grand chancellor, to succeed O M Bake in June. Other officers chosen include Vice chancellor John A Ring old Cincinnati prelate Jacob Weehrle Columbus keeper of records and seals William Beatty Toledo master of exchequer George B Donavin Delaware taster at arms Clem V Hoke Van Wert inner guard Spencer Williams Steubenville outer guard James H Walker Cleveland.
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Ohio Knights of Pythias
Hamilton
Ohio
A. E Kerns of
Findlay
O. M. Bake
John A. Ringold
Cincinnati
Jacob] Weehrle
Columbus
William Beatty
Toledo
George
Van
Meteor Strike Believed To Cause Big Four Wreck
Terre Haute Ind Jan 26 The latest explanation for the Big Four wreck a week ago which killed many is that a meteor struck the car of powder being shipped over the road and caused it to explode
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Terre Haute
Ind
SVS Standards Not The Same In Findlay
Attorney Virgil P. Kline stated in Findlay that the Standard Of Company of Ohio has no connections with a New Jersey standard. An unrelated ad promotes Kodol For Indigestion as a vegetable acid solution that aids digestion and claims compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug Law, sold by druggists.
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All Drug Vista
Rocked Herself and Babe to Death in Tenement Room
A tired mother of the tenements near New York died while asleep, overcome by gas, rocking herself and her infant son Louis, 22 months old, to death Thursday night. Mrs. Louis Jacobs and her child were the victims.
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New York
Louis Jacobs
Louis
Ice dealer loses pond to cut in Wooster
Howard Young, an ice dealer in Wooster Ohio, found his large pond drained after a person with pick and shovel cut a hole in the dam, allowing all the spring water to escape.
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Wooster
Howard Young
Alexander Dowie Near Death as Illness Advances
Reports from Dion City say Alexander Dowie is near death after weeks of illness. Earlier optimism has faded as doctors forecast a grave outcome for the pioneer church leader.
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Alexander Dowie
Death's Door
Chicago
Dion City
Chief Smith Chases Suspect After Shoe Theft
The city police chief pursued a man who allegedly stole a pair of shoes from Karl Klina's shoe shop on West Avenue. The suspect was tracked to a railroad construction camp north of the city but not found Friday.
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Smith
Karl Klina
West Avenue
Government or Stop It at Oak Point Sewage Fight
Citizens fear Oak Point's city development will contaminate Elyria's water supply. Sanitary Engineer Wagner urges appealing to the government, confident that federal authority will compel Oak Point to construct a sewage disposal plant.
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Oak Point
Elyria
Wagner
Uncle Sam
Wilkin Plans Chapel on East Broad Street
C H Wilkins buys the Fuchholdt property on East Broad street and will convert it from undertaker rooms into a chapel for holding funerals.
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Wilkin
C. H Wilkins
East Broad Street
Large stock of teas coffees spices sugars and soaps sale
Having sold my business I offer a large on hand stock of te as coffees spices sugars soaps bottled and canned goods at very cheap prices. Sale will begin Monday morning to save trouble and expense of inventory. The goods are all of high character and merit.
Socialists Suffer Major Berlin Election Loss
Berlin voters backed liberal radical and conservative allies of Prince Von Buelow, winning at least 20 seats, while the Socialists were crushed to about 17 or 18 seats in the general Reichstag contest. The notice also plugs Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea at 35 cents.
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Berlin
Prince von Buelow
Solomon's Lodge to hold stated communication January 28
King Solomon's Lodge No. 56 F. and A. M. will meet Monday evening January 28 for a stated communication and work in the Master Mason's degree. Elyria Council No. 86 R. and S. M. to hold a special assembly Wednesday evening January 30 for work in the Royal and Select Masters degree.
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King Solomon's Lodge
Elyria Council
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Waldo Foote
Ridge Road
Lake Shore Railroad
John Vitus
Avon Township
H. G. Davidson
August Michael
Gerlach
Learitt Road
L. W. Drake
Fourth Street
Andover
Hill
Carpenters
Henri Pety
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Conry & Mueller
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Paul Brill
Hermann Whitt
North Amherst
Dean Electric Company
Edwin Krahise
Gaynor
GREEN
Hollister
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C. H. Wilkins
Furniture Emporium
Oberlin Ice Company
Smith Bros
Miller
Stoner
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Buster, Brown
the Robinson & Hancock CO
William H.hurd
Masonic Temple
Man’s Pond
Kate
Rocky Mountain
Frost
J. A. Reublin
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Digesta
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