Residents oppose Washington Avenue paving bid at council
At a Tuesday council meeting residents on Wallington Avenue petitioned against paving and boulevarding plans. Signers urged consultation before action and urged repairs instead of new paving while others favored paving north to Harrison Street and argued for unified paving decisions. The petitions were filed and referred to the street and sidewalks committee for further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Hill
Wallington &Range
Hill Mid
Hill Seid
Hill
Hoe
D. J. Nye
Mr. Hill
A. L. Garford
Harrison Street
Bridge
Washington
U Street
Garford
Picnic At Lutheran School Outing Ends In Rain
The Lutheran school paused its summer break to host the annual outing at the fair grounds. A sudden afternoon rainstorm forced abandonment after two hours of festivities. Pupils marched in order along Broad Street with drums fife corps and marching bands before proceeding to the grounds.
Losses From Elyria Streetcar Fire Exceed $60000
Lorain Street Railway estimates losses from Monday night car fire at over 96000. Passengers Ignatz Leander Emma Paul and Alexander Bolra suffered face and body bruises after leaping from the halted car. Happy Hooligan, visiting Elyria, celebrated by intoxication and was fined on Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain Street Railway Company
Ignatz Leander
Emma Paul
Alexander Bolra
Ohio Bar Association Plans Seventy Fifth Annual Meet
Lawyers from across Ohio gather at the Hotel Victory Pat-in-Bay July 6 to 8 for the twenty fifth annual Ohio State Bar meeting. Discussion centers on proposed constitutional amendment to tax tangible real estate and personal property, stocks and bonds, according to real value with exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Bar Association
Hotel Victory
Pat-in-Bay
Ohio
Former Elyria Woman Dies in Fremont Home
Mrs. Elmer Holdsworth died at her Fremont residence on Tuesday morning after a long illness of over three years. She leaves a husband and several children. The Holdsworths lived in Elyria eight years and moved to Fremont about four years ago. The body will be brought back for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Holdsworth
Fremont
Holdsworth
Elyria
New York Man Fined for Petit Larceny in Saloon Incident
Probate Court John Wood of New York was fined 35 dollars and costs for petit larceny after stealing a bottle of celery and pepsin worth 1.50 from Charles Heaping's saloon. When asked by the mayor, he protested I didn't steal it They took it away from me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wood
New York
Charles Heaping
Nettie Muselman Sues Musselman for Divorce and Name Change
Common Pleas court Nettie Muselman sues Christian Musselman for divorce alimony and restoration of her maiden name Nettie Keith. She accuses him of habitual drunkenness. Attorney A E Lawrence represents Muselman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Muselman
Aginst
Christian Musselman
Nettie Keith
A. E. Lawrence
Beal and Brannock Laws Face Court Test in Ohio
Anti Saloon League in Columbus announces a test case to resolve whether Beal local option elections conflict with Brannock district elections. Ohio Protective League argues dry votes limit district voting. league plans petitions to extend Beal elections to larger cities if courts rule for majority city vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
Columbus
Ohio Protective League
Liquor
Cambridge
Protective League
Marriages Licenses Reach Local Register Amid Short List
Unclear records show several marriages and licenses including Robert K. Kife aged 24 from Bentury Pennsylvania and Nina B. Myora aged 21. William A. Holmer aged 35 a druggist from Providence with Lizatte V. Righton. John Wheatley listed with Lissie Schafe. Charles Blanter aged 12 a carpenter from La Porte with Lola Damas aged 18 from LaGrange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Kifé, Jr
Aslesman
Bentury
Nina B. Myora
Lorain
William A. Holmer
Providence
Lizatte V. Righton
Oberlin
John Wheatley
Engined
Lissie Schafe
Carlisle
Charles Blanter
Carpenter
la Porte
Lola Damas
LaGrange
LaGrange Bride Seeks Husband in Cleveland Warrant
A LaGrange bride obtained a warrant for her husband in Cleveland after he left her a month after their marriage. The pair wed after a brief courtship, and the husband later pledged to return but disappeared. She learned he had two children with her from a prior marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGrange
Cleveland
Corneling Gillmore
Erie Streest
May Diedrick
Grafton
Gillmore
Cornelius
Tov Erening
Ream
McMahon
Marriage Licenses Filed in Williamson County
P L Idleman 23 a clerk and Marion Grace G Gott 27 a cashier obtained a marriage license in Williamson. The couple resides in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Idleman
Marion Grace G. Gott
Wellington
Castle Boy Not In Castle Yard Gun Incident
The statement claimed the boy’s weapon was in the Castle yard but witnesses say they were in the Smith yard next door. Halph Castle did not shoot or hold the gun and arrived within minutes, then went to his sister rather than home. The family thanks friends and neighbors for support, flowers, and donations after the bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oastle
Castle Yard
Smith
Chas
Castle
Post Office Mail Separation Allowance Scale Set
The acting festmaster general adopts a nationwide allowance scale for separating mail. An annual $885 will be paid where daily average separated mail ranges from 4 to 66 pieces. $12 more for 33 pieces daily. plus $12 for each 50 piece increase above 60 pieces daily.
Verdict on Railways Right of Way Across Pittsburg Farm
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railway won 1 272.50 in a suit against J H Smith for a right of way across his farm The court awarded 169 for land and 1109 50 for damages Smith claimed a higher verdict with witnesses suggesting 2500 while railway witnesses opined 900 would suffice The acre and a half owner and railway sides were close in their estimates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railway
J. H. Smith
Smith
Elyria Daily Publishes Mock Ball Game Tale
A Elyria paper printed a fanciful report claiming the Elyria Elks and a fictional team played at the fairgrounds but no actual game occurred. The piece mocks the paper’s reliability and notes the Elk team spent the afternoon batting flies and taunting the ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria Elka
Fair Grounds
Former Elyria editor honored by Madame magazine
Henry F. Harris, former editor of the Elyria Republican, is named associate editor of Madame the new monthly at Indianapolis. A longtime newspaper and printing professional, Harris has built a reputation in Ohio for his methods of property development and literary contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Harris
Elyria Rapublican
Madame
Indianapolis
Harris
Arsufii
Springfield
Chia Publishers’ Association
Ita
Mayor Folger Doubles Fine for Drunken Public Indulgence
Judge Folger doubled the fine in police court on Saturday after Richard Peares of Oberlin pleaded guilty to indulging in the simple glass with excess. He was fined $10 plus costs for the offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folger
Richard Peares
Oberlin
Wreck disrupts track near Carlisle crossing
Wreck occurred Wednesday around ten o'clock when six coal cars jumped the track just beyond William Prindle’s in Carlisle. No injuries were reported. The derailment was blamed on rough track and heavily loaded hopper cars being too heavy for the bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Prindle
Garford-Elyria Team Falls to Wooster in Baseball Duel
The Garford-Elyria team lost to Wooster 5 to 2 in a Friday baseball game. Wooster showed strong pitching and defense while Elyria’s errors proved costly, with Pierce and Follis as pitchers and Lake and For catching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garford-Elyria
Wooster
Elyria
Pierce
Follis
Lake
For. R
Daughters of Rebekahs Social Session in Elyria
Dover Oberlin and Lorain lodges of the Daughters of Rebekahs hosted St. Claire lodge No 207 of Elyria for a social session. About two hundred visiting Rebekahs enjoyed a banquet and a ceremonial program with new regalia, followed by member remarks including Gertrude Stralon of Beattle lodge Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Gertrude Stralon
Beattle Lodge
Seattle
Wash
Asemblags
Left Town After Pay or Leave Fine Case
The Brown family, described as masouline members, were fined fifty dollars and costs each by Mayor Fo mer on Wednesday. The mayor suspended the sentences and ordered the men to leave town within 24 hours. They departed just before noon Thursday amid threats of illness from the elder Brown and public complaints about the affair. The Reporter notes the family had pledged to pay for a stove, refrigerator, and a phaeton by July Horst, with the family likely vanished from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Fomer
Bis
Oarmidat
Found Stolen Goods Hidden In Box Car
A mysterious banker was found in an empty box car in the yards on Thursday night. It contained two new pairs of children's shoes, six boxes of toilet soap and three bottles of perfumery. Detectives tracked the items to a thief, but could not locate the person who left the basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Othver Jacoba
Williams
Lake Shore
Oberlin College Scholarship Proposed for Larnin County Schools
A proposal offers one scholarship at Oberlin College to a Larnin County high school graduate who passes the beat entrance exam. The plan aims to raise scholastic standards and allow schools to compare their scholarship quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin College
Larnin County
Suicide attempt by Mrs Selina Rainey in North Street home
Mrs Selina Rainey attempted to kill herself with a razor at six Friday morning in front of her husband and children. Despondent after three sons were sent to Manafield reform school for burglary, she suffers delirium tremens and intermittent abstinence. One son remains at home as others face travel to Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selina Rainey
North Street
John Rainey
Tite Brothers
West Broad Street
Avondale Park Allotment Offers Cheap Terms In Sale Drive
Taylor Land and Improvement Co promotes remaining lots at Avondale Park with $3 down and $1 weekly payments no interest or taxes and a free deed to heirs in case of death. T M Taylor will sell this weekend as Dean Electric nears completion boosting demand for the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Land and Improvement Co
T. M. Taylor
Asle
Cnase
Lurchpaser
Taylor
Dean Electric
Dens
Mr. Taylor
Losiagt
Judge Webber Sentences Art Simms for Assault in Akron Bar
Pugilist Art Simms was fined 200 pounds and jailed three months in the Osnton workhouse after pleading guilty to assaulting a girl in a Barberton saloon. Judge A R Webber denounced prize fighting and the saloon trade, noting Simms' prior roles as potter, saloon keeper, and former boxing champion. Simms vowed to abandon the saloon business and pugilism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Simms
Akron
Osnton
Barberton
A. R. Webber
Simms
Ohio
Simma
Sanduaky Brewing Co
Tims
Test of County Surveyors Salary Law
A question on the constitutionality of the county surveyor salary law is raised as Attorney General Ellis will challenge it. The law appoints common pleas judges to fix surveyor salaries in their counties, and the delegation of this power is disputed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
Spit
Common Pleas
Supreme court term ends stay on county salary act ruling
The court ends the stay of execution on the judgment declaring special county salary acts invalid in the case State Auditor Guilbert v County Auditor Eugene L Lewis. The ruling shifts Hamilton county officials to a fee basis and is likely to apply elsewhere, prompting county officers to switch for higher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Guilbert
Eugene L Lewis
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Elyria teacher weds former pupil in secret marriage
Miss Gertarde Slingerland a German teacher at Elyria High School aged about thirty three married her former pupil Ralph Wallace aged seventeen at Buffalo. They planned to go to Vermillion to keep the marriage secret but it leaked out. The couple had roomed at the Wallace home and had rarely been seen apart. The Reporter wishes them happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertarde Slingerland
Elyria High School
Ralph Wallace
Buffalo
Vermillion
Ralph
Elyria
Enlarge City Church With New Addition Plan
The Disciple church society votes to expand by a twenty five trancroms front addition and partial section along the east side. The project costs about 84 000 and follows the new opera house project which will block light. The enlargement will bring the church to the sidewalk line and allow more light by the altered façade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disciple Church Society
Elyria Eagles to Host Elks in Three Warm Series Opener
Promising three games await in Elyria between the Elyria Eagles and the Elks. The first game is set for July 7 with Elks still choosing two vacant positions in their lineup. Once settled, both teams' rosters will be published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Elks
Eagles
Elyria
Elyria Eagles
Elke
Elks
Local workforce list of clerks and cashiers named
A roster lists A. K. Cameron 25 a clerk in Loria and Burton A. O Dell 34 a clerk in Lakewood alongside Charlotte M. Faragher 5 in Lorsin and Anna L. Ross 2 a cashier in Ridgeville with incomplete details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Cameron
Clerk
Loria
Charlotte M. Faragher
Lorsin
Burton A. O'Dell
Lakewood
Anna L. Ross
Ridgeville
The Bend In the Road Mr and Mrs Dawson Tie Knot
Mr and Mrs Harry Dawson of Went River street were united in marriage on Thursday night. They were entertained by the M M A and received a shower bath and a box of tacks to help cover expenses. Mrs Dawson 17 and Mr Dawson 86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Dawson
Went River Street
Mrs. Dawson
Mr. Dawson
Hague-Silberhorn Misa Christina Hague Weds John Silberhorn
Hague and Silberhorn wedding reported from near the city with Rev Schmidt officiating at the bride’s home. The couple will reside in Cleveland after the ceremony. bride wore white silk and carried white roses. Flora Schmidt played the wedding march.
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Misa Christina Hague
Jacob Hague
Thin City
John Silberhorn
Cleveland
Thornday
Rev. Schmidt
Lathern Church
Flora Schmidt
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