Soapy Crane Pleads for Wife in Ohio Workhouse
In a Cleveland workhouse parole hearing Mattie Crane, accused of intoxication and destroying property, is urged by her husband Soapy Crane to seek clemency. He asserts 50 years of marriage, shocks the board with his notorious past, and pledges support if Mattie returns home.
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Apes Intendents
Pinos A
Mattie Crane
Rav. Cooley
Mattie
United States
Portland
Great Lakes
Gulf
Garfield
Harrison
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Standard Oil Company
Buckeye
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Standard Company
Standard People
I. F. Jones
Loatus
Store Recollection Traced at West Broad Street Shop
The writer recalls visiting Conry and Mueller on West Broad Street as a youth and notes the store once housed Charles Cheney. He describes varied stock, whiskey barrels, and a cautious cash culture. A 1855 or 1859 incident with Clarence McFadden shows strict payment terms and no credit.
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Raporter
Conry and
Mueller
West Broad Street
Charles Cheney
New Orleans
Cheney
D. D
Clarence McFadden
McFadden
Green Family entertains at L C F Hall Friday
The Green Family concert company will present an entertainment at the L C F hall Friday evening July 1. This family offers frat class entertainment and should receive liberal patronage.
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Green Family
Picnic Planned by O and W Ry Employees at Chippawa Lake
The O and W Ry employees prepare for their third annual picnic at Chippawa Lake Park Wadnaa day August 8. Merchants along the line provide prizes as the event aims to be the largest yet with special rail rates offered from all points. The arrangements are led by A Hy Allen chairman with J Hillier J Wagar E Manges Arthur Brown and J H Peake on the committee.
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O. and
3. W. Ry
Chippawa Lake Park
Wadnaaday
A. Hy Allen
Jaa
Hillier
A. J. Wagar
E. Manges
Arthur Brown
J. H. Peake
Wyoming girl tames fierce broncho in uptown riding club
A young woman from Wyoming proves fearless when she asks for a lively mount and rides a mustang broncho alone. The manager, surprised by her skill, calls it a woman’s daring display. Teasdale and Sawyer's advertise hats and shoes in the ad after the tale.
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Chicago Exchange
Wyoming
Lost Nickel From Mail Pouch Triggers Post Office Duty
A nickel found in a mail pouch triggers a formal reporting chain in the postal system. The clerk files a detailed form noting coin, pouch, train, date, and circumstances, with the nickel then routed up to headquarters and onward to the national fund handling unregistered mails.
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Chicago Tribune
Posta
Post Office Department
Gervine
Druggists Meet Lorain County Group Elects New Officers
Lorain County druggists held their annual meeting at Glen's Beach in Lorain on Wednesday. New officers were elected including President ESW Adame Wellington, Vice President J M Gardner Oberlin, Secretary Treasurer William Honecker Lorain, and an executive committee with H J Eady Elyria Rowland Oberlin HE C Tissot Wellington and LH McGaughey Terreain.
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Lorain County
Drogeista
Glen's Beach
Lorain
Ww. Adame
Nt Wellington
J. M. Gardner
Oberlin
Treaverer
William Honecker
H. J. Eady
Elyria
Rowland
HE. C. Tissot
Wellington
LH. McGaughey
Terain
Footbridge Over Black River Opens at Washington Avenue
The footbridge over Black River at Washington Avenue is completed and opened for public use. Access is via steep steps down the riverbank on both sides. Preparations for removing the old structure are progressing rapidly.
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Black River
Washington Avenue
Play With The Children And Stay Active In Old Age
An elderly writer extols staying fit through family play and outdoor activities. He urges playing with children, walking, swimming in summer, and pursuing golf, noting golf’s accessibility and its blend of exercise and challenge. He compares golf to court tennis and reflects on lifelong striving and hope.
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Recete
Sayers
England
Mes
Elyria Elks Fall 12 to 9 at Norwalk Park
The Elyria Elis lost a Thursday afternoon baseball game to the Norwalk Elks 12 to 9 at Widow Brook park. Sawyer starred for Elyria while Gallup shone for Norwalk as the incline ground favored neither side. Batteries were Norwalk Gallop and Wieter. Elyria Bivins and Horn.
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Elyria Elis
Norwalk
Elka
Widow Brook Park
Elyria
Sawyer
Gallup
Gailop
Wieter
Bivins
Horn
Court voids closed shop contract as against public policy
Milwaukee Judge Ludwig rules in the Marnitz case that a tailors union and the company ban on non union workers is unlawful. The decision upholds free trade in labor, rejects coercive membership, and cites public policy against monopolies and exclusive privileges.
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Ludwig
Milwaukee
Marnitz
Tailors’ Union
Stereopticon show at Martha Washington Hotel shocks guests
Miss Mabel Rogers Dagar hosts a polar themed lecture at the Martha Washington Hotel ballroom with Stereopticon images of bergs and ice storage tales. Neatly the audience reacts with sneezes while discussions pivot to open windows and a rival speaker’s remarks.
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Mabel Rogers Dagar
Martha Washington
New York Sun
Rocky Coast
Neptune
Misa Edgar
Notes on Summer Fashions and Accessories
Notes of fashions describe wash gowns with embroideries, chiffon capes, long snarfs mantillas, a new night gown sleeve, a lapped glove seam, and self colored stitching. Smocking appears in women and children's wear, washable belts in white duck and pique, and bright belt pins. Teasdale and Sawyer advertise summer footwear and a July excursion to the Atlantic coast via Lake Shore.
Two More Pitt-Lake Erie Appropriation Cases Settled
Probate court records show two additional Pittsbarg and Lake Erie appropriation cases resolved. John Linden of Avon Township got 230 dollars for land taken and damages to the residence. John Youngloga of Avon Township received 200 dollars for land and 800 dollars in damages.
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Pittsburg
Lake ‘Erie
John Linden
Avon Township
John Younglass
Youngloga
Aven Township
Books Ridden How Eskimos Catch Seal
The Eskimo seal capture method is described by Tyrrell in Across the Sub-Arctics of Dada. The hunter uses wind, stays leeward, and closes to within yards while the seal watches with head up. The man then lies full length and edges nearer by inching forward until a swift arrow ends the hunt.
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Tyrrell
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GC & S
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Stetson
Oxfords
Teasdale and
Sawyer's
Harry H. Smith
E. Broad St
Sawyers
Summmer
Champney
Max
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ELKS
R. Norwalk
Teasdale
Champney's
Atlantic Sea
Lake Shore
Stetsons
Teasdale and Sawyer’s
Chapman's Cut Gate
Chapman
Tensdale
Stetsone
Tensdale and
Sawyer’s
Barber Asphalt Paving Co
Middie Avenue
Sea Shore
Lake Shore Ry
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Harry H. Smith & Co
Cheapside
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