West Elyria council passes anti screening ordinance
At a July regular meeting council quietly approved an anti screening ordinance and a saloon closing extension to 11 30 pm on Saturdays. The session saw five members present with chair shifts and several resolutions advancing sidewalk railings sewer work and a decennial equalization board nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Lersch
Mueller
Grundy
Smith
Protem Boynton
Martin Mueller
Messrs. Boynton
Philpott
Boynton
West Avenue
Turner and
West
Highland Court
Lodi Street
Third Street
Cleveland Street
George E. Bryant
F. M Whiteman
Eady
Mr. Grundy
George Bush
Mr. Lersch
Mr. Mueller
Wim. Hoyle
Mr. Eady
George FR. Crisp
Y. Philpott
LeMaster
James Gray
Lerseh
Lorain
Elyria
F. S Reefs
Equalizang Board
AW. Alten
Dan Hasen
Court Street
Infirmary Road
Odd Fellows Meeting at Elyria District Lodge
A District Grand Committee of the 0. O. F. met in Odd Fellows hall Elyria on Thursday July 19 with T. J. Bates presiding. Lodges in the district sent representatives and handled business while Alfred Donam William Lavoie both Lorain residents were fined five dollars and costs for intoxication and another man named Jack Brady from Jersey City was also drunkenly fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows Hall
Elyria
T. J. Bates
Alfred Donam
William Lavoie
Lorain
Jack Brady
Jersey City
Missing an Opportunity for Democratic Policy Leadership
The Lorain Times laments the Democratic party missing a chance to present new policies and gain adherents. It questions whether Bryan will address the era’s major issue the Chihase problem and suggests bold stances on war and national policy instead of rehashing old debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
America
Bryan
Tricky Cline Arrested for Highway Robbery in West Street
George Cline known as Tricky was arrested Wednesday night at his parents home on West Street by Officers Hanks Peters and Smith and charged with highway robbery. The victim, George McCormick milkman helper, reported meeting Cline on West Broad Street and later being robbed of 1 65 after drinks at Ed Browns barber shop. Cline pleaded not guilty at a mayoral hearing and was bound over to the common pleas court with a 1000 bond, sent to county jail. he is a repeat offender with two previous penitentiary terms.
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George
Tricky
Cline
West Street
Hanks
Peters
Smith
George McCormick
S. S. Cozens
McCormick
West Broad Street
Ed Brown
Reefy
Common Pleas Court
Runaway horse startles Grafton residents
Dr Reefy, Elyria mayor, loses a horse after a passing train frightens it near the Big Four depot. The animal tears through streets and fences, leaving wreckage as townsfolk describe a cyclone like scene while Reefy pursues clues on foot.
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Grafton
Oberlin
Reefy
Elyria
Big Four
Dr. Reefy
False Swain divorce report corrected in Reporter
A Swain divorce notice corrects a circulated claim that Polly Swain was barred from kissing or visiting her child. The mother was allowed to kiss the child and granted court permission to visit. Defendant Arthur Swain was absent due to illness in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swain
Chas. Swain
Polly Swain
Arthur Swain
Fifteen Loiterers Arrested by Lake Shore Detectives
Detectives led by Bride stone rounded up fifteen men described as railroad bums in west side yards on Wednesday night. Mayor Reefy refused warrants the next morning, then Bridestone secured a warrant. The prisoners were brought before Justice Lord, who sentenced them to county jail with fines due. Some pleaded guilt or innocence, others claimed they were merely resting in yards or heading west. The gang dispersed as detectives watched, the colored man joking about times to leave town.
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Lake Shore Road
Bridestone
West Side
Reefy
Bridestones
Justine Lord
Justice's
Justice Lord
Mourning border on police arrest records linked to ex officers
A report notes a mourning border drawn around a police arrest by Braman on a record after Harry Praman resigned, with a similar event in 1899 involving E L Biggs. Chief Krohn made a joking remark. Also mentions Clay Stamping Company seeking location in a smaller town with about 100 workers.
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Harry Praman
Braman
E. L. Biggs
Elyria
Krohn
Clay Stamping Company
Cleveland
Rural Mail Delivery Trial Sparks Grocery and Peddler Fears
Norwalk considers a twenty five mile rural mail delivery trial with horseback riders not dismounting to deliver or receive mail. Box placements near homes would lessen town store visits and boost local business though some fear disruption to existing merchants and peddlers.
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Norwalk
Rugel
Pall Tian
Land Trade Sparks Common Pleas Suit In Oberlin
Mary Godette sues Catherine Gibeon in Oberlin common pleas court alleging an unlawful transfer of land tied to a prior trade with Charles Beckwith and Geo W Gibson. Godette claims possession and improvements without a deed, seeks deed to her and other proper relief. Gibson is reported as an inmate in Toledo asylum. A dynamometer car to detect track defects on the Lake Shore road is described, releasing whitewash and marking defects for repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Mary 5. Godette
Catherine
Gibeon
Charles
T. Beckwith
Geo. W. Gibson
Beckwith
Gibson
Mary E. Godette
G. W. Gibson
Toledo Insane Asylum
Lake Shore Road
The Steel Plant Plans Reopening And Expansion
Lorain Times reports the steel plant to resume full work Monday July 30 with many workers recalled Friday to prep engines and trim for operation. Blast furnaces stay slow for six to eight months due to extensive repairs and pig iron usage. Meanwhile round house and new machinery building work advance and furnace workers may shift to these projects as Lorain’s industries stay strong and prospects for growth remain bright.
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Round House
Lorain
Lorain Times
Desire of His Heart: Patsy Moore Returns On Parole
Patsy Moore, a young colored man from Elyria, released on parole from Mansfield Reform School after a year away for porch theft from Rev. Crafts, comes home Saturday. Justice Lord encounters him on the street and urges better conduct, to which Patsy replies that staying out of trouble is his honest desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Moore
Elyria
Reformatory
Mansfield
E. J. Crafts
Patsy
Wm. Heidmyer
Lord
Mr. Lord
Twenty Years Anniversary Surprise for Hillier Couple
On the Sunday July Lith twenty years of marriage for Mr. and Mrs. W J Hillier were noted. The couple did not celebrate, but C E H W railway employees orchestrated a plan. Mrs Hillier was lured to Cleveland to select a dinner set, later purchased by workers and delivered as a gift with a note of esteem. The couple thanks the donors publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Hillier
Middle Avenue
10Th Street
C. E H. & W. Railway
Hillier
Vote Against 16 to 1 in Kansas City Endorses Bryanism
The resolutions committee vote in Kansas City rejected a 16 to 1 call for free coinage of silver. The Philadelphia Ledger notes Bryan’s power in a convention that sided with the minority, urging intelligent Democrats to oppose McKinley’s reelection to avert perceived dangers to democracy and the Supreme Court.
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Resolutions Committee
Kansas City
Bryant
McKinley
Bryan
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Philadelphia Ledger
German Vote All Right
Hon L C Laylan Republican candidate for secretary of state spoke at the Weddell House in Cleveland and expressed confidence in German voters supporting the party of sound money. He dismissed rumors that Germans would back Bryan next fall, saying Germans nationwide will vote in line with sound money policies.
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L. C. Laylan
Weddell House
Cleveland
Bryan
Party
Steamer Ed Smith Burned Near Avon Point
The steamer Ed Smith was set ablaze near Avon Point Tuesday night while bound for ore transport. Flames erupted near the smokestack, the crew abandoned ship and escaped by shore, with no passengers aboard. The vessel burned to the water’s edge, dragging two barges in tow which remained uninjured.
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Ed Smith
Avon Point
Shera
Locomotive vs Dog at Mill Street Crossing
A railway postal clerk’s dog at Mill Street crossing near Elyria attacked Lake Shore limited’s cowcatcher. The locomotive struck, lifting and flinging the dog into the drive wheels, killing him instantly and leaving the canine family bereaved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Street
Elyria
Lake Shore
Lake Shore Limited
Limited
Medina Mayor Battles Carpet Bagger Grocers
Medina officials urge loyalty to local dealers to curb Chicago and Cleveland grocers selling in the town. The mayor vows to stop outsides from handling city orders and defend home merchants.
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Medina
Chicago
Cleveland
Big Peach Crop Promises Largest Harvest Yet
The peach crop on the islands and in the border lake region is expected to be the largest ever gathered. Railroads, previously handicapped, are arranging to provide cars for shipments this season. Prices should stay low if hailstorms do not damage the crop in the coming weeks.
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Border Lake
Lost hat tale on a National Lake Shore run
A nervous woman on the Norwalk and Cleveland Lake Shore train between Elyria and Oberlin cried “stop the train” after losing a hat blown from the window. Conductor Wm Hoyt urged patience, a foreman was telegraphed, and the hat costing 4.50 was recovered at journey’s end as Hoyt reflected on the incident.
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Wm. Hoyt
Norwalk
Cleveland Lake Shore
Elyria
Oberlin
Elyna
Hoyt
Mr. Hoyt
Elyria Doctor Arrested In Grafton Petit Larceny
Dr E W Jewell of Elyria was arrested after being found with Foster & Co belongings at a North East farm. Officers traced him via train and carriage to LaPorte, then to Grafton, where he was held for a 9500 bond. He, a 66 year old former Confederate surgeon, resided in Elyria four years and previously in Kentucky.
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E W. Jewell
Grafton
Elyria
Jewell
F. WH. Foster & Co
James Rowley
Foster & Co
Rowley
Charles Cahoon
Fitch
Foater & Co
Deeg Farm
Foster & Co’s
Whitney
East Broad Street
Lake Shore
Ensign
LaPorte
Dr. Jewell
Justice Lord
Elysia
Yast
Kentucky
Switzer king of Amherst amid stabbing arrest
Officers from Elyria took the affidavit of Jacob Eberhart who was stabbed by Christ Ebersole at Switzer hall on July 1. Ebersole, the Switzers’ leader when sober, was arrested after a July 4 assault that left Eberhart badly wounded and Ebersole’s son injured. Ebersole posted $600 bail for a July 31 appearance. Also, C J Haskell appointed guardian for Kate B Couch, an imbecile, of Wellington.
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Amienst
Elyria
Jacob Eberhart
Christ Ebersole
Switzer Hall
Ebersole
Ehereole
Switzer
Amherst
Switzers
South Amherst
Eber‘sole
Namy
Eberhart
C.J. Haskell
Kate B. Couch
Wellington
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LGU
Arlor Shoe Store
H. Barnes
Riek
Ric R
Ectric Light Co
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Boaton
Mk Accom
V& Buffalo
Suaton
Sandi West Bound
Baccou Iy Wxprese Daily
Accon
Veenada
Ifanl Bsaited Dal Isky
Berea, Elyria
Foariin
Lome
Mauire
Tetas
General Wallacer
Va Cleveland, O
S.pay
Eve
Trier
Jila
Bob Nekiicer
Deven
George Cline
Grand Jury
Lakehore
Mrs. W. J. Hillier
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