Personal and Society notes from La Grange and nearby towns
Lewis in La Grange on business. Ed Foster of Amherst in town on business. John Faxon in Chicago this week on business. Mrs Mayme Miller visiting friends in Chicago. Mrs G H Chapman visiting friends in Cleveland. Mr and Mrs H W Thomas in Cleveland. Mr and Mrs R J F Ruth moved into Bins apartment. Arthur Faxon of Wellington visited parents. Rev Mellvaine of Huron to preach at St Andrew's on Friday. Miss Stella Johnson of Cleveland spent Tuesday with Mrs Ric B Roe of Sach street. Mrs Mary Reese of Seventh street spent Wednesday with Mrs Andrew of J Porte. Lon Barpard moved into Dianchard home on Sixth street. Florence Woo ster out after two weeks. Moss Margaret Morfoot back from Chicago. Silas Hall of Des Moines comes to visit his sister. Jennie Hill visiting for a week. Bronson family moving to North Chestnut. Mrs I Tronson entertaining Emergency Club Thursday. Mrs W O Williams of Cleveland guest of Mrs TU Smith. Miss Minnie Hummer previously ill out yesterday. about thirty members at Club meeting. Danang and cards in evening. Miss Vera Faxon of Wellington at Merry Twelve dance with Clyria friends. David Blaine and Agnes Shauber attended Oberlin Glee Club concert at Warner's Hall, Oberlin.
Judge Washburn Ang Plans April Vacation in Suegarstown
Mrs C Johnson hosted a Tuesday tea for Mrs Cook of Buffalo with about fourteen guests. Mrs Gerber and daughter Miss Callie Gerber of Cleveland visit Elyria at BE G Johnson’s home. S A Beyland will move into the former Jas Crandall residence on Hast Broad street. Augustus Terry, Elyria baritone, will sing in the cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ at the ME church next Sunday evening March 24. The 05 Literary Club meets Tuesday with Mrs Richard Bell. program includes a solo by Miss John Riley, quotations, and papers on American Inventions and American Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerber
Callie Gerber
Cleveland
Elyria
BE G Johnson
Mr Augustus
Terry
of Christ
Richard Bell
John Riley
James Lowell
Chapman
Woodruff Crate
Little Muster
City arrests and sewer progress reported in brief
Eddie Benquettes of Plano fined five dollars and costs after drunkenness arrest and sentenced to city prison. Jack Ryan escorted to Cleveland watch house to settle a thirty five dollar fine. East River Street sewer work advances past East Bridge Street with a water filled shaft ready for dry weather tunneling crews prepare for completion and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cluet South
Jack Ryan
Cleveland Watch House
John Benquettes
Plano
East River Street
East Bridge Street
Dam Dispute Over Tur Turners Mill Cresting Water Rights
City owns the Turners mill dam and adjacent riparian rights and could lower or raise the structure. The solicitor later learned the height was increased seventeen years ago, necessitating further study before council action. Farmers seek lowering while a country club user group contemplates settlement to prevent flood risk. A letter from T J Squire cites forty acres inundated at spring freshets, with a ford crossable only at risk. The mayor noted a farmer saying land benefits only if occasional flooding ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turners Mill
Johnston
Soheiter
Sach
Country Club
T J Squire
Chapman
Spring Millinery Opening at Mrs Wilder's
Mrs Wilder opens a spring millinery sale at 345 East Broad Street this Friday and Saturday offering hats and accessories, with prices around 20 dollars.
Plague Stones in England Remind of Great Pestilence
A Chambers Journal summary notes plague stones and crosses used during plagues in 1665 and earlier. It cites parish accounts from St Mary Woolnoth London 1693 4 and Derby's Friar Gate cross as reminders of epidemics. The article describes how markets and daily life adapted, including tobacco for preservation and outdoor food drops to the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
St Mary Wooinoth
Anthony
Dore
Cusland
Derby Arboretum
Friar Gate
Derby
Hutton
Nuus Geen
Briu
Wiarh
Etbang
Ting
Society of Natives
Tothby House
Peat Alffard
Lincolnshire
Spitsby
Miles Cross Ey
Alford
Word
Munkacsy's Early Patron and a Philadelphia Lad
A Philadelphia gentleman, Jean aumer, first patronized Michael Munkacsy, the painter known for Christ Before Pilate. He bought a cautious early work, sent it to Paris, and had it shown at the salon where it drew attention. Also a humorous exchange about earings and singing lessons appears from the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Munkacsy
Michael Munkacsy
Christ Before Pilate
Aumer Jean
Philadelphia
Dusselort
Paris
Salon
The Incomplete Letterist
A humorous note from the Boston Transcript about a spouse worrying over a letter postscript after revealing everything in the main text. The speaker regrets not being able to add a fitting PS to the missive.
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Wilfey
Boston Transcript
The Proper Side Recollection Parody Dialog
A brief exchange parodies farming and milking routines as a humorous dialogue. The farmer questions the youth about which side to sit on while milking a cow, and the youth answers casually with the outside side.
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London
Methods of Seeding In Early Spring Field Work
The article describes multiple seeding methods for late winter to spring. It covers sowing in February or March with soil mesh frost then burial to prevent germination from early thaws, late seeding with a spiked tooth harrow on dry ground, and oats sowing with disk followed by harrowing and clover seeding steps. It notes suitability for hard clay and poor lands, soil conditions for each method, and care for pasture including clover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vane Judd Torndr
Gate from an Old Binder and Winter Irrigation Tips
Instructions for building a hingeless gate from an old binder using a wooden roller and notched parts. Also discusses value of manure spreaders, and advocates winter irrigation by diverting water to subsoil to produce a crop yearly. Mentions N B Chirtes Jin Kansts Farmer and E wood Sfeid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hind
Forest Service Joins International Forestry Association
The forest service of the United Brites government is to become a member of the International Association of Forest Experiment Stations. Other countries represented include Germany Austria France Italy Russia and Switzerland, the leading nations in scientific forestry.
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Progress of Forest Service
Forest Service of
United Brites
International Association of Forest Experiment Stations
Germany
Austria
France
Italy
Russia
Switzerland
When Angels Fear to Tread and Other Fragments
A collage of odd anecdotes and scraps from American youth visiting Beethoven’s home, narration of a nurse and doctor scene during a recovery, a tale of a Newfoundland dog and a seller, and a curious note on sacred monkeys in India with ancient trades, mistaken fortunes, and quirky humor.
Flight of the Flying Fish and Dolphins in Ocean Waters
Describes flying fish leaping from the sea in groups, gliding 200 yards or more before returning to water, followed by dolphins seen pursuing with large leaps. Notes uncertainty about whether flying fish use fins as wings and explains flight power is limited by fin motion.
How Birds Nests Are Made Round Complication of Fractions
A fragment from a youth companion column discusses roundness in bird nests and the challenge of measuring circles. It recalls a student’s failed attempt to throw a nut in a metaphor about geometry and rules of compass use, and shifts to a Bobby learning fractions through daily life. The piece blends playful science with moral reflections.
The Reason For It Na said the imlittered person
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a speaker claiming a reason tied to imlittered status. A responder, called the logical man, cites bets and positions involving windreds and relatives. The text appears as a distorted ledger note from a Wash 15 ton Stor source.
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Ington Tawent
Man's Love For Woman Adage From Ancient Verse
A fragmentary couplet in archaic diction extols love based on beauty mind and conduct. It suggests a husband’s enduring affection if favoring beauty, intellect, or character, and notes women’s belief that marriage proves the lover’s lasting devotion.
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Traonan
Dental Dilemma Cited by New York Press
An exchange referencing an oral surgery unfolds with phrases about performing a procedure and seeking clarification. The fragment hints at a medical context and a newspaper source, labeled as the New York Press, though details are incomplete.
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Benham
New York
Presa
Permanent voting booth site eyed near screw factory
City engineer to mark a small strip of land on the West Side bounded by Luke Poster avenues and Adan Street for a permanent voting booth in Precinct B second ward. Martin Mueller urged the council Tuesday noting that using the schoolhouse for voting is a nuisance.
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Wrest
Luke and
Poster Avenues
Adan Street
Martin Mueller
New Sewer Plans On West Eighth Street And Kenyon Route
A city council resolution outlines a new sanitary sewer for West Eighth Street pending river outlet, while another resolution advances the long delayed East Western water sewer along the Kenyon Avenue corridor. The note includes an odd advertisement urging skin cure with a dubious product later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council On Suesday
West Elghth Street
West Agene
East Te Sterny
Kenyon Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lewis
la Grange
Foster
Amherat
John Faxon
Chicago
Mayme Miller
G H Chapman
H W Thomas
R J F Ruth
Arthur Faxon
Wellington
Hiram L Faxon
Mellvaine
Huron
St Andrew's Church
Stella Johnson
Ric B Roe
Sach Street
Mary Reese
Seventh Street
Andrew, Jackson
J.porte
Lon Barpard
Dianchard
Sifth Street
Plorence Weooster
Moss Margaret Morfoot
Silas Hall
Des Wotnes
Jennie
Jas Bronson
Ast Broad Street
North
Chestnut Street
Irs I Tronson
Sixth Street
Wiliams of
TU Smith
Bunce
Saunders
Wakeman
Minnie Hummer
Danang
Vera Faxon
Clyria
David Blaine
Agnes Shauber
Oberlin Glee Club
Warner's Hall
Oberlin
Conry & Mueller
Rawson
Bell
Washburn Ang
Golly
Suegarstown
S A Beyland
Cedar Street
Jas Crandall
Hast Broad Street
Willgaim
E. Broad Street
Miss Flannery
Richter
Watcher 3
Eevarar Foller
inqnAn
JUUU
Beethoven
Bond
Puderenski
Nuie
India
Lonzie
Eline
Ami
Mary m
Grimiine
Bobby
Wehool
Wayne
Wayne Knitting. Mills
Ft. Wayne, Ind
the Biggs & Everard Co
Ecegese Sages Caders Caes
Eighth Street
Sonnel
East Side
Philips
The
Cleveland Trust Company
Crusta Walton
Smith Bros
Jewelers
G. G. Heffelman
E. Broad 8&T
Hart Grocery
West Broad &. Mn
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