Burglars Loot Hague Home in Evening Break-in
Burglars entered the Hague residence at Third street and West avenue last night, taking valuables worth about $224.35. They gained entry by breaking a back door glass, ransacked rooms, and used a small electric flashlight. Police note evidence of premeditation and professional tools. rewards offered for recovery of a missing Japanese chain valued by Mr. Hague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. U. Hague
Third Street
West Avenue
Jessie Krantz
Hague
Mr. Hague
J. , Hague
Second Street
Broad Street
Soaneone
Wentrance
Tom
Pio
Shriners Lodge
Garters No Longer Needed Prices Rise for Stockings
Philadelphia reports the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers will raise stockings by 15 percent across silk wool cotton and blends. Fabrics now cost about eighty percent more, pushing up prices and prompting consumers to repair or go without. The trade group says higher prices are necessary and inevitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Wet Weather Keeps City Board Busy
The service board will buy 500 feet of old hose from the fire department for street work. Sewers and cellars require pumping due to frequent wet weather. A claim of a sunken spring wagon in mud on West River street and eighteen inches of water in the Garford factory basement prompted action on storm sewer blockages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Board
Fire Department
Server Crisp
West River Street
Garford
Clark Street
Lorain Man Sues For Divorce Over Alleged Desertion
Edward Wolf of Lorain files suit claiming his wife deserted him months after their November 10 1904 marriage and now leads a life of shame. He alleges she returned home intoxicated several times and neglected household duties during their brief marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward ©. Wolf
Lorain
Carrie Carl and Clara Face Camera for First Time
West side couple the Lesnies are photographed with their children Garrie Gar and Clara in Elyria making a notable family debut. Memtelson hosts the shoot and plans to market the images to aid the parents with five hundred copies ordered and a sales push urged by The Reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie
Carl
Clara
Lesnie
West Side
Garrie
Gar
Deed Challenged After Death Bed Influence Claim
Frank C. HL and R. Paler of Sheffield sue Bella Sawyer over a January 12 deed of lake shore property by an aged mother who died a month later. They seek cancellation claiming undue influence and inadequate care for twenty years and a nominal $1 consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella Sawyer
Lake Shore
Frank
C. HL
R. Paler
Sheffield
Lost or Stolen The West Side
William Clough of this city pleaded guilty to intoxication after wandering the south side at night in search of the West Side. He slept on George Gelble’s porch on West Avenue, lost his hat, and told the mayor his friend had it. Officer Drage fined him six dollars and costs. He appeared muddy and hinted he had lifted mud from the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Clough
Hoe
West Side
Morpheus
George Gelble
West Avenue
Drage
Thirteenth Street
Ater
Clough
Artress shifts aims in 1908 county race
Lorain native Thomas H. Artress, once touted for county treasurer, surveys new ground by announcing candidacy for recorder. His move follows Branson of Wellington entering the cash handling race, reshaping early Republican campaigns as primary elections loom next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Artress
Lorain
C. Branson
Wellington
Artress
Charles E. Tucker
Republian
Prisharlad
Paving Plans for Lake Avenue Delayed by Water Works
The service board will ask the Comail not to plan paving Lake avenue beyond the B. and O. this year. Interest in brick pavement to Conners, Lorain and Bigria fades as funds and plans shift. The board must tear up the far portion of Lake avenue for water and sewer work including a new twenty inch water main to improve the central district supply via Woodland avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comail
Lake Avenue
Conners, Lorain
Bigria
Woodland Avenue
Central District
Beha Sentence Suspended for Fruit Merchant
David Geha, a fruit merchant, pleaded guilty to allowing garbage and inflammable material at his rear store, fined $5 and costs, with the sentence suspended on the condition that no further sanitary complaints are filed. Mrs Austin touts buckwheat cakes as a nod to old-fashioned flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Geba
Braman
Fronx Stevens
Geha
Mrs. Austin
City Hall painting on hold pending bids
Bids opened for repainting city hall with two firms offering about 500 to 800 dollars. The service board ways and means committee weighs prices as the city has roughly 200 dollars in the painting fund and may pass the project for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Board
Tenant Eviction Sought Against Dorothy Dodd in Lorain
Constable Job of Lorain served eviction papers at the county jail on Dorothy Dodd. The Lorain prostitute, confined for a fine, faces removal by Goodsell, owner of the property in Vermilion where Dodd resorted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
Lorain
Dorothy Dodd
Dodd Resort
Goodsell
Vermilion
Papal Consistory Plans Include Foreign Cardinals
Rome March 28 reports a consistory on April 15 to create six cardinals plus a year end consistory to appoint foreign cardinals. England may gain a seat with Archbishop Bourne or Bishop Hedley as possibilities. US claims two cardinals are discussed but no decision yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Eingland
Sacred College
Vaughn
Bourne
Westminster
Hedley
Newport
Eng
Francis Aidan Gasquel
English Benedictines
Strong
United States
Second Narrow Escape For Him From Train Incident
Willie Young of this city narrowly escaped death for the second time in three months when a work train engine struck him while he was coupling a westbound train. The engine passed at seven to eight miles per hour and tossed him to the rails. a pilot on the front likely saved him from being ground. He walked a short distance to the depot before collapsing and needing carriage transport home. He is about twenty five and connected to Herman Giebel, who has been ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Young
Accarriage
Young
Herman Giebel
Asa Goddard Addresses Auto Club Gathering
Aca Goddard president of the Cleveland Automobile Club and editor of the Motor Vehicle will address the initial meeting of the Good Roads club tomorrow. He is an authority on good roads and highway building with fifteen years as a contractor and engineer in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Automoble Club
Elyria
Aca Goddard
Cleveland Automobile Club
Motor Vehicle
Good Roads Club
Tie
Massachusetts
War Center
Automobile Club
American Automobile Association
Ormond Beach
Worcester
Mass
Automo
Saloon Keeper Fined For Sunday Opening
William Wagner appeared before the mayor to pay a 30 shilling fine plus costs for keeping his saloon open on Sunday. Officer Zarnke reported seeing the front door at about eleven in the morning and three men emerging onto the street, prompting a warrant. Wagner’s arrest was delayed by his absence from town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zarnke
William Wagner
Aarake
Wagner
Clark Street Draws Prize for paving this year
The service board advises paving Clark street on the East Side as the council may approve. Fast Side residents pressed for Clark street Sugar Ridge and Cleveland street but farmers east of town would lack access. With Cleveland street sewer and Sugar Ridge as a future main route into town, Clark street is favored for paving as it was the first paying petition presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Street
East Side
Service Board
Sugar Ridge
Cleveland Street
Owe
Man Fined for Disorderly Conduct at Opera House
John Carrick was fined five dollars and costs for disorderly conduct after attempting to start a quarrel near the opera house. He reportedly drew a knife on a stranger but did not open the weapon. He was intoxicated and quarrelsome, with the mayor ordering him to avoid booze and the theatre while under influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carrick
Chapman
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E. U. Hague
Father
Memtelson
Lesnies
Wam Ada
Atrego
Branson
Tandler
America
William Young
Asa Goddard
Eivic Improvement Committee
Harry H. Smith & Co
Ohio
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