Family troubles drive farmer to take own life
Morgen Hill, a 53 year old farmer from West Ridge, shot himself Sunday after a long separation from wife. Neighbors heard shots, found him dead in a bloodied room with three bullets in his heart. Coroner ruled the death a self inflicted act amid marital strife and rumors of a move.
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Morgan Hill
West Ridge
Great
March
Hill
Weldington
Lorain
French
Eleventh muck Republican convention at the college
The eleventh muck Republican national convention hosted by the gallewe literary societies will be held in the evening in June. The 1860 pattern shows how the event unites students in weeks of work as they prepare for the fall quota of 84 delegates. Paul Howland of Cleveland is to be temporary chairman with Lieut. Gov. Harding expected as permanent chairman.
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Gallewe Literary Societies
Paul Howland
Cleveland
Gov
Harding
Quarrel Between Foreigners Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
John Keneke a Pole and the ista Hui were arraigned before Mayor Folger on a charge of disorderly conduct. They were each fined five dollars and costs after an incident on a Third Street bridge on Sunday afternoon when Keneke stated Poles are no good triggering an altercation and subsequent arrest.
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John Keneke
John Salvene
Folger
Sach
Costa
Acrog
Third Street
Keneke
Salyene
Ira
Death of Mrs. Sarah Wright on Qohestant Ridge
Mrs. Sarah Wright died at her home on Qohestant Ridge on Sunday afternoon at the age of seventy four. She was never married and left two children, a son and a daughter. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at ten o'clock with interment at Butteront Ridge.
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Sarah Wright
Qohestant Ridge
Ienver
Butteront Ridge
Delayed Planting Presses County Farms in Wet Spring
The cold wet spring delays farm work across the county as rains keep fields unplowed and ground stays too wet for ten days to two weeks. Some farmers manage to plow, but planting is generally postponed. Winter wheat remains in good shape though weather slows progress. fruit outlook is solid with good prospects for apples peaches and plums though a small apple harvest is not anticipated. Lorain County Grape Shippers Association president Thomas Volger reports vineyards withstanding winter and predicts a large yield.
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Thomas Volger
Lorain County
Grape Shippers’ Association
Death of Fred H Vehbler at West Broad Street home
Fred H Wehbler died at his West Broad street home Saturday night at 10 oclock. He was fifty six. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning from the Catholic church.
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Fred H. Wehbler
West Broad Street
Grand Jury Opens with Seventeen Cases Including Murders
The grand jury began Monday morning with seventeen cases on its docket. The first case features Mrs. Smith, a Black woman accused of pocket picking, followed by the trial of Daugherty and Crawford for assaulting the turnkey amid an escape attempt. Five women are set to appear, including one charged with murder. Travel details mention late travelers at the City Restaurant.
President Roosevelt Opens St Louis Exposition With Key
On Saturday President Roosevelt pressed the button to open the great St Louis exposition. About 200000 people crowded the grounds as waters streamed and machinery whirred, prompting loud cheers. The affair is hailed as the nation’s greatest world’s fair, surpassing Chicago’s 1898 event with a White City housing specimens from across the globe.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
New Owner at Andwur Hotel in Elyria
At 10:30 pm Saturday Mr W J Hillier transferred his interest and good will in the Andwur hotel to Mr B Sudro of Elyria and Mr Geo O Frederick of Lorain. Elyria gains a respected citizen and popular landlord. Sudro and Frederick bring Lorain ties. The Buckeyes won their first baseball game of the year, 12 to 1, against the Stars amid many errors due to war and wet ground. A lighthearted excerpt presents a pun about inventors and meters.
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W. J. Hillier
Andwur
B. Sudro
Elyria
Geo
Frederick
Lorain
Sadro
Lorain County
Jean
Sudro
Bucksyes
The
Stars
Incomparability the Cause in Lorain Divorce Suit
Mrs. Sybil Lewin of Lorain files for divorce in common pleas court alleging incompatibility of temperament. She seeks a public statement of the suit’s cause, noting mutual consent and desire for happiness apart. Attorney for Mrs. Lewin is G. H. Johnson. Mr. Lewis is manager of Wickens and Ransom furniture branch in South Lorain.
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Sybil Lewin
Lorain
Court of Common Pleas
Lewis
Elyria
Mr. Lewis
South Lorain
Wickens and Ransom
H. C. Johnson
Obituary of Oberlin News editor W H Pearce at 71
Veteran newspaper man W H Pearce of Oberlin dies at home aged 71 after long illness including hip fracture from a Cleveland streetcar fall. Editor in chief of the Oberlin News for over twenty years, he retired three years ago and was highly regarded as a prudent, upright citizen. The Oberlin post and Ladies auxiliary presented him a wheelchair as a mark of respect.
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W. H Poenres
Ohio
Oberlin
Cleveland
Pearce
Oberlin News
A. R. Webber
Lorain County
Oberlin Post
Woman's Relief Corps
General G W Shurtleff Near Death in Oberlin
General G W Shurtleff of Oberlin is dying after an operation for diabetes in Baltimore on March 16. He was brought to Oberlin on Saturday and is rapidly failing, death expected within a few hours.
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G. W. Shurtleff
Oberlin
Baltimore
Oberin
Barshaw Divorce Suit Filed In Lorain Court
Hattie Barshaw sues Hubert Barshaw in the Court of Common Pleas for divorce claiming years of conflict over real estate. Attorneys E G Johnson H O Johnson and G A Roesek represent the plaintiff. Barshaw married in 1899 in Lorain where she owned significant property. He allegedly seized her and choked her, causing lasting injury after she resisted transfer of title.
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Hattie Barshaw
Hubert Barshaw
E. G
H. O. Johnson
G. A. Roesek
Anniversary of Reichlin Murder Remains Unsolved
On May first 1808 Agatha Reichlin sister of Rev Charles Reichlin of Lorsin was murdered in her brothers house. A large reward of $6000 was offered but no clue to the perpetrator was found. Priest Ferdinand Walser was briefly detained and released amid lack of evidence. The case drew national attention, with detectives and reporters seeking a motive in a mystery that remains unresolved.
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Ihs
Agatha Reichlin
Charles Reighlin
Lorsin
Rey
Ferdinand Walser
United States
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Residents
The announcement lists marriage licenses for Janes D. Todd a 28 year old machinist from Cleveland and Margaret Campbell 18 from Lo rain, Ora Borague 21 farmer from LaGrange and Zolla Aldiich 20 from Grafton, Harvey Hazel 38 slats roofer Elyria and Gertrude Webber 20 dress maker Lorain, Osrl Glading 48 stationary engineer Loarin and Anne Rody 42, J B Bioney 98 fireman Lorain, Lottie Spyder 38 school teacher Lorain.
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Janes D. Todd
Cleveland
Margaret Campbell
Lorain
Ora Borague
Farmer
LaGrange
Zolla Aldiich
Grafton
Harvey
Hazel
Elyria
Gertrude Webber
Osrl Glading
Loarin
Anne Rody
J.B. Bioney
Lottie Spyder
Ross Pleads Guilty To Non Support Charges
Rodney Ross pleaded guilty Saturday to two counts of non support. Mayor Folger fined him twenty five dollars and sentenced him to thirty days in the Cleveland workhouse.
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Rodney Ross
Folger
Coate
Cleveland
Omall Boy A Bill Narrowly Passed In Senate
A bill aimed at punishing acts that remove items from another’s premises to annoy them passed the senate by a slim margin. Senator Steward of Cleveland opposed it, but enough votes prevailed. The measure imposes fines up to 100 and possible imprisonment up to days for removing objects like gates.
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Hal Jows'en
Senate
Steward
Cleveland
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Cheapside
Fred H. Vehbler
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Tam
Halton
Starwood
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Reichlin
Ross
Omall Boy
Waldo
Harry H. Smith
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