Thrilling murder tale shocks parish church at night
Casimir Reichlin, editor Casimir Reichlin tells of a brutal homicide at St. Joseph's parish. A masked intruder broke into the house between 1 and 2 am Friday, killed a housekeeper and sister of Father Reichlin, left no clear motive, and escaped through a rear ladder. The victim’s brother and Father Walser prayed beside her, then telephoned police as they searched for clues. The case has aged Reichlin and altered his appearance within days.
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Asimir Reichlin
Legal Post
St. Joseph’s Church
Father Reichlin
Martin
Goorpants
Walasr
Casimir
Gasimir
Casimir Reichlin
Tragedy in Cleveland Street as Deaf Pedestrian Struck by Train
W H Semple of Ninth Street was struck by an north bound Cleveland Southwestern Ry car at 8 20 PM Tuesday on Middle Avenue opposite St Marys warehouse. He was badly hurt about the head and face after stepping onto the track despite the car's bell and roar. The deaf man failed to hear the approaching train and was saved from worse injury only by timely action of the motorman and the fender. Semple was treated at Dr Sampell's office and has lived in Michigan more than fifty years.
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W H Semple
Cleveland Southwestern Ry
Middlevenue
St. Mary’s Werseoage
Semple
Tea set honors Elyria letter writer Charlie Potter
A committee of four east side ladies arranged a noon presentation to Charlie Potter newly married, buying from Charles Savage a silver tea set with spoons forks and knives and a souvenir spoon. The surprise reception showed the esteem in which he is held and he thanked them warmly.
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Charlie Potter
Elyria
Charlie
Charles Savage
Eight Bells Delights Elyria Firemen Benefit Crowd
A Friday night performance of Eight Bells at the Elyria opera house drew a large crowd. Tickets sold out early, with standing room scarce, and the show received enthusiastic laughter and high praise for the troupe’s acrobatics, benefiting the Elyria firemen's fund.
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Elyria Opera House
Elyria
Focal Theatre
Recovered Engineer Fritz Leaves Rail Service After Crash
Fritz of the Lake Shore railroad has recovered from injuries after a Cleveland hospital discharge. The engineer, left hard of hearing by the accident, bid farewell to his last run. He was injured when his head hung from the cab window while the train traveled at sixty miles per hour after being struck by a mail crane arm. His fireman saved him and stopped the train. Fritz will be placed on a pension.
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Engineer Fritz
Lake Shore Railroad
Millbury
Cleveland
Fritz
Real Estate Transfers Across Lorain and Amherst Townships
Transfers recorded include N W Kellly by CG F Salisbury sheriff to E Willard and Oscar Herrrick for lot 9 in block 1 Gilbert Hogan's Ith addition to Lorain at 165.54 dollars. DO Fisher and wife to R H Mills trustee for lots 1 to 45 in DO Fisher's allotment to Lorain and lot 464 in Fair home addition to Lorain at 172.50 dollars. Edgar Gowert and wife to HJ Barrows for lot 166 in Highland addition to Lorain, 81 dollars. Lena Menz guardian to John E Plato for one seventh of NE part of township lot 37 Amherst, 400 dollars. Marie T Haist and heirs of John Manz to John E Plato for five sevenths of NE part of lot 37 Amherst, 2900 dollars. Jacob Smagacz and Maggie Smagacz to Andrew Omock south of lot 50 Root's first addition to Lorain, 3950 dollars. John Hath and wife to George H Chapman for part of lot 263 block 56 Elyria, 200 dollars. Joseph Jennings et al to John W Taylor for lot 14 Penfeld's 2nd addition Oberlin, 250 dollars. Sheffield Land Company to Steve Krajes part of township lot 97 Lorain, 250 dollars. John Winters to Charles Winters for lot 17 block 9 Braman's allotment to Lorain, 180 dollars. Thomas Gawn and wife to David C Fisher part of lot 2 tract 1 Black River township, 10,000 dollars.
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N W Kellly
CG F Sailsbury
E Willard
Oscar Herrick
Gilbert Hogan
Ith
Lorain
DO Fisher
R H Mills
DO ‘Fisher
Fairhome
Edgar Gowert
HJ Barrows
Highland Addition
Lena Menz
Carl, Albert, Lee
Florence
Edna Menz
John E Piato
Amherst Township
Marie T Haist
John Manz
John E Plato
Jacob Smagacz
Maggie Smagacz
Andrew Omock
Root
John Hath
George H Chapman
Elyria
Joseph Jennings
John W Taylor
Mm I Penfeld
Oberlin
Sheffield Land Company
Steve Krajes
Bridge Narrowing Aims For Musney Avenue Narrow
The board of public service at a Wednesday meeting passed a resolution asking the council to authorize narrowing the Musney avenue bridge from 84 to 20 feet. It argues the wide bridge is unnecessary and ill proportioned to long term traffic and will save money, a small saving now being significant given city finances.
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Board of Public Service
Musney Avenue
Reader complains over delayed article and accuses Mr Hagerman
F W Martin writes in a newspaper letter of regret that his Monday article was delayed until Tuesday and accuses Hagerman of promising a meeting then fleeing without explanation. He says future Sunday evenings will discuss the subject and welcomes all readers.
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Hagerman
F W Martin
Fell at Chestnut Ridge, Kirk breaks shoulder
Charles Kirk of Chestnut Ridge broke his shoulder on Tuesday after a fall. Dr Cushing attended to the injury.
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Charles Kirk
Chestnut Ridge
Cushing
Elyria City Council Names Appointments and Paving Plans
The council approved mayoral appointments to the board of public service and tax commissioners, adopted new procedural rules, and set up twice monthly payrolls. They referred Chestnut street paving to the street committee, planned Second Street improvements, repealed prior Fifth Street paving, and authorized a sewer plan study. Funding allocations totaling 22,400 were approved for road sewer street lighting parks town hall bridge salary and related costs.
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Folger
Board of Public Service
J W Sampsell
Dem
Fred Miller
True Toas S
Squires
George Dachiler
Lyman Knowles
EE Williame
FS Reefy
Board of Health
Hia
Chestnut Street
Second Street
West Avenue
Stevena
Fifth Street
Elyria
F L Fuller
Cleveland
Aponsus
Massey Avenue
Missing Painter Harry Paine Sought by Cleveland Police
Public plea asks the Chief of Police to locate Harry Paine a 26 year old painter with light curly hair blue eyes and two missing upper front teeth He is 5 feet 4 inches tall slim and a union member His distressed girlfriend fears for her life if he does not contact her soon The note dates his disappearance May 2 1108 and is signed J Gorman 32 Wood St Cleveland Ohio
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Harry Paine
Prvs
J. Gorman
Wood St
Clevaland
Ohio
Bridge Tragedy Kills Two Workers Near Vermilion
Two section hands were killed on the long Vermilion bridge at noon Wednesday when they stepped in front of a passing train. Their bodies were cut to pieces and scattered along the track.
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Vermilion
Alex Dumas Appointed Deputy State Game Warden
Alex Dumas has been appointed Deputy State Game Warden to succeed T J Bates whose term has expired. His preliminary papers arrived on Friday and his commission will follow later. Mr Dumas will no doubt make an efficient officer.
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Alex Dumas
T J Bates
Mr. Dumas
Golden anniversary for Mr and Mrs A Bates of West Bridge Street
Mr and Mrs Bates celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on a Tuesday at their West Bridge Street home. Civil War veteran Bates, with the 19th Ohio Battery, receives gifts from the GAR Richard Allen Post and Ladies of the Relief Corps. The 14th Kentucky and other friends present china dinner set, gold rings, and a Morris easy chair and oak rocker. Relatives and neighbors attend as Dr P D Reefy and Mrs Bonin Woodruff speak. May they live long and prosper.
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A Bates
West
Bridge Street
Bates
Ohio Battery
Richard Allen Post
GAR
Ladies
Relief Corps
14Th Kaintuck
P D Reefy
Bonin Woodruff
Kaintuck
DJ Nye
Pool Room Sold on West Broad Street
Hubert Crandall sold his West Broad street pool room to Sam Woodcock who will take charge next Monday morning. Crandall leaves for a lucrative position with Lorain Steel Company. Woodcock previously managed the Power block bowling alleys, under which they grew popular.
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Hubert Crandall
West Broad Street
Sam Woodcock
Crandall
Lorain Steel Company
Woodcock
Moses Beal Ill in Cleveland Hospital
Moses Beal is reported dangerously ill in a Cleveland hospital with his life despaired of by doctors making no definite forecast. His condition is critical and updates are awaited from medical staff.
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Moses Beal
Cleveland
Milker seeks back pain relief and cattle sale notes
Fragments show someone named Taylor on Galg Road in Iaawa offering four milch cows for sale and referencing pain in the back. The readable items include two new milch cows and a street/address cue.
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Taylor
Galg Road
Onward sire claims record pedigree and Ohio breeding
This notice markets a stallion by Onward 2:2544 claiming nine foals in 2:10 and 170 in 2:30, highlighting speed, size, color and strong breeding. It lists numerous descendants and maternal lines, notes Ohio origins, and offers full pedigree and terms on application to J. L. Edwards, 120 S. Prospect Street, Oberlin, Ohio.
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Star Onward
Lady Tennyson
Marie Studholm
Miss Ophelia
Dandy Chimes
Cleveland
Major Mason
Nelly Mason
Mery Morgan
Col. Onward
Odilla
Ohio
Burglars Enter Rush Street Home of George Dumfries
Burglars broke into George Dumfries's Rush street home through a window on Monday night. They took seventeen dollars and twenty five cents from his trousers and overlooked a twenty dollar bill hidden by papers.
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George Dumfries
Rush Street
Ridgeway and Cottier Wed at North Ridgeville Home
Miss Edith M Ridgeway married Charles E Cottier on a Wednesday night at the bride’s parents home in North Ridgeville. Rev. Crow of the Congregational church officiated. Mr Cottier, a 38 year old Elyria letter carrier, is among Elyria’s popular young men. They will reside on Harrison Street.
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Edith M Ridgeway
Charles E Cottier
George W Cotter
North Ridgeville
Crow
Congregational Church
Cottier
East Aide
Elyrins
Harrison Street
City to Advertise Bids for Macadamizing Infirmary Road
Bids will be advertised for the macadamizing of the infirmary road from the Band O tracks to the infirmary. Work begins at once as the road had been macadamized to the tracks by the city last year.
Albany Home Telephone company expands in Albany
Prospero u s W E Brooks Rawson and H Griswold, directors, attend a meeting in Albany as the Albany Home Telephone Company reveals rapid growth since January 1. The plant now serves 1,836 telephones with a 2,800 subscription total and a Kellogg 7,200 line capacity switchboard.
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W E Brooks
Rawson
H Griswold
Albany
N. Y
Albany Home Telephone Company
Albany Daily Express
New Exchange
The
Home Telephone Company
Kellogg
Remarkable New York Demonstration Draws Massive Crowds
A striking display and large audience mark the event with reports calling it one of the most remarkable demonstrations in the city. Newspapers from Indianapolis Cincinnati Cleveland Connersville Joliet St. Louis Dayton record the spectacle and note its lasting impression.
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New York Journal
Indianapolis News
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cleveland Press
Connersville
Timea
Scott
Joliet
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Green Line
Charles Cottier
East Side
Council
Elyria Police
Alfred Bates
Garfield Savings Bank Co
H. Moore
Broadway
Lorain, Ohio
David Kennedy
G. F. Sammer
Mega Street
Syracuse
Baye
David Kennedy Corporation
Rondout
Toldsy
Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain Consolidated Gold Mining & Milling CO
New York City
George
J. L. Edwards
S. Prospect Street
Oberlin, Ohio
Ridgeway-Cottier
Elyria Capital
Robinson-Hancock Company
Sweet, Orr & CO
Robinson-Hancock Co
Robinson- Hancock Co
Kirk
Military Band
UNION
William Holford Scott
New York
United States
First Congregation
Great Reform Party
McKinley
Guatemala
Reform Party
Palse
Leland Phipps
Ohlo
Ann
Garretson
Kendall K Mussey
Mitteea
Thia
New Mexico
Anna H Hampshire
Nettie J Hazel Prindle
Miss Wilder
Mississippi
Frank P. Esther Fields
Lee Sago
California
Frances Daniela
Gate
Alms
Lou Gould
Cassie Johlia
Lilyan Tyler
Leona M Heldmyer
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