Local County News Roundup Highlights Births Deaths and Events
Current events in the county note a May 8 birth a boy to Mr and Mrs Fred Gilmore in Elyria and widespread visits from Cleveland and Milan. Happenings include school closings the high school commencement in the town hall and Ida Hubbard resuming district No 1 teaching. Hiram Elliott longtime resident dies at West Main Street home funeral held at M E Church and interment at Wallington. Hastings Post 207 G A R to dedicate the Soldiers and Sailors monument May 30 with memorial and decoration day services in town hall and a planned oration by B Gott of Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw Roy Wilkine
Cleveland
Mis BR. Wight
Monroe
Mich
Elliott
Elyria
Wright
Milan
Ida Hubbard
Town Hall
J. Fractz
Harry
Lorain
Union
Brenner
J. Frantz
Lottie Hopkins
Hiram Elliott
West Main Street
Wedpas Gay
Wallington
Hastings
G. A. BR
Soldiers and Sailors
E. G. Johnson
A. E. Lawrence
B. Gott
Ida O Hubbard
Bakers Crossing Resident Robbed on Crowded Car
In Elpha, Myr. H. Tillison was returning home when a thief took his pocket book from a crowded car. Tillison, known for generosity to the poor, condemns thieves. Myra Esther Cleghorn reports sore throat and health notes. Miss Hattie Hall closed her school Friday due to unspecified reason. Agneola.
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Myr. H. Tillison
Elpha
Mr. Tillison
Myra
Esther Cleghorn
L. Cleghorn
Hattie Hall
Agneola
Penfield and Lima Notices Highlight Local Visits
Penfield and Lima residents share visits and illnesses with families and friends. Miss Myrtle Firestone visits Miss Mary Hayes. Mrs Foote recovering from mumps. Miss Hayes travels to Litchfield for a wedding. Miss Jones from Wooster returns home. Community events include M E church meetings and a memorial sermon with decorations for soldiers. Local gardens, school close with a picnic, and a Sunday school class with twenty one attendees. A baby girl is born to Mr. and Mrs. Graham. Lady Maccabees plan a Monday town hall meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staples
Lima
J. Whitehead
Myrtle Firestone
Shiloh
Mary Hayes
C. Foote
Clara Newcomb
New London
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
Walter Smith Thoreday
Litchfield
Canfield
Mary Jones
Wooster
M.E
Congregational Church
Haakenl
Prof
Allen
Bertha
Nylla Allen
M. E
Dorothy
Elmar Wise
Lucy Buckingham
Lorain
Mises Packer
Masking
Misa Ethel Millis
Elyria
Fr. W. Root
Pittsfield Notes on Visitors and Illnesses
Mrs Wm Douglas of Kipton visits Mr and Mrs Richard Gibbons and Mrs Mary Clark. Mr and Mrs Walter Bush of Elyria hosted Sabbath guests. George Arnold and daughter Gladys were out of town Sunday. Grant Pitta and family visited the Aruthr Sanders home Sunday. Mrs Viola Williams is improving. Mr Wm Praston Jr suffers a wrist boil. Mar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Douglas
Kipton
Richard Gibbons
Walter Bush
Elyria
Mary Clark
George Arnold
Gladys
Grant Pitta
Arthur Sanders
Viola Williams
Wm. Praston Jr
Local notes from Elyria area and surroundings
North Russia residents Mr and Mrs Carl Berg of Elyria spent Sunday with relatives here. Schools in districts Nos 2 6 and 9 have closed for the summer vacation. G W Gibson and son Hay of Onerlin called at N B Nash s Sunday. Q W Bemis and family of Chestnut Ridge spent Sunday at N B Nash s. Robert Reotner and Simpion Nash each had the misfortune to loose a horse recently. Miss Wattie Schobertzie spending January indefinite time with her sister Mrs Ea Whiton of North Amherst. J J Berg of Oberlin called on relatives here Sunday.
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Carl Berg
Elyria
Schoos
G. W. Gibson
Son Hay
Onerlin
N. B
Ea Whiton
North Amherst
J. J. Berg
Oberlin
Sanday
Hale Signals Openness to Circuit Judge Nomination
Judge J C Hale has not declared a candidacy for the Republican circuit judge nomination but indicated he would not decline the honor if tendered. The Cleveland Press notes he would consider the offer if presented.
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J. C. Hale
Cleveland Press
West Ridge Social Round Ups and Local Storm News
West Ridge reports a Monday am departure for Minnesota by Mr Amecsen and friends. Miss Ida Smith visited Mrs Versey Monday evening. Kaipper and Hoffman were entertained at Mrs Versoy on Sunday. Mr C Brown and family visited Harvey Brown for his birthday. Mina Florence Pope hosted cousin May Lyman from Elyria. P Fowl has been ill several days. Mrs Versey visited Mrs Manning. A Monday afternoon storm damaged an apple tree and roots near Mr A Joy’s barn. School closes next week with exercises. Nellie Fowl hosted guests Sunday.
Homeward Call From a Wandering Youth at Cleveland
Excerpt details John Turk, a seventeen year old wanderer picked up in Cleveland after walking from French Creek seeking work. He says his father is a Kent farmer, and he fled home at fifteen after a dispute. He has slept outdoors, endured hunger and cold, yet longs to return to his father and home. R. N. Goodwin appointed administrator of the estate of R. H. Baird, Wallington, bond under 1000.
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John Turk
United States
Bellman
Minter
Cleveland
Kent
John Turk Ie
French Creek
R. N. Goodwin
R. H. Baird
Wallington
Boy is swindled by employment agency in city scam
Sixteen year old John Turk arrived in Cleveland hoping to work. He paid five dollars to an employment agency proprietor who promised a job near Elyria at French Creek. After a fruitless journey and days hungry, police helped recover his money and arrange work for him.
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John Turk
Cleveland
French Creek
Elyria
Turk
Toikir
Central Police Station
Regan
Leutenant
Erary
Levine
Emploment
Black Fast Jubilee Marked By Catholic Observance
The Catholic Church proclaims a Black Fast as part of a jubilee honoring the Immaculate Conception. Pope Pius issues an encyclical. the fast forbids meat and dairy and requires all-day fasting.Rt. Rev. Bishop Horstmann of Cleveland and province bishops set the observance window between September 8 and December 6.
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Pius
Horstmann
Cleveland
New Factory Elyria to Add Envelopes Addressing Plant
The Addreseo-Printograph company has purchased the H. K. Day machine shop near the stocking factory to manufacture its machine items. It will produce and address envelopes for circular letter work and business use at a rate of 6,000 per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Addreseo-Printograph Company
H. K. Day
Addeno-Printograph
Carnegie Library Dedication Honors Lorain Cultural Gathering
A new Carnegie library in Lorain was formally dedicated with ceremonies and a welcome address by E. K. Hopkins of the library board. Dr. O. F. Thwing of Western Reserve University delivered the principal talk on "A Book is the Life Blood of a Master Spirit." The event included musical numbers. Roy Thompson and Charles Childs were fined five dollars each in police court for intoxication.
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Lorain
Carnegie Library
J. L Cook
E. EK. Hopkins
Board of Library Trustees
O. F. Thwing
Western Reserve University
Roy Thompson
Charles Childs
A Loss and a Gain in a Stock Exchange Romance
A wife inflames conflict with her husband over wealth and misused stock profits as she confronts him about past bargains and a lifetime of money control. He concedes, recalling vows and their marriage’s dubious costs, ending with a tense union restored by affection.
Card of Thanks for Morac Family Bereavement
We extend sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy and for the beautiful floral offerings shown us in our late bereavement in the death of your sister, Mr. and Mrs. P Morac and family.
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P. Morac
Ordinance Paged After Twenty Years
The council on Tuesday night acted on an ordinance from twenty years ago to accept what is known as Turner trees by the city. Bids for bonds to pave Chestnut Street Fourth Street and a short East Broad Street strip will be acted on next Tuesday at a special meeting. May meetings total five, with Middle avenue bulwering held up due to the city solicitor’s delay in contract preparation between the K. and S. W. and the board of public services. John Johnson was tasked to prepare details months ago to allow hiring another person if the solicitor fails to discharge duties by the next meeting.
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Upien
Stock Exchange
Cuatleigh Houiles
Messures
Securiies
En- Brosen
Scpeo Tereiem Reals
Janau
Faye
Bermuda
North Kerry
Great Sahara
Carpathan
Spain
Turner Trees
Chestnut Street
Fourth Street
East Broad Street
Middle Avenue
S. W
Board of Public Services
Johnnson
Knights of Columbus Initiate Class in East Town
A local Knights of Columbus ceremony Sunday started a class of eighty. The event featured a tunccd reception with five-handed menta and honored guests from Glenville Cleveland Norwalk Syria. Glenville, Toledo, and other speakers included M B McGarty Eagen and Walter Quinn. Father Stubere of Avon and Fathers Schofield Hefermans Elyria attended. Candy Kitchen delivers ice cream citywide.
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Knights of Calumbaa
Wich
Menta
Glen- Wille
Cleveland
Norwalk
Syria
Glenville
State of Boers
Toledo
William Cairns
M. B. McGarty
Mr. Eagen
Walher Quinn
Stubereof Avon
Schofield
Hefermans & Elyria
National Tube Co Officials Tour Steel Plant Outlook
President William B. Schiller led a delegation to the steel plant and praised current markets for girder rail. He expressed no apprehension about the business future despite a volatile year.
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William B. Schiller
National’ Tube Co
The
Outlook
Schiller
Caouras
Elgin milliner learns of husband's death in Cleveland
Mrs. F. H. Quayle, a well known Elgin milliner, received a telegram from Cleveland Wednesday morning stating her husband F. H. Quayle was found dead in a Newbury hotel. She rushed to Cleveland. The message gave no details and officials suspect heart disease may have caused the sudden death.
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F. HT. Quayle
Elgin
Cleveland
F. H. Quayle
Newbury
Oberlin Banker Jef H Wood Arrested in Indiana
Jef H Wood an Oberlin banker was arrested by U S authorities on a charge of falsifying accounts in Indiana. He reportedly left for Indianapolis with his lawyer. Wood posted a $10,000 bond through The Bankers Surety Co. Remember Champney in the ice cream business.
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Jef H. Wood
Oberlin
United Stater
Indieampalh
Bankers’ Surety Co
Elyria Golf Clash Ends With Simpson Triumph
Bernard Nicholls, Elyria golf expert, fell to Bob Simpson in Chicago on Thursday by 2 up. A lively gallery watched the Scotch and English rivals as Simpson consistently outdrove Nicholls. Prize money of 6100 changed hands amid a day of brilliant and uneven golf.
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Bernard Nicholls
Elyria
Bob Simpson
Chicago
S Cotch
Simpson
Nicholls
Market prices at Cleveland May 28 19H
Wholesale prices listed for butter cheese eggs poultry potatoes wheat corn oats hay wool and live stock. Notable figures include butter 1B to 20 cents, Ohio fall cream cheese 12 to 13, live poultry 18 to 16, potatoes 1.25 to 1.30 per bushel, wheat No 2 red, corn No 3 yellow, oats No 3 white, hay timothy 16.50 to 17.00, washed wool 28 to 30, unwashed 17 to 18, hogs 4.00 to 5.50, cattle steers 4.75 to 5.00, beef cattle 3.90 to 4.80.
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Cleveland
Elgin
Ohio
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Corporation of Elyria
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Frank A. Smith
Elyria Block
Elyria, Ohio
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