Wellington Ledger Reports Community Happenings
A mad dog was killed near Pitter Beld Monday. Rev. R. L. Waggoner preaches the baccalaureate sermon this year on Sunday June 10. Commencement occurs Thursday June 14. The Oberlin and Wellington road project advances with stump removal and grading. Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf of Lawrence elected Republican national convention delegate at large. He will visit G. W. and Mrs. Crosier after return. County to build 1.5 miles of stone road east from Wellington Penfield end. bids called and work to start soon. Ed Webster rode a bicycle over 10 at the Big Four depot last Wednesday, left it by the main track. a train passed while he was away. a souvenir spoke fragment was recovered. A man named David Cake left Wellington Saturday, unpaid $14 at the American house, arrested at Shelby, tried by Mayor Coach, released as a regular boarder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitter Beld
R. L. Waggoner
Oberlin & Wellington Road
Ob Rin Corporation
Wilder S. Mstealf
Lawrence
Kan
Philadelphia
Ed. Webster
Big Four
David Cake
Wellington
Shelby
Sugar Ridge Notices Highlight Local Heck of Assessments
The Maccabees remind residents there are seven days left to pay assessment No. 45. The record keeper will be at the K O T M hall from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday May 26 to collect. Nick Smith foundations a new house on Sugar Ridge street. Blackwell takes home his bride. The town praises road work and a new scraper. Sugar Ridge boasts a policeman and awaits electric lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Maccabees
Nick Smith
Sugar Ridge Street
Bae
Blackwell
Sugar Ridge
What is Going on in Lorain County
Lorain County notes report residents in Elyria and surrounding towns, moving to new homes, health issues, and social events. Memorial services, school closures, local visits, weather impacts on crops, and community gatherings are detailed, with mentions of rain shortages and a total solar eclipse clouded over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Avon Lake Social Notes Describe Visits and Events
A Cleveland lady friend visited with her young niece and nephew at Mrs. Joe Frey’s on Thursday and part of Friday. Mr. J. Gonklin’s health remains poor though slightly better by Friday. A large crowd attended Mr. Krakow’s Saturday dance and Oater’s Wednesday evening dance. A correction is issued about a reported baby at Wm. Geiermanss home indicating there is actually no baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Httle Neice
Joe Frey
Vacation Marks End Of School Year At Nickel Plate
The Nickel Plate reports schools closed Friday May 25 ending the term. A year end program featured recitations music and dialogues with duets by Bertie Richmond and Berths Quad a solo by Agnes White and a week day chorus. Edna Rounds gave the valedictory and students received souvenirs while the teacher was given a volume of Whittier poems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Richmond
Berths Quad
Agnes White
Achoola Wis
Edna Rounds
Marner
Whittier
GSP
Columbia notices and local incidents mix in spring news
S B Thompson visited son W B Thompson of Loran. M E L A S will meet at Mrs Angie Reisinger. W E Harringtons plow incident with a root sent horses forward. he leapt to safety and suffered bruising. F Chevalier ill and unable to farm. Mrs Adams hosted family visitors. Agnes Redington called on Columbia friends. Teachers’ certificates prompt job scramble. No 8 has many applicants. Indies Aid collected for kitchen aprons. Early potato planting underway. Home lecture course drew good crowd. Prof Mattison to speak June 8. 150 Rome views to be shown. rain postponed Prof Mat Hson lecture. Sub-district Epworth League to meet June 6 at Columbia Center. Jessie Reynolds of Cleveland attended memorial services. Some livestock fine. cows threaten to steal crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Thompson
W. B. Thompson
Loran
Angie Reisinger
W. E. Harrington
Lepan
Mattison
Rome
Kodak
Mat Hson
Teserve
Dedication Week Planned at First Congregational Church
Dedication week services at the First Congregational church will span a full week starting Sunday morning June 17 with a formal dedication. A varied program includes the Church and Society session Sunday eve and sessions for Institutional work Young people Bible school and Endeavor Women of the church Felow ip service and pastor union meeting Thursday. A seventy fifth anniversary Livusary and a reception for new members are noted for Friday and Sunday praise and abroad speakers are being sought for further announcements.
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First Congregational Church
Felow
Lake Shore's Fast Run
Lake Shore's Fast Run reports Train No 32 arriving in Buffalo on time after a 40 mile leg from Dunkirk where it had been 20 minutes late. The engineer increased throttle to regain time and reach speeds near 90 miles per hour despite a required extra slow down.
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Lake Shore
Dunkirk
Buffalo
Sent to Jail for Liquor Sales by Hungarian Saloon Keeper
Mike Smith a Hungarian saloon keeper from Lorain pled guilty to three counts of selling liquor on Sunday. Judge Nye Twesday morning sentenced him to pay a fine of £150 and costs and to serve 20 days in jail. Smith is unable to understand English and an interpreter was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Smith
Lorain
Nye
West Ridge Community News Highlights
Mrs Preston is on the gain while Mrs Fowl is quite poorly and Mrs Drusendall suffers head pain. Alice Sutliff visits Elyria for a few days. Bert Grills away at Elyria school is ill. Elyria visitors Mr Smith and family spent Sunday with Alfred Squire. Miller family hosted Cleveland friends Sunday. Many attended La Porte commencement last Thursday and enjoyed a pleasant evening. Teachers received praise for a successful effort. Rev Baker presented an illustrated lecture at the schoolhouse Friday evening for a fine entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
C. Fowl
F. Drusendall
Alice Sutliff
Elyria
Bert Grills
Smith
Alfred Squire
Miller
Cleveland
la Porte
Baker
Appointment of Lanbella Caley Estate Executor
The undersigned has been appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Lanbella Caley late of Shefherd Lorain County Ohio deceased Dated this 8th day of May 1900 Rank Caley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanbella Caley
Shefherd
Lorain County
A. Dy
Rank Caley
Local Notes From Wellington and Area
H Sutliff returned home after visiting relatives in Wellington. Mrs VerSoy visited Wellington last week. Mr Manning and wife of Lorain visited Mr Hosler and wife. Apple trees promise a full crop though some fruit trees blighted by frost. Our school closed Friday with an entertaining program. Miss Wright’s untrained act drew praise for the children. Tokens of friendship were given to the teachers. Mrs Pope and Mrs Versey were chosen delegates to the Sunday school convention at North Amherst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Sutliff
Wellington
Dyal Welch Dies at Home in East Amherst
Daniel Welch died at his home last Saturday in East Amherst from heart failure. The funeral was held Monday at the house, conducted by Rev. R. Cheney of the Congregational church. Many local notes follow about residents, farm work, visits, and a drought impacting crops with fruit prospects described as encouraging for tree fruits overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Welch
East Amherst
R. Cheney
Congregational Church
Henry Rice
Royal Cheney
Frank Laraway
Amherst
Artemus Ward
Arthur Swain
Gallipolis
M. E. Dime Society
Berg
B. T. McIntyre
Milan
D. EB. Bates
Richmond
Indiana
Myron Wellman
Solon Metten
Charlie Kolb W
Stedman
Jack of All Trades
L. W. Clark
Elyria
Frank Pearsons
Frame
Ludwig
Holahauer
George Rice
R. J. Saunders
Vermillion Fishing Enjoyed. Ills Touch Pittsfield Town
Pittsfield notes Vermillion fishing enjoyed by some citizens. Crosier fell seriously ill last Saturday but is improving. Mrs. Braithwaite is very low with little hope of recovery. her daughter Jessie Braithwaite from Toledo aids in care. Electric road work progresses in town promising future communication with neighbors.
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Vermillion
Wim. Crosier
Lagrange Area Briefs Note Paint, Travel and Losses
Local notes from Lagrange report a hotel being repainted and various residents’ movements. Mr Daugherty of Nickel Plate moved a barn near a new house after buying the Bassett plate. Arthur Meredith and wife visited Mrs Rune in Pittsfield. Several locals travel or move on, with illnesses, a horse killed, a rider injured, a grass harvest poor, and a Krebs family reunion. Harold Runals wins town oratorical contest. Chas Cline returns to New Castle after a visit.
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Marion Kenner
Daugherty
Nickel Plate
Arthur Meredith
Pittsy Field
Rune
Lockwood
Emeline Gott
Elyria
K. Starr
Penfield
J. Blanchard
Norwalk
Chas. Taylor
Harold Runals
W.H. Gott
Cleveland
Arthur Sheldon
Manila
Krebs
W. W. Krebs
Chas. G. Cline
New Castle
Geo
Holmes
Lodi
Jane Runals
Walton
Wellington
Meredith
Pittaflald
Carrie
Local Notes on Music Teachers Movers and Sabbath School
Mrs Minnie Hank of Cleveland starts a town music class while J Bastard of Columbia teaches nearby. J C Ross moves to Elyria. Thomas Farmer rents Rose farm. Gas drillers to bore a well for Andrew Unser after finishing D Carpenter's. Center Sabbath school children train most Saturdays for Children's day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie’ Hank
Cleveland
J. Bastard
Columbia
J.C. Ross
Elyria
Thos. Farmer
Dead on the Track near Kipton
Brinsy Ward a Lake Shore railroad section hand was found dead beside the track near Kipton on Monday morning. He was killed by a train sometime during the night and the body was found by his brother, a track walker. The funeral took place at Kipton on Tuesday with many relatives and friends from Elyria in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brinsy Ward
Lake Shore
Kipton
Ward
Hlyria
Local notes from Elyria and surrounding areas
Eva Cole visits Cleveland this week as guest of Mrs Summers. Mr and Mrs Geo Wortune had an accident in Elyria last Saturday when a frightened horse spooked by streetcars. The Church of Christ reports interior improvements by Mr Nevins of Elyria with L McNeilly and wife visiting Myrtle Sanders day. Mrs Jackson hosts guests from abroad. Miss Mary Tilberg closes a successful Butter Nut Ridge term. Mrs Peck returns from Cleveland after caring for her new granddaughter at Mr Hofitzer's. Maldie Harding, student of Mr Liard, passes Boxwell exam total four in all. A quiet wedding unites Vida Hills and Chas Beckwith at Preston Hills on May 6 with Rev Reidinger presiding. they depart for West Toledo next day. Mrs Beckwith mourns missing friends on life journey. Church of Christ holds Children’s Day exercises June 10. Mrs Rhimhbart, a missionary from Hiram, to preach at Church of Christ Sunday. Mrs Keenes and son Fred of Elyria attend Hills and Beckwith wedding. Rev A Wilson to preach at the Methodist church next Sunday. June ard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Gott
Elyria
Charles Elliott
Frank Curtice
South Main Street
Cc. Burt
Hattie A. Wheeler
Cc. C. Manville
Akron
Esther Partons
Union
H. W. Noble
Penfield
LaGrange
Guerdon
Nebraska
Sanders
Winnie Pitts
Pittfield
Annie Martin
Cleveland
Ann Bendall
McQueen
Eva Cole
Mary Tilberg
Butternut Ridge
Peck
Hofitzer
Maldie Harding
Liard
Preston Hills
Vida Hills
Chas. Beckwith
West Toledo
Alter
Reidinger
Ridgeville
Beckwith
R.H.Y
A. Wilson
Epworth League Activities At LaPorte
WD Chapman and wife stay with H. Chapman in Elyria. Hamlin builds a new barn with RB Pelton and Henry Smith improving. Ladies plan Epworth League events at L D Hamlin home with June 1 social, Children’s Day at M. K. church, and a sub district convention June 9 at LaPorte. Details cover officers, committees, and supper plans.
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WD. Chapman
Elyria
H. 2. Chapman
W. B. Hamlin
RB. D. Pelton
Henry Smith
Curtis Hamlin
Luella Sayles
Ruby Crawford
Cincinnati
Ida Freese
Miranda Tripp
Mary Chapman
William Brush
Bertha Hance
J. F. Burke
L. D. Hamlin
Epworth League
Lee
M. K
Grace Fauver
H. M. Tripp
Mabel Wells
Commiete
Mae Robson
Blanch Humphrey
Ada Hill
LaPorte
Maccabee Hall
Shepard
James Jackson
Mae Roebtson
Pelton
Oscar Bingham
Hill
Eva Howard
Gertrude Shepard
Olive Moore
Miss. Gillman
Train Wreck Near Ashtabula Injures Conductor and Passengers
John Fuller of Geneva recalls a dramatic railroad wreck near Ashtabula on Saturday night. A passenger train rear collided with a freight train while many passengers slept, sending the conductor through a plate glass door and ripping the caboose roof off. The conductor suffered serious cuts, while a sleeping crewman in the freight caboose escaped uninjured though shaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fuller
Geneva
Biggs, Everard & Fuller
Elyria
Fuller
Ashtabula
Mr. Fuller
Camden Disciple Church Hosts Decoration Day Exercises
Rev Norval of Camden Disciple Church leads decoration day services with speaker Rev Baker from M E church. High school commencement at Union church Saturday June 2 featuring four graduates and music by a Glederlin Glee Club quartet. Local residents and visitors noted including Miss Flosale Cushion Elyria visiting, and district No 3 school picnic. Various townspeople, trips, and visits are listed with multiple family connections and weekend activities.
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Norval
Cduch
Baker
Union Church
Glederlin Glee Club
Flosale Cushion
Elyria
Levi Ro
Morgan Hill
Toledo
J. Linsley
Norwalk
P. R. Sinclair
Lorain
Shefield
W.E. Whitney
Wellington
WK. Whitney
Gee
Brighton
Lewis
North Ridgeville Society Notes and Local Events
Miss Frances Caley of Cleveland visits Miss Nora Diederich. Rev and Mrs Stapleton host their sister Mrs North and daughter from Iowa. Mrs Browner returns to New York with her mother Mrs Morse. Stetson saw mill destroyed by fire early Thursday. Miss Kate Balcomb hosts a wheel party of ten couples from the E H S last Friday. ice cream and cake served. Congregational church debate Friday on England’s actions in South Africa. speakers listed. Sunday weather mild with a pleasant breeze. Rev Stapleton speaks at town hall on Memorial day. Attendance for Memorial day services small for Township with 1500 inhabitants. Mrs Rogers recently ill but out again. Pansy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Caley
Cleveland
Nora Diederich
Congregational Church
England
South Africa
Greer
Chas Halcomb
Medina Convention Faces Divided Medina Delegation
The Medina convention at Medina on Friday is expected to be hotly contested. Lorain county has six delegates, Summit sixty seven, and Medina thirty. Judge Kohler is likely to be renominated. Medina county appears split among four Medina candidates Heath Seymour Hayden and Daniel with three undecided. Lorain county plans to travel from Elyria Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina Lon
Lorain County
Summit
Medina
Kohler
Medina County
Heath
Seymour
Hayden
Daniel
Sumlimit County
Lorain ‘County
Elyria
Automobile Line Proposed Between Oberlin and Amherst
The Oberlin Tribune reports merchants seek to expand trade by building an automobile road to Amherst to capture country farmers near Wellington and Norwalk. A private right of way could be secured, using cindered or planked roadbed, with a small capital stock and a few omnibuses to start, aiming to attract local patrons and eventually grow with demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Wellington
Norwalk
Amherst
Elyria
Lorain
Here
Though & Company
Operlin Tribune
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LA Grange
AVON
Mills
Maggie Flannigan
Bessie Lewis
Olmsted
John Rollins
Chas. Parker
Serepta Blackwell
North Amherst
Creek
Daun
Everett Blackwell
E. A. Sullivan
Avan
Henry Barnins
Anna Knight
Vermilion
Pam Fritch
Ss. M
North Eaton
Oay Durkee
Bla Fathers
Grandma S Mathews
Byron Tompkins
Charles
N. Tompkins
Leo, Darkee
Stella Darkeo
Rose Alexander
Columbus
Lester Cook
Mount Clemens
Michigan
Armers
Dewight Bartlett
Hanve
Fred Grandy
W. Waghorn
Jane
Sheffield
The
Vincent Sunday School
Taabella Caley
Caley
Isle of Mane
Frank Caley
North Ridge Cemetery
Harriet Mills Todd
Earth
Lamp of Fife
Mrs. Todd
Watertown
N.Y
Avon Lake
Janes McCrain
Quad
Grafton
Benjamin
Robt, Slack
Mra Wm. Emery
South Amherst
Antony Spenker
Weltser
S. Thompson
West Ridge
Pittsfield
Fields
Camden
North Ridgeville
Thebi
Wr. Sale
Thurst
Idea
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