Wellington Fight Delays Herrick Library Plan
Wellington grapples with site debates for Colonel Myron T. Herrick's proposed library in memory of his father. Landowners, real estate agents, and the library board clash over location while days and possibly months pass. Architects await a hill or dale decision as donations of books begin to accrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron T. Herrick
Carnegie
Wellington
Colonel Herrick
J. Morton Dyer
Dyer
Cleveland
Remains of Michael Regan Taken for Kalamazoo Burial
The body of Michael Regan, who died from injuries at the steel plant, was sent to Kalamazoo Michigan for burial Wednesday evening at friends' request. He was met by coworkers from the blacksmith shop and many mourners accompanied the procession. born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sampson of West River Street, on Tuesday, October 29, a girl.
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Michael Regan
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lake Bhore Ry
Elytia
Mer
Mrs
Andrew Sampson
West River Street
Last Sad Rites for Elyria Men Died in School Scaffold Fall
Joseph Kolb aged 58 died after being injured when he fell from a high scaffold at the new Catholic school. He leaves a wife and six children, with services at St Mary’s church Saturday at 1. Funeral for James A McDonald, 63, of Dewey Avenue, will be held Friday at 1:30 PM from St Mary’s Catholic church. Both men were longtime, respected residents of the city, mourned by relatives and neighbors.
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James McDonald
Joseph Kolb
St. Mary’s Church
Elyria
Eighth Street
Harry Seakins
Mra
Frank Burrell
Adams
The
Troxel
Oregon Manufacturing Growth 1850 1900 Economic Report
The text outlines Oregon's shift from agriculture to manufacturing between 1850 and 1900. It highlights surging output and employment in lumber, flour milling, canning, woolen goods, and paper. Key figures include lumber jobs at 4,084 in 1900 and a 279 percent rise from 1880 to 1890, with Oregon’s forest reserves noted and salmon canning centered in Astoria.
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Oregon
Dalles
Cascades
Oregon City
United Stats
Columbia River
Astoria
Washington
Common Pleas Court cases from local appeal and divorce
Reuben Long sues Edward Powell for 54.04 wages on Powell’s farm. Powell seeks 375 damages claiming breach by a hired man. Justice Lawrence ruled costs to plaintiff. Attorneys listed. Also Louise McKenna sues Edward F. McKenna for divorce from May 15, 1888, Ravenna, Portage County. three children. alleges abandonment, infidelity with Kate Brand, beating, and seeks alimony and custody of Thompson and Glitsch. Powell’s firm McKenna Brothers noted.
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Reuben Long
Edward Powell
South Broadway
Thompson and Glitsch
Making Asphalt On West Avenue Atop Concrete Paving
The West avenue paving project advances as asphalt work begins this morning. A mobile Ayres Asphalt Paving factory, led by chemist William J. Kapes of Louisville, Kentucky, operates on two tracks north of the Lake Shore station. Crushed stone, sand, and pure asphalt are combined in a traveling plant, melted and mixed, hauled to wagons, dumped, and spread over the concrete for a finish layer with sand and asphalt to follow. The process draws observers to the plant as the street surface is prepared for final coating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Avenue
William J. Kapes
Louisville
Kentucky
Ayres Asphalt Paving Company
Andwar
Topliff and Ely Company
Lake Shora
Otterbein University Relocation Question Declared Illegal
After prolonged agitation over moving Otterbein University from Westerville, G W Bretzinger, attorney for the trustees, ruled the removal illegal with Attorney General Sheets concurring, ending the dispute. Dayton and Toledo were cited as leading relocation contenders.
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Otterpein University
Westerville
G. W. Bretzinger
Board of Trustees
Sheets
Dayton
Toledo
A New Opera House Plans Stir Elyria Interest
Elyria in Lorain county considers building an opera house to attract leading amusements. Plans include selling $50 opening night seats to fund construction, or bonding the town for a new city building with offices and a stage. The effort aims to draw county crowds, leveraging five regional electric rail lines. Also noted is the case of Daniel W. Nugent, injured on Lorain Steel trains, suing for 60,000 damages after partial leg amputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain County
Elyra
Daniel VY. Nugent
Lake Terminal
Lorain Steel Company
Lost Watch Reappears Through County Justice Tale
A Lorain arrest for larceny leads to a tangled chain of custody as sheriffs, deputies, the mayor, and prosecutor Stroup pass a silver watch along through city and county offices. The device finally returns to the Lorain man after Judge Hinman and Stroup uncover the truth amid conflicting testimony. The watch shifts hands across Elyria, the county jail, and back to its rightful owner.
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Lorain
Wass Alfiver
Tom
Major Glitach
Elyria
Warden
Sailsbury
Hinman
Lee Stroup
Stroup
Nero
Mr. Stroup
Judge Hinman
Preos
Glitehh
Mayor Glitseh
Marshal Braman
Sheriff Warden
Sailebury
Fenny
Judge Hin
Fox Furnace Company in Elyria Expands Amid Rising Demand
Elyria’s Fox Furnace Company, a growing manufacturer of cast iron and steel furnaces, recently built facilities and hired workers. The plant operates across from the O. S. and W. tracks near the fairgrounds, uses Sandusky sand for molds, and runs seventeen furnaces daily though orders exceed capacity. Seventy four workers are employed with a $4 000 monthly payroll. an electric crane has been ordered and a 50 to 75 foot expansion planned for next spring.
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Fox Furnace Company
Elyria
O. S. and
W. Ry
Shopa
Cable Road
Cleveland
Autograph of William McKinley Sells at Auction for 36.25
A cabinet photograph of President William McKinley sold at public auction in New York for 36.25. George D. Smith won the spirited bidding, reflecting high current demand for McKinley's autograph among collectors.
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McKinley
New York
Willian McKinley
Gerosé
George D. Smith
A Hive of Industry at Ely Power Block
Fred S. Miller of Grafton Stone Co leases three rooms on the fourth floor of the Ely power block. Offices will be occupied after December 1 by company officers, marking full occupancy of the building’s space. Ely notes demand is stronger than expected and forecasts rapid filling of a future building.
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Fred S&. Miller
Grafton Stone Company
Ely
Grafton
Revival of the Old by Rev Cadmus at First Congregational
Rev W EB Cadmus urged at the First Congregational church that many old customs are lost. He lamented poor male attendance at mid week prayer meetings and few children in Sunday services. He warned that commercialism eclipses spiritual life.
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W. EB. Cadmus
First Congregational
Warden suspects two pickpockets in Lowry escape
Ohio Penitentiary warden in Columbus is hunting J. H. Allen and Charles J. Johnson, alleged Blinky Morgan gang members, for aiding Bank Robber Charles Lowry's escape. Detectives previously detained them but released them with orders to leave town. A Canton witness issue and a $100 reward for Lowry’s arrest are noted.
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Darbey
Ohio Penitentiary
Bluins
Charles Lowry
Columbus
J. H. Allen
Charles J. Johnson
Blinky
Acid Destruction of Corpse Reported at Prison Grave
An autopsy shows Czolgous’s body placed in a black pine coffin and destroyed with acid after burial. Warden Mead, Dr. Gerin, and Superintendent Collins oversee the process, with lime and carboy acid used to decompose the body and prevent gas buildup as a guard stands watch over the unmarked grave.
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Czolgous
Gerin
Mead
Werden Mead
Collins
Underground tunnel to bypass Horseshoe Curve on Pennsylvania line
The plan proposes a seven mile long underground tunnel to replace the Horseshoe Curve on the Pennsylvania Railway between Kittanning Point and Cresson. It would cut travel time by about three minutes, remove steep grades and sharp curves, and is expected to cost millions. The idea challenges the notion of abandoning the curve for a faster East to West route.
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Pennsylvania Railway Company
Alleghany Mountains
Altoona
Penn
St. Gothard Hole
Alps
Switzerland
Oreasop
Kittanning Point
Cresson
Rochester
Found by Children After Theft at Baldwin University
About $50,000 in valuables stolen from Baldwin University last Saturday morning were recovered Thursday. Children near the Big Four round house found rolls of paper under a coal cleat and brought them home. An employee at the freight depot alerted authorities, helping recover much of the property. All but $1,900 in bonds have been found, enabling numbers to be identified so the bonds can be made valueless if not returned. The trustees rescinded the $500 reward, confident the loss equals the coin’s value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortuna
Baldwin University
Big Four
Chain Gang Plan Aims to Curb Tramps in Youngstown
Youngstown eyes a winter plan to use a city chain gang to put Hoboes to work on the streets, following Elyria precedent. The city is described as heavily tramp infested, with efforts echoing last year’s Salvation Army action by Captain McDiarmid who aided about 7,400 hoboes.
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Youngstown
Elyria
Ithe Council
McDiardmid
Salvation Army
Elyria Chamber of Commerce Adopts Foundry Plans
About fifty citizens attended the adjourned Chamber meeting Friday night. Committees were set to oversee a new foundry project with subscriptions rising to eighty, and work planned to raise funds for labor and materials. President George H. outlined investigations including park upgrades, public displays, street paving, and industrial policy to foster growth across Elyria and Lorain.
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Commer
Mr. Sharp
George H
Ador
Ele
Elyna
Elyria
Lorain
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Census Bureau
United States
Portland
Common Pleas Court
Lowrey
Canton
Lowry
Czolgosz
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Mile Tunnel
Chain Gang
Vol
Oberlin
Wesleyan
Obers
Wesleya
Lin
Oberlilon Wesleyan
Ohio Wesleyan
Benin
Peacerat
Ghalv
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