Toledo Girl Strands in Elyria While Aiming for Pan American Exposition
A Toledo woman, traveling by Lake Shore from Toledo to Buffalo with a round ticket and $80, dozed near Oberlin and lost her pocketbook containing the money and ticket. She woke to find the items missing and rode to Elyria, where trustees bought her a new Toledo ticket and a few dollars. She refused to give her name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Elyria
Lake Shore
Moderia
Buffalo
Oberlin
Injured Internally In Internal Reexamination of Reddrick
The reexamination of Charles Reddrick, shot by Tom Miller of Lorain, revealed he was injured internally. Doctors initially failed to locate bullet holes and one finally stated no external wounds were present. Reddrick exclaimed, I’m shot internally, sah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reddrick
Tom Miller
Lorain
Reddrick
Two Death Claims In Elyria Civil Settlements
The estate of Thomas McGee settles with Lorain and Cleveland railway for 150 dollars to cover funeral costs. David Lieberman appointed administrator of Stephen Dayak of Elyria. a death claim against the Torain and Cleveland railway company settled for 50 dollars to pay funeral expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McGee
Lorain and Cleveland Railway Company
McGee
Elyria
David Lieberman
Stephen Dayak
Torain and Cleveland Railway Company
Elyria Public School Enrollment Surges at Opening
The first day shows the high school reaching a record with 290 students. Overcrowded D grammar grades at West avenue exceed seating capacity even after some pupils move to the south building. A and B grammar grades on the West side enroll 60 with staff reassigned to relieve pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
West Avenue
Sears
Willams
Miss Sears
Miss Biggs
Miss Kirk
Ella Parmeree
Too Big a Bill for City Consulting Attorney Johnson
Lorain city council disputed a $100 bill from EB G Johnson for professional services as consulting attorney for 1899. The item had been rejected earlier and was sent to a committee for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. G. Johnson
Lorain City Sonnei
Johnson
Lorain Woman Recommitted After Attempted Child Harm
Deputy Sheriff Salisbury accompanied a patient to the State Hospital in Toledo on Friday. In Lorain, Mrs Theodore Honka attempted to kill her four year old daughter on Thursday and was recommitted to the asylum after a prior release about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Toledo
State Hospital
Theodore Honka
Lorain
Powers of Attorney Granted in Patterson Estate
Mary E. Camp administratrix of the estate of William Patterson is granted powers of attorney to sell real estate. Francis W. Patterson and other heirs at law confer this authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Camp
William Patterson
Francis W. Paterson
Willem Patterson
Children urged to meet for church practice Saturday
Readable notes show children asked to assemble at the church Saturday afternoon at 2 30 for temperance entertainment practice. Parents urged to ensure their children attend. mentions two great events the presidents assassination and the GA KR encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. KR
Mike Harms
Ralph
Ridgeville
Henry County
O. Durkees
Hila Fonver
Clara Beek
Henry Conty
Oscar Durkee
E. D. van Deusen
Cleveland
Allen Nichols
D. Durkee
Bronson
Strongeville
Job Alexander
Stellan Durkee
Fang Moréhouse
Strongsville
Martin Hopwood
Alice Heath
Giles Heath
Liverpool
Charles Hance
Kansas
A. MacAdams
Will Rernolds
Leo Durkee
Eliase Durkee
Lions
C. Jackson
T. Howlett
J. Robson
Grafton
Lake County
Braman
Europe
Rey
Pierce
Wife
Jane
Highland social notes and visits fill statewide pages
Local residents entertain and travel across counties with visits from Elyria Rockport Washington D C and Kansas. Names include John Bins Grace Bradlee F Dann E RK Williams Clifton Gough Hanchett Marion Alten Anna Alten and Joe Weiler among others. Schools begin Sept 16 with Eunice Dunstan as teacher at the creek and Lawrence Highland. family reunions mark the Alten kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland
Rockport
John Bins
Elyria
Burdett
Washington D.C
J. J. Goughs
F. Dann
Grace Bradlee
Jasper Hensona
E. RK. Williams
Mount Gilead
Clifton
Oberlin
Mary
Maude Gough
Oberin
Chas. Hanchett
Marion
Milo Williams
Geo. Geetz
St. Mary’s Church
Peter Frank
Mission Ozrola
Stafford
George Ford
Cleveland
J. Eastman
Lorain
Anna
Alois
Clement
Matt Pitt
Mary Alten Pittz
John Alten
Jon Weiler
Matt Alten
Anna Alten
Kansas
Joe Weiler
Roberts
Reel City
Mich
Anna Schnider
Avon Will Nesi
J. J. Weiler
Pretty wedding in Elyria amidst social calls
Mrs Emer Dimick and Miss antsi bery spent Sunday in Brunswick while Miss Isabel Smith visited Cleveland and Miss Gertie Biggs saw her cowgin Fanny. Mrs Henry Townsend nears recovery as W Braman letters inspire discussion. A wedding at Elyria Catholic church united Miss Katharine Webber and Mr John Strohmyer with 100 guests, 200 at reception, gifts galore. They plan to reside in Elyria. Kate Freeman visited grandmother Mrs Coghlan in Cleveland. Violet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emer Dimick
Antsibery
Brunswick
Isabel Smith
Cleveland
Gertie Biggs
Fanny
Lows
Worth Eaton
Henry Townsend
W. Braman
Elyria
Katharine Webber
John Strohmyer
Kate Freeman
Local Notes From Lake Breeze Affected By Rail Delays
Lake Breeze notes show residents in Cleveland for G A R encampment and other travel. Nickel Plate washout delayed L and C line traffic for hours last week. Several locals travel to Amherst Elyria Buffalo St Louis Missouri and Adrian Michigan. President McKinleys shooting shocks the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. N. Smith
Miss Yeager
Cleveland
L. Fand C
Stiwald
Glenville
A. Seymour
Elpsra
Guy Smith
Buffalo
McKinley
Katharine Peterson
J Anarer
St. Luonis
Maigsouri
Jack Reublin
Elysia
Flora Stiwald
Amherst
Grace Sherd
Elyria
Maymentward
Claud Jaycox
Friends
G. Johnson
Frank Pratt
Adrian
Michigan
Pratt
Joe Rothgery
Sermonur
Howard Constable
Lake Breeze
Venus
Autumn gathering at Brownhelm Station notes
The Pomons Grange met at Brownhelm Station on Saturday September 7 with good attendance. Congregational church ladies provided a dinner at the K and L. S. Jill reports a very enjoyable day. Local residents and visitors from Columbia and Elyria shared meals and spent Sunday with relatives across Brownhelm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomons Grange
Brownshelm Station
The
Congregational Church
L. S. Jill
Crocker
Columbia
J. H. Brandon
Frank B. E Knellmer
Heldmeyer Hardware Co.s
Amherst Notes on Local Incidents and Visitors
Reports of injuries from a horse accident involving Mr Collino Sackett, a serious stroke for Mrs Fredericks Schacht, and a broken arm for Henry Ruth. Visitors and residents from Oberlin and Iowa called on friends, with remarks on a revival of national tragedy following an assassination attempt on the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collino Sackett
Sackett
Fredericks Schacht
Henry Ruth
Elvira Platt
A. R. Gaston
Harold Vincent
Oberlin
H. W Powers
Harriet Heassner
Mary Whitney
Iowa
J. K. Booth
Carlisle
Blondike
Misa
Cora Engle
H. Gilchrist
Philadelphia
Community Notes Include Travel Plans and Local Visits
Gratton and wife plan visits to relatives in Claveland and Pun-Amer can and Niagara Wells hetera ruta. Cleveland visitors include Mrs. Frank McCoy and son Roy. Local reflections mention typhoid illness, school activities, and a farewell sermon by Bryington as he heads to Mr. Gilead for conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Doonesster
Sunley
Claveland
Niagara Wells
Frank McCoy
Roy
Cleveland
Brutus
Thomas Hill
Amherst
Theo. Rawson
Jim
Ethel Hison
Seheol
Dr. Ewing
Emerson Broughton
Broughton
Carlisle
Mr. Ryder
Lakewood
Ella
G.r. Broughton
Rey
Bryington
Prof
Hiscox
Currig Martin
Annie O’conner
Gertrude Robison
Tressa Moran
Miss Hines
Dottie Wolcott
Dot
Backer's Crossing and Area Residents Gatherings
Backer's Crossing residents and families socialize as Mr and Mrs H Tilliotson plan a week in Cleve and Mr and Mrs Adams visit from Wellington. Annie Tilton of Wheeling hosts Effie Kel Bey My, Jay Fritts and wife visit John Fritts, Raser family stay with H Chapin. Loan tournament at Spencer featured fine music. Annie Mary Knapp ill with heart trouble. A remark about Democrats and the Reporter circulates among readers. Evely and Kelsey Nettie Boice and Hather Cleghorn return to school. Agricola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Tilliotson
Cleveand
Adams
Wellington
E. Wilcox
Annie Tilton
Wheeling
W. A
Effie Kel- Bey
Jay Fritts
Chatam
John Fritta
Raser
Murrieta
H. Chapin
Spencer
H. Knapp
Annie Mary
Evely
Aj Kelsey Nettie Boice
Hather Cleghorr
Agricola
Townrumble as Justice Skips Daily Ride Toward Oberlin
Reader recounts a curious morning in a rural town where Charley Tort and Lewis miss buses toward Cleveland and Oberlin. Moments include a rooftop passenger and a carriage returning without its driver, leaving the town’s justice absent from the scene.
Ghostly tales and wartime giants at Lorain encampment
Elyria resident Henry Schneerer recalls prison life and weight loss from 145 to 90 pounds. Dr. J. M. Van Tilburg of Lorain and Charles Penney of Lorain, each in the encampment, boast weights of 218 and about 275 pounds, though Van Tilburg was 124 pounds when fifteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Henry Schneerer
Elyria
Kipton Community Notes and Socials Report
Mr Frank Hewitt and family moved into part of Mrs Stutters house and plan to stay until their daughter completes school. Public schools opened with large attendance. An ice cream social at Handy’s was a social and financial success. Dr Ajilon Bates Lynn Bates and Charlie Bayless visited Buffalo returning home with good reports. Epworth league hosts coffee cake and peaches at Mead Buckley home Thursday evening. Baptist quarterly meets at Rochester church next weekend. Echa?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hewitt
Epworth League
Mead Buckley
The
Baptist Quarterly
Rochester
Echa
Parisian Quarry Accident and Local Visitation Notes
Mr Rudolph Barthlomew injured his leg when a stone fell at Shirvens quarry last Friday. His condition described as bad though saving his leg. Electric line workers report a dangerous sinking swamp at John Heid area. Local families including Leimbach Aebert Bauman and Altmiller clans visited Christian Bauman family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Barthlomew
Shirvens
Electric Lne
John Heid
Siebert Leimbach
Jacob Aebert
Ernst Schneider
John Bauman
Gottfried Bauman
Tena
Mary Altmiller
Christian Bauman
Pioneer Erie County resident Edwin Gill dies at 8
Edwin Gill aged eight died Wednesday afternoon at his son Dr Gill’s home in Ridgeville after moving there two weeks ago. A pioneer of Groton township Erie County he was well known in the area. Funeral services were held Friday at the house by Rev Knapp of Monroeville with interment in Monroeville on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKanley
Aly Dewd
Charles Elliott
Ison
Denvit
R. Wright
Lorain
Hollie Stuart
Wellington
E. W. Hubbard
Wallie Ehugh
South Dakota
Charlot Hustangs
Iver
H. EK. Hillberry
Union School
Pettit
Barry
Huntridge
Marey
Frank Curtice
Familly
Laura Ingall
Berea
Thoraday
L. E. Dixon
Erie
Penn
Alfred Batter
Glenn Freeman
Sarah Wood
Knapp
W. H. Johnson
Charles Curtiss
Burgman
Richmond-Hall
Edwin Gill
Dr. Gill
Ridgeville
Gill
Groton Township
Erie County
Monroeville
Avon Family Enjoys G A R Week in Cleveland
Mrs. M. Tettelbach and her three children of Cleveland spent a week at Mrs. John Kiehm home. Miss Eleonora and Winifred Kiehm of Avon will spend the G A. R. week in Cleveland.
Fuller to Stay in Elyria, Plans Cleveland Winter
Mr. F. L. Fuller will not resign from Elyria but will keep his Elyria residence. He plans to stay in Cleveland during fall and winter with his family and remains a C. E. and W. director, not secretary and treasurer as reported. Fuller intends to focus on electric railway projects and devote himself to that business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Fuller
Elyria
Cleveland
Fuller
Jury for Appropriation in OC EB and W Ryve case
The jury drawn for the OC EB and W Ryve matter includes Ben Boise Lorain James Brooks Ayon O H Burnett Huntington J C Cox Elyria C H Hagerman Lorain Andrew Hoall Brighton W EB Hamlin Carlisle Carl T Lerach Elyria Daniel Penny Lorain Albert Pierce Wellington George Rige Amherst Charles Sawyer Elyria Andrew J Turner Lorain F D Warren Wellington John Wood Russia and Walter Wright Lorain
Divorce Suit Filed by Anton Hirtner in Lorain
Anton Hirtner of Lorain seeks a divorce from Millie Hirtner through attorneys I A Griswold and Clayton Chapman. He alleges she has not lived with him for three years, instead living with her mother Kate Zimmerman of Girard. The marriage occurred March 20 1995 in Girard Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Hirtner
Lorain
Millie Hirtner
I. A. Griswold
Clayton Chapman
Kate Zimmerman
Girard
Girard, O
Sheldon Estate Appraisal Set for Sale of Perry C Sheldon Property
Probate court orders appraisal and sale of land from the Sheldon Estate with Marion Metcalf as administratrix and Irvin W Metcalf as administrator. Corneelia Sheldon holds a dower share and seeks only her portion from the sale. Issac 8 Metcalf’s note secured by a first mortgage stands at 3700 due January 1905 with 7 percent interest. Appraisers have been appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry C. Sheldon
Irving W. Metcalf
Marion Metcalf
Issac
Metcalf
Sheldon
Corneelia Sheldon
Informal Dance at St. Margaret’s School This Friday
St. Margaret’s School prepared 125 invitations for an informal dance to be held in Elyria hall Friday night. Mrs Walter Davies and Mrs Fred Miller will chaperon the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret’s School
Elyria Hall
Walter Davies
Fred Miller
The Crime of Which Czolgosz is Guilty
The text discusses potential charges against Czolgosz after the assassination attempt. It notes assault with intent to kill as a probable charge with up to ten years plus deductions for good behavior, and murder in the first degree if the President dies, carrying the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czolgosz
Harness maker Barnes badly injured in streetcar accident
Stephen Barnes of Amherst, a harness maker and longtime resident, suffered two broken legs and multiple bruises after a Ridgeville center streetcar passed a milk stand. He sat in the baggage car doorway with legs hanging out, was dragged as the car sped on, and was treated for his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Barnes
Amherst
Ridgeville Center
Elyria
Cleveland
Ridgeville
Barnes
Ohio State Fair brings in Lorain county exhibitors to the stage
An Elyria Township farmer notes green fields near Lorain as dryness spreads from the Divide through Borrow and Delaware counties. He reports strong cattle and sheep shows, praising Herefords, Angus, Galloways, Red Polls, Jerseys, Guernseys, and Holsteins. Lorain exhibitors, notably Karl Glough and Plucky Pearce, win multiple prizes as the Ohio Agricultural and Industrial Exposition impresses with complete accommodations and polished operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Wellington
Lorain Sanary
Borrow
Delaware
Columbne
Sany
Ohio
C, Hintz
Fremont
C. L. Gerlaugh
Osborn
T. A. Dalton and Sons
Manilla Ind
Joseph Milton
Liberty Lud
James Witter
Liberty Land
Indiana
Anpusavill
Clem
John Hooker
New London
W. Bradfute
Cederville
W. Holl and Son
Perry
Pearce
North Ridgeville
Lorain County
Wood
Licking
Marion
Lorainers
Miller
Fleming
Ministers Meet for Monthly Conference in Elyria
Lorain and Elyria ministers held their regular monthly meeting at the Congregational parsonage in Lorain Monday morning. Rena S. Wannamaker of Elyria discussed comparisons between the four gospels. A good attendance from Lorain and Elyria was recorded, and the next meeting is planned in Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Mayor Sues Over Promissory Note Debt in Tors City
Mayor George Gliteoh of Tors' sues Pred Miller and Peter Webber to recover 15 dollars claimed on an 125 promissory note. Miller is the surety and reportedly seeks to sell property to avoid payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gliteoh
Tors
Pred Miller
Peter Webber
Miller
Eee
New High School Teacher Arrives for Literature Classes
Miss Florence Terry of East Avenue has been employed by the school board to teach at the high school. She will handle literature and other studies. The two smaller recitation rooms at the rear of the auditorium will be combined into one larger room to relieve crowding in other rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Terry
East Avenue
Union Music Sparks Lorain Band Fare War
Lorain city band members volunteered to join a parade in Cleveland on Tuesday and offered to work for a lower rate than the Marine band under the union agreement. The Marine band protested union-rate cuts, prompting a union meeting where members were barred from rebates or service donations to avoid undercutting prices. Local musicians will now be paid the standard union rates for the Cleveland engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lorain City
Cleveland
Lorain Boys
Marine Band
Zmusicians Union
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Powers of Attorney
North Eaton
Avor
Brownhelm
Gratton
Backer
Charley Tort
Olio Metropols
Tu Comanon
Lewis
South Side
G. A. R. Stories
Kipton
Henrietta
Avon
Sheldon Estate
Elyria Township
Lorain and
Union Music
Len
Neer
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