North Amherst July 1893 Correspondence Highlights
Local notes report birth in Harman Krueger family. Mrs. Frank Lesley plans lakeside trip. Twenty two joined M E church by baptism. ice cream festival raised 22.64. Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matherson dies at eleven months. funeral held with Rev. Harding. Uncalled letters list includes Miss M Gabet and others. Schoolhouse debate grows with a special election planned. High School on Church Street burned at about one am. cause undetermined with theories of firecrackers or arson. Entire building destroyed. library gone. Loss about 10000 with 4500 insured on building and 500 on furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman Krueger
Teemlay
Frank Lesley
Lakeside
M. E. Chaored
M. E. Church
David Matherson
East Quarry
Harding
M. Gabet
Chas. Gaillard
Willie’ Lumez
Henry Yorgesen
Martin Lachner
L. Horn
P. M
Board of Education
Church Street
Random Village Notices From Middle Ridge 1893
July weather brings smiles as farmers report rain and haying rush. Local visitors include I Opfer from Lorain, Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins of Brownhelm, and others visiting relatives in Pittsfield. A lake outing, picnics, church services, and a district league convention are noted with numerous neighborhood names and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Ridge
Capt. Flint
I. Opfer
Lorain
Philip Opperman
F. M. Hopkins
Brownhelm
C. E. Hurlbut
Uy 6Th
E.s Stone
Joe Waite
Cleveland
Henry Eldridge
Pittsfield
Clark
Congregational Church
Wellington Fourth Observances and Local Notes
Willis and Arthur Mason spent the Fourth in Cleveland. Mrs H Ashford of Union Street visits sister in Warren Ohio. Fireworks lighted many home grounds while country farms showed less fruit trees. Sidney Vair of Ravenna and Portage Co visits relatives. Disciple church held an ice cream festival in the public park. Kinison family headed to Chicago for exposition. Paull family visited Cleveland and returned. Clifford family in Cleveland for the Fourth. Mrs Clifford plans further visit. A wooden railing at North Main Street property owned by Mr Dowd noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Arthur Mason
Homer Mason
Cleveland
H Ashford
Union Street
Emma Gibson
Warren
Ohio
Sidney Vair
Ravenna
Portage Co
Thie
Disciple
Kinison
Charles
Chicago
J. C. Paull
Incendiary fire alights on quiet town Fourth clash
Reports describe a late night or early morning blaze blamed on an incendiary though the building had stood unused. The Fourth of July tone was calm with two baseball games at the school grounds and local fireworks displays amid minor incidents and a deadly train crossing accident nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin Ve W. I. S
Wellington
Cleveland
Local notes from La Grange July 1593 town visits and events
In La Grange July 5 1593 column residents report visiting friends in town and nearby towns. Notes mention births birthdays and accidents including Mr. and Mrs Curtiss in Berea and a cleveland trip. A lawn fete hosted by M E church and a rail crossing near-miss are described along with a 92nd birthday celebration and family gatherings.
Forepaugh Shows promise patriotic history and feats on tour
The article extols Forepaugh Day and the Adam Forepaugh Shows visiting Cleveland on July 16 promising a mix of circus, menagerie, museum and a grand recreation of scenes from the American Revolution. It highlights battles at Bunker Hill and Yorktown, costumed historically, with notable acts such as a boxing Kangaroo and the Seven Gerome Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Adam Forepaugh
Bunker Hill
Concord
Monmouth
Yorktown
Washington
Faul Revere
George
Rrz
Earl
Basil
Baby Ruth
Gerome Brothers
Europe
America
Adam
Open air truth in the sea and sky vision
A poem-like prose fragment speaks of truth breaking from creeds and cages. The speaker invokes a bird in a wire bound cage as a metaphor for restricted thought and champions open heart and open air understanding, citing seas, stars, and the calling of a free mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gat
Ian Aon
Sam Walter Foss
Yankee Slate
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Eady
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A.G. Carpenter
Hannocks
A. G Carpenter
NEW Bakery
East Broad Street
Monroe Block
Cole & Warren
Hart
Tucker
Kelley Island
Elyria
Russia
Philpott & Daniels
Wm. E. Parmelee
Middle Avenue
the New Parlor Shoe Store
Philadelphia
W.H. Barnes
Cneewei'e
Beebe House
Maritana
William Penn
Key West
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Lorain County
Cosmopolitan
Taz Cosmopolitan Alcgazin
Beobbabaabaaea
W. F. Eldred & CO
Elyria & Lorain
North Amherst
West Ridge
Joy
Manning
Brighton
St. Mason's
Pearlie Patchett
Peter Miller
O. Versey
Vermillion
John Grill
Maude Fowl
A. Wack
Linwood Park
Minnie Ginstee
Camden
Alfred Squires
Agnes
Ridgeville
Mabel
Ames Hostlander
Oskins
Lake Shore Company
Betea
Eono
South Ridge
Will Beal
Mima Gertle Snyder
C. Snyder
David Johnson
M. B. Johnson
E. C. Rimbach
Clifford Blanchard
J. Stang
A. Ozman
John Schubert
Hattie Bechtel
Carlisle
Mra
Kate Grevert
Mechanic‘tin
New York
Theal
G. W. Robinson
King Rons
Grevert
Tims
Joseph
LA Grange
Carroan
Lima
Hart Mynders
Johnson
M W. Ingalls
Herea
Chester Crow
Nettie Wheeler
Vernon
R. Parsons
Oberlin
H. A. Wilcas
A. R. Undertnll
Lucy
Wolf
Dewitt M. Coleman
Springfield
Missouri
Berea
Charles Curtiss
Anita Johnson
William Butler
Alden Benschoten
Callie Wilcox
H A Wilcox
Rev. Reader
L. Steves
Epworth League
H. Knapp
Robert McKisson
McKisson
Reuben Rich
Emma Hines
Richmond
Ind
Abram Hines
Litchfield
P. Holcomb
H. A. Wilcox
Mary R. Iena
Laura Gott
E. G. Johnson
Susan Cragin
R. C. Hastings
Emeline Gott
Dorastes
Johsson
Mary L. Liscoln
Childres
Keeley
Heart
Parks
B. J. Kendall Co
Enosburgh Falls
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