Beav er Lodge ice cream festival and local events
May 1893 notes from East Amherst and Wellington detail family visits, adoptions, weddings and deaths. Foster adopt Litthy Crocker from Berea while others visit hia Ani. A Beaver lodge ice cream social on Decoration Day draws crowds. Deaths include a 19 year old Daniel Sheban and a three month old infant. weddings and community events fill the week. Local shops beautify depots and a bridge project begins while street accidents involve Beamer’s wagon and a broken bolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. F. Foster
Litthy Crocker
Berea
Hia Ani
G. T. Lodge
George Merthe
Elyria
J. C. Holzhauer
George Meade
Painesville
Dell Munger and Family
Squire Hircching
Cleveland
Beaver Lodge
D. of R
George Roth
Katie Roth
C. E. Hurlburt
Oberlin
Chas. Straw
Middle Ridge
Daniel Sheban
Spring Street
Henry Albrecht
Haefele
Kate Everick
Lake Shore Company
Church Street
Beamer
John Daniel
Elyria Road
William Plog
South Amherst
Lienhardt
Joe Foreman
East Quarry Stars
Bryant
Local Happenings in Carlisle May 25 1893
Celia Bruce closed her Eckler district school last week. Anna Connor held an exhibition at her school last Saturday. Pat Hanks builds a bridge at Indian Hollow hill. An ice cream party for M. E. church is planned at Ted Robson’s Friday evening. Bicycles grow common in the area. Joe Knechtges bought a Columbia at Llyria this week. Claude Spicer’s friends gave a surprise party last Saturday. forty attended. cake and ice cream served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Bruce
Eckler
Anna Connor
Pat Hanks
Indian Hollow Hill
Ted Robson
M. E. Church
Joe Knechtges
Columbia
Llyria
Claude Spicer
Claud
Chip Sees
Tudlekin
Pittsfield notes 1893 town updates and flood aftermath
Mayland 1893. Geo Preston and wife visited from Oberlin. Miss McCoy of Penfeld visiting Mrs Fred Biggs. Mr Sirlam from Sullivan spent Sunday in town. Mrs Dr Young ill but improving. Missionary society to meet with Mrs Pitts. M E Sunday school plans Children Day observance. Mrs Len Preston ill slowly. Rumor of a young MD prospecting locally. Dr Irish hired by Mr Crosier and moved into old schoolhouse opposite cheese factory. Children Day services postponed due to whooping cough. Mrs Gardner Sherburn returns from South Bend and stays at old home. A dead cow with no hide seen along river during flood. Public outrage over the act of cruelty to animals. Max.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Preston
Oberlin
Miss McCoy
Penfeld
Fred Biggs
Sirlam
Sullivan
Dr Young
Foreign Missionary and Aid Society
Pitts
M. E. Sunday School
Wm. Preston
Len
M.D
M. D
Frank Irish
Crosier
Congregational Church
Gardner Sherburn
South Bend Ind
Max
Local notes from La Grange and vicinity
Lon Lake and family from Pittsfield visit Lee Stroup and wife in Elyria while Mrs Will Hastings heads to the Worlds Fair. Several residents travel to Cleveland and Wellington. a funeral at Kingsley’s Corners draws many locals. A severe Tuesday storm felled trees. Irwin Hubbard sells tomato tobacco and celery plants at ten cents a dozen. The G A R memorial service is set for May 28 in the Baptist church with decorations in the town hall on the 30th. Continuous minor updates on illness travel and social visits follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Lake
Pittsfield
Lee Stroup
Elyria
Will Hastings
I. A. Freeman
W. F. Hubbard
Cleveland
James Sheldon
Wellington
L. E. A. Barnum
Charlie Knowles
Chicago
Eddie Adams
Late Prior
Winfield
Kansas
George Kingsley
Kingsley's
Irwin Hubbard
G. A R
Baptist Church
Goth
D. Walt
S. Prior
C. A. Wilcox
Price
Local Briton News Roundup of Brighton May 1893
Brighton notes report Mrs Backus sick. Charis Hawiey’s baby recovering. social visits among locals including James Hail Nina Battles and Jim Spencer. Steeple of M E church blown down in a storm. various residents travel for illnesses and medical care. Cyclists praised for courtesy though some misbehavior noted. Jonas Taylor builds a barn. section men move horses to Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Backus
Charis Hawiey
Lorain News Highlights Local Life and Industry
Elyria visitors, a Cleveland bound machine shop set on the viaduct with model building focus. new C. L. W. engines arrive. a Lorain sloop yacht purchased. debates over Lorain stone company start delays and water questions in Elyria with public interest in reservoirs and public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin Road
Ben Friend
Rona Shedron
Rev. Bischoff
Ben
Leavitt Road
Fred Pritchard
Bert Green
Ed. Lewis
Cleveland
Lorain Stone Company
Fem
Elyria Electrics and Local Politics Stir Town Debate
Disputed proposals for a water project and a municipal bond plan spark tension in Elyria as local leaders, editors, and supporters push for or against the pending schemes. Notices announce lodge resolutions, political candidate entries, and upcoming Nickel Plate service changes.
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North Amherst
Grace Booth
Alta Millen
Frank Avery
Henrietta
Booth
Ina
Lotta Cummings
Smith Jaycox
Bessie Blowett
Susie Jaycox
R. J. Johnston
John Roser
Eidt
Charles Arner
Wilbur Barrick
Lew Dibble
Bert Felt
Mabel Harris
Madera
Cal
J. W. Wilbur
South Main Street
Creorge Allis
Lodi
Terrance O'Brien
New York
Br. Patrick's Chapel
Cathinst
Geo. Vahey
Cathedral of C' S
South Cemetery
Grafton
Michael O'Brien
Terrance
Dwight Wilson
Percy Pierce
Jerome Nesbitt
Richard Jago
Dr. Wolcott
T. Bennington
Wolcott
A. Doncaster
J. Vaughn
Springs of
Hornburger
Gould
Carlisle
Mayland
LA Grange
Ridgeville
James Proudfoot
Reefy
Democrat
Massey
Straw
Mocrat
Kiyria
Richards
Soring
New Walter
Elyria Electric Light Co
Aeefy
Outride Corporation
Plany
the Democrat
Hall
Grafton, O
Warrens
Albert Alexander
Losega
Lodge
T.G. Rawson
Com
C. J. Wotcott
K. F. Fark
Parks
Martin & Smtra's
Lorain
E. H. Hinman
O. E. Foster
Amherst
Lorain County
David Wallace
Quincy A. Gillmore
F. F. Thomas
C. A. Metcalf
Nickel Plate Road
Boston
Central Shoe Store
Mantin & Smith
Wal
Thomas Gray
Ant
Sutton
Adams and Roe
Ingrain
Kandahars
Cheapside
F. W. Martin
Ohio
West Side
W.L. Fay
Henry J. Eady
Eady
W. F. Wooster
Hart
Tucker
Kelley Island
Salyehr & Allen
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