Building Tunnel Under Mersey River in Liverpool
A project two and a half miles long is being dug beneath the River Mersey at a depth of 150 feet. Estimated cost is 25 million dollars with a first year traffic of 9 million vehicles a 44 foot roadway will allow four lanes and speeds up to 30 mph. The tunnel forms a hub in a regional arterial road network linking Yorkshire to North Wales and Staffordshire Potteries. Construction uses about 1 million tons of rock and thousands of tons of iron and cement. The opening to public use is projected three years hence.
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Liverpool
Mersey
Yorkshire
Lancashire
North Wales
Staffordshire Potteries
Birmingham
Death of Mrs Emma May Hoffman at 186 Bell Avenue
Mrs Emma May Hoffman died at five this morning. She leaves a husband a daughter Mrs P O Clatt a son Harry Hoffman a sister Mrs James Davidson of Huntington and several nieces and nephews and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 30 with Rev R T Ketcham officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma May Hoffman
Bell Avenue
P. O. Clatt
Harry Hoffman
James Davidson
Huntington
R. T. Ketcham
Death of Oberlin High School junior Donald Albrecht
Donald Jacob Albrecht son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Albrecht died Friday at 11 25 am in Cleveland Clinic Hospital after two weeks illness. Brief funeral services will be held at the home north of Oberlin Tuesday at 1 30 pm and continue at St Peters Evangelical church Amherst at 2 30 pm. Burial will be in Brownhelm Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Jacob Albrecht
Clarence Albrecht
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Donald
Oberlin High School
Oberlin
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
Amherst
Brownhelm Cemetery
Death of Antone Motschy at 52 in Dover Village
Antone Motschy aged 52 died Friday evening at his North Ridge Road home where he had lived thirty years. He is survived by his wife Margaret four sons and eight daughters including Ray Eugene Richard Loretta Viola Clara Esther Geraldine Louis Avon Mrs Moody Lincoln Nebraska Mrs Laurie Cleveland Mrs Kidney Bay Village two brothers and two sisters. Funeral is set for Tuesday morning at 9:00 from Holy Trinity Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antone Motschy
North Ridge Road
Dover Village
Margaret
Ray
Eugene
Richard
Loretta
Viola
Clara Esther
Geraldine
Louis
Avon
Moody
Lincoln
Nebraska
Laurie
Cleveland
Kidney
Bay Village
Holy Trinity Church
Chandos Arms Edgware to close after 900 years
The Chandos Arms in Edgware, reputed as England’s second oldest inn, will shut its doors ending nearly a millennium of public service. Locals and historians note its long-standing role as a social hub and historic landmark. The closure marks the end of an era for a venue tied to generations of patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandos Arms
Edgware
England
Judge sentences George Kenska to ten days jail
Judge W. B. Thompson today sentenced George Kenska to ten days in county jail and court costs for failure to pay five dollars a week in alimony to his divorced wife Helen K. Kenska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Thompson
George Kenska
Helen K. Kenska
Store Manager Fined for Sidewalk Obstruction in Broad Street
James Renourd manager of a grocery at 304 East Broad Street was fined 1 and costs in police court after pleading guilty to violating the sidewalk ordinance. He was arrested when crates and boxes cluttered the sidewalk outside the shop claiming no facilities to store crates inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Renourd
East Broad Street
Renourd
Renoard
Akers Fined in Police Court for Petit Larceny
Akers of Indianapolis was fined $1 and costs after being found guilty of petit larceny for taking a wrist watch valued at $25 belonging to S. Slutzker. Akers pleaded not guilty and claimed a misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. Akers
Indianapolis
Akers
S. Slutzker
Bicycle stolen from high school reported by resident
Carl Butch of 203 Warren Avenue told police Friday that his Overland wheel bicycle was taken from the high school campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Butch
Warren Avenue
Willis Knight Coach Stolen From Brown Home
H D Brown of 427 Third Street reported to police that his Willis Knight coach was stolen from in front of his home last night. The vehicle bore license plates star 3 550.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Brown
Third Street
Brown
Cleveland man fined for drunkenness and disorderly conduct
Walter Trusak of Stop 438 Cleveland road was fined 19 dollars and costs by Justice S. J. George this morning on a drunkenness and disorderly conduct charge brought by his wife. He was arrested by sheriff's officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Trusak
Cleveland Road
Justice S. J. George
Squire Sues Williams for Mortgage Property Sale
F B Squire filed suit in common pleas court seeking to sell mortgaged property to satisfy the mortgage. E A and Dorothy Williams are named as defendants in the action aimed at recovering the debt through sale of the secured real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Squire
Common Pleas Court
E. A
Dorothy Williams
Mary Biltz Sues John for Divorce in Common Pleas
Mary Biltz filed for divorce from John Biltz in common pleas court charging extreme cruelty. The couple were married on October 15, 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Biltz
Common Pleas Court
John Biltz
Sudro Back Home From Elyria Hospital Listless Recovery
William C. Sudro returned to his home from Elyria Memorial Hospital and will resume his regular duties at his business in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudro
William C. Sudro
Elyria 4Femorial Hospital
Congress Today: committees edge toward tax, land, and ag bills
Finance committee debates tax reduction in closed session while public lands panel hearings consider extending Yellowstone National Park boundaries. Lawmakers continue work on the legislative establishment appropriation bill and Vinson cotton futures regulation.
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Public Lands
Yellowstons National Park
Agriculture Committee
Vinson
Irish German aviators land in North Atlantic mission hailed
The German Irish crew reached the North Country after an off course landing to extend peaceful aviation aims. President Coolidge sent hearty congratulations via naval radio. Officials praised the feat as a step toward postwar goodwill and progress in flight, following United Press reports and embassy radiograms.
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Germany
Washington
Atlantic
Coolidge
Naval
North Atlantic
United Press
Lindbergh
Bremen Flyers Reach Icebound Island After Atlantic Flight
The Bremen crew landed on Greenly Island Newfoundland after fuel ran low while crossing the North Atlantic. Marconi at Point Amour, Labrador, reported the landing and that the aviators were safe. A lighthouse keeper sheltered them before plans to return to Mitchel Field, New York, in another Junkers craft.
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Marconi
Point Amour
Labrador
Greenly Island
Mitchel Field
L. J
Junkers
New York
Civilization
trans-Atlantic
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Europe
Bremen
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and
Dublin
Mitchell Field
L. I
Baldonnel
Berlin
von Huenefeld
Koehl
Arthur Spindler
Nungesser
Coli
Elsie Mackay
Walter Hinchliffe
Hermann Koehl
Lince
Flght
Lufthansa Corporation
Spindler
Wit” Fitzmaurice
Ireland
Irish Free State Air Service
Fitzmanurtee
Baldonnel Field
William T. Losgrave
Irish Free State
Galway
North Atlantic
Flyers Expected Over Newfoundland As News Delays
Weather and sea conditions hindered reports as flyers Nungesser Colt Hinchliffe and Mackay were feared lost. A Port Amour radio relay claimed safe landing though station was low power. News then awaited Junkers from Mitchel Field before a possible New York reception.
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Labrador
Newfoundland
Maine
Nungesser
Colt
Princess Ann of
New York
Bremen
Nungesser-Colt
Hinchliffe
Port Amour
St. John’s
Junkers
Mitchel Field
Grove Patterson Named Permanent Chairman of Mock Convention
Oberlin announces Grove Patterson editor of the Toledo Blade as permanent chairman for the 1928 Oberlin Mock Convention. The piece recalls past chairmen including J. F. Burke Crah Paul Howland and the late President Harding. Delegation chairmen have been selected by the national convention committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Grove Patterson
Oberlin Review
Jis
Toledo Blade
J. F. Burke
Elyria
C. C. Crah
Ohio
Paul Howland
Harding
Oberlin Mock Convention Plans In May Tent Parade
Louis Pierce outlines the history of the Char lin Mock Convention as Oberlin prepares for May 15. Eighteen delegates, eight of whom later sought national nominations, may see seven eventual presidents among nominees. A large campus tent hosts sessions with platform adoption, followed by two nights of roll call balloting and spirited speeches.
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Louis Pierce
Oberlho
Oberlin
United States
Stars and Atoms Lecture by U Chicago Physicist H B Lemon
A public lecture on Stars and Atoms will be held next Monday afternoon at 4 30 in Severance Laboratory. Professor H B Lemon of the University of Chicago Physics Department will discuss recent spectroscopic findings on stellar evolution and the solar system. He will share first hand observations and cite his work from The Nature of the World and Man. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Severance
H. B. Lemon
Department of Physics
University of Chicago
Lemon
Jemon
Chicago
Chimney Fault Triggers Roof Fire at Home Restaurant
A defective chimney caused a small roof fire at the Home Restaurant around noon yesterday. Firefighters quickly doused the blaze and stopped further damage.
Nurse Thelma Wendt Returns From State Convention
Miss Thelma Wendt city nurse attended the State Nurse s convention in Youngstown Ohio this week and will return today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Wendt
Youngstown
Ohio
Miss Wendt
Oberlin Graduates Appeared in Noted Names in Music List
A recent edition of Noted Names in Music includes seven Oberlin alumni and professors among 1500 to 2000 notable figures. The Oberlin names listed are George W. Andrews Calvin B. Cady Edward Thickinson Nathaniel Dett Karl W. Gebtkens Edward Ratter Petry and Cortine Ridet-Kelsey, reflecting both historic and contemporary music figures.
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Oberlin
George W. Andrews
Calvin B. Cady
Edward Thickinson
Nathaniel Dett
Karl W. Gebtkens
Edward Ratter Petry
Conservatory
Ed Cortine Ridet-Kelsey
Markets Columbus O April 4 1900s wholesale prices
Market report from Columbus Ohio lists wholesale prices for fruits and vegetables. Cabbage new 49 cents per head old 54 cents. carrots new 8.5 to 9? per bushel. celery Florida crate 3.75. lettuce iceberg crate 9.50. onions Texas crate 3.28. oranges California box 7.00 to 7.35. potatoes 150 lb sacks 5.26 to 5.50. new Triumphs 100-10 sack 5.75 to 6.00. rhubarb 1.15 to 1.25 per dozen. strawberries 4.00 to 5.00 per 24 quart crate. tomatoes original lugs 2.60 to 4.00.
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Colunbus
Celery
Florida
Texas
California
Potatoes and Poultry Prices Listed for Ohio Market
Cleveland, April 14. Potatoes 150 lb sacks round whites from Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan at 3.50 to 3.65, 120 lb sacks Idaho russet Bur banks 3.55, Ohio bushel sacks 1.50 to 1.73. Poultry prices show heavy broilers 45 4forc, leghorns 35 40c, heavy fowls 28 30c, medium stock 25 30c, leghorns 22 25c, old roosters 17 1c.
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Cleveland
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Idaho
Ohio
Hogs and cattle market report from Cleveland Ohio
April 14 market recap shows hogs mixed with gains from 15 to 25 cents. Prices listed by weight class for hogs and calves, with cattle beef cows and vealers noted. Sheep market steady with fat lambs topping around 15.50 and bulk fat lambs near 15.00 to 15.50.
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Cleveland
Chicago Market Prices for Butter Eggs Potatoes and Grains
Chicago reports unsettled Butter Eggs Potatoes and grain prices with varied stock states. Butter creamery extras 4c and firsts 42 1-4c. Eggs cases firsts 26 1-2 to 27c storage packed extras 29 1-2c. Potatoes Reds on track 407 per car with mixed quality quotes and several price ranges. Wheat No 2 hard 1.52 1-4, Corn No 2 yellow 1.03 1-2, Oats No 2 white 62 1-2 to 64 1-2, Rye No 2 1.21, Barley 394c. Lard 11.53, Ribs 11.23, Bellies 12.70.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Texas
Minnesota
Idaho
Toledo Hog and Cattle Market Report
TOLEDO April 14 Hogs receipts 250 market 10-15 higher heavies 875-915 mediums 9109-960 Yorkers 915-960 good pigs 87-7.50. Cattle receipts light market steady Calves receipts light Market Sheep and Lambs receipts light market steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Minneapolis Grain Update From April Chicago Market
Minneapolis grain prices show flour up ten cents per carload, patent quotes at 83.00 and 8.40 per barrel in 98 pound sacks. Wheat bids No. 1 northern at 1.44, May at 1.14 1/8, July at 1.45 5/8, Sept 1.45. Corn No. 3 yellow at 9 1/2 to 10 1/2, oats No. 3 white 58 3/8 to 57 1/2, flax No. 1 at 2.22 1/4 to 2.30 1/4. Shipments 34,414 barrels. Bran at 3.00 to 3.50.
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Minneapolis
Oberlin and area club notices tonight and coming week
A former conservatory student noted. The Oberlin Business Men's Club met at the Martin Inn last night for routine business and committee reports. Miss Mable Prindle of Elyria visits Nelson Launsbrough on Main Street. The American Legion Auxiliary meets Tuesday April 17 at 3 30 with a pot luck supper. The Literary and Social Club gathers at Mrs L J Morris 172 West College on Thursday April 19. The Literature department of the Woman's Club meets with Mrs Townsley 420 East College on April 17 at 3 pm. The Wellington club will present two plays with guest invitations. The Ladies Aid Society of the First Baptist church meets in the church parlors Wednesday April 18 at 2 30.
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Oberlin
Martin Inn
Mable Prindle
Elyria
Nelson Launsbrough
Main Street
American Legion Auxiliary
L. J. Morris
West College Street
Woman's Club
Citizens urge restoration of Asian citizenship rights in US policy
A group led by Dr. Stanley Jones at Mosars Maclelland and Buck appeals to Secretary Kellogg to restore citizenship to about 45 Asians whose naturalisation papers were cancelled. They argue exclusion laws harm American prestige, call for fair quota immigration and a remedial act to protect racial equality and international standing.
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Hombay
India
United States
Stanley Jones
Mosars
Maclelland
Buck
Kellogg
Congress
Anlastics
Gopd
Wellington Death Calls Former Resident Mrs West
Wellington O April 14 Mrs Charles West of Taylor street died Friday at 4 am at her daughter's Oberlin home. Survived by four children Walter West Mrs F B Gott Miss Jaeena West and Mrs Ireta Morgan all of Wellington. Funeral at 3 pm Sunday at her home. Burial in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Charles West
Taylor Street
Carmel Sage
Oberlin
Walter West
F. B. Gott
Jaeena West
Ireta Morgan
Greenwood Cemetery
Players Present Play At Mrs Vern Clishy Home
The Woman's Afternoon club members gathered at Mrs. Vern Clishy's home last evening to perform a play and enjoy a social evening with neighbors and fellow club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Afternoon Club
Vern Clishy
For Sale Sewing Machines $10 and $15 In Excellent Condition
For sale a line of sewing machines priced at ten and fifteen dollars, bright and clean, in perfect condition. The seller promises factory-standard service or money back. Address Co. & Cov, 242 2nd St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. & Cov
2Nd St
Evening Drese In dispensable and White Elephants presented in Oberlin
Two one act plays staged in a modern London drawing room and a New York apartment featured Mrs. Clisby and Mrs. Mitton Cause in Evening Drese In dispensable and Mrs. A. B. Curtice as Larry in White Elephants. The productions were coached by Mrs. Franklin Jones with post performance hosting by Mrs. Roy Clisby. The club plans another presentation for the Oberlin Woman's club next Tuesday.
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Drese
London
Alice Weybury
Clisby
Weybury
New York
Larry
A. B. Curtice
Flo
Blake Stevick
Albert Fenton
Misa Jeannette Warner
Robert Foster
The
Sorosis
Franklin Jones
Roy Clisby
Woman’s Club of
Oberlin
Mrs Hannah Bliss Dies at 68 in Huntington
Mrs Hannah Bliss widow of Sewell Bliss and mother of Mrs Clem Finkle of Huntington and Clayton Bliss of Elyria died Friday morning at her daughter’s home. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm at Huntington church conducted by Rev Winters. Burial in Huntington cemetery under Keith Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Bliss
Sewell Bliss
Clem Finkle
Huntington
Clayton Bliss
Elyria
Huntington Church
Winters
Keith Andrews
Huntington Cemetery
The Ox Driver topic for Sunday sermon at First Baptist
Rev H K Finley selects The Ox Driver for Sunday morning discourse The B Y P U led by Miss Ethel Cline Smith discusses The Dangers of Slang at 6 30 Special music featured during the 7 30 evening service The Second Coming of Christ is the theme of the evening discourse
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H. K. Finley
First Baptist Church
Ethel Clinesmith
Christ
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Antone Motsch
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F. M. Sponseller
Hewura
P. Tweeday
Hal
Elyrian
STES
Congress Today
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Harry Payne Bingham
Newport
Missouri
Ponca
R. B. Whiting
College
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Cleveland Produce
Cleveland Livestock
Toledo Livestock
Elizabeth Wood
We Howe MH
Pewee
Abiaatenarion
W. T. Fridenstine
East Bridge St
C. Fred Miller Co
L. Llewellyn
River St
O’donnell Paint & Wall Paper Co
Spring & Mat
Iiter
West End Furniture Store
Broad St
Nelson R. Krugman
East Ave
Lorain County
Ws Tern Areserve Finance
Brock Phome
Lovata County Company
Lovate County
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