Rise of Parochial Schools Driven by Sisters and Pastors
An Elyria history highlights St Mary’s parish growth from a frame church in 1854 to a large Catholic school system. It details Fathers Healy, Sidley, Molon, Schofield, and Bishop Farrelly, the Notre Dame and Joseph sisters, the 1901 brick school, the St Agnes plant, and Sister Firmata’s leadership shaping generations of local students.
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Mlyria
Father Healy
St. Mary’s Church
Ohio
Elyria
Rappe
Seta
Middle Avenue
Fourth Street
New Alte
Impala
Smallwood
Bouilt
Father Sidley
Louis Molon
Robert A. Sidley
Father Molon
St. Mary’s School
John T. Schaffeld
Philip Myers
St. Mary’s Parish
Schofield
John B. Halpin
Cleveland
Sisters of St. Joseph
Sisters of Notre
Farrelly
St. Agnes
James A. McFadden
Firmata
Sisters of Notre Dame
St. Mary's
Ladies Rest Room a City Institution of Comfort
The Ladie's Rest Room on Second and Court streets in Elyria is open all day and until late evening under matrons Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Vogleson. The remodeled facility offers a sitting room with windows, pictures, magazines, chairs and two reclining chairs. It serves shopgirls, travelers and all classes, with a check room for luggage and a long history of care since its start a decade ago.
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Elyria
Ladie
Second
Court Streets
Miller
Vogleson
Court
Sir Galahad
Second Showing of Strong Heart College Play by Popular Request
Elyria reports a repeat performance of the amateur college play Strong heart by the Boys Division of the YMCA at the High School Auditorium on Friday April 22. Miss Helen Todd directs a cast of local amateurs aiming for a larger audience, with tickets at fifty cents and a full house expected to support the actors’ reputations.
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Elyria
Rialto
Helen Todd
Thia
Many Social Events Planned in Lorain Week
Lorain society and club women expect a busy week with diverse events. An English Lutheran church musicale features local talent tonight. Mrs Lulu Loveland Shepard of Salt Lake City speaks on The Mormon Menace at First Methodist. Lorain Sorosis meets Wednesday at the public library to discuss Special Service.
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Lorain
Beastley
Federation of Women's Clubs
Lulu Loveland Shepard
Salt Lake City
First Methodist Church
Feathered Warblers Of The East A Field Guide Overview
Feathered Friends describes Nashville warblers and pine warblers across the eastern and northern United States. It covers Black-Throated Green Warblers with yellow cheeks and black throats, Black-Poll Warblers’ long migrations, and Kentucky Warblers’ forest habitats along the Ohio River valleys to southern Ontario.
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Nashville
United States
Canada
South Carolina
Brazil
Alaska
West Indies
South America
Florida
Kentucky
Ohio River
Ontario
Guild plans rummage sale and spring dance times
St Elizabeth's guild of the Church of the Redeemer plans a rummage sale for the last three days of the week. The sale is expected to bring joy to guild members and friends. Friday evening features the Girls' Community club annual spring dance in Fagles hall with Ray Brady's orchestra providing music.
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St. Elizabeth’s Guild of the Church of the Redeemer
Ray Brady
Lawn care tips from USDA on weed control and seed purity
USDA experts emphasize that proper lawn care, including mowing rolling fertilizing and watering, helps suppress weeds such as crab grass. They warn that manure seeds can introduce weeds, so use pure seed and avoid contaminated sources.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Education for a Campaign of Fine Art
Charles D. Isaacson argues for an expansive education drive to popularize music and fine art. He urges using schools clubs forums newspapers and periodicals to convert skeptics including women and workers into master-lovers of art, claiming a 6S percent gain in appreciation.
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Charles D. Isaacson
French Brides Club to Aid Tuberculosis Sister in Sunny France
Elyria reports French girls who followed husbands to America formed a YWCA club for mutual aid. On April 11 in Boston at Hotel Westminster they plan a ball to raise funds for a French sister with TB after childbirth, cared for by her baby and expressed hope for recovery. Chairwoman Mrs Edward O Proctor leads the ball committee with strong French and Belgian ties and support from husbands.
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France
French Brides Club
Elyria
Atlantic
Boston
Hotel Westminster
Edward O. Proctor
Fernande Girot
Herbert Edwards
Laurence Landrieur
Paris
Stephen Beane
Marthé Genicot
Belgium
Cabbage Origins Traced to Eastern Cultivation
A note outlines cabbage as a vegetable cultivated from remote tribes with origins in the East, framing its climate and regional heritage as foundational to its history.
Patriotism Quoted From Johnson by Boswell
A misattributed line attributed as Boswell’s remark about patriotism as Johnson’s quote appears. The note discusses common misquotation and attribution in literature.
Small Town Life Inspires Defense of Main Street Vices
A New York audience critique of Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street prompts Miss Seaburg to defend small towns. She cites rugged honesty and diverse character types found across rural America, arguing that many virtuous and influential figures exist beyond the stereotyped small town crowd.
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West
Town Authority
New York
Miss Seaburg
Ohio
Sinclair Louk
Sauk Cente
Minnesota
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Woman’s Civic Club
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Nanking
Boswell
Samuel Johnson
Delis Bros
Broadway
Lorain’s Greatest Store
Pet
Snow Boy
KLINE
Coats
Arbuckles
Beco
Bly
Ker
Eohard
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