Passover Preparations and the Exodus Story Recapped
Benjamin L. Wilner explains Passover preparation in Jewish homes with ritual cleanup and removal of food and utensils until May 2, 1929. He then outlines the Exodus narrative from Moses’ rescue, the Pharaonic tyranny, the ten plagues, and the final deliverance symbolized by the passing over of Israelite homes. The article notes Passover as a festival of emancipation and religious renewal, and mentions the Seder as the two ceremonial evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin L. Wilner
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Egypt
Joseph
Canaan
Gashen
Isreal
Nile
Moses
Miriam
Cald
God
Moses Webeld
Alice
Passover rites explained and local observance noted
The piece outlines Seder symbols matzoth bitter herbs lamb bone roasted egg and Haggada readings. It recalls four cups of wine the four questions and the festive meal while noting persecution in history. Elyria will observe April 25 26 and May 1 2 with three services daily in the synagogue and Chol Hamsed work allowances.
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Egypt
Jerusalem
Temple
Elyria
Books at Library Describe Operas for Elyria Readers
Elyria library adds opera focused titles to aid Met season attendees. New arrivals include Marten’s A Thousand and One Nights of Opera, Guerber’s Stories of Popular Operas, Lavignac’s Music Dramas of Richard Wagner, Notebrock’s Operas Their Writers and Their Plots, and Krehbler’s Book of Opera. The list also features Plays for Our American Holidays with four Mother’s Day suitable plays, including Mothers of Men, At the Mule, Shipping Mother East, and Mother in Modern Story, plus Abbie Deal’s Cedartown and other notable works by Aldrich, Locke, and Rolvaag.
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Cleveland
Elyria
Charlotte Brooks
Lbisran
Marten
Guerber
Lavignac
Richard Wagner
Notebrac
Krehbler
Lonengrin
Aida
Lucia di Lammermoor
Schauffler and Sanford
Abbie Deal
Cedartown
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Joshua
W. J. Locke
Peder Victorious
O. E. Rolraag
Death Record for Adam Decker in Cleveland Ohio
Adam Decker died Sunday at 2 p m at his daughter Mrs Walter L Wonder 5453 West 97th St Cleveland aged 79 years one month twenty nine days His wife Margaret died eleven days earlier He is survived by daughters Mrs E F Weber Elyria and Mrs Walter L Wonder Cleveland three grandchildren and Mrs Carrie Mc Queen Elyria Funeral Wednesday at 2 p m Sudro Funeral Home Rev R W Paul officiating Burial Ridgelawn Cemetery
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Adam Decker
Walter L. Wonder
Weat
97Th St
Cleveland
Margaret
E. F. Weber
Elyria
Ohio
Cleveland, O
Raymond D. Smith
Margaret Boehlefeld
Florence Decker
Amherst
Carrie McQueen
Sudro
R. W. Paul
Dennison Avenue
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Chicken theft probe seeks suspects in county
Sheriff reports progress in a chicken theft case after two brothers claim they disposed of many stolen birds at various spots. Officials hope arrests will curb further thefts though they fear others may still be active. farmers urged to take precautions against chicken thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Final report approves Elberta Beach receiver relief
Atty Dan B Symons and Judge A R Webber approved a receiver final report for Elberta Beach Amusement and Improvement company showing income and disbursements of 3662.44, with Symons released from the receivership after selling all personal property. Pat Flynn, 78, fell on Court Street and injured his head but was not hospitalized.
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Elberta Beach Amusement and Improvement Company
Atty
Dan B. Symons
Common Pleas Court
A. R. Webber
Symons
Pat. Flynn
Longfellow
Court Street
Oberlin man asks police lookout for missing Mary Quinn
Local police were asked to watch for Mary Quinn a 50 year old colored woman who left her Oberlin home at 2 30 p m and has not been heard from since Her husband helped with the search They live at 101 Fol let street Oberlin. A blue and white bicycle was found buried in Cascade Park by a boy whose father reported the finding and turned it over to police.
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Oberlin
Mary Quinn
Follet Street
Cascade Park
Bor
KA Y! Portman
Cleveland Street
Egypt
Leigh Alexander
Social Science Club
Alexander
Alexander Said
Cairo
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Charles Gibson
Electa Stone
Harry Gibson
Ed Johnson
Hazel Gibson
Walter Walker
Mark Anderson
Pine Street
Helen Rook
Akron
Yeomans
Morgan Street
Max
Bob
Janice Yeamans
Lorain
Yeaman
J. M. Albright
John Emmerich
New Oberlin
W. L. Alexander
Findlay
N. Main Street
Shirley Jackson
John Senvhenn
Vermilion
Bonazzi
L. E. Yeamans
Edith Schmack
Cleveland
M. ‘D. Arnet
East College Street
Lawrence Smart
State Bank ‘Examiner
E. F. Ashley
Elizabeth Delaplana
Walter Delaplane
Toledo
Mary Jane Tyler
Gray Gables
Phi Gamma, Delta Fraternity
Columbus
Delaware
Ohio
Oberlin May puppet plays by Oberlin School and German Dept
Oberlin Ohio April 22 Helen Helnmant Joseph puppet plays will be presented in Oberlin on May 10 under the Oberlin Kindergarten Training School and the German Department. Two public performances at 4:00 p m and 7:00 p m feature a fairy play and Faust. The event will be held in Warner Halk.
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Oberlin
Ohio
Helen Helnmant
Joseph
Oberlin Kindergarten Training School
The
College
Faust
Wanner Halk
Deported German Mate Anna Zahn Sues For Divorce
Anna Zahn of Lorain filed for divorce from Theodore Zahn in common pleas court alleging his deportation to Germany last October for immigration violations. Married September 20, 1927, their union produced one child and she cites extreme cruelty and gross neglect. Zahn currently resides in East 23 Phorzheimn, Baden, Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim L. Nichols
Common Pleas Court
Mary Ann Nichols
Anna Zahn
Lorain
Theodore
Germany
United States
Zahn
Phorzheimn
Baden
Girl burned by radiator boil near Avon on way to Elyria
Water in a car radiator boiled over and burned the left hand of Laura Wilford on Saturday afternoon as she tried to remove the cap three miles from Avon while en route to Elyria. She was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Laura Wilford
Avon
Miss Wilford
Elyria
Memorial Hospital
Severe storm devastates towns in Ohio and West Virginia
A strong rain and wind storm damaged structures across Tron ton and Huntington. Trees and poles toppled, houses unroofed, and windows shattered. One woman injured in Tron ton, six people injured in Huntington, with two frame houses wrecked. A Wayne grade school and a Hamlin residence were unrooted. Severe hail caused damage in Portsmouth Ohio. Total damage estimated around 200000 dollars.
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Tronton
Huntington
W. Va
Wayne
Hamlin
Lincoln County
Portsmouth
Oho
Contempt Order Dismissed But Requires 2 Hour Notice
An order in contempt against Albert G Highgate was dismissed by Judge A R Webber in common pleas court. Highgate must give at least two hours notice before visiting his former wife Marjorie at her residence, per the judge’s ruling sought by Marjorie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert G Highgate
Common Pleas Court
Marjorie
A. R. Webber
Highgate
Akron Girl Is Clubber Victim in Bludgeon Attack
Akron police hunt a man who waylaid Nina King, 23, striking her with a bludgeon five times as she neared a dark street. The assault occurred after she alighted from a bus and her screams drew a nearby resident.
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Akron
Nina King
Hoover Says Prohibition Still Feeds Lawlessness
The piece cites President Hoover urging a tougher moral stance against bootleggers and patrons, framing prohibition as part of a broader invasion of lawlessness. A separate accident report notes Theodore Gagen’s car hitting a parked auto on West Avenue, damaging the parked vehicle owned by Alvin Bemis and bending the hitting car’s frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Weat Avenue
Theodore Gagen
Gagen
Alvin Bemis
Hear Evidence In 25000 Suit In Cleveland Auto Crash
A jury in Judge W B Thompson's common pleas court heard testimony in a $25000 suit filed by Mrs Della Fisher against John Antel of Cleveland. Fisher alleges permanent back injuries from a May 22 1927 automobile collision while riding with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
W. B. Thompson
Della Fisher
John Antel
Cleveland
Antel
Home Bombed in Youngstown Exposes Italian Leader
In Youngstown Ohio an explosion and resulting fire wrecked the home of Joseph Tucci a prominent Italian here The blast occurred while Tucci and his family were in Wooster Fire Chief Harry Callan said the house was likely bombed Tucci’s daughter Mrs Leonard Julian said her father had no known enemies Police may be called in to investigate as the six room frame dwelling was reduced to ashes
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Youngstown
Joseph Tucci
Harry Callan
Tucci
Wooster
Leonard Julian
Callan
Market summaries from Cleveland and Toledo livestock sales
Markets show Cleveland produce and animals: butters and eggs priced per pound, poultry figures, and potatoes. Cleveland hogs and cattle receipts indicate steady to slightly higher prices with ranges for various weights. sheep show steady to weak with top lambs around 16.65 and fat sheep 8.50 to 9.50. Toledo hogs up 10-15 cents, heavies 11.50 to 11.75, cattle calves light and market steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Toledo
Brickley shoots at suspect. man dies after leg wound
In Oberlin a deputy marshal Brickley shot a man during an arrest attempt. Scott died an hour after surgery at Allen hospital from abdominal wounds. Coroner ruled homicide. Brickley to meet prosecutor. mayor supports officer. Scott had a prior liquor possession record and parole at the time.
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Brickley
Adams
Scott
Brick
Allen Hospital
Miles A. Perry
Elyria
W. Myers
Oberlin
L. A. Sears
Lorain
Clerk of Courts
W. 8
Thompsons
Turns barrage against plan of Bender heads to Ohio cities
Cleveland, April 27. The Ohio Farmer charges the Bender plan to reapportion the legislature would deprive 68 rural counties of representation and argues the move shifts power to city organizations. Senator George H. Bender plans three addresses within 24 hours to defend his proposal amid Cleveland fraud revelations.
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Cleveland
Bender
Ohio Farmers
Ohio General Assembly
George H. Bender
Co-Operative Club
Barberton
East End Exchange Club
Cable Farmer
Ohio
Woman Sues for 20000 Over Guard Wire Trip
Harel L. Degan of Lorain files in common pleas court for 20000 against Ohio Public Service Co. for injuries after tripping on guard wire in front of 2213 East 30th Street. Accident occurred September 13, 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harel L. Degan
30Th Street
Lorain
Common Pleas
Ohio Puble Service Company
Imbibers Fined By Mayor In Nick Segosta Case
Mayor James A Hewitt fines Nick Segosta of Nick Segosta Lorain five dollars and costs after arraignment on intoxication charges. Several East Riv er street residents Clarence Diedrick John Parker and William Washke plus Oberlin road resident Stacy Kracesky plead guilty and paid fines. G T Sedgman Oberlin sues H C Noland for 482 dollars over overdue account. Resar Elyria reports finding a 29x4 40 balloon tire on Washington Avenueobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Hewitt
Nick Segosta
Lorain
Segosta
Clarence Diedrick
John Parker
William Washke
River Street
Stacy Kracesky
Oberlin Road
William Resar
Case Road
R. D
Elyria
Washington ,Avenue
Hay Market Report from New York on April 22
The hay market in New York shows steadiness with reds on a car. Large bales timothy and light mix No. 1 26 27 dollars, No. 2 23 25, No. 3 and poorer 14 22. Small bales timothy and light mix No. 1 26, No. 2 23 24, No. 3 and poorer 13 21. Heavy mixed clover No. 3 to 1 22 24.
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Hay Market
New York
Haymarket
Church Sues To Regain Old Property In Amherst
The Board of Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church of Amherst filed an amended petition in common pleas court seeking to force Max D. Flechner to vacate land alleged to have belonged to the church since 1900. The petition states Flechner took possession of the property in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Board of Trustees of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, of
Amherst
Max D. Flechner
Hi Y Conference Brings Delegates From Four Cities
Delegates from Elyria Oberlin Wellington and Amherst attended the second annual County Hi Y Conference at Amherst First Congregational church Saturday afternoon. Nine Elyria delegates elected Edward Pape president for the coming year. Rev L C Grant Lorain gave the principal afternoon address on finding a purpose in life linking Christian purpose to profession as corollaries to that aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Oberlin
Wellington
Amherst
First Congregational Church
Edward Pape
L. C. Grant
Lorain
Christ
Rev
Grant
Nelson Dodd
Brinkhaven
Douglas Rugh
Oberlin College ¥. M. C. A
John R. Siekkinen
Elyria Y. M.C. A
Hi-Y
J. P. Seltters
M. M. Champion
Stolen Car Recovered With Four Tires Missing
Sheriff deputies recovered the car of Carl Moss of Sandusky on Butternut Ridgerd at 8 a m today. It was found abandoned and stripped of four tires. Moss was notified and will claim the vehicle. Cyril De Laet a 27 Elyria metal finisher and Susie Smith 26 Elyria obtained a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Moss
Sandusky
Butternut Ridgerd
Moss
Cyril de Laet
Elyria
Susie Smith
Quiet wedding joins Miss Susie Whitefield and Albert Storen
Miss Susie Whitefield of this city and Albert Storen of Cleveland were married Saturday evening. They left for a trip to New York City and will reside in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Whitefield
Albert Storen
Cleveland
New York City
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Loop
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Lagton Sales Company, Inc
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A. Rudera
Grafton
George and
Emma Sprague
Edith M. Fleming
Harry E. Fleming
W. C. Sigsworth
William Geist
Lester Leo Lewellyn
John Matovich
John Stachusky
Anna Schimmelman
Lorain Banking Company
T. F. McDonald
John Manarelli
Julia Manarelli
Oliver Godfrey
North Park Street
Model League
Ohio Wesleyan
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Edward Treat
Marjory Daniels
Almon McCorkle
Lucille, Straton
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Max Chapman
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King Bosworth Room
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Wilkins
Frank Aydelotte
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pa
Joel B. Hayden
Fairmont Presbyterian Church
Cleveland Heights
Board of Trustees
Bureau of
Ivanore V. Barnes
Biological Club
Wright Laboratory
Rumber
G. T. Sedgman
H. C. Noland
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Jackson’s Wall Paper and Paint Store
Carter
O'Donnell Paint and Wall Paper Co
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