Gold Standard To Improve Business Throughout U S
Washington reports Great Britain’s return to the gold standard sparks optimism. Officials call it a key reconstruction step boosting world stability and U S trade, with the Treasury and Commerce Department predicting a strong foreign trade rebound and renewed financial parity with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Great Britain
Treasury
Department of Commerce
State Department
United States
Lake Avenue Town Ship Meeting Debates School Closure
A well attended Lake Avenue Town Ship School meeting discussed closing the school this week or extending for nine months. The board is split though sentiment may sway two opposing members to change. Debt cited at 14000 with conflicting figures from a state examiner and the clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lake Avenue Township
Board of Education
Dana Fox
Andea Ag
Warl Smith
Former Elyria Pastor Joins Medina Congregational Church
Rev William Flammer of Oberlin has been called to the Medina Congregational church and will assume charge but remain in Oberlin until school year end. He has pastored in Kent Wakeman Elyria Second and Douglas Wyo and led Union Church work in the Canal Zone. He is an Oberlin graduate with a B D and a master’s from Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina
Wiliam Flammer
Oberlin
Congregational Church of
Marian
Oberlin College
William
Robert
Crawfordsville
Ind
Lew Wallace
Flammer
Oberlin Theological Seminary
Kent
Wakeman
Elyria
Douglas
Wyo
Canal Zone
Panama
Union Church of
Balboa
Ohio
Near East
Elyrian
O. G. Nichols
The
Baptist Church
Lighthouse Keeper Falls To Death At Putin Bay
Charles P. Dughom 59 keeper of the Putin Bay lighthouse was found dead on the beach after failing to appear for breakfast his wife and son started a search and investigators say he fell from a 40 foot cliff near the lighthouse last night in Sandusky Ohio April 29.
Oil Boom At Columbia Township Draws Eastern Delegation
Recent drilling success near Columbia township and east of Lorain City has attracted eastern oil men. A Pittsburgh based Arkansas Fuel Co delegation will visit Lorain to inspect fields east of the city and in Columbia township. Dozens of rigs have appeared in three months, with the smallest well reportedly producing two and a half million feet daily, as East Ohio Gas Co leads development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Township
Lorain City
East Ohio Gas Company
Columbia
Arkansas Fuel Qi} Co
Pittsburgh
Lorain
East Ohio Gas Co
Limited Train Derailed in Vermont
The Washingtonian Montreal to Washington limited derailed at Royalton Vermont. Passengers were jolted from berths and trainmen thrown into aisles as a journal from the locomotive snapped. No injuries reported. only the locomotive and tender left the rails. The train carried a mail car baggage car and five Pullmans. The Montrealer heading to Montreal was delayed for hours.
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Royalton
Washingtonian
Montreal
Washington
D. C
Limited
Safety stops ordered for six hundred cars at Beekman crossing
The State Utilities Commission ruled that six hundred Cincinnati Traction Company cars must make daily main line safety stops at the Beekman street grade crossing of the Cincinnati and Westwood Railroad in Cincinnati. The line is barely used, with only a hand car operated daily to protect the franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cincinnati Traction Company
Beekman Street
Cincinnati and Westwood Railroad Company
Cincinnati
State Utilities Commission
Elyria Clean Up On Time As Trucks Roll
Elyria reports cleanup progress on schedule with three trucks and sixteen men. Work will shift from east to south side, with two days for the middle section and a Monday start on the west. stray lots to be cleared Saturday. Refuse hauled to Gulf road dump. crews pick up boxed rubbish only to avoid loose cans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
James A. Hewitt
Gulf Road
Ridgelawn Cemetery
German Chancellor to Remain in Office Amid Peace Plan
Berlin April 29 The German head of the cabinet led by Luther promised continuity after Hindenburg’s ascent as president. He urged Ruhr evacuation, discussed a security pact, and pledged Dawes Plan compliance during remarks to the commerce and industry association. An evening speech was expected to outline key future policies.
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Berlin
Luther
Hindenburg
Association of Commerce and Industry
Germany
Ruhr
Hanover
Lecture on Canadian wilds by Rev Eastman at First Methodist
Rev F E Eastman pastor of Amherst United Church will present an illustrated lecture Friday night at the First Methodist Church on an imaginary tour through northern Canada. The Myen class of the Sunday school sponsors the event. Prices for tires are slated to rise May 1 according to Akron rubber firms.
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Canada
First Methodist Church
F. E. Eastman
United Church
Amherst
Eastman
Canadian Woods
First Methodist Sunday School
Akron
Fires kill six and injure six in three blazes
Portland reports four dead in a rooming house fire as flames engulfed the frame building before fire crews arrived. In Canton an oil plant blast killed worker John A. Young and fatally injured manager E. D. Hansbarger. another man, M. L. Beck, was lightly hurt by debris. Malden saw an explosion at Boston Rubber Company injuring six and triggering a panic among 3500 workers. One body was recovered and others remained missing.
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Portland
Ore
Canton
K. and
John A. Young
E. D. Hansbarger
Mercy Hospital
M. L. Beck
Louisville
Ohio
Malden
Mass
Boston Rubber Company
Arsenic Found as Cause of Death in Mantua Case
Ravenna Ohio April 29 A second mysterious poisoning surfaced with arsenic in the organs of Tony Demedin of Mantua near Ravenna Investigators say evidence points to murder authorities think he was unknowingly ingesting arsenic in food for weeks Not enough arsenic in the stomach caused immediate death
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Ravenna, O
Tony Demedin
Mantua
Britton S. Johnson
Demedio
Head Found in a Gunny Sack in The Loop Alley
A human head, likely that of a man, was found today in a gunny sack in an alley behind a building in the Loop. The building engineer who made the discovery said the sack appeared placed in the alley earlier in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whicago
Firemen Save Garage At Horwitz Essence
Firemen from No 1 station stopped a blaze that threatened the garage at Sam Horwitz residence 218 Fourteenth Street about 130 this afternoon. The fire started in a small shed behind the garage from an undetermined origin. Damage to the garage will likely exceed 50 dollars. Walter Ruhl, chauffeur, backed a car from the garage as flames spread inside through a window.
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No. 1
Sam Horwitz
Fourteenth Street
Walter Ruhl
State awards 3750 for fright caused total hair loss
The State Industrial Department awarded William Moorman of Sidney 3750 dollars for total loss of all hair after fright from an accident on a Big Four Track Reconstruction job near Houston in Shelby County on July 23, 1923. The commission calls the case one of its strangest.
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Columbus
Apri
State Industrial Department
Wm. Moorman
Sidney
Houston
Shelby County
Commission
Bandit shoots autoists who gave lift near Toledo
Police pursue a Toledo gunman after L A Lyons of Findlay, a bridegroom, was shot twice in the head while giving a lift en route to Defiance. Lyons, found in his car in Toledo, regained consciousness after three hours and was rushed to a Defiance hospital.
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Toledo
L. A
Lyons
Findlay
Defiance
Lorain begins dredging to improve Black River harbor
Dredges start on the Black River in Lorain to cost 61000 as the first step toward making Lorain a major Great Lakes port. State approval clears use of relief funds. city officials work to remove red tape after meeting in Columbus with the attorney general’s department.
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Black River
Lorain
Lorain Harbor
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Waterway
Herbor
Lakes
J. ©. Standen
C. C. Miller
William A. Miller
Columbus
Attorney General's Department
Riegel Charged With Illegal Payment to Gallia County
Vernon M. Riegel state director of public instruction faces charges over accepting 150 from Gallia county for 1922 and 1923 teachers institutes. He says payment covered vacations and will refund after Attorney General ruling limited vacations for state directors. The report notes no reply to second notice.
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Columbus
Vernon M. Reigel
Gallia County
Tracy
Walter L
Riegel
Examiner Dean
John H. Matthews
Teachers Institute
Rigel
Dean
Rescue at Sea As Crew Flown to Shore in Breeches Buoy
Norfolk reports the seven crew of the three masted schooner Irma were saved today after the vessel struck a sandbar in a sixty mile gale. Lifesavers from the Bodie Island station 80 miles south of Cape Henry hauled the men to shore in a breeches buoy, according to a received report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Irma
Bodes Island
N. C
Cape Henry
N James
State to Spend on Lorain County Road Improvements
The state highway department will spend about 50 009 dollars on two Lorain county road projects after a meeting with officials and commissioners. One project covers a Wellington village to Big Four crossing strip with an 8000 dollar allocation and a concrete base asphalt surface. the other extends 314 Intercounty Highway one mile east of Belden eastward one mile then south two miles to Erhart with a probable concrete pavement. Grafton township project costs 90 000 to 95 008 dollars with the state covering about half, and the state will oversee surface decisions and construction management. Commissioners returned from Columbus last night.
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State Highway Department
Lorain County
Wellington
Grafton Township
Big Four Crossing
Belden
Erhart
Columbus
Blame Root In Death Two
Russell Herman a 19 year old died and two of Mrs Minnie Beables children in Port Ann Snyder County were gravely ill after eating what they believed to be artichokes. Doctors said roots were water hemlock a rare poison in poisoning cases.
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Sunbury
Russell Herman
Minnie Beable
Port Ann
Snyder County
Cc. M. Boust
Herman
H. A. Surface
Susquehanna University
Socrates
Boust
Firemen Overcome as Brooklyn Building Burns
Thirteen firemen were overcome and damage estimated at 20000 dollars when a three story brick building housing the Louis and Morris Bernstein Novelty Company in Brooklyn was gutted. Acrid fumes from vast quantities of boxes and excelsior hampered entry. several rescues of unconscious firemen were made and four trolley lines were tied up for about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis and Morris Bernstein Novelty Company
Brooklyn
Barbers Union Plans May Dance at Bik's Hall
Cronghams Barbers Union met to transact business and vote to hold a May Dance next month at Bik's Hall. The Veterans of Foreign Wars post will hold a special meeting at 8 pm in City Hall. The Citizens Military Training Camps film The Flag Maker will tour Lorain county theaters Friday through Monday, with showings in Lorain Elyria Wellington Amherst and other towns.
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Barbers
Barbers Union
Bik’s Hall
V. FL. W
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Citizens
Lorain County
James A. Hewitt
Temple Theater
Lorain
Dreamland
Elyria
Lonet
Wellington
Empira
Amherst
Tranear
Governor says Ohio cannot block Japanese farmers arrival
In Columbus on April 29 Governor Donahey stated there are no state laws to exclude the 560 Japanese farmers slated to arrive from California. He said only a legislative committee can summon the assembly from recess to address the issue, and warned residents appealing for a special session would be futile. The emergency-summoning committee includes Speaker Harry D. Silver, Rep. Robert A. Taft, Lt. Gov. Charles St. Lewis, and Sen. Joseph R. Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Willard Marsh
Norwalk
California
Donahey
Willard
General Assembly
Harry D. Silver
Robert A. Taft
House
Charles St. Lewis
Joseph R. Gardner
Senate
Shipping Board disputes flare over Seattle liners and Dollar contract
Washington April 29 A new row in the United States Shipping Board seeks cancellation of the Dollar Company's operating contract for five government passenger liners on the Seattle Oriental route. Board members fear losses from Dollar control of the combined fleet and aim to reclaim the Seattle ships now under lease. Meanwhile the sale of five San Francisco liners to Dollar Interstate progresses, poling a split in the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Shipping Board
Dollar Company
Official Washington
President
Dollar Interstate
Seattle
Dollar
San Francisco
Pacific Steamship Company
Sheriff Mistakenly Steals Car During Hurry Call
WOODFIELD Ohio April 24 Sheriff Web Hissom of Monroe County, eager to nab violators, borrowed a friend’s auto during a hurry call and sped off. Franklin Botts, a Lewisville high student, later reported his car stolen from the fairgrounds. The sheriff realized the mix up and returned the vehicle.
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Woodfield
Web Hissom
Monroe County
Hissom
Franklin Bott
Lewisville
Stollen
Fairgrounds
Botts
Sher- Hissom
Tokyo man cuts finger to press suffrage bid
In Tokyo on April 29 Kiyoshi Goto, 38, a universal manhood suffrage advocate, severed a finger and signed a blood petition to Kenkyukai leaders after being refused access at the Diet to urge support for the suffrage bill. He handed the bloodied petition and finger to a guard for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Kiyoshi Goto
Kenkrukai Party
House of Peers
Goto
Diet
Jewelry Heist Hits Sol Bergman Home After Break In
Two masked men invaded Sol Bergman’s home at dawn and restrained the family at gunpoint before escaping with about $3,000 in jewelry after severing telephone lines. The incident, reported from Cleveland, involved Bergman, a jewelry store owner, as the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Sol Bergman
Hunt Begins for Kidnapper of 11 Year Old Girl
Granville Vermont April 79 Police appeal for National Guard help to capture Earl Woodward an ex convict and alleged kidnapper of 11 year old Lucille Chatterton A $200 reward dead or alive fuels six armed posses as farmers join the search Walter Chatterton father of the missing girl rejoined the hunt declaring he would shoot Woodward on sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville
National Guard
Earl Woodward
Lucille Chatterton
Billings
Northfield
Woodward
Walter Chatterton
Chatterton
Lorain Auto Club Proposes Revised Traffic Code
Lorain City Auto Club seeks mayoral approval for a 106 section traffic code revision drafted by W R Walsh. Key changes include boulevard stop rule updates aligning with Cleveland and a safety director authorized to regulate parking. The clubs and the American Auto Association ask bus and truck operators for input on registration needs for the 69th Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lorain City Auto Club
Hoffman
W. R. Walsh
Legal Department of the
Auto Club
Cleveland
Lorain Club
Lorain County Auto Club
American Auto Association
Moose Lodge Farewell Party At Old Quarters
Members enjoyed a vaudeville show and lunch at the Moose Lodge for a farewell to their quarters. A large crowd attended with Al Davis in charge and Henry J. Smith assisting. The lodge moves to Grace Court today.
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Moose Lodge
al Davis
Henry J. Smith
Gracecourt
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MEN Tought County
Amergt Pastor
Rotary
Hunt
Horwitz Essence
Bandit
Riegal
Wellington Village
Cronghams
Lorain Auto
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