Civil War volunteer arms gap and early lines of battle
The North and South in 1861 faced a war with volunteers and scarce weapons. The North had a small standing army, more rail and industry, and broader food production, while the South lacked weapons, rail capacity, and faced early recruitment challenges. Imponderables and leadership shaped outcomes more than raw battalions. Virginia calls for volunteers in May. McClellan named major general in May.
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Virginia
George
McClellan
Ir Lnton
Harper's Ferry
Norfolk Navy Yard
Gorgas
Lincoln
Civil War Readiness in Spring 1861
The excerpt notes early Union and Confederate mobilization. It cites Gen Scott’s remark on readiness, contrasts Confederate militia with a formal army, and cites Davis reporting 19 000 under arms with 16 000 more in Virginia not yet in the Confederacy. It mentions a Confederate authorization for up to 100 000 troops and an additional 22 000 authorized later.
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Scott
South
Davis
Provisional
Confederate Congress
C.S.A
Virginia
Confederacy
City considers charging for weekday pool use
Debates over charging at Casly Park pool intensify as officials weigh ethics and budgets. Proposals stress keeping costs within income while opponents cite a Kiwanis gift and potential drownings as reasons against fees.
Prison Farm escape and town pool debate headlines
Two prisoners handcuffed a guard and escaped from Graf ton Prison Farm. City officials propose options to fund or manage Cascade Park pools amid public debate and rising costs. Wellington High School band placed second in the state contest at Columbus. An Elyvia man died in fog and speed on West River and Griswold roads. Spaghetti and meatballs sold for 30 cents. A village vignette recalls a child’s church story about his mother.
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Grafton
Elyvia
West River and
Griswold, Rds
Wellington High School
Columbus
Cascade Park
Ye Recreation Department
Recreation Department
Kiwanis Club
Weather Beaten Spring Sees Rain Sun Requests and Kingwood Hall Details
The column notes scant sunshine with days of rain ahead and spring flowers showing in the yard. It recounts Charles Kelley King of Mansfield, founder of Kingwood Hall, who died in 1952, his estate, and an endowment for gardening and bird study. It details the hall’s furnishings, a 27 room home, 47 acre estate, and annual removal of 75,000 tulip bulbs to make room for other blooms, with bulbs discarded to prevent unsightly foliage.
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Kingswood Center
Mansfield
Place of Beauty
Charles Kelley King
Ohio Brass Co
Kingwood Hall
France
Holland
Kingwood
AA Origins and Elyria Community Tidbits Mixed Here
A sprawling reminiscence blends Alcoholics Anonymous history with local Elyria musings. It recalls AA cofounders Bill W and Dr Bob, notes AA’s global reach, and links Cleveland Indians lore with hometown happenings, pets, driving lessons, and local personalities in a lively, period-voice column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholics Anonymous
Elyria
Cleveland Indians
Rollie Hemsley
New York
Akron
Bill
Bill W
Bob S
Caribbean Scout Jubilee stamps unveiled in Trinidad Tobago
The Crown Agents announce eight and two cent commemoratives for the Second Caribbean Scout Jamboree at Valhalla Park Trinidad. Stamps show Queen Elizabeth and the Gold Wolf Scout Award, measure 1 by 2 inches, printed in sheets of 50, issued for three months or until stock runs out. Also notes Trinidad Tobago postal union and historic island facts. The piece also mentions Sierra Leone stamps and a note about the North Ridgeville Stamp Club meeting on Saturday May 6 at 10 am at Fields School.
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Washington
Valsaya Park
Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago
Jeli
Tion
Venezuela
Gulf of S
Ise Paria
Walter Raleigh
Tobago
West India Islands
Rena Geen
Sierra Leone
England
United States
North Ridgeville Stamp Club
Fields School
Race Rd
Rt 10
Second annual banquet in Lorain County Bird Room
Earl M. McCaskey secretary notes the affair returns to the Bird Room for the second straight year. The event attracts an invited guest from the business sector and sports desk veterans recall past successes as the annual banquet continues its long tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Earl M. McCaskey
New Drive System Aims to Cut Truck Weight
Cleveland report says Jack and Heintz, Inc. promote an electric drive for trucks. An engine powers a generator that feeds separate motors in each wheel, eliminating the transmission clutch and differential.
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Cleveland
NPT
Jack & Heintz, Inc
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U. S
Iaver
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Seaboard
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North
By Joe Cowden
Casly Given
Cade Park
Black River
Fark Commission
Dick Notley
John
Siah Gorgas
Thej
Notley
John Madhock
Yesteryear
ISIS
Dorothy Funk
Russ Davies
Oscar G. Dunn
Mike Lotko
Vic Stewart
Ralph Kirby
Jack Rassler
Bil
Ohio
Grassie's
Wayside Inn
Appie
Tinker
Gulf Rd
Baltes Construction Co
Brandtson Ave
State Highway Department
Elyria Catholic High School
Ken Coleman
Ford Brown
University Hospital, Cleveland
Brown
al McMan
Elyria Memorial Hospital
McMan
Thew Shovel Co
City Water Department
MceMan
Elyria Board of Education
City Recreation Board
Harry Jones
Jones
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jim Piersall
Harry
the PeeDee
Tribe
Indianville
Daytona Beach
Gleason
Jackie Gleason
Owen Gleason
Elyria High School
Job
Ida
Mumstancces
Hal Seville
Cornet
Bluebird
Hal
Seville
WEOL
Forty Fort
Brotar
Dack Elton
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