Adventists Report Large Mission Efforts and Giving
Seventh Day Adventists dispatched 184 missionaries abroad in 1927. They operate gospel work in 126 countries across 256 languages with 6,767 evangelists and workers. In 1926 mission gifts per member averaged $14.25 world wide and $25.11 in North American division, with evangelistic gifts at $7. Tithe payments totaled $280,080.68 in Ohio Conference, Harvest Ingathering raised $3,945.79 per capita 17¢ and other mission offerings totaled $200,678.40. A special offering of several thousand dollars is anticipated at the next Sabbath harvest drive.
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North America
Ohio
Youthful Bathers Die and Injured During Niagara Falls Trip
Niles, Ohio youths on a Bar Scouts pleasure trip to Niagara Falls encounter tragedy as Cecil Meirs, 18, Apple Creek, dies of heart failure while bathing. The tour, led by Rev. J. W. Cleland, is abandoned. Nat Barth, Niles, suffers a broken neck and paralysis after a diving accident at Mosquito Creek. condition serious.
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Niles
Cecil Meirs
Apple Creek
Wooster
Niagara Falls
J. W. Cleland
Nat Barth
Mosquito Creek
Texan Scores 98 In Short VANDALIA Championship Heat
In Vandalia on August 21 Forest McNair of Houston led the Grand American Handicap tournament day two with a 98 score. Columbus and George Wher NK tied for second while the field fought for the men's championship, 96 and 92 scores noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
Forest McNair
Houston
North America
Borh
Columbu
Mre
George Wher
Feld Fmen
Ring
Heli
Lorain County civic groups oppose bridge issue election
A letter from Geo B Wickens reveals Lorain County civic organizations uniformly oppose the Memorial Bridge bond issue. County officials note a possible call for a special election, but law prohibits such a vote unless mandated. The Temple of Heaven in Peking is repurposed as a storehouse.
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Kon
Board of County Commissioners
Elyria
Ohio
Orain
Zlar
Euaire
Lorais
Tani
Poara
Geo
B. Wickens
Ickens
Lorain County
Lorain
Peking
China
Akron Boy Injured When Car Ditches On Roadside
Robert Harris, six, of 496 Kenz Beck Avenue Akron, was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital with a broken leg after the auto he rode in left the Cleveland Road ditch east of Elyria. He was admitted. Stankard Attends Cleveland Convention Chief of Police E J Stankard is in Cleveland for the police convention today and tomorrow. Later he will take a vacation trip to Canada. Fined By Mayor For Being Drunk Andrew Murray of Elyria was fined 35 and costs by Major A Hewitt in police court this morning on a charge of intoxication, to which he pleaded guilty. Max Moves To Elyria A lifetime-experienced man transfers duties and cattle selling. Asks Alimony Kingsbury of Wellington filed suit in common pleas court against Leon J Kings of Wakeman alleging inability to live with her husband due to his extreme cruelty.
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Akron
Robert Harris
Kenzbeck Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland Road
Elyria
Stankard
Cleveland
E. J. Stankard
Canada
Andrew Murray
Elvria
Major A. Hewitt
Kingsburr
Wellington
Common Pleas
Leon J. Kings
Wakeman
Death Record Hazel G Woolridge of Norwalk
Hazel Gillmore Woolridge of Norwalk died at home at age 36 after illness. Husband A J Woolridge, three children Helen, Gladis, Floré. mother Mrs Cora Abell. four sisters and three brothers named, funeral plans later. Also obituary notes Joyce Ann Hahn died at home of her parents aged unknown. funeral at Sudro Funeral Home with Rev Mubly officiating. burial at Murer Rides cemetery.
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Hazel G. Woolridge
Hazel Gillmore Woolridge
Norwalk
A. J. Woolridge
Helen Gladis
Floré
Cora Abell
Bert Athe
Thomas Durni
Fred Giesr
West Litchfield
Ruth Bemis
Ei Fla
Joyce Ann Hahn Jorce
Ann Hahn
Arthur Hate
Homer Court
Janet Mar
Sudro
Mubly
Murer Rides
Elyria Council Debates Streetcar Fare and Civic Support
Elyria city officials discuss a seven cent fare increase approved by the council and the central labor union's petition for service, signaling broad citizen recognition of streetcar value. Nester notes party loyalty and thanks the group for friendship tokens as the meeting closes and a long list of attendees is recorded.
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Ures
Elyria
Solons
Eli Council
Elyria Central Labor Union
Ciizens
Discharges of two Ohio liquor agents spark department shakeup
In Columbus, Louis Wilcox and Price were discharged from the state prohibition department for rule violations. McDonald declined detail, citing policy. both received discharge pay. Wilcox had Lorain county duties after Rankin’s removal, while Price covered Sandusky and Erie counties. McDonald plans to hire two replacements as the number of agents remains at 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Louis Wilcox
C. Price
States
State Prohibition Department
B. F. McDonald
Prohibition
Price
Sandusky
Erie County
Wicox
Lorain County
O. E. Rankin
Lorain
Rankin
Sherif
Lorein County
McDonald
Star
Wilcox
Youngstown
Found To Be Sane At Hearing In Insanity Case
Gasper Bellast of West Street was found sane by Judge H C Wilcox after a brief period of madness that led to his arrest last Wednesday. He had been jailed after threatening to kill several people and was held for an insanity hearing. Police cited suspected bad liquor as a cause of his condition.
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Gasper Bellast
West Street
H. C. Wilcox
Ballast
Toledo man crashes into Elyria car at Broad and Cheapside
C H Lindeman of Toledo drove past a red light at Broad Street and Cheapside, colliding with J L Schroeder of Grafton. Schroeder's vehicle was damaged. Lindeman told police he would settle damages and was permitted to continue to Toledo.
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Broad Street
Cheapside
Lindeman
Toledo
J. L. Schroeder
Grafton Road
Elyria
Schroeder
Mars Rockford flyers search spurs cross border effort
Radio amateur McClintock reports signals from the Rockford route area and alerts Marion to initiate a search for the Hassell plane bound for Stockholm. United States, Canada, Denmark and Newfoundland coordinate the effort as Greenland stations report no word on Hassell. Canada’s dairy output is valued at 250 million dollars annually.
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Marion
W. A. McClintock
Oair Straits
Airplae Reater
Rockford
McClintock
Hassell
Wshicheft
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Canada
Denmark
Newfoundland
Mt. Evans
Glace Bay
Nova Scotia
Greenland
Study Problem Of Young People Study Problem Of Young People
Seventh day Adventists in Ohio state boost a global campaign to guide 150000 youths in faith and service amid concerns of a permissive era. Professor Hamilton of Washington Missionary College calls youth vulnerability real while church workers engage with young people through camp programs, home school cooperation, and targeted junior activities.
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Sim
Advent Movement
Hamilton
Washington Missionary College
Washingston
D. C
Lupe Obio
Ec Fair “Srounds
Hamiltton
A. E. King
Missionary Volunteer Department of the Ohio Conference
H. K. Christman
Department of the
Columbia Union Conference
Carmody Leads Catholic Convention on Mexico Expulsions
At a Philadelphia 1926 convention Carmody denounced Bolshevik destruction of home and religion and condemned Mexican expulsions of clergy and nuns. He cited plans to honor James Cardinal Gibbons with a monument in Washington funded by a Congress-provided plot before Sacred Heart Church.
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Carmody
Mexico
Philadelphia
Seupreme Council
Washington
James Cardinal Gibbons
Congress
Sacred Heart Church
Political recollections of a lawmaker’s votes and notes
The article records remarks from a legislator reflecting on votes during a era of excise law disputes and local option questions. He cites voting to uphold a state supreme court decision, opposing duplicative local option measures, and aligns with or against Governor Hughes on race track gambling. He recalls opposition to Assembly bill 2627 on hotel room rentals as unconstitutional. Tuna is noted as California’s key fishery product and sundials as ancient time indicators.
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Duc
State Supreme Court
Hughes
Assembly
Smith
Two Arrested After East Avenue Boarding House Scrape
An alleged late night fight at an East Avenue boarding house led to the arrest of Sax Nagy and Dan Daley on disorderly conduct charges. Daley pleaded guilty and paid a $10 fine plus costs, while Nagy pleaded not guilty and awaits trial at 2:54 this afternoon. Bond for Nagy was set at $30 by Mayor James A. Hewitt.
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East Avenue
Sax] Nagy
Dan Daley
Daley
Nagy
Tril
Bur
Daler
James A. Hewitt
Amherst Area Reunion Notes and Local News Festivities
About 63 members gathered for the Heinzerling Hesenkranz reunion at Vermilion on Sunday with a picnic and contests. Reports mention participants from Vermilion Lorain Amherst and E Brown helm, plus a fire at a Grali barn causing loss of grain and hay and damage to an apple orchard. Other items include community notices, visits, Legion delegates, and local family gatherings across Amherst Brownhelm Elyria and South Amherst.
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Amherst
Heinzerling
Hesenkranz
Vermilion-on-thhe-lake
Vermilion
Lorain
Ezirria
Birmirnsham
E Brownhelm
Andrew Grali
Ernst
Ward Tolhurst
Floré (Chamberlain
Grafton
CCS Automatic Co
Mary Kranter
Ijlcian
Laura
Frederick
Mkatherize Kranter
Lakewood
Spert
Frank Ray
S_ Mainst
Krauter
Pansy Harris
Leer Horn
Church-si
Krautter
Mars Bar
Hildebrand
George Horn
Brownhein
Sundar
Sardus Lakewood
Oberlin
Wakeman
Elrria
Canton
Gratton
Pittfield
Henrisite
Brownhelm
Moor
R. H. Bechtel
Phelm
A. Lauer
Rosemary
Robert
Arthur Towne
Nate
Port Washington
Fred Koch
C. Kern
South Amherst Post No. 197
American Legion
American Legion and Auxiliar
Colimbus
Paul Meri
Forty
William Cabl
Elyria
Paul Meii
Rotb
South Amherst
Robert Allsop
C.C. Kern
Nellie Mathes
Mable Arndt
Niagara Fells
Canada
Joseph Heathcote
O. J. Brown
John Garland
B. A. Jenne
Burton and Foster
Joseph Narmik
George Welker
S. Lake St
George Walker
J. V. Dute
W. E. Schnitheiss
J. V. Bute
Mary Maller
Lincoln Ch
U. S. Automatic Co
Bert Sanders
Alice Hurlburt
Mite Society
Frank Snider
Roland
Wilbur
Florence
Billie Horbe
Grey J
Oberlin to get new city manager speak in Elyria
L. A. Sears of Oberlin, soon to become city manager on September 1 after D. F. Herrick resigns, will address the noon luncheon of the Elyria Kiwanis club Thursday. Sears has previously been city manager of Albiggy Mick and arrived two months ago to study Oberlin’s work before taking office next month.
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L. A. Sears
Oberlin
College Town
D. F. Herrick
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Sears
Albiggy
Mick
Private Funeral For Col George W Harvey
Col George W Harvey died suddenly at 64 in Dublin New Hampshire. Funeral services will be private at his Peacham boyhood home Thursday afternoon with closest friends in attendance. Harvey, an editor, helped identify Woodrow Wilson and Warren Harding and hosted leaders at the Blackstone Hotel. He later became ambassador to the Court of St James and died after a heart attack and relapse. His wife and the family physician were with him.
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Harvey
Dublin
N .H
George W Harvey
Peacham
Colonel Harver
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Warter Harding
Wilson
Princeton University
Harveys
Blackstone
Chicago
Harding
Court of St. James
Market reports from Cleveland Toledo and Colorado winds across plains
Aug. 21 market items show Cleveland potatoes and poultry prices with cattle and sheep receipts. Toledo livestock notes rising hogs and slow cattle trade, while grain prices in Toledo hold with No. 2 red wheat and corn values. A Colorado wind pattern adds a curious figurative note about a boiled golden eagle and a mysterious musical accessory origin.
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Toledo
Toledo. O
Entertaining guests and church meeting notes shift
Dr and Mrs H W Powers host Mr and Mrs F C Ruth and family in Columbus. The Young People League of St John s Evangelical church South Amherst moves Friday meeting to church parlors from Thursday. a good turnout is hoped. Guests include the Holt and Biehl families of Sandusky Vermilion and Elmer Ree family. others motored to North Olmsted for Congregational services.
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H. W. Powers
F. C. Ruth
Alice Margarett
Janice
Ralph Powers
Ruth
Columbus
Young People’s League of
Wilbur
Mary Biehl
Sandusky
Fred Berger
Wilbur Holt
Eva Marie
Elrma
Elmer Ree
Hilda
Wanda
Leland Belden
Lucy Reemer
North Olmsted
Avening
Congregational Church
Three autos crash near Frank McClean farm. two injured
Two people were taken to Oberlin hospital after a three-vehicle collision west of town. A rural mail carrier and another driver, along with a sister, sustained injuries. The driver underwent knee surgery and the sister suffered facial and head injuries. Names were unavailable as out-of-town guests were staying with Elyria friends.
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Wellington
Frank McClean
Oberlin
Fiarvey Myers
McClean
Mver
Qberla
Wife of Race Horse Driver Dies on Street
Mrs. Fred Ashton of London Ontario aged 52 wife of a race horse driver who came for the Wellington fair races collapsed in a car on a street in front of the Herrick Library yesterday afternoon. Medical aid arrived but she died before removal. The body will be taken to her Canada home from Wadsworth's funeral parlors this evening.
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Fred Ashton
London
Ontario
Herrick Library
Wellington fair harness race program praised
The harness race program for the Wellington fair on Wednesday and Thursday is exceptionally good with satisfactory entries and well aired races. Two games are scheduled for fair days, the Scals versus LaGrange on Wednesday morning and LadI versus Wakeman on Thursday at ten o’clock. A large audience attended Baptist events featuring Ramell Neighbour, Carl Nelson, Rachael ShiveLy and regional radio connections. The Baptist Sunday school picnic is set for Cascade Park, Elyria, August 31 with transportation for all children.
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Wellington Fair
A. R. Branson
Sccals
LaGrange
Ladi
Wakeman
Cleveland
Elyria
Baptist Sunday School
Cascade Part
Fiord Scoville
Bogus Burglars Waken West Avenue Residents
Early today several boys tried to rouse members of the C. W. Phillips family on West Avenue and Fourth Street signaling a burglary. Neighbors called police who investigated but found no burglars or trace of the alleged crime.
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West Avenue
Fourth Street
C. Ww. Phillips
Millennial Predictions and End Time Teachings Explained
The piece outlines a Seventh Day Adventist style prophecy of the millennium, heaven, earth restoration, and final judgment with biblical references. It notes Satan’s one thousand year “vacation” on earth, the rise of wicked from the dead, destruction by fire, and eventual restoration to an Edenic state. It ends with a call to repent and a brief note that California grape growers plan to harvest only half of this year’s crop, letting the rest rot.
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Heaven
Satan
Himsef
Christ
Earth
Holy City
New Jerusalem
Peter
Lenheim
California
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Elvria S
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Gaiior
Nester
Mrs. Nester
FL H. Wilson
C. E. McKisson
GE. Marets
B. Parkes
Leo Miller
F. E. Hull
H. J. Humpar
Dona Meecha
Averr
J. Forsythe
FH. Maddock
Henry
C. E. Dunford
B. Crenan
R. EL Gilmore
We Halbert
Sharienburg
J. Humphrey
Berzes
Sara
L. Lutzow
FL A. Rudolph
Tsen
H. D. Wester
J. Feron
Wr. Curmen
Ed Wilcox
J. Hillier
CE. Esehman
C. R. Goodwin
RV. ‘Cohagan
H. A. Searles
R. F. Burnett
O. H. Seville
H.C. Howard
Iw. B. Maddock
E. Leonard
R. Crawford
W. J. Feron
E. Olds
B. J. Feron
F. F. Kunsman
M. P
Nesbitt
C. L. Baker
J. PF. Knitis
E. Costigan
P. Dd. Richards
E.S. Marsh
B. R. Bridge
Chas. , Barnes
H. H. Hull
G. K. Fitch
Birmingham
R. E. Pierce
P. P. Palmer
H. D. van Etten
E. G. Crawford
Bert Orvis
Jean
Tuna
Lower
Virginia
Cleveland Livestock
Aus
Los
Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range
Colorado
Elyria Friends San
Nelle Hyre
Church of Christ Mission Station
Tokyo
Japan
Hries
Tts
Beneft
Far East
Carl Martin
Rouse West Avenue
Blue Bird Sweet Shoppe
Western Reserve Finance
Turner
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