Controversy Delays La Grange Center Road Work
Taken from records of 1909 and 1924 items, a contract for improving La Grange Center Road was cancelled after injunctive threats. Disputes over where the macadam should be laid stalled progress, with injunction threats from both sides and a pending handover at the Andwur Motel. The Amherst area also saw anti saloon league activity and real estate board efforts as Lorain County politics and infrastructure topics dominated notices.
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la Grange Center
A. T. Hamill
Hayes
Fostoria
D. H. Webster
He. Hamill
Ftoria
Lorain County
Howard HW. Rugsell
Anti-Saloon League
Russell
Amherst
South Amherst
Grafton Bribes and Community Notices in August
Grafton news item recaps social visits, family gatherings, and local events. Readers learn of Lena Sehworer’s Lorain visit, lake trips, telephone changes, church supper plans, births, illnesses, and memorial services. The piece also notes elections and a 95 year old voter, John Fox, in Marion.
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Grafton
Lena Sehworer
Lorain
Elizabeth Sehworer
Gertrude
Jennie Lechner
Lorain Teachers Urge $1000 Wage For Schoolmasters
A Lorain County Teachers’ Institute resolution urged a minimum annual wage of 1000 dollars for teachers and called for continued efforts to raise patriotic civic spirit in all children. Officers elected were T. Jacobs of Wellington as president and J. J. Vaughn of Elyria as secretary and treasurer. The Lorain County Board of Health was formed under the Hughes Law with Dr. F. A. Lawrence of Elstiv and Dr. Gress of Wellington named to the board.
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AGG Caug
Lorain County Teachers’ Institute
Elyria Real Estate Board
Lorain County
F. A. Lawrence
Elstiv
Gress
Wellington
1928 Ballot Shift Highlights Party Loyalty Split
Fox, a Confederate veteran and raider with Gen. John Morgan, recalls bolting the Democratic Party in 1928 and voting for Hoover, reflecting a long debated shift in party allegiance and the era's political realignments.
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Fox
John Morgan
Hoover
Longtime Versailles voter casts first ballot for Greely
Jack Williams, age 85, voted for Horace Greely in his first ballot more than six decades ago and has continued voting in the same Versailles precinct. A former state legislator, Williams remains a steadfast poll participant.
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Horace Greely
Versailles
Jack Williams
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