Grafton Factory Payroll Sparks Christmas Trade Push
The Grafton village council reviews a 1921 land purchase for a hospital site and notes 40 city factories employing about 4,000 workers. Payroll estimates near $200,000 over two weeks will boost merchant sales this Christmas season as funds flow into savings clubs and essentials. The report highlights water supply, rail access, and local industrial diversity supporting the outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Big Four Railroad
Cleveland
Southwestern
Ross
Black
Man charged with manslaughter after fatal hit run in Lorain
John Fallon 30 of Cleveland surrendered in Municipal Court after admitting he drove the auto that struck and killed Benjamin Williams a Buffalo sailor on Broadway at 14th street November 16. Fallon bound over to grand jury on $1,000 bond. he admitted visiting the hospital and fleeing in distress. Police had earlier questioned another Lorain man but released him for lack of evidence.
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Lorain
John Fallon
Cleveland
Fallon
Benjamin Williams
Buffalo
N. Y
Broadway
14Th Street
Illyria
Abandoned Baby Case Moves to Probate Court
Two week old baby found in a traveling bag at the Big Four depot in Wellington was placed under humane society care. Adoption applications will be heard in Probate Court after shippers and Sheriff Underhill investigated the case. Attorney L D Hamlin led the effort and calls the child bright and well dressed.
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L. D. Hamlin
Underhill
Wellington
Big Four
Lorain County Humane Society
Elyria
Iired A. Underhill
Hamlin
The
Humane Society
Ohio
Anna Barry
East Bridge Street
Wellngton
F. D. Dyer
Oberlin
Board of Education cited over bus safety and driver licensing
State inspectors fault the Sheffield Lake Board of Education for lax bus safety and unlicensed drivers. They warn of dangerous crossings near Stop 72 and say overcrowded buses and a deep ditch contributed to a fatal 4 killed 19 injured crash. They urge licensed drivers and strict crossing rules.
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Sheffield Lake Board of Education
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Myles E. Perry
Sheffield Lake Board
Lake Shore
Bennett Road
Street Car Company
Sheffield Lake Village School Board
Sheffield Lake Village
Commissioners Reject Elyria Township Road Plan
The board of county commissioners rejected the application to establish a new road between Town Line road and Starkey road in Elyria township. They ruled the proposed route would run within 40 rods of Griswold road and favored an extension of Griswold as the alignment. No cross street currently connects Telegraph road and Lake Avenue beyond the city limits.
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Town Line Road
Starkey Road
Elyria Township
Board of County Commissioners
Griswold Road
Telegraph Road
Lake Avenue
Lmits
Christmas Spirit Drives Early City Shopping Surge
The city stores report brisk early holiday trading as dry goods and toy shops fill with buyers. Local merchants from Style Center to Clark's Music Store note rising demand for underwear, furnishings, and seasonable goods, with several reporting steady or better-than-average trade ahead of Christmas Day.
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Style Center
Max Goldstein
Glade Thomas
Clark
Vestal
Fioe
Robert Lersch
John Lersch & Co
Foster-Fitch
Haserodt
Robinson & Hancock Co
C. H. Merthe & Co
Altman & Ackerman
Fay Co
Boylan
Kenneth Boylan
Saval
George Philpott & Son
Neo
Last bus crash victim goes home for Christmas
Sarah Mc Cafferty, seven, last child injured in the Sheffield Lake school bus crash of October 23, leaves St. Joseph's hospital to return home for Christmas. She suffered fractures of both legs.
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LO Rain
Sarah McCafferty
Lake Road
Sheffield Lake School
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parked Car Overtime Fine In Police Court
A. C. Masters paid a $1 fine plus costs in police court on a charge of violating the traffic ordinance. He reportedly admitted to parking beyond permitted hours and left the scene after the citation.
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C. A
J B Johnson Named Chest Campaign Manager for 1926
J B Johnson general manager of Ohio Public Service Co was chosen as the Community Chest campaign manager for 1926 at an executive committee meeting in Lorain County Savings and Trust Co. The group voted to add a Protestant minister a Catholic priest and a labor union member to the committee and to hold quarterly public meetings to report on the Community Service Council and beneficiaries. A five member planning committee is to map next fall s campaign and a factory heads dinner at the Country Club will seek private funding for 1926 chest. Cooperation for humanitarian work was stressed and the drive will be organized year round rather than jammed at the last minute.
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Christmas Savings Club
Ohio Public Service Co
Lorain,County Savings and Trust Co
C. H. Cushing
T. J. Moise
Moise
J. C.parsch
Community Service Council
Findley
A. C
Hudnutt
A. C. Hudnutt
Artemas Beebe
George Stevens Jr
Country Club
Auto Trolley Crash Kills One and Injures Three
Andrew Isler and Mrs. Jennie Ponders, both of Youngstown, were killed instantly when their car struck an interurban streetcar bound for Warren. Three others including Ben Watson, Lucille Watson, and an unidentified man suffered serious injuries in the collision in Youngstown Ohio.
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Youngstown
Andrew Isler
Jennie Ponders
Warren
Ben Watson
Lucille Watson
Rian
Tower Gazers Get Broadway In Traffic Jam
A New York group during lunch hour stared at the Woolworth building tower as Cass Gilbert planned wind sway tests. Crowds blocked lower Broadway looking for a plumb line from the fifty two story tower, prompting police to manage traffic.
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New York
Nev
Broadway
Woolworth
Cass Gilbert
Open Forum Address on Religion and Human Needs
Rev B C Hibler will speak at the Church of Christ Sunday at 3 pm on Religion and Human Needs. Known as The Little Giant of the Pulpit Hibler is noted for thoughtful oratory and will discuss the churchs role amid rapid modern changes and its capacity to meet human needs.
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B. C. Hibler
Church of Christ
Broadway
Toledo
Hibler
Samuel Gompers Labor Leader and Union Pioneer
Samuel Gompers, born January 27 1850 in England, was a cigar maker who championed organized labor. He helped found the American Federation of Labor in 1886 and led it most years, helped form the Cigar Makers International Union, edited the American Federationist, and served on national and international labor councils and peace delegations.
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Samuel Gomper
Gompers
Charles M. Schwab
American Federation of Labor
Calles
Mexico
Samuel Gompers Jr
San Antonio
Tex
Samuel Gompers
Victor
Chester I. Wright
Labor
American Federation
Washington
England
Trades Union
Cigar Makers International Union
American Federationist
Trades Union Movement
Bor
Counsel of
Bational Defense
Parisimi
Peertden
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LI Elyria
Spirit
U. S
Dane Sllta
Elyrian
Mexico City
William Mahon
Detroit
Federation
United States
Frank Morrison
Morrison
Frank
Toelyaia
el Paso
Texas
Dachtler & Dachtler
J. B. Johnson
Tle Paoter
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