Merger to Create New $1 Billion Bank Group
Reports say Chase National Bank and Mechanics and Metals National Bank of New York will consolidate, creating the first billion-dollar rival in Wall Street. Albert H. Wiggin and Gates W. McGarrah lead the merger with John McHugh as president. total resources may exceed $1.2 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WBW York
Anoth- Mikes-dollar Bank
Chase Bank
Mechanics 3
Metals National Bank of New
Ors
Chase National Bank of New York
Albert H. Wiggin
Gates W. McGarrah
Wiggin
McGarrah
John McHugh
Iowa
National Guy Bank of
New York
Stult- Man Bank
America
Financial Center
Chase and Mechanics and Metals
Wall $Treet
National City Bank
Chase National Bank
Consolidated
Keep Maiden Name Urge French Women
Paris reports Yvonne Netter calls for French women to keep their maiden names after marriage. She notes legal rights allow wives to retain their names and argues current practice limits women's business autonomy despite rising female entrepreneurship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lucy Stone League
Yvonne Netter
France
Eaffer
Chicago Crime Wave A Menace Spurs Civic Anti Crime Drive
February report outlines rising Chicago murders from 194 in 1920 to 352 in 1925 and a yearly crime bill of 60 million dollars. Twenty seven civic and business groups form The Chicago Association for Criminal Justice to federate anti crime work with a 500 thousand dollar war chest and pursue court investigations and police cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Association For Criminal Justice
South Ridge Church Notes February Sunday Services
Sunday worship at the South Ridge church with services on February 14. Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. followed by a preaching service at 11 a.m. Miss Marion Kaittia visited Miss Barbare Brodbeck in Etyria. Mr and Mrs Herbert Stang and Ds John from Murray Ridge were guests of Mr and Mrs John Stang. George Knittie called on Mrs Sahl in Amherst and Gillian Snyder from Im called on John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
George Knittie
R. Sahl
Amherst
Gillian Snyder
John Re
Knutte
Sam
Amherst area social notes show visitors and meetings
A long list of visitors and locals in Amherst and nearby towns includes Frank Lapp and family in Amherst, Arthur Lapp from Cleveland, W T Collier from Elyria, and J P Bechtel's group. Meetings feature Grange attendees, Needle Guild elections, and the adult Bible class. Social calls, hospital visits, and a ward of local families fill daily life with multiple house visits and community events.
Local News Highlights From Grafton Area
Mrs. Charles Graham of Dunbridge visits sister Mrs. Andrew Ryder as Ryder remains bed bound. Lucy Robson hosts twenty junior Sunday school classmates with games and a side contest led by captains David Baker and Walter Wildenheim. Mrs. Park and daughters attend a matinee of Able’s Irish Rose in Elyria. Ruth Nesbett and Virginia Smiley of Cleveland visit Nesbett family. Revival meetings upcoming at MEF church nightly except Saturdays. Kilnect and Armbruster attend Ohio Farmers Co-operative meeting in Cleveland. James Myers, ill with asthma, now heart trouble. Kinnect family visits Newmyer south of Belden. Tabler family travels to Wheeling due to grandson’s death. Leona Wise hosts 12th birthday with 26 friends. Fay Rosehard wins guessing contest. Attendees include O’Rourke, Walker, Park, McCloskey, Wise, and more. Some residents attend Addie’s Irish Rose at Rialto Elyria. Nina Walker of Avon Lake visits Kilnects. Frank Rogers is listed as ill.
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Grafton
Charles Graham
Dunbridge
Ohio
Andrew Ryder
Lucy Robson
David Baker
Walter Wildenheim
W. C. Park
Joanna
Frances
Elyria
Ruth Nesbett
Virminia Smiley
Cleveland
B. T. Nesbett
Irvin Kilnect
Fle. Armbruster
Ohio Farmers’ Co-operative Co
Mik Association
James Myers
Irvin Kinnect
Mylene
Brank Newmyer
Belden
WH. Tabler
Thomas
Frederick
Emma Lon
Mins Leona
Muriel O’rourke
Arline Walker
Jeanne Frances Park
Besme Brewer
Katherine Logan
Mary Shively
Fay Reiehard
Winifred Breeds
Dorothy Schwarer
Inez and
Wands Rolling
Lucile Wise
Leona Wise
Maxine Kolinski
Anna Jean McCloskey
Gordon Wikins
Stewart
John Spitzer
Rowin Knecht+ges
Mrs. Kitmect
Frank Rogers Fe
Linglia Hitle
Carlisle council eyed electric lights in annexed area
Mayo Tucker delivered his annual message advocating double tracking for the Bianaml Court streets. Major Cramer arrived to preside over the bow post office building ceremony. Residents of the annexed Carlisle section urged the council to install electric lights and new street improvements. Twenty years ago a new organ arrived for the church, Carnegie funded a portion of local housing, and Lincoln's birthday was observed with church services.
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Mayo Tucker
Bianaml Court
Majur Has
Cramer
Bow
Carlisle
Andrew Carnegie
J.C. Hil
Wgreed
John Halpin
Warry Iinkson
Henry Deck
Uinkson
Brace
Several Local Notices and Social Events Amid Illness and Births
Mrs Filla McCray fell injuring her leg and a fracture noted while Mrs Paul Thomas, ill for weeks, died Tuesday at the hospital. Funeral services were Thursday at the Baptist church with Rev Kettenring officiating and interment at Grove Street cemetery. Mr and Mrs Fred Knipp hosted a 6 pm dinner for their son Alfreds 21st birthday with out of town guests including Mr and Mrs CHIT Knapp, Frank Russell, and Mr R Porter Giles. Dorothy Fuller returns from Cleveland to nursing studies. Dorothy Evlen Fowden wed Mr J Forestman in Chicago and will live in New York. Mr and Mrs Richard Broan welcomed a baby girl named Betty on Sunday Feb 1. Randolph Blackman remains in bed for a month. Club No 1 MF Church secures Mansfield Reformatory Orchestra for a Feb 26 concert at the High School auditorium.
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New London
Filla McCray
Paul Thomas
Baptist Church
Kettenring
Grove Street
Emi
Fred Knipp
Alfred
Chit Knapp
Notewalk
Frank Russell
Clarksfield
R Porter Giles
Oakland
California
Dt Os. Giles
Dorothy Fuller
Cleveland
Dorothy Evlen Fowden
J. Forestman
New York
Chicago
All Day Lesson Med South Amherst
The Ladies Aid of the WK church held an all day session in South Amherst on February 12 focusing on study and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Amherst
Ladies’ Aid of the
WK Church
Valentine and church social events noted in Elyria area
Thursday at the church Mrs. Allsop and Mrs. Brocksicker served lunch. Townspeople motored to Elyria for a Daughters of Scotland gathering with several named attendees. A Methodist church Valentine party for juniors and a senior party at the church basement are described with games and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Allsop
William Allsop
Brocksicker
Elyria
Daughters of Scotland
Alec Dunkin
Agnes S*hillins
Misa Aghes
Bliizabeth Phillips
Adan Phillips
Methodlat
Oberlin Weekend Roundup and Local Notices
Pursovals report Mr and Mrs Flenny Kolb spending Thursday evening in Oberlin. The anarries closed Monday due to icy conditions for outdoor work. Miss Hazel Alsup accepts a position at Fox Furnace. A masquerade dance at Swiss Hall on February 20 offers prizes for best dressed lady and comical dressed man. Mrs BR Penman ill at Elyria hospital shows gradual improvement. John Cisehalk and family move from Bory Call to Akron. Pred Gasece finishes Cleveland Chair treatment and returns home with notable improvement.
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Flenny Kolb
Oberlin
Hazel Alsup
Fox Furnace
Swiss Hall
BR. Penman
Elyria Hospital
John Cisehalk
Bory~ Call
Akron
Pred Gasece
Cleveland Chair
Plans Announced for Mother's Clinic Lectures
Miss Lottie A Mattison announces changes to the Mother s Clinic at Public Health Center Masonie Hall with final registration date February 18 for a course on caring for children before and after birth until school age. The lectures aim to instruct expectant mothers with doctor cooperation and Western Reserve Medical School plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie A Mattison
Public Trealth Center
Masonie Hall
Borth
Tron
Western Reserve Modell School
Pocket Fire Disrupts Canton Court Session
In Canton Ohio on February 1 a lawyer’s pocket caught fire from burning matches during a trial. Attorney E L Mills attempted to present a case as smoke filled the room. Judge Kirschbaum watched, officials moved to extinguish the blaze, and court continued after removing the burning matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
E. L. Mills
Bar of Justice
Krrchbaum
Mils
Prowler Prosecution Sparks Court Exchange in Chicago
Chicago investigators branded prowlers as pirates after a dispute in court. United States Commissioner Honry dismissed charges against Victor Shaw for prohibition violations. He mocked Donald Thompson and Walter M. Scott of the Fifteen Committers as pirate prowlers.
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JLDGU
Prowler
Chicago
Evi Crime
Soares
Evie Tonta
Prowlers
United States
Ifonry
Victor Shaw
Donald Thompson
Walter M. Scott
Linner
Paris Gains From Arts Exposition Receipts
Paris collects 1 200 000 francs from direct proceeds of the Exposition of Decorative Arts. Total revenue from buses street cars and subways surpasses 50 million moranes compared with 1924, boosting municipal funds. Past expos show Paris subsidized events, receiving far less than spent.
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Paris
American racing men take house in Ireland
A group of American hunting and racing men have taken Beetive House near Navan in County Meath to use as a club during the Trinity hunting season. The house will be adapted to American ideas of comfort, and members are expected to visit annually to hunt with the Meath hounds.
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Ireland
Darlen
Beetive House
Navan
County Meath
Nee
Meath
Ridgeville Farm Institute Announces February Sessions
Ridgeville hosts a two day Farmers Institutes at the town hall on February 24 and 25 with talks by Louis R. Miller ex president of the National Vegetable Growers Association, Mrs Florence LaGanke, Clevelands Plain Dealer, Dr J Rutledge and M Welty among others. The program runs morning to evening February 24 and through afternoon February 25 with sessions on market gardening co operative marketing health in schools and farm taxation plus entertainment.
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Farmers’ Institutes
Ridgeville
Town Hall
Louis R. Miller
National Vegetable Growers Association of America
Florence LaGanke
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
7. C. Rigein
Monroe Welty
E. C. Cotton
Elyria
E. Rowland
Milford H. Barter
Columbia
Parent-Teachers Association
O'Lloyd
John Rutledge
Rocky River
Lots R. Miller
Toledo
H P Portman
Amherst
Ridgeville Orchestra
Japan
Wood Cunningham
Tokyo
Farm Lita
Glee Club
Kev
M. B. Ryan
LaGrange
Gertrude Kulter
Melvin Haag
Bssiness Management
Louise R. Miller
Detn Gibbons
North Ridgeville
F. C. Fleming
Geo. Cotton
Sehmitkens
County Farm
Wurean
KF. Rowland
Marsh
I Riggin
Oberlin
Reading
Lish Selinol Orchestra
Florence la Ganke
Cleveland Plain Pealer Star
Cleveland
Glen Club
M. J Welty
Roo S
Institute
Real Estate Transfers in Lorain and Avon Lake Areas
Realty deals show Lake View Park Realty transferring lots 7-8 in View Park to A L H Babcock for 2000 dollars, and other parcels including Sheffield Land additions with prices from 500 to 32500. Also notes C R Allen, blind New Zealand High Commissioner’s son, gaining literary prize and publishing on a typewriter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake-View Park Realty Company
A. L
William A. Daniels
Vineyard Beach
Avon Lake
C. R. Allen
New Zealand
London
Bas
Testing of Cattle Near Completion in Avon Lake
Avon Lake villagers near completion of tuberculosis testing as Dr. Vail conducts the countywide effort. C E B Rowland says 4.99 percent of cattle showed TB symptoms so far and Lorain County remains a low average.
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Avon Lake Village
Vail
Lorain County
C. EB Rowland
Rowland
Avon Lake
Annual Police Dance Raises Funds for Elyria Pension
Approximately 900 dollars was added to the Elyria Police Pension fund at the Annual Police Dance held at Cascada Park dance hall. About 700 couples attended as the hall was decorated with American flags. Police Chief B J Stankard said the results were satisfactory. Miss May Wirth, a notable bareback rider with world circuses now at the Olympic circus in London, represented the fifth general union of a famous Australian circus family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Cascada Park
B J. Stankard
May Wirth
London
Police Ban Charleston Dance at Moose Hall
Fear of injuries from pounding during a Moose Hall dance led to a police ban on the Charleston. Officials stressed safety, not immorality, and a guard was posted to enforce the order while the event continued with the manager promising no Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Moose Hall
Students shine in interschool tests across subjects
Prince William of Sweden plans a lecture tour of America next autumn. He is noted as a prolific writer, dramatist, traveler, and hunter. The report lists numerous students and schools with top scores across Algebra Biology Chemistry Literature and 12th grade tests, naming many tied winners and school standings.
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Prince William
Sweden
América
Africa
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South Ridge
Frank Lapp
Nelson Bechtel
God
Clayton Springer
Arthur Lapp
Clarence Lapp
W. T. Collier
J. P. Bechtel
A. Clifford
George Kenlittle
Fred Vietzen
West Ridge
John Stang
J.P. Bechtel
John Miller
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Larain
Wuthgan Mercer
Dover
Frank Leraway
George Kouttla
Jay Fowl
Werman Barcker
J. P. Bachtel
Mra
FE Burrer
8. Mason
Werman Barekert
Theodore Grills
Needle Guild Society
Edward Barrer
John Stung
Lewis Spiegelberg
Townline Road
Walter Grobe
Robert
Marion
A. Deesing
J. Ruth
John Tudwig
Muffley
Gosiings
Belden High School
Everson
Mishejsey Herman
Vivan
Warne
Eaton
Drage
Rowellier
Helen Alpsaniter
Ta Porte
Pow Kelley
Miss 4
Johnson
Agricultural Extension School
Hedd
Southam
Lincoln
Burches
Wallhead Brick Co
Fox Furnace Co
Taper Pool
Cowan
Novi
Maple Street
Eaton Townships
Lemuel Abbe
Knights of Pythias
Eagle Hose Company
Clarence Dengate
L. L. Meld
Archbald Park
Lorain
Serand Street
Ile
Mise Marguerite Mosce Phere ‘Green
Mother's Clinic
Ridgeville Institute
Nation
Central Press
Iran
Washington
Springfield
Laincoln
Big Four
Wellington
Wei
Mitchell
Wshington
William Mitchell
Air Service
U.S
Joseph Morehauser
New York Supreme Court
Stillman
Rhinelander
Arieston Ie Anned
Seale
Vivian Twining
Henrietta
Helen Beaumont
Esther Kelley
Vera Buck
Avan
Olive Hall
Marie Simerson
Marjorie Quell
la Grange
Brownhelm
Dorothy Jones
Amhest
Henry Kosher
A Amherst
Marlin Shively
Sybil Leonard
Aledis Hopkins
Laws Newbaurer
Arnold Muderhot
Audgevile
Theodore Hoth
Anett
Joe Gransky
Doi Kelley
Henry Walker
Amith
Grafton Village
Neuneita
Provence Story
Wich
Noland Garver
Gratton Village
Norma Meyers
Ruth Watt
Nelson Zieh
Amherat
Camden
Helen Paddock
Virginia Roth
Iidgeville
Leele Sigbeer
Marjorie Solliday
Welington
Roland Garnder
Iafton Village
Robert Nesbitt
Clara Aehersold
Jennie Varco
Welen Dague
Pentiehl
Grange
Calumbia
Merbert Nolanske
Marjorie Howe
Kenneth Pieteh
Menrietta
Dorothy Cor
Agnes Anderson
Gertrude Kalter
Rudgeville
Carlton Bricker
Lawrence Stacy
Anna Moyers
Eleaior Banister
Lelia Pippert
So. Amherst
Linden Draper
Camsden
Graeton Village
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