Cold weather relief as floods strain several states and East Carlisle faces school crisis
Winter returns ease floods across six eastern states as New York and Connecticut fight high water. Amid this, East Carlisle Special School District reports 182 pupils in five dilapidated buildings with sanitation and ventilation problems. The district contemplates tuition, relocation, or a new building while facing funding and bond challenges.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Coodacticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York State
Schenectady
Mohawk River
Saratoga
Albany
Delaware River
New Jersey
East Carlisle
Elyria High School
Murray Ridge
Chestnut Grove
Lal’orte
Elyria
State Department of Public
Lorain County District Board of Health
Carlisle Township
Manslaughter Trial Begins For Morrison Jones
Morrison Jones son of Rev. T. Howard Jones of Lorain faces a manslaughter charge. Prosecutor TD A Baird says the trial starts Monday morning. Jones allegedly struck down a man with a car in a reckless manner. The case draws strong local attention and promises a lengthy legal battle.
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Morrison Jones
T. Howard Jones
Lorain
TD. A. Baird
Young Jones
Impressive Funeral Services for Walter E Brooks
Walter E Brooks died in St Petersburg Florida. Funeral services were held at First Congregational Church with Rev William Muir Auld conducting. The Masonic fraternity conducted their burial service. Brooks a longtime business and financial leader was a 32d degree Mason. A mixed quartet provided music and a large crowd attended. Interment was at Ridgelawn cemetery under Masonic oversight.
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Walter E. Brooks
St. Petersburg
Fla
First Congregational Church
William Muir Auld
Masonic Fraternity
Brooks
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Masons
Forgotten Fourth Husband Weds Fifth at 26 in Bennington
Mrs. Harry R. Clinton aged 26, dubbed The Careless Little Bride, arrived with extradition papers from Camden New Jersey. Police say she married five men including George O. Brown Lester Cooper Benjamin Hamlin and Fred Kniskern, forgetting her fourth husband before the fifth marriage. The Camden indictment involves bigamy.
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Bennington
Camden
N. J
Harry R. Clinton
George O. Brown
Springfeld
Mass
Lester Cooper
Benjamin Hamiin
Patchogue
N. Y
Fred Kniskern
Schoharie
Camden N. J
New Jersey
Mechanic Lien Filed for 163.60 by Sam Kuhn
Lorain mechanic Sam Kuhn files a lien against Robert Lewin for 163.60 claiming the defendant owes for work and labor.
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Sam Kuhn
Lorain
Robert Lewin
Oberlin Man Killed In Grade Crossing Crash
George Cox, 55, of Oberlin Ohio, was killed instantly when his roadster was struck by a New York Central passenger train at Mantua grade crossing ten miles north of Ravenna. Cox, a traveling salesman for a Coldwater farm implement company, died at the scene and his body was sent to a Mentone undertaking establishment.
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Ravenna, O
Geo. Cox
Oberlin
Mantua
Here
New York Central
Cox
Coldwater
Ohio
Mentoa Undertaking
Oil Tank Blast Kills Two Men Near Coatesville Plant
In Coatesville Pennsylvania two workers Arvey Stackhouse 27 and Elmer Fry 40 were killed when an oil tank exploded at the Coatesville Boiler Works Company plant. Witnesses say both men were decapitated in the blast.
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Coatesville
Arvey Stackhouse
This City
Elmer Fry
Sadsburyville
Coatesville Boiler Works Company
County to pay reward for chicken thieves arrest
County commissioners offered a $100 reward for the arrest and conviction of chicken thieves. Several thefts are listed including Tom Lee of Camden with 120 birds and Wm Braun 65 birds. Sheriff Underhill urges farmers to investigate any unusual noise and seeks public cooperation to capture the culprits.
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Tom Lee
Camden
Wm. Braun
Eskert Farm
Oberlin Road
Wm. Penfound
Eaton
Wm. Bungart
Grafton Road
Wm. Mathews
Grafton
John Kovach
Mother Freed After Son Refuses To Testify
Lorain Ohio February 13 A mother of eleven Mary Pruchniecky 2207 East avenue was freed when her eleven year old son refused to testify against her in a case involving a pocketbook found in a downtown store containing 108 and 58 given to the mother The boy would not be persuaded and the police money remained with the mother who was arrested for receiving stolen property
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Lorain
Mary Pruchniecky
East Avenue
Lorain Rebuilt Property Tax Rate Clarified
Lorain on February 13 noted by County Auditor Welty that property rebuilt after the late tornado will be placed on the tax duplicate at a reasonable rate. The public had feared higher taxation, but Welty confirmed the lower rate.
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Lorain
Welty
Two Divorce Suits Filed In Local Court
Elvia Holmes sues Mordant Holmes for divorce claiming gross neglect and cruelty and seeks alimony and child custody. Catherine Ziga of Lorain also files for divorce from Martin Ziga alleging extreme cruelty and frequent assaults, requesting alimony and custody of the children.
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Elvia Holmes
Mordant Holmes
Catherine Ziga
Lorain
Martin Ziga
Brothers Fined For Misconduct In Lorain Case
Lorain February 13 three brothers John James and Thomas De kan were fined for disorderly conduct in municipal court after impersonating officers. Each was sentenced to pay 25 dollars and costs. They entered a house and claimed to be prohibition officers but had no authority.
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Lorain
John
James
Thomas Dekan
Prohibition
Triple Celebration For Oberlin Couple Married 65 Years
Oberlin residents Mr. and Mrs. J L T Whitney marked their 65th wedding anniversary on Lincoln's Birthday. Married Feb 12 1860 in Pittsfield they later settled on a Camden Township farm before moving to Oberlin where they have lived since. Mr Whitney long ran a clothing business and now enjoys retirement at 144 Forrest Street. Both are healthy and active in the community.
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Oberlin
Lincoln
JL. T. Whitney
Slayer of Five Pays With Life in DuPage Jail
John Kammerer, the man who killed five members of the Eder family in Villa Park seven months earlier, died today by hanging in the DuPage County jail after maintaining his claimed innocence to the end.
Boy Hurt in Manure Spreader Incident at Lodi Farm
Four year old Tommy Lughn was injured when he fell into a manure spreader on his father's farm between Wellington and Spencer. His arm was fractured. he received treatment at Lodi hospital and returned to his grandmother in Spencer.
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Lodi
Lodi, CO
Tommy Lughn
Lodi Hospital
Wellington
Spencers
Spencer
Illiteracy Rates Across Lorain County Cities Revealed
Vernon M. Riegel reports Lorain County with 1 837 illiterates including 3068 residents citywide and 1 029 in Lorain. Elyria lists 20 474 population with 382 foreign born, Lorain 67 295 population with 11 297 foreign born. Illiterates top Cleveland 33 164 and Mansfield 263.
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Vernon M. Riegel
Columbus
Lorain County
Lorain
Elyria
Ife
Lilyvrin
Cleveland
Mansfield
Chamber committee weighs widening Lake Road in Lorain
The Lorain chamber of commerce transportation committee has studied widening Lake road from forty to eighty feet between here and Cleveland due to heavy traffic. The move aims to ease congestion and improve travel between Lorain and Cleveland.
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Lorain
Transportation Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce
Here
Cleveland
Deaths and births balance in January for city
Health Officer Dr. G E French Teportes reports 48 births and 44 deaths in January. The month shows an unusually high number of elderly deaths, a rare balance not seen since the flu epidemic.
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G. E
French Teporte
Friday the 18th omen warns of bad luck reach
The note warns to walk softly and stay alert today Friday the 18th. It says bad luck may drift close if not careful and adds the 18th will occur again in a future month.
Britain Denies Invite to US for European Security Talks
The British foreign office said there are no plans to invite the United States to a conference on France's security. The issue would be treated as a European matter only.
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London
Brit‘ish
Foreign Office
Great Britain
United States
France
Erroneous reports circle two fatal cases in Michigan and Kentucky
The report covers Victor Bagley a 29 year old farmer held in Bay City for the slaying of Margaret Todd 11. He reportedly confessed to luring and killing her with a cut throat and concealing the body. In Kentucky at Sand Cave engineers found a 16 inch crevice that proved to be a blank wall with no effect on rescue efforts.
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Midland
Mich
Victor Bagley
Bay City
Margaret Todd
Thomas Bailey
Midland County
Bailey
Bagley
Ezra Marvin
Pat Bay County
Thas Hadling
Margaret
Marvin
Land Cave
Collins
H. T. Carmichnel
Drill For Water At Grafton Soon
A water well drilling project at the Graf ton State farm will test for adequate groundwater to support a proposed large institution. supervised by the state engineer. A joint legislative committee plans a site visit on February 19 led by Senators Collister Cleveland Comings Price and Representatives Edwards Green Cotton.
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Grafton State Farm
Columbus Dispatches
L. G. Collister
Cleveland
Wm. R. Comings
Will R. Price
Akron
Edwards
Lakewood
Jerry Green
Portage
E. F. Cotton
Tube Co Reports 96 Percent Capacity Use
National Tube Co shows 96 percent capacity usage this week with lapp butt Bessemer open hearth mill and coke ovens at capacity while the rail mill and one other mill run at 84 percent. Heiderich Hall Harter Co Akron files suit against D T Goodin to recover 4259.87 for insurance premiums written for George Patton and now unpaid.
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Lorain
The
National Tube Co
Haeiderich-Hall-Harter Co
Akron
D. T. Goodin
Goodin
George Patton
News of Floyd Collins rescue plan fills nation
The Sand Cave prisoner Floyd Collins becomes a nationwide news event as reporters set up in Cave City and Little Dixie Hotel to relay word. Plans include telegraph, radio, and a daylight airship relay to deliver updates to major dailies within hours.
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Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Cave City
Little Dixie
Collins
One Dead in a Fist Fight in Washington
Samuel Jones, 39, a painter, was held by police after an investigation into the death of Roger Tinsley, as a fist fight occurred in his home. Doctors could not determine if Tinsley died from alcoholism or a blow to the head. Tinsley was a construction worker and formerly employed Jones.
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Washington
Samuel Jones
Roger Tinsley
Tinsley
Jones
Second Abandoned Baby At Wellington May Be Twin
Officials believe the abandoned girl at Wellington may be a twin of a previously found boy. The baby rests at the county jail while the Humane Society plans to apply to probate court for adoption. Observers including the Garrick family say the two infants resemble each other in color and features.
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Wellington
The
Humane Society
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H. H. Denhardt
Kentucky
Henry Stites
Alex M. Chaney
R. H. Lee
Kentucky National Guard
Oble
C. K. Dickey
Methodist Church
Slayer OF Five
Tube Co
Roy B. Anderson
Lancaster
Wm. Garrick
River Road
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