Courts Decide Present Status of Former Resident
A Cincinnati divorce case raises a question of a double marriage after a decree. Margaret E W Smith had a divorce from George Vivian Smith in 1920. He remarried before a final entry was made, prompting appeals to the Supreme Court. The matter could affect future divorces and entries in county records. Mrs Smith filed for $506 000 damages for alienation of affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. W. Smith
George Vivian Smith
Hoffman
Cincinnati
Smith
Smith Appeals
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Cincinnat
Sirs
Geo. Vivian Smith
Lorain Auto Theft Ring Busted As Sheriff Lays Charge
Sheriff N D Backus of Elyria announces the capture of Steve Bohoric, 210 Easy 29th street, charged with grand larceny in Lorain. Bohoric pleads not guilty and is held on $1000 bond. A multi‑state gang including A J Taylor Clayton Jackson and Steve Rehoric is named in the probe into a Peters automobile theft and related crimes in Lorain and nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.R. Taylor
Elyria
Clayton Jackson
Vermilion
Backus
Steve Bohoric
Lorain
N. DL
Wag
Steve Bokoric
Easy 29Th Street
Ani
Bohoric
A. R. Taylor
State Reformatory
Jerain
A. J. Taylor
Steve Rehoric
Taylor
Jackson
Peters
Wakeman
South Lorain
Lorain County
Sherif Backus
Foreclosure Case In Elyria Over West Side Land
John and Charles Schaible sue Gottlieb Kuebler in Elyria in a mortgage foreclosure action. They allege sale of land with a $4,000 mortgage and that 8 payments have been made, seeking foreclosure of the remaining balance.
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Elyria
John
Charles Schaible
Gottlieb Kuebler
Lorain Women Get Alimony in Elryia Case
In Elyria on February 16 Judge Redington granted Meri Ostrognyal temporary alimony from husband Matyas Ostrognyal. She received $50 cash and $10 weekly for her and the children’s support until the divorce case is heard.
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Elyria
Redington
Meri Ostrognyal
Matyas Ostrognyal
Morarty deputy Pooptopes visit delayed by senate talks
Miss Rose Moriarty, now in Columbus, cannot speak at the Elyria United Presbyterian church meeting on Thursday night. She will visit Elyria at the earliest date, with plans to appear February 22. Judge Florence Allen and Miss Wing of the Cleveland YWCA are scheduled for talks at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Allen
Miss Wing
Wing
Cleveland Y. W. OC. A
Death claims stroke victim Ellis Howard after two years
Elyria reports Ellis Howard 47 died at Memorial hospital after two years confined by paralysis from a stroke at work in Cambridge C. His daughter Naomi of Toledo survives along with sister Mrs John Taggart of Chrishsville and brother Len Howard of Elyria. Glass Workers' Union cared for him. funeral arrangements not announced.
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Elyria
Hillg Howard
Memorial Hospital
Cambridge
Howard
Naomi
Toledo
John Taggert
Chrishsville
Len Howard
Jackson Hotel
Estate of Lars Carlson Seeks sale to settle debts
Ethel Heggs administratrix files in Elyria court to sell Lars Carlson property. Debts total 8666 dollars with 1029 cash on hand, real estate valued around 6000 dollars. Besse Carlson has a dower interest. administratrix asks to require setting up dower and permission to sell real estate to wind up the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Ethel Heggs
Lars Carlson
Besse Carlson
Picked Up on Request of Steel Plant Chief
Elyria February 16 Mike Barn an employee of the National Tube company at South Lorain was picked up by the police at the request of Chief of Police Biggs of the steel plant police area. Barn is said to be slightly deranged mentally but not dangerous and cannot be informed in English why he is being held at the police station.
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Elyria
Mike Barn
National Tube Company
South Lorain
Biggs
Police
Orea
Bara
Tobacco salesman bound over to grand jury in Cleveland case
Charles Patterson, a tobacco salesman from Cleveland, pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing in Lorain police court after being charged with obtaining money under false pretenses for borrowing $240 worth of cigarettes from George Canales. He was bound over to the grand jury under a $1000 bond.
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Lorain
Charles Patterson
Cleveland
George Canales
Escape links two fugitives in Indiana and Ohio case
Elyria reports police and Sheriff Backus believe John Kimmel, jailed after a Lorain hold up, sought George Catize, a former partner, now blamed for Catize’s August prison escape from Deputy Cole. Catize later faced a second arrest for illicit stills and fled while funds were sought, with Catize possibly in LaPorte Indiana. No blame on Deputy Cole.
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Elyria
John Kimmel
Elkhart
Ind
George Catize
Backus
Catiza
Cole
Lorain
Catize
Kimmel
Henrietta
LaPorte
Indiana
Woman Believed to Die by Natural Causes Buried in Chicago Garden
Reporters from the Chicago Herald and Examiner unearthed the body of 91 year old Nancy M. Chamberlain from a garden bed behind a city apartment. Marian Townsend and Ruth Townsend confessed burying her after she died on a cot in June, insisting they were not murderers and that the act came from loving motives.
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Chicago
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Nancy M. Chamberlain
Ruth Townsend
Miss Marian Townsend
Mrs. Chamberlain
Miss Townsend
Herald and Examiner
Mother
Mud Pelt At Settlement House Sparks Police Probe
February report from Elyria describes a group of mischievous boys pelting the Western Heights Settlement House with mud. Police received names of the youths. a patrol escorted them away after they apologized and promised no further vandalism.
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Elyria
Western Heights
Stankard
Out of Work but Wins Two Tons of Coal Prize
Elyria reports Mike Youlovich of 11 Shear Street is out of work yet wins a coal prize. He held a coupon with a lucky number drawn by Dan Symon from the city auditor's hat. City officials supervised the drawing and congratulated Youlovich at the city hall. The story notes sugar cane areas in Queensland and northern New South Wales remaining at record levels.
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Elyria
Mike Youkovich
Shear Street
Kennedy
Mike Gerhart
Dan’] Symon
H. G. Anaruss
D. A. Baird
Jones
Walter Guthman
Youlovich
Queensland
New South Wales
Jurist Takes Stand On Owa Remalf Today
William H. McGannon, defendant, admitted firing the shot that killed Harold Kagy last May. He testified in open court about the night’s events and his ties to Miss May Breely, the state’s star witness, whose earlier refusal to testify shocked court officials. The municipal court chief justice interviewed McGannon at 9:25, appearing confident about the case and joking with reporters. Continued on page 4.
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W. J. Huske
Taxi driver’s speed spree on Broad Street ends with fine
Elyria Feb 14 Harold Halderman Kaiser Taxicab driver staged a speed display on Broad Street prompting witnesses to think an emergency. Captain Meyers halted the stunt after no body was found. Mayor Jones fined Halderman ten dollars and costs.
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Elyria
Harold Halderman
Kaiser Taxicab Company
Broad Street
Meyers
Halderman
Gabriel
Hatdher- Tian
Jones
Hardware firm opens display room on Broad Street
In LLYRIA February, Day Hardware leases space formerly Finnegan bakery for a display room. Finnegan rents space in the new block across the street and will move in when finished. A Mobile & Ohio train jumped the track at Scoba, Mississippi, injuring several passengers with two or three coaches in the ditch.
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Llyria
Feb
Day Hardware Company
Finnegan
Ast Broad Street
Mobils
Aim
Mobile & Ohio
St. Louisa
Mobile
Sccoba
Miss
Irish leader condemns British war tactics in Parliament
Dublin reports say Eamonn de Valera, president of the Irish republic, delivered a public address to all British MPs decrying British troops in Ireland. Berlin reports declare no German statesman will sign away 42 years of slavery, rejecting allied indemnity.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
Berlin
Two Local Bakers Refuse to Comply With Demands
Elyria Feb 16 Local bakers mostly bow to Cleveland price terms to avoid a bread war. Greif declares continued sale at 13 cents per loaf of two for a quarter, resisting pressure to raise prices. Chamber meeting favors raising to 15 cents for customers though some bakers want lower prices to aid locals. Public support uncertain as local industry seeks rally to sustain home production.
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Elyria
Greif and Brown
East Broad Street
Cleveland
Li. M. Greif
Jones
Greif
Chronicle-Telegram
Chamber of Commerce
Psi
Elyrians
Women up in arms for bread price protest in Elyria
The Executive Board of the Women's Civic Club led by President Mrs. J. B. Lstghry urges Elyria women to unite in a dressed up campaign in support of the local bakeries and to resist outside interference regarding bread pricing.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Woman’s Civic Club
Elyria
Todd! Bakers Aia
Woman's Civic Club
J. B. Lstghry
Pete the guinea pig eats poisonous samples for public health
In Elyria on February 16 a city lab guinea pig nicknamed Little Pete endures doses of toxic foods to test their danger to public health. City Chemist Curtiss repeatedly forces the animal to sample poisons, yet Pete calmly nibbles apples and cabbage leaves, stubbornly thriving as a star city laboratory patient.
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Elyria
Little Pete
City Chemical Laboratory
Curtiss
German Foreign Minister Speech At Karlsruhe Bed en lontag
In Karlsruhe Dr Walter Sim ons declared during the Bed en lontag address that terms were in focus. In Steubenville Charles Lowe a 44 year old hotel owner killed himself at his home, believed to be due to poor health. Four men died in a gas explosion at the New Liberty coal mine near Oakland City, with a rescue effort underway. An Arizona inventor develops an ore crushing and grinding process.
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Walter Simons
Beden Lontag
Karlsruhe
Steubenville
Charles Lowe
New Liberty
Oakland City
Wesley Bilderback
Orman Davis
Ray Cochram
Clyde Rinehart
Union Labor Rally To Support Lorain Home Bakers
In Elyria on February 16 union machinists met at Machinists Hall to back local bakers in a dispute with Cleveland bakers. They pledged solidarity, aiming to keep over $5,000 weekly out of town coffers and resist 16 cents per loaf payments to Cleveland bakers, citing unemployment and savings for residents.
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Elyria
Machinists’ Hall
Chronicle-Telegram
T. J. Wood
Cleveland
Lorain County
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Tobagco
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Daniel Moldervan
William A. Murphy
McGannon
Miss Neeley
Brown
Whitehouse Bakery
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Pete
Arizona
Princeton
Cleveland Bakers
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