Democracy Forum Questions Work and Defects Highlighted
Dr William J Durant discusses Does Democracy Work at Open Forum noting democracy is an experiment with defects Our system once freer but now shows inequalities and uneven enforcement He cites Elyria mayor letters to the governor about law enforcement and fining drunk drivers and bootleggers. No effort to oust the mayor was found.
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William J. Durant
Labor Temple School
New York
Open Forum
Europe
Jefferson
Elyria
Columbus
Chronicle-Telegram
Ctv
Chronicle - Telegram
Mizsory
Promse
Rever
Five year old John Hobday crushed under car wheel
John Hobday five died when his father's roadster door opened and he fell beneath the rear wheel at Lake Avenue and Huron Street. His sister Virginia three was uninjured in the same mishap. Hobday reported the accident, then rushed to Memorial Hospital with his wife.
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John Hobday, Jr
Lake Avenue
Huron Street
Virginia
John Hobday
Telegraph Road
Jared
Hobday
John, Jr
Frank King
Wellington
Memorial Hospital
Ray Smith
Middle Avenue
Broad Street
Smith
S F. Basinger
Lloyd Sweet
Sudro Funeral Home
Teacher Exposed as Small Pox Case Absent From Franklin School
Mrs Hazel Hathaway a Franklin school teacher is absent amid suspected small pox. She is at home in Columbia where several cases are known. Health authorities order children in her room not to return until vaccinated as a precaution.
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Hazel Hathaway
Franklin
Columbia
Plan for Faster Crop Reporting Dervige Plan
County extension agent E Rowland named to committee to study results of Ohio crop reporting system. He advocates uniting state reporting with Ohio State University Extension and the agriculture department to deliver up to date crop and market reports to farmers more quickly.
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Co. E. Rowland
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Rowland
Agricultural Extension Department
Ohio State University
Department of Agriculture
Unsettled Weather Lingers With Rain Then Clearing
The period saw a thunderstorm Saturday followed by a continuing downpour into Sunday night. Cooling temperatures around fifty degrees helped conserve coal stores as unsettled conditions are expected to persist through the week.
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Iso
Former Premier Lloyd George Regains Health Report
Birmingham reports former Prime Minister David Lloyd George seriously ill with a throat ailment. He remains confined to bed and postpones his planned departure for London as doctors note some improvement.
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Birmingham
Eng
David Lloyd George
London
Washington Birthday Flag Display Attracts City Streets
Washington's Birthday was observed by banks and the courthouse today. Flags were displayed on storefronts along the card line, using a new uniform flag display system to add to the street’s attractiveness.
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Washington
Letters From Shepherd Highlight Chicago Death Probe
In Chicago investigators examine the death of William McClintock the so called orphan millionaire. Letters between counsel reveal new evidence and show discussions of potions with a physician. Nurse Estelle Gehling is pictured as her letters from Shepherd are read before the probe.
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Chicago
William McClintock
William D. Shepherd
Estelle Gehling
Shepherd
Farmer Hawley dies in hay wagon accident near Wellington
Huntington farmer Charles Hawley, 53, was killed Saturday when thrown from a runaway hay wagon at 2:30 p.m. He died ten minutes later. He leaves seven children and eleven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the family home. burial in Greenwood.
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Wellington
Arne
Charles Hawley
Huntington
Hawley
Jay
Lorain
Harry
Massillon
Albert
Doris
Herbert
Lewis
Don
Greenwood
Blue Sunday Observed in Chillicothe Ohio
Chillicothe marked its first blue Sunday with strict compliance as Chief of Police Charles Fix praised residents. Blue painted sidewalks crepe on doors and wreaths reading Chillicothe at Rest signaled the shutdown of nonessential services except milk and Sunday newspaper deliveries, regular meals, and garage storage.
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Chillicothe
Charles Fix
Probe Ohio Fire Destroys Downtown in East Liverpool
Deputy state fire marshal D. J. Conner and Fire Chief Thomas Bryan led a joint inquiry with police in East Liverpool at noon today into the million dollar fire that leveled a section of the downtown business district Sunday morning.
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Ohio Fire
East Liverpool
D. J. Conner
Youngstown
Thomas Bryan
Trainmen Scalded in Roxton Freight Explosion
Three railroad workers were injured in an engine cab explosion on the Trenton North Dakota branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad near Roxton. One man was critically burned and may die, according to railroad officials.
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Langhorne
Trenton
N. d
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roxton
Meanest thief steals coffin handles in Tamaqua burial
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania on February 23, the coffin of Mrs. Otilie Williams was placed on a station platform for burial when someone stole the six brass handles with a screwdriver, the authorities report.
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Tamaqua
Otilie Williams
Two Police Officers Slain and Boating in Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri on February 23 a manhunt started for murderers of Burt G Lovejoy a police officer and George Peters a former chauffeur. Bodies found in The Willows area were mutilated and partially burned after being drenched with kerosene. Reputed bootlegging ties linked the victims to illicit liquor shipments.
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Kansas City
Burt G Lovejoy
George Peters
Kaseline
Willows
Lovejoy
Peters
Ruth Phillips
Martha Clauders
Phillips
Shreve
Broadcast Talk On Needs Of The Crippled Child
Edgar F. Allen, president of the International Society for Crippled Children, is scheduled to speak on the needs of the crippled child in a ten minute broadcast on Courier Journal and Louisville Times on Tuesday afternoon February 24 at 4 20. He will then attend the society’s annual meeting in Louisville on February 25 and 26.
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Edgar F. Allen
International Society For Crippled Children
Courier Journal
Louisville Times
Louisville
Traveling Man Wins Automobile in Circus Event
A Nash automobile was awarded to R F Vietig of Erie Pa after purchasing a ticket at the Moose circus on Saturday. Harriet Van Keuren won first place in the popularity contest with Marion Ganley second and Mary Wolf third. Ray Flower won $25 for naming the winner.
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Moose Circus
R F. Vietig
Erie
Nash
Harriett van Keuren
Marion Ganley
Mary Wolf
Ray Flower
Markets Close In Observance Of Washington Birthday
The New York Stock Exchange and other local markets shut down today for Washington's Birthday. In Chicago the Board of Trade and Cotton Exchanges also closed for the holiday.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Washington
Chicago
Board of Trade and Cotton Exchanges
Fog Delays Liners in New York Harbor
Eight ocean liners could not reach quarantine as heavy fog delayed arrivals in New York. Thousands of passengers awaiting docking were held over for additional hours and rescheduled arrivals amid the weather disruption.
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New York
Wrecked Vessel Off Rye Hindered By Stormy Seas
Lifeboats manned to respond to distress rockets from a disabled steamer off Rye were kept from reaching the vessel by the day’s stormy conditions. The vessel appeared to head toward Dungeness under its own power but rode with a heavy list.
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Rye
England
Dungeness
Drunken Autoists Face Jail Terms After Weekend Crashes
Seven men were arrested and ten autos wrecked in a string of weekend crashes around the city. Two people were treated for injuries, including Mrs Lena Sampson in Cleveland and William Sullivan, who faced fines for intoxication. Monte Fouts of Elyria received 30 days in jail and driving license revocation after a high speed crash near Stop 14 Lake Avenue. A slippery rain scene near Field’s Corners involved multiple drivers and officers, with additional arrests for driving while intoxicated.
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Lena Sampson
Weet Fist Street
Cleveland
Fields Corners
Lakeside Hospital
William Sullivan
Elwina
Xtop 14
Lake Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Sullivan
Ss J. George
Sheriff's Department
George Fouts
Costes
Hinkson
Studebaker
James Colgan
Lorain
Merle Zimmerman
Lodi
Ohio
Colgan
Fouts
Elyria
C. A. Hugary Oberlin
Signais
Ilelen Steiner
J Ce Me Mendon
Ashlind
Oobra Colgan
Steiner
Avenelass
Zimmeermin
Lucy Fleming
Chitham
Hogue
Bishway
W. Quirk
R. L. Kennedy
Ravenna
Underhill
Grills
George Grills
North Eaton
Fred Catanzarit
F. C. Dellefield
Penfield Junction
Dellefield
Catanza- Tritt
Ball
George
Dugan
Avon Lake
Wounds over drink refusal lead to shooting
Lorain February 23 1920 John Krajek of 1720 East 30th street shot Gus Demscek in the left knee at 3924 Vine Avenue after Demscek refused to buy him a drink. The bullet likely cripples Demscek for life. Officer Meister nabbed Krajek who was bound over to court on a 2500 dollar bond for shooting to wound.
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Lorain
Jobhn Krajec
E. 30Th Street
Gus Demsceek
P Demscek
Vine Avenue
Demscek
Meister
Kraje
Amherst Man Fined For Drunken Disorderly Conduct
John Gates of Amherst was arrested by Sheriff Underhill on a wife’s complaint for intoxication and disorderly conduct. He pled guilty and paid a $25 fine plus costs to Justice St George, and was committed until the fine and costs are paid.
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John Gates
Amherst
Underhill
Gates
Justice St. George
Science bandits kidnap Chicago chemist in Los Angeles theft
Police in Southern California pursue a gang dubbed science bandits who abducted Dr. Paul Hildebrant, a Chicago chemical research expert, and seized valuable blueprints and papers in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Paul Hildebrant
Chicago
California
Commandery Conclave Set For Ohio Knights Templar Meeting
Officers of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Ohio and leaders from 78 commanderies will gather in Columbus for a general conference this afternoon with post grand commanders eminent commanders generalissimos and captains general expected to attend.
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Columbus
Knights Templar of
Ohio
Veteran Perishes in Belmont Hotel Fire at Gloucester
A crippled war veteran died and two residents were injured as fire swept the Belmont Hotel in Gloucester. Fifteen men women and children fled for their lives as the blaze raged through the building. the victim was identified as Thea Boan.
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Gloucester
Mass
Belmont Hotel
Thea Boan
Sieees
Chronigrams Hunt Phone User At Masa Wilder Store
Night operator reports attempted long distance call from Masa Wilder cigar store on Middle Avenue. Police search the store but find no intruder.
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Elyria Telephone Co
Masa Wilder
Middle Avenue
Aged bachelor seeks 24 to 25 bride in Virginia ad
Danville Virginia February 23 A 55 year old widow and bachelor T Harvell advertises for a bride aged 24 to 25 with long hair good character and ability to cook. He specifies attire height age and weight limits and notes an aunt in town offered to teach reading and writing.
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Danville
T. Harvell
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