City Council Approves Gas Rate Increase Controversy
Four to three vote by Elyria City Council approves Logan Gas Co. rate hike amid protests and protests collapse. City Solicitor Myers challenges the move while council rejects a formal protest and a separate bill for gas engineering services.
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Logan Gas Machine
Don Myers
Rawson
Sudro
Muller, Howells
Ensign
Floyd H. Corliss
Logan Gas Co
Public Utilities Commission
Carl Muller
Dave Howells
Theodore Freese
Freese
Cora Ensign
Gr. A
Mae
J. A. Rawson
S. Sudro
Logan Gas. Co
Elyria
Myers
D. W. Myers
Columbus
Columbia
Alton D. Adams
Boston
Council
Adams
Weiss
Cincinnati
Elyria Central Labor Union
Ohio
Thas
Indiana Legislator Strike and Bootlegging Arrests In Indy
Indiana lawmakers face a persistent strike of the senate as bootlegging charges haunt Joseph Baro of 124 Woodford Avenue with multiple fines and jail risk. In Indianapolis, prosecutor Remy orders a continuous grand jury session to address the senate strike amid Republican efforts and Democratic bolt to Ohio.
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Indianapolis, and
Senate
Marion County
Remy
Indiana
Dayton
Ohio
A. L. Gilliam
Indiana State Senate
Springfield
Harod van Orman
Evansville
Wes
Charles S Patt
Terra Haute
Indianapolis
International News Service
Barber Fatality In New York Shop
J. D. Ennis, 35, of Doughlaston, N. Y., entered a New York barber shop for a shave. The barber asked for a massage when done. Ennis remained silent and then died after the procedure. No further details given.
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New York
J. D. Ennis
Doughlaston
N. Y
Ennis
Police shake up in Kansas City liquor ring probe
Kansas City police chief says Joseph R. Gant’s name appears in sworn statements tied to a Centropolis bank shortage exceeding a half million dollars. Thomas L. Branscum and his son are jailed as authorities warn of further arrests and a major cleanout of the force.
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Kansas City
William A. Shreve
Joseph R. Gant
Centropolis
Thomas L. Branscum
Roy Ju. Branscum
Kansas City Post Force
Dance Hall Fight Lands Two Men In Court
Two Lorain men faced court after a Sunday dance hall brawl in Avon village. Dave Mondock pleaded guilty and paid a $100 fine and costs. Joe Frazer pleaded not guilty, posted a $21,000 bond, and was released for trial. Sheriff Underhill and deputies responded to the disturbance, which subsided before arrival.
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Lorain
Avon Village
Harry Dipple
Avon
Dave Mondock
29Th Street
Joe Frazer
West 22Nd Street
Dipple
F. A. Underhill
Walter Herbert
Alleged bootlegger encapes prosecution in Lorain
Lorain report states Anna Sed orovitz long known for liquor law violations is again free after a courtroom sequence. Assistant Prosecutor Wiemer asked Judge Strenich to note the case Wednesday but was denied. Prosecutor Friedman renewed the request and it was granted. The chief witness allegedly had a prior Cadiz criminal charge, leading to the case being dropped.
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Lorain
Anna Sedorovitz
Wiemer
J. F. Strenich
William Friedman
Cadiz
Ohio
Accomplishments Of Memorial Hospital Told At Annual Meet
The Elyria Memorial Hospital Company posted a busy year highlighted by regular staff and medical council meetings. A daily Gates Home for Crippled Children census of 46, new equipment, a floroscope, 6000 plus lab jets, active Social Service work, and a need for boiler upgrades. Two thousand patients treated, maternity births setting a record, over 800 operations, and high daily census peaks.
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Memorial Hospital
Elyria Memorial Hospital
C. H. Pelton
Elyria Memorial Hospital Company
Medical Council
Gates
Women's Auxiliary
John Faxon
Social Service Department
Lorain
Three Divorce Suits Entered in Common Pleas Court
Anna Babcock of Lorain files for divorce from J A Babcock alleging wilful absence since 1904 marriage in 1903. Mary Brenzen seeks divorce from George Brenzen alleging wilful absence and extreme cruelty after a drunken incident. Mary Brake accuses Ray Brake of Lorain of neglect and cruelty seeking divorce and child custody with alimony.
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Court of Common Pleas
Anna Babcock
Lorain
J. A. Babcock
Mary Brenzen
George Brenzen
Mary Brake
Ray Brake
Health Center Holds Second Smallpox Vaccination Clinic
A second vaccination clinic led by nurse Miss Lottie Mathison and city health officer Dr. G. E. French was held this afternoon after school. Ninety persons, mostly school-age children, were vaccinated at the first clinic. Clinics will continue while demand lasts and are free of charge.
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Lottie Mathison
G. E. French
Miners to Meet in Cleveland on Wage Scale Standstill
Operators from Western Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio and Indiana will gather in Cleveland March 6 to discuss breaking or adjusting the Jacksonville wage scale agreement set to run until April 1 1927. Reliable sources reported the plan today.
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Pitsburgh
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Cleveland
Jacksonville
Chiropractors Lose Bill In Ohio House Rules
The House Rules committee, acting as the calendar panel, killed the chiropractors bill sponsored by Rep. G. H. Bellinger of Summit Akron. The proposal would have created a state board to regulate and license chiropractors in Ohio.
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Columbus
House
G. H. Bellinger
Summit
Akron
Ohio
Mud Frees Ship Adriatic Off Bay Ridge
The White Star liner Adriatic with 500 passengers ran aground on a mud bank off Bay Ridge after leaving its pier. Tugs and a high tide freed the vessel after more than four hours of entrapment on February 26 in New York Harbor.
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New York
White Star Hner Adriatic
Bay Ridge
Steel Trust Labor Policy Sets Wage Scale Across Industry
A five year Russell Sage Foundation report on Colorado Fuel and Iron Company shows United States Steel policy shapes the steel wage scale nationwide. It notes Rockefeller plan pushed eight hour day ahead of the Steel Corporation and industry, complicating union representation moves.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Industrial Studies Department
Russell Sage Foundation
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Rockefeller
Steel Corporation
Home Rule Motor Bus Bill Passes Ohio Legislature
The home rule bus bill won final passage in the Ohio Legislature. Cleveland and Lorain along with other cities gain authority over bus operation within city limits tying up a long fight. Governor's signature will end a lengthy Lorain dispute over highway bus operation and a prior injunction denial.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Lorain
Ohio
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Tom Stokes Dies at Olmsted Falls Veteran Civil War Battery
Tom Stokes aged 89 and a veteran of the 15th Ohio Battery died at his Olmsted Falls home after mustering at Elyria. He is survived by his niece Mrs. Joseph Stocals who has kept his home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:06 at the residence.
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Olmsted Falls
Tom Stokes
Ohio Battery
Elyria
Joseph Stocals
Progress on Elyria Hotel Project
About forty businessmen met to discuss building a new Elyria hotel. Hackenberg System offered to place 400000 dollars of preferred stock at 4.5 percent commission plus expenses. A 300000 dollar bond issue would fund the total 700000 dollar fully equipped hotel.
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Elyria
Hackenberry
United American Hotels Corporation
Drivers Flock to Courts With Tags
Five traffic law violators were fined before Mayor Harry Hinkson in police court today. Six men appeared before Justice Ss. J. George on charges of driving overloaded trucks on main county highways. City police began a campaign against parking autos without lights after dark. A speeder, J. Fuller, 24, driver of a Cleveland Elyria bus, was fined five dollars and costs.
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Harry Hinkson
Ss. J. George
J. §. Fuller
Cleveland-Elyria
Elyria
Sweet
Walton
Star on Stand in Liquor Probe
Abe Ungerleider Columbus financier linked to the Hayner distillery drug bootlegging case was to testify before the federal grand jury in Cleveland. District Attorney Bernsteen expects his statements to supply enough evidence for indictments against eight named men and several others. Oliver E. Pagan and assistant William Sterne left the attorney general’s office to file charges.
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Ohio
White House
Mabel Willebrandt
Troy
Cleveland
Hayner
Willebrandt and
Haynes
William Hayner
Abe Ungerleider
Columbus
Bernsteen
Ungerleider
Fry
Oliver E. Pagan
Attorney General's Office
William Sterne
Lorain County Tax Contribution Counts in State Revenue
Lorain County paid about 4.28 million dollars in taxes last year as part of Ohio’s 250 million dollar tax haul. The figure runs roughly 50 thousand dollars higher than 1923 and about double the 1920 payment. State collections are redistributed among county city and other subdivisions.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Jury picked to try Blanche Tobias in manslaughter case
The jury to try Mrs Blanche Tobias on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of her two weeks old son was completed shortly after 10 o clock this morning. Statement of the case was started by attorneys.
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Pick Tobias Jury Wooster
Blanche Tobias
300 In College On Strike Over Co-eds
In Montgomery Alabama 300 students including 100 coeds walked out after the New River College cancelled remaining basketball games faculty. They demanded dormitory privileges and social hours while threatening a renewed strike if talks fail.
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Montgomery
W. A
New River College
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