Mysterious swindler dupes Elyria grocers in daytime checks
A tall light complexioned man with quick talk passed a series of bogus checks in Elyria yesterday netting about 14 dollars for his day’s work. He cashed two dollars of groceries at a Lodi street store and left with a twenty two dollar payout after a grocer trusted his claim. Police could not locate him overnight. Reports indicate similar checks were used by female actors recently and the suspect is described as six feet tall, thirtyish, in a light overcoat and hat. Construction on Elyria Public Library proceeds with stacks installation and moving 30,000 volumes from Broad street to the new building.
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Elyria
Lodi Street
West Broad Street
Rore
Elyria Public Library
Third Street
H. W. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Reefy
Broad Street
Truck Driver Injured In City Crash
Albert Scott, 35, of 331 East Bridge Street, is recovering at Memorial hospital after a collision at East River and Broad streets. A small coupe sideswiped the truck he was driving, sending it into a telegraph pole. Scott suffered severe scalp lacerations from a window impact and was taken to the hospital. Police could not locate the coupe driver or any witnesses. The truck was owned by City Produce Co.
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Albert Scott
East Bridge Street
Memorial Hospital
East River
Broad Streets
Scott
The
City Produce Co
Cleveland Fire Chief Denies He Will Quit
Cleveland Fire Chief George A. Wallace stated he will resign only when the time comes to say go on, boys, contradicting reports he planned retirement. The veteran chief refuted rumors of an imminent departure as of January 10.
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Cleveland Fire
Cleveland
George A. Wallace
Pope Declares Extraordinary Holy Year in Jubilant Decree
Rome reports the Pope issues an Apostolic decree declaring 1929 a Jubilee year and Extraordinary Holy Year. Plenary indulgences will be granted under the usual conditions. The decree follows a similar move by Pope Leo XIII during his jubilee year.
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Rome
Leo XIII
Griswold Named Tate Welfare Director in Ohio
Columbus Ohio January 10 Hal H Griswold of Cleveland was named state welfare director by Governor elect Myers Cooper He is a former speaker of the Ohio house previously first assistant attorney general and a 1926 Republican attorney general candidate Griswold will succeed Democrat John Harper of Jackson County He was born in 1886 and has served as schools superintendent Geauga County board of education member and law practitioner in Cleveland with Bartholomew Lepper McGill He has two children Marjorie eleven and Howard three
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Columbus
Hal H. Griswold
Cleveland
Myers ¥. Cooper
Griswold
Ohio House of Representatives
John ¥. Harper
Jackson County
Chardon
Board of Education
Geauga County
House of Representatives
Barthiomew, Lepper & McGill
Marjorie
Howard
Woman Named Recorder Of Marion Co
Mrs. Cora M. McKeever was named county recorder following the disappearance of Charles E. Smith after a $2900 shortage was found in his accounts. McKeever, mother of four, was appointed by the Marion County commissioners in Marion Ohio.
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Marion, O
Cora M. McKeever
Charles E. Smith
Smith
Former musical comedy star shot to death in garage
Florence Newsom Baker, 30, once a musical comedy star, was found shot to death in the garage of her divorced husband, Robert A. Baker, a leading Little Rock businessman. Police believed she committed suicide.
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Little Rock
Ark
Florence Newsom Baker
Robert A. Baker
Queen Marie Illness Report Delays Roumanian Court
Queen Marie of Roumania is ill with influenza for the second time in recent months. Doctors expect a swift recovery and say she should regain health soon. The illness pauses public duties at the Bucharest court.
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Marie III
Bucharest
Roumania
Marie of
Nil-Mardh road project moves to hearings in Lorain County
steps toward the Elyria to Hilliard Road advance were taken with set viewings and a public hearing. County officials plan a 1 p.m. Feb 20 viewing and 1 p.m. March 27 hearing on the proposed right of way and road construction. The 7.5 mile route would run from Elyria south of Gulf road to the Cuyahoga line, crossing Avon Village and Ridgeville township.
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Elyria
Hilliard
Cuyahoga County
Frankk Ellenberger
Board of County Commissioners
Charles T. Biggs
Gulf Road
Nort
Roda
Lorain County
Elyria Township
Ridgeville Township
Avon Village
James Hewitt
Lorain County Hilliard Road Committee
North Ridge
Cuyahoga-Lorain County
Lakewood
Ricky
Two Killed Waiting for Car in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio on January 10 George C Price a 37 year old valuation engineer for the Toledo Terminal Railroad Company and Dorothy Stevens 27 a stenographer were struck and killed by a car while waiting for a street car The driver Walter H Lee 30 said mist obscured his vision and he did not see the couple until it was too late Price wife and two children Robert 11 and William 5 were in Frankfort Indiana Stevens worked for the Toledo Scales Company
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Toledo, O
George C. Price
Toledo Terminal Railroad Company
Dorothy Stevens
Price
Robert
William
Frankfort
Ind
Walter H. Lee
Stevens
Toledo Scales Company
British Ship Shetland Sinking Reported Near Aberdeen
The British steamship Shetland, a 1846 ton vessel, radioed that she was sinking ninety miles southeast of Aberdeen. A life boat has been dispatched to assist.
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London
Shetland
Aberdeen
Post Office Faces 6000 Pieces of Dead Letter Mail
Elyria postal officials report more than six thousand pieces of mail lacking proper addressing or recipient details. Dead Letter office in Washington will attempt to locate intended addressees while officials urge mailers to include full names and accurate street addresses.
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Carl Martin
J. W. McHenry
Elyria
Elyna
Three Die In Detroit-Rochester Interurban Crash
In Royal Oak near Detroit a Detroit-Rochester interurban wrecked a car early today killing Cecil Greer, his wife Minnie, and their two year old daughter, all from Detroit. A four year old son remains in critical condition while a four year old survived. The car was carried 200 feet down the track.
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Detroit
Jan
John Coolidge Captivates Inaugural Ball In Uniform
Hartford reports John Coolidge and his uniform stole the show at Governor Trumbull's inaugural ball held at the Foot Guards Armory. The major on the governor's staff wore a full dress blues frock, sky-blue trousers, belt, black shoes and sword while dancing with his fiancée Miss Florence Trumbull and other guests.
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Hartford
Conn
John Coolidge
Trumbull
Foot Guards
Coolidge
Florence Trumbull
County budget totals $1,438,354.77 for 1929
County Commissioners reveal the 1929 appropriation total of 1,438,354.77 with the County General fund at 680,683.39 and Road and Bridge at 392,407.36. Crow bounty funding stands at 350 for the year, with 25 cents paid per crow killed. Auditor Monroe H. Welty notes last year’s crow payouts were about 300.
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Board of County Commissioners
County General Fund
Agricultural Society
Monroe H. Welty
Elyria Health Board to decide on flu ban lift
The Elyria Health Board will hold a special meeting this evening to decide whether to lift the flu epidemic ban before Saturday. Mayor Hewitt and Health Commissioner Dr. G E French plan a late conference to discuss the situation as physicians report waning cases and better conditions.
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Health Board of the
City of
Elyria
James A. Hewitt
G. E. French
Hewitt
French
Many Witnesses Called in Heldman Case
Canton Ohio January 10 Charges of moral murder against Wipur Heldman Lorain furnace salesman in connection with the death of his wife Margaret the phantom gun woman were considered by the county grand jury today. A dozen witnesses including several from Dubois Pennsylvania were summoned to testify supplementing witnesses called yesterday. Mrs Heldman killed herself after confessing she killed Vernard Fearn Waco Ohio coal dealer. Heldman was arrested the state claims his heartless attitude caused her suicide.
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Canton
Wipur Heldmanp
Lorain
Margaret
Dubois
Heldman
Vernard Fearn
Waco
Ohio
Jury Duty Notices Called for Lorain County Monday
Sheriff served notices to 20 Lorain county residents for petit jury duty to begin next Monday delayed one week due to influenza ban. Nine from Lorain and one from Elyria summoned, including Claude Nichols Samuel McMasters and several others across Lorain Elyria Kipton Amherst Grafton Ripton and Brighton.
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Lorain County
Board of Health
Lorain
Elyria
Claude Nichols
Samuel McMasters
Edita Prebie
M. W. Eldred
R. C. Baird
W. Bradburgs
C. D. Long
Clarence Wright
Raymond Austin
Nelson
J. E. Davidson
Kipton
Edward Strait
Amherst
Edward Johnson
Columbia
John Webber
Ripton
Herbert Howe
William Klind
Grafton
Howard Barnes
C. E. Ewell
Brighton
S. Gaston
Edward Wise
Graftom
Winter Returns With Sudden Snow Storm
The rain that ended Elyria’s cold spell Wednesday turned to snow at noon and may give a second white blanket this winter. Intermittent rain drenched the city overnight and morning, then a temperature drop and NW breeze brought slippery streets warning motorists this afternoon. No accidents were reported from the freezing conditions.
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Elyria
New First Lady in Governor Mangie
In Columbus Ohio Mrs Myers Y Cooper arrived at the governor’s mansion with daughter Mills Judy to preside over the mansion as her husband prepares for inauguration. The Donahey family vacated the home after six years and Cooper discusses grandchildren and readiness for office.
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Columbus
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper
George
Cooper
Donahey
Dorothy Anne
Joan
Myers Y, Jr
Cooper Judy
Myers
Myers, Jr
Judy
Navy Dirigible Los Angeles Reaches St Josephs Bay
The navy dirigible Los Angeles reported five miles southwest of Tallahassee with southern winds hindering progress but no danger. It reached St Josephs Bay near noon and prepared to moor at the Tender Patoka, after delays from night winds delaying crossing north Florida.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Navy Department
Tallahassee
Fla
Patoka
St. Joseph's Bar
Florida
Port ST. Joe
St. Joseph's Bay
North Florida
Burglar Shot By Confectioner Then Escapes Through Window
Police in Tiffin Ohio hunted a bandit who was shot by Burton Finn a local confectioner after surprising a looter in his Telcher Street store. The intruder fled through a plate glass door with $15 and three roasts.
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Tiffin
Burton Finn
Telcher
Finn
Cooper to Take Oath At Noon Monday
Columbus prepares for Governor-elect Myers Y Cooper inauguration with flags banners and signs. A platform is under construction on the capitol west facade for the parade review and Broad street entry for officials. Attaches discuss correct attire as clothing merchants publicize inaugural events.
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Cooper
Ohbie
Squirrels
State House
Capitol
Cooper To Deliver First Legislative Message Tuesday
Governor-Elect Myers Y. Cooper nears completing his cabinet with health and public welfare posts to be filled. He held a closed cabinet meeting to plan the inauguration and upcoming legislative message to be delivered next Tuesday at 2 PM in a joint session of the senate and house. The Governor’s mansion will be placed at the disposal of the new first family.
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Cooper
Senate
House
Donahey
Inauguration Plans for Governor Cooper Ceremony
Advance information shows pros and cons for attire as supporters prepare for the inauguration. The oath is set for 12 o'clock in front of the state house with brief address to follow. A parade will move through Broad Street ending at High Street, then an informal capitol reception at 3 p.m.
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State House
Carrington T. Marshco
Beeress
Cooper
Capitol
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Recorder of Marion Co
CHAIN
Toledo
J. W. Henry
McHenry
New York
Miss Brown
Ely-ria
Brown
Chicago
Chicagxo
Mich
Jokn Coolidge
Mangie
Navy Dirigible
Lakehurst
N. J
Miami
Fila
Rotunda
High Street
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