Open Forum at Elyria Hosts Dr. Elwood Public addresses
Dr. Robert A. Elwood of Boardwalk Church Atlantic City will open a four day Elyria series with an Open Forum at Church of Christ at 3 PM Sunday. He will also speak at a 7:30 PM service and address high school students Monday noon. The Rotary Club moves to Monday noon for his talk Bottled Sunshine. Fred Peters fights for life after kerosene accident starting a fire that destroyed his home injuring Peters and scorching his body. his wife and child escaped.
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Robert A. Elwood
Boardwalk
Atlantic City
Elyria
Open Forum
Church of Crist
Elwood
Church of Christ
Shively
Nody
Rotary Club
Rotary
Kiwanis Club
Ympc.a‘s
Open Forum Committee
Wioria
Chicago
Cincinnati
Fred Peters
South Road
Memorial Hospital
Alr
Wallington
Sudro
Peters
Elis
Hopital
Fifty Years of Dry Law Battle Celebrated by Lorain W C T U
A Lorain County W C T U dinner at the Y M C A marked fifty years of anti liquor advocacy. Speakers praised past leaders, pledged continued enforcement of dry laws, and honored Judge A R Webber and Prosecutor Don Fr Baird for backing prohibition nationwide and in Lorain County.
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America
Lorain
W. GC. T. Lig
George H. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Ramn
Nellie M. Fill
Lorain County
Foresty
A. Ry. Webber
Common Pleas Court
Iquor
Judea Webber
Lolain County
Flu
W. C. PT. al
Webber
Carrie Nation
Don
Fr. Baird
Attorney Baird
Hill
Fred A. Underhill
Don W. Myers
United States
Collier and liner collide off Cape Cod causing heavy damage
The Mun son Collier Munalbro and the Norton Lilly steamship Robin Adair collided head on below Cape Cod early today. Both vessels sustained severe damage with the Munalbro losing its stern bow and an anchor while the Robin Adair suffered a forty foot hole in hold number two. Each ship attempted to make way to safety under its own power after temporary repairs.
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Boston
Munson
Munalbro
Norton-Lilly
Robin Adair
Cape Cod
Cape
Vineyard Haven
Scar on Arm Sparks Mother Daughter Reunion
Cincinnati dispatch reports that a two year old girl placed in a Louisville orphanage 24 years ago bore a scar from a burn. The marking helped reunite the child, now Mrs. Gilbert Hopper of Silver Grove, Ky., with her mother Mrs. Joseph Stanton after contact with the kin in Connersville, Indiana and Alexandria, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert of Lexington adopted the baby ending years of separation.
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Cincinnati
Louisville
Joseph Stanton
Gilbert Hopper
Silvergrove
John Gilbert
Lexandria
Grand Jury Delayed Reporting to Monday
Due to many new cases submitted, the grand jury will not report until Monday. The panel has investigated seven cases to date and plans to visit the county jail before reporting. officials cited the jail condition as a factor in the delay.
Woman Claims Self Defense After Fatal Shooting
Angeline Mannino, 15, stood firm that Tony Valere, 24, was killed in her home last night in what she called self defense after he attacked her six weeks earlier. Her mother Frances Mannino, sister Oudia, and a younger brother supported her account.
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Cleveland
Angeline Mannino
Tony Valere
Mannino
Frances Mennino
Oudia
Tony
Postal Clerk Held In Mail Car Hold-Up
James J. Cadoo confessed to a Long Island mail car robbery last Tuesday night fleeing with $10,000. He told Mineola jailers the N Y March 17 date, his four months bride’s grief, and that he had returned all but $114 of the loot.
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Mineola
N. Y
James J. Cadoo
Mineola County
Lons Island
Cadoo
Seasonal Storms Forecast Across Regions
The weather bureau issued a forecast for next week detailing unsettled conditions in the Ohio Valley with rain midweek and possible snow later, moderating temperatures early then turning colder. The Great Lakes region is expected to see rain or snow early, followed by moderate temperatures later in the week.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Region of
Great Lakes
Counter Claim Filed Against Schroeder Mechanics Lien
J P Kuntz files a counter claim in the suit by George Schroeder over a mechanics lien for unpaid balance on a house. Kuntz alleges improper filing, substandard work, breach of specifications, and seeks dismissal of the lien plus 605 damages.
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J. P. Kuntz
George Schroeder
Schroeder
Kuntz
Dot Little German Band Returns to New York Streets
New York reports the first postwar appearance of the dot little German band in Manhattan as banks and Broadway districts host street performances. Street musicians play Silent Night and Die Wacht Am Rhine while some bands even echo Where The River Shannon Flows amid lingering saloon collect calls.
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New York
New York City
Wall and
Broad Streets
Financial District
Holy City
Upper Broadway
Savings Bank Holds Annual Meeting and Elects Officers
The annual meeting of The Savings Deposit Bank & Trust Co. was held January 15. A strong financial statement prompted a declared extra dividend for shareholders and officers were elected including C M Braman as president and J S Seward as vice president and secretary. A large board of directors, limited to 18 members, oversees committees on new business and real estate appraisals. The Lorain County Savings & Trust Co. held a largely attended meeting with the same directors and a buffet lunch served afterward.
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Savings Deposit Bank & Trust Co
Dimeters
C. OM. Braman
E. Blanchard
Trust
J. S. Seward
F. R. Eckler
I. L. Shaw
Russell Waldorf
Once
C. M. Braman
EB. Blanchard
HT. Winckles
A. Bo Jones
H.C. Weil
J. Bo Seward
J. FP. Bu
FF. W. Colson
Lorain County Savings & Trust Co
KE. I. Allen
Alex Alfield
F. H W. Boylan
C. E. Lozier
Wm. Masterton
C. C. McDonald
J. W. McHenry
Leo Myers
W. S. Miller
T. L. Moise
G. E. Moyer
E. K. Massey
J. C. Parsch
R. D. Perry
C. W. Phillips
A. J. Plocher
F. O
Judge Grants Four Divorces In Wilful Absence Grounds
Judge W. B. Thompson approved four divorce petitions this morning all citing wilful absence. Bessie Beaven of this city divorced John Beaven after sixteen years of desertion. Sam Pergarish of Elyria divorced Mary Pergarish as she did not come to the country. George Knisely of Lorain divorced Zilda Knisely over wilful absence. Horace Bouch of Lorain divorced May Boach for gross neglect of duty and custody of their minor child was awarded to him.
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W. B. Thompson
Bessie Beaven
John Beaven
Sam Pergarish
Elyria
Mary Pergarish
George Knisely
Lorain
Zilda Knisely
Horace Bouch
May Boach
Prass
Chiké
Arrest Results In Death By Own Action In Ohio War
Percy Irrost a 60 year old chemical company agent killed himself with chloroform at his East Liverpool Ohio home after worry over his arrest in the inter city prohibition enforcement war. Wellsville police had raided his home last week finding home brew and 34 arrests by Wellsville police and 21 by East Liverpool police in the week long crackdown.
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East Liverpool
Percy Irrost
Frost
Wellsville
James Barnes
Mother Slayer Barred From Funeral
In San Francisco on January 17, a coroner's inquest opened into the death of Annie Ellingson. Dorothy Ellingson, 18, self described “jazz baby” and accused killer, had her public defender seek transfer to Juvenile Court for next Thursday’s women's court session. Psychologists' and alienists' pleas for access were denied as police pursued leads from Dorothy's companion May Fitzgerald about "jazz-land" parties and narcotics experiments. Dorothy, who said she would not attend the funeral, claimed she preferred to remember her mother as she was, while relatives faced possible scenes if she had attended.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Frank Egan
Annie Ellingson
Policea
Polite
May Fitzgerald
Dorothy
Elyria high school to graduate forty five students in January
Forty five members of Elyria High School's midwinter class will graduate January 29 at the high school auditorium. President J Knox Montgomery of Muskingum College will deliver the graduation address. The ceremony includes diplomas by school board president Ernest Crisp and a baccalaureate sermon by Rev W L Walker.
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J. Knox Montgomery
W. L. Walker
Elyria High School
Muskingum College
New Concord
Glee Club
R. C. Maston
Ernest Crisp
the Baptist Church
First Congregational Church
Blanchet
Burker
Vantin Mae Carter
Treva Mae Caywood
Marjory A Copas
Frances Decker
Mary Kathryn Erkler
Bernice Cathryn Fowl
Alice Mae Griffiths
Violet Mae Hadaway
Helen C. Kaiser
Josephine Cyrene Whrugman
Harrieltte
Electa McRoberts
Gertrude BE. McCullough
Mildred EB. Normande
Ruth W. Pallas
Mary Frances Phelps
Gladys Lucile Read
Violence L. Schoepfle
Nellie A. Washka
Mary J
Clifford Spaulding
Gerald Squires
Ralph C. Steinmetz
Walter George Streicher
George HT. Taylor
Robert R. Underhill
Glenn C. Upton
Gas deaths in New York and Stone senate action
In New York three women and two men died from gas leaks in two apartments. James Di Ambroseto and Grace M. Clayton were found dead in a two room apartment. Graceful Kalopolis, 71, died from a gas heater leak. A defective heater tube caused the fatalities. In Washington the Senate judiciary committee again postponed final action on Harlan F. Stone's Supreme Court nomination for the third time.
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New York
James di Ambroseto
Grace M. Clayton
Emily Kalopolis
Charles Gray
Oberlin Native to Study Brazil Mosquito
Dr. Francis Metcalf Root of Oberlin will research Anopheline mosquitoes in Brazil to combat malaria. He is associate medical entomologist at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and sailed from New York last Saturday. His family connections include Barbara Bradley of Mount Haven Connecticut and John Alter of Providence Rhode Island.
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Baltimore
Francis Metcalf Root
Oberlin
Ohio
Brazil
Root
North Professor Street
Barbara Bradley
Mount Haven
New York
Hopkins
Rockefeller Foundation For the Research Commission
Ha Year Old Skater Ices Fancy Figures With Kiddies
In Chicago dated January 17 by a local wire William Whigham an 88 year old retired farmer residents of Libertyville Illinois proves age is just a number by chasing schoolboys to the skating pond and performing fancy on ice asserting he feels as active as a kid and remains youthfully spirited.
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Chicago
William Whigham
Libertyville
Bill’' Whigham
Whigham
Senate Debates Navy Elevation With England and Japan
Senate opens debate on a 287 million dollar naval appropriation bill as supporters push a new 6.5 million allocation to elevate guns aboard capital ships to restore a 6 5 0 ratio with Britain and Japan. Senator Newwellar argues passage would put the United States on equal footing with the British navy.
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Washington
England
Japan
Senate
Coolidge
M NewWwellar
Democrat
Tennessee
Optometrist Dr. J. M. Calhoun Dies by Suicide in Richmond
Dr J M Calhoun a prominent optometrist killed himself at Murphy's hotel in Richmond Va He left a note saying his body should go to the University of Virginia medical college for dissection his act was prompted by domestic troubles authorities reported the death occurred January 17 192?
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Nichmond
J. M. Calhoun
Murphy's Hotel
Medical College of
University of Virginia
Hunt Boy Accomplice In Ohio Jail Break
Police hunted for a 15 year old accomplice in an Ohio jail break after Frank lin McWhorter and Joseph Foley escaped from a juvenile detention home in Columbus. McWhorter held up the matron Grace Morrison to gain access and the trio fled before Foley was recaptured with McWhorter near the railroad yards.
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Hunt Boy
Ohio
Columbus
Franklin McWhorter
Joseph Foley
McWhorter
Grace Morrison
Foley
Lancaster
Penitentiary
Senator Hiram Johanson pushes Dawes reparations copy request
A Senate resolution by Republican Hiram Johanson of California calls on Secretary Hughes to furnish the upper chamber with a copy of the Dawes reparations agreement signed in Paris by Kellogg Herrick and Col. James A. Logan for the United States.
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Washington
Secretary of State
Hughes
Senate
Paris
Kellogg, Herrick
Col
James A. Logan
United States
Hiram Johanson
Cattfornia
Oklahoma church funding shift eyed by Methodist group
Oklahoma church leaders say autos and radios are supplanting rural congregations. At the February 13 Methodist Episcopal convention in Oklahoma City officials will discuss plans to revive interest in country churches as many rural congregations report they can no longer support a pastor. Similar meetings will follow in St. Louis on February 19 and in Kansas City on February 11.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Methodist Episcopal Convention
St. Louis
Knansas City
Shake up of federal prohibition bureau planned
Washington reports forecast a reorganization under President Coolidge with Roy A. Haynes replaced by a more vigorous official. The move targets not just small offenders but major bootleg rings that have turned bootlegging into an organized industry.
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Washington
Federal Prohibition Bureau
Roy A. Haynes
Beig
Coolidge
Patrolman Birkline Suspended for Drunken Conduct
Patrolman J Birkline suspended for intoxication after being found drunk near Hast Avenue home. Stated to have served over 21 years. discipline ordered by Safety Director James A Hewitt and Chief Ni. 7. Stankard reports the action through the chain of command with Birkline relieved from duty.
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Fauldine Birkline
Stankard
James A. Hewitt
J Birkline
Birkline
Hast Avenue
Freighter Philip D Block launched in Lorain after tornado wreck
A 600 foot freighter named Philip D Block was launched at Lorain marking the first launch since the tornado damaged American Ship Building Co. yards. Built for Cleveland's Pioneer Steamship Co. the vessel features a 580 foot keel, 60 foot beam and 32 feet depth and was christened by Mrs. Henry D. Strauss.
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Lorain
American Ship Building Co. Yards
Philip D. Block
Henry D. Strauss
Pioneer Steamship Co
Cleveland
Bar examining committee appointments announced
Columbus January 17 1920 Charles P Tate I Clim Cincinnati and Maurice Bernon of Cleveland named to five year terms on the state bar examining committees succeeding Judge George K B Schroth Tists and M O Burns Hamilton when their terms expire
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Columbus
Charles P. Tate
I. Climcinnati
Maurice Bernon
Cleveland
State Bar Neamining
George KB. Schroth
Tists
M. O. Burns
Hamilton
Asaegui
HARBOR INCIDENT REPORTED NEAR BALTIMORE
A fragmented note from Baltimore describes a January incident involving a man named Riley, age 37, who narrowly escaped danger with a one leg and a strange sequence about a hoot and a stereo end. No further readable details are available.
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Han Narrow
Baltimore
Riley
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U.S
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