Lyria Mother of Six Babies Ends Her Life
Mary Prochazka a 36 year old mother of six ended her life by hanging in her attic on Seventeenth Street. Her oldest son Joe 15 found the body after returning from school. Coroner Miles Perry ruled death by own action. Survived by husband Joseph and six children. Funeral services set for Friday afternoon at 2 at the Friday funeral home.
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Mary Prochazka
Seventeenth Street
Joe
Miles Perry
Perry
Joseph
Joseph, Jr
Toney
Anna
Mary
Frank
Helen
State welfare reforms and tax bills discussed in legislature
In Columbus on January 25 the governor plans to send a message to the state legislature on welfare department reforms including possible abolition of the state welfare director position and restoration of previous department structure. Rep Walton proposes a 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax earmarked largely for road repair with minor revenue for bond oversight. Grounded by Dunn act concerns, bills seek bond issue checks and voter input through a tax commission if bonds are proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare
Walton
Wyandot
Don
Johnston
Richland
Japan modernizing navy for war under U S eyes
Washington January 25 The United States is urged to keep pace with Japan in naval buildup within the wartime treaty limits. An administration request to Congress seeks funds to modernize the American fleet, amid fears Japan would surpass in sea power if curbs lapse.
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International News Service
Hington
Japan
Congress
Dent Harding
Anoth
Epidemic Rumors Reach San Toy Village
Jan 25 Acting health director Munger reports an epidemic in San Toy County with no cases yet in the village. District Health Officer R. Shaffer is sent to San Toy to assess the situation as schools and theatres reopen under scrutiny.
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Mbus
San Toy
Yunty
Munger
R. Shaffer
MBUS Incorporators Today Include Thei Shoppe Co
MBUS dated January 25 notes upcoming incorporation filings in Elyria and nearby, with names including Thei Shoppe Co and F Waldelsen and J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MBUS
Thei Ae Shoppe Co
Elyria
F. Waldelsen
Will H Seward Dies of Pneumonia at 56
The unexpected death of Will H Seward, 56, occurred just before midnight at his home after a pneumonia illness. A Pullman Car Co conductor, he fell ill on his run and left the train at Youngstown, returning home on Tuesday very ill. Elyria native, educated in public schools, he worked as a mail carrier here and later in clothing. About fifteen years ago he joined the Pullman Co and remained on duty. He leaves a wife, a son Stanley Seward of Cleveland, and brothers and sisters Thomas, James B., Dennis W. Seward, Anna, Etta Seward, Mrs. John Mee Vey, Mrs. R. Gamble, and Mrs. R. B. Lerseh, all of this city. Funeral at St. Mary’s church Saturday at 9 am.
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H. Seward
Pullman Car Co
Youngstown
Pullman Co
Stanley Seward
Cleveland
Thomas
James B
Dennis W. Seward
Anna
Etta Seward
John Mee Vey
R. Gamble
R. B. Lerseh
St. Mary's Church
M L Craft Hit By Train Near Perry Fay Co
M L Craft of 331 Winckles street narrowly escaped death after being struck by a light engine while crossing tracks near Perry Fay Co on his way to work. He suffered a severe head cut and was taken to Memorial hospital for treatment.
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M. L. Craft
Winckles Street
Perry-Fay Co
Memorial Hospital
Woman Faces Murder Charge in Cleveland Case
Cleveland, Jan 25. A murder charge was to be filed against Mrs Mae Gillon, 30, after her husband Joseph died in Charity hospital on January 17. Police say he was stabbed during an argument when he discovered she had momentarily given up her duties as cook.
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Cleveland
Mae Gillon
Joseph
Charity Hospital
Governor of Porto Rico to resign soon
Washington Jan 25 C E Mont Relly governor of Porto Rico plans to resign after months of criticism. General Clarence R Edwards, former WWI commander, will be appointed in his stead. Both men are in Washington for talks with President Harding regarding the transition.
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Washington
C. E. Mont Relly
Porto Rico
Clarence R. Edwards
26Th
New England
Reily
Edwards
Harding
Two Boys Who Escaped Jail Are Captured Near Fostoria
Joseph Leschesky of Elyria and Lloyd Bliss of Lorain, who fled a city lockup, were nabbed by a Nickle Plate detective near Fostoria and jailed there. They carried six revolvers, five loaded, later identified as stolen from Leipsic hardware store. They assaulted amusement venues in Aurora and robberies in Leipsic before arrest. They face $500 bond for carrying concealed weapons and riding trains. additional charges await for Leipsic theft and Huron Street burglary. Lorain police link them to other burglaries and depredations. Leschesky is wanted for the Huron Street filling station burglary.
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Joseph Leschesky
Elyria
Lloyd Bliss
Lorain
Fostoria
Nickle Plate
Leipsic
Ohio
Aurora
Cleveland
Leschesky
Huron Street
Stankard
Rock Crushes Two Miners at Brown and Sons Mine
A heavy rock fell on a mine car at the Brown and Sons mine injuring Albert Murphy and killing William Murphy and Maroney14 instantly. Joe Murphy escaped unhurt. The tragedy occurred as workers entered the shaft in New Philadelphia.
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William Srurphy
Maroney
Brown and Sons
Albert Murphy
William
Joe Murphy
New Philadelphia
Girl Kidnapping Alimony Case Sees Divorce Granted
Judge W B Thompson grants divorce to Helen Korin Kenska from George Kenska on grounds of extreme cruelty. She receives 500 alimony total and 4 weekly for child support. The case recalls her charge that her husband and a friend kidnapped her en route to work, taking her to Gratton, where they were arrested for assault and battlement, later fined.
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W. B. Thompson
Helen Korin Kenska
George Kenska
Kenska
Gratton
Thompson
Breaks Neck in Auto Trolley Crash in Cleveland
Ralph McIntyre, 27, is in a hospital with a broken neck and may die after an early morning collision between an automobile and a street car on Madison avenue. Two street car passengers were cut by flying glass. two others are unconscious in serious condition. Also noted: a contempt of court filing by Marta Alten against Mathias Alten, and in Columbus the appointment of Joseph W. Tannehill as state superintendent of building and loan associations at a $5009 annual salary.
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Cleveland
Ralph McIntyre
Madison Avenue
Columbus
Locher
Joseph W. Tannehill
McConnelsville
Democrat
John W. Prugh
Kenya
Bricklayers and Plumbers Seek Small Wage Increases
The city crafts discuss wage scales for the year with bricklayers asking a raise from 1.15 to 1.25 per hour and plumbers seeking 1.10 per hour under the Cleveland scale. Carpenters, painters, paper-hangers, and lathers have not acted. Contractors will consider raises at a forthcoming meeting.
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Cleveland
Chest Drive Fund Totals 45950 Reported by YMCA Group
The Community Chest Campaign total reached 45950 as industrials report canvass progress. The meeting at the YMCA noted some firms have yet to complete worker canvasses and praised 100 percent signers from Lee Hovis Restaurant Workmen's Bargain Co. to City Hall and others. Professor E A Miller of Oberlin College spoke on prison reform and a state convention plan to educate and prevent crime.
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Community Chest
Varia
Hinchedn
YY. M. C
Thia
Ara Lee Hovis
E. A Miller
Oberlin College
Miller
Fires Ravage Two Chicago Factories In Massive Blazes
Two large fires tore through Chicago industrial plants causing over 500000 dollars in damage. The American Linseed Oil Company plant suffered major destruction and a large elevator was threatened. A second blaze damaged a six story west side building, with two fire boats aiding efforts at the linseed plant. Later in Liberty Missouri hundreds of books were destroyed at the Carnegie Library of William Jewell College due to a wiring fault, inflicting about 60000 dollars in losses.
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Chicago
American Linseed Oil
Menacing & Large Elevator
Loas
Liberty
Carnegiebrary
William Jewell College
County convention to be held at the Methodist church
A county convention is slated for tomorrow at one o'clock in the Methodist church. Hon. C. Crabbe, general of Ohio, Mrs. Floren Richards state president of the WCTU, Senator George H. Bender, and Kirby are among the featured speakers. A banquet at six precedes a brief program.
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Methodist “Church
Ellia mother Johanna Lynch dies at 82 in Elyria area
Mrs Johanna Lynch 82 former Elyria resident died this morning at her daughter Mrs Frank Lear Olmsted Falls after a year's illness She is survived by daughters Mrs J Halpin Elyria Mrs Frank Leer Olmsted Falls and Miss Nan E Lynch Cleveland Burial will be at St Mary's cemetery Funeral at St Agnes church Saturday 9 am The Lorain report notes ship launch Joshua Hatfield 600 ton by American Ship Building Co with another sister ship on the ways to be launched soon
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Johanna” Lynch
Frank Lear
Lorain
Joshua Hatfield
American Ship Building Co
Body of missing woman found in Illinois canal
The body of Mrs. Kate Mitchell Trostell, missing since her disappearance stirred a Chicago police mystery, was recovered today from the drainage canal at Lockport. Arthur Foster, the rejected suitor who claimed she jumped in the canal near Chicago, remains under arrest. In a separate matter, Judge A R Webber ordered Hattie Tuverson to undergo a physical exam before trial in a $5,000 damages suit against Robert F. Corta et al, after a wagon accident with an oil truck."
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Chicago
Kate Mitchell Trostell
Lockport
Arthur Foster
Hattie Tufverson
Robert F. Corta
A. R. Webber
Mage
Tulverson
Defendent
Quelling Riots Across German Cities Amid Occupation
Jan 25 reports describe anti French demonstrations in Oberhausen with two German telegraphers arrested for not explaining the telegraph system to Belgian and French authorities. A large crowd gathered at the Kaiserhof in Essen, with French officers threatening to use a machine gun. French authorities meanwhile took over command of the German municipal police in Mavence. The German government stated it would negotiate only after Allied evacuation, and rioting in Coblenz was subdued by American military police. French troop movements continued as Essen and other areas reinforced positions for air defense.
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Essen
Oberhausen
Kaiserhof
Oes
Mavence
Athorities
Crimand
Coblenz
Nausen
Indictments Promised In Aka Probe In Court
In Bastrop Louisiana January 25 the hooded mob inquiry heard Leon L Jones a Mississippi farmer testify accusing the Morehouse parish Ku Klux Klan of murdering Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards and tossing their bodies into Lake La Fourche. Attorney General A V Coco blamed the Klan for lawlessness as the hearing adjourned. In nearby Bromerton Captain J K Skipwith challenged the state to prove him a murderer after Coco announced a murder indictment would be sought in the hooded mob probe.
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Bastrop
Morehouse -Parish
Watt Daniel
Thomas F. Richards
Leon’ L. Jones
Jones
Lake la Fourche
Idwlessness
Parish
Fred L. Odom
Ku Klux Klan
Morehouse Parish
Thomas Richards
Stites
A.V. Coco
Mur- Ae
Bromerton
Skipwith
Infected Knee Kills West Dover Woman
Mrs Mary Bement of West Dover died at Memorial Hospital at age thirty eight after an infected knee. Undertaker Pease of Dover Center took the body.
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Mary. Bement
West Dover
Memorial Hospital
Pease
Dover Center
John F. Wendt Hurt in Fall at Brown Garage
John F. Wendt of Lincoln court is confined at home after a severe fall while on a ladder at the Brown garage. Doctors cannot yet determine if his hip is broken, and he remains under medical care at home.
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John F. Wendt
Lincoln Court
Brown Garage
Elyria Tops Ohio Cities For High Tax Rate
Elyria, the smallest of fifteen Ohio cities studied, shows one of the highest tax rates in the state, exceeding Cleveland and Columbus. The Lorain Chamber of Commerce sponsored a taxation probe highlighting Elyria’s burden and comparing it with other localities.
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Elyria
HIG
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Loraine Chamber of Commerce
Wreck injures nineteen on Third Avenue elevated train
Nine teen passengers on the Third Avenue elevated line were injured when the northbound train crashed into a coal train near Fourteenth Street station. The front cars buckled, with one telescoping the rear car. Injured were treated at Bellevue Hospital and later discharged. Motorman William Williams said brakes failed to stop the train. Police reserves contained crowds as passengers cried out during the crash.
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New York
Third Avenue Elevated
Fourteenth Street Station
Bellevue Hospital
William Williams
Fire at Center and Hermit hotels in Cleveland
Eight Center hotel guests were rescued by firemen, carried down ladders after a blaze damaged the building about $15,000. Fifteen male guests escaped in night clothing as flames drove off fifty guests from the Hermit hotel, with firefighting efforts and damage totaling about $5,000.
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Cleveland
Center Hotel
Hermit Hotel
Tooms
Lorain police and firemen to sue city over back salaries
In Lorain on January 25 attorney J Aikens for the city firemen and police warned that unless salaries from October 15 to January 1 are paid, court action will foreclose city property to cover the debt. The men have received only one paycheck this year from this year’s appropriation. In Cleveland a health official reported twenty one new influenza cases.
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Lorain
J. Aikens
Wesley Gritls
Pope Pius XII seeks restraint on Ruhr crisis
Rome reports Pope Pius XII remains deeply worried about the Ruhr situation but sees no Vatican move toward intervention for now. Officials note the Holy See will not act while tensions persist. In Columbus Ohio Dr W O Thompson, president of Ohio State University, defends France seizure of the Ruhr as justified.
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Rome
Pius KI
Ruhr
Vatican I
Columbus
Garmany
Ezsuse
W. O. Thomp
Ohio State University
France
Mary Minter Plans to Wed in Los Angeles
Fragmentary report notes Mary Minter, known as Mary Miles Minter, plans to marry in Los Angeles. The item hints at family involvement and indicates she was busy today with packing her tracks.
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Mary Minter
Los Angeles
Mary M Miles Minter
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