Open Forum hears leaders on child labor amendment fallout
In Barberton Ohio a series of speakers including Carlysle H. Wolcomb and Dr A S Gregg drew crowds to discuss the child labor amendment. National reform figures dispute opposition as Ohio defeats ratification by 91 to 33 votes and signals possible revival later.
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Carlysle H. Wolcomb
Bern
Open Forum
Chirch
Barberton
Holcomb
America
Lorain County
A S Gregg
National Cive Reform Union
Henry Ford
Nicholas van der Py
William Durant
Norman Thomas
Florence Allen
Geo Tittle
Michigan State University
Auto injures kill Elyrian John Skrzypczynski
John Skrzypczynski twenty dies at Memorial hospital from a West Avenue A auto crash Monday morning returning from work. He, Edmund Taylor, and Frans Zolenski bakery truck driver involved. Survived by parents and siblings Frances Joe Louise Michael Mary. Funeral at Holy Cross church Saturday 9 00. Burial in St Marys cemetery. Body at Bilmler Bros Funeral Home.
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John Skrzypczynski
Last River Street
West Avenue
Skhrzypczynski
Hiz
Edmund Taylor
Frans Zoleski
Oberlin Road
Memorial Hospital
Frances
Joe
Louise
Michael
Mary
Frank Kaminski
Anna Skrzypczynski
Holy Cross Church
Kuta
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Bilmner Bros. Funeral Home
Conviction of Doctor Seen in Alabama Murder Trial
In Bessemer Alabama on January 28 the murder trial of Dr George T Edwards Fairfield physician continued The state identified Edwards as purchaser of a blood stained .44 caliber revolver found in the couple s attic and argued the weapon crushed his wife s skull and fired a second shot into his hand Edwards says an intruder caused the gun battle and that three shots were fired from his own revolver Neighbors heard four shots prompting officers to search for the fourth shot or intruder
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Bessemer
Ala
George T. Edwards
Fairfield
Edwards
Birmingham
Frozen in snow and cold deaths mark Ohio weather
A brutal cold snap hits Ohio with record lows from zero to 29 below in Muskingum Logan Perry counties. Rescue teams find Miss Katherine Gaither, 68, beneath a railroad bridge. In Washington the Knickerbocker theater disaster anniversary adds to the cold with two deaths from exposure.
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Savage
Katherine Gaither
Washington
Knickerbocker Theater
G. P. Lumsden
Naval Medical Corps
Archie Burrell
Jewelry Store Robbery Turned Deadly in New York
Five armed men robbed Israel Chornick in his jewelry shop, taking gems valued at 8000 dollars. One bandit was killed by a policeman during the raid, another captured after a running pistol fight.
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New York
Israel Chornick
Elyria to form Boy Scout council with four cities
Plans discussed to form an Elyria Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Dr J E Betteridge named president and Chas Hill as Scout commissioner. Consideration of linking with Cleveland Council or creating a new district including Elyria Lorain Sandusky and Norwalk.
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J. E. Betteridge
Charles Hill
Cleveland
America
Elsyria Council
Boy Scouts of America
J.E Betteridge
Holly Allen
American Legon
Chas Hill
Srout
Lira
Elyria
Loriin Sandusky
Norwalk
Ulyria
Greater
Dt Istra
Cheerin Vals
Wretteridge
Lo- Ta
Sandusky
Kelleys Island
Cleveland Council
Clyria
Elysja Council
National Council
New York
Congress
Former Elyrian Dies in Los Angeles Cal
Mrs Pauline Kelble of Los Angeles California and former Elyrian resident died January 23 from heart trouble at her daughter's home, Mrs Ethel Ashbridge. She was not a member of the St Clair Rebekah Lodge or the Rebekah Social Club. Her ashes rest beside her son Louis Kelble in the Los Angeles Odd Fellows cemetery.
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Pauline Kelble
Los Angeles
California
Turner Street
Ethel Ashbridge
St Clair Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Louis Kelble
Two Die in Indiana Harbor Crossing Crash
Two people were killed and a third fatally injured when a fast Pennsylvania train struck an automobile at a crossing in Indiana Harbor. The car owner Joseph Kuchere and wife Mary Urbanka of New Buffalo, Michigan died. Injured were Mrs Kuchere, Jon Urbanka, and Mrs Spachman, all from New Buffalo, with serious and minor injuries.
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Indiana Harbor
Ind
Pennsylvania
Mary Urbanka
Joseph Kuchere
New Buffalo
Mich
Jon Urbanka
Jos. Spachman
Chicago
Moose to Initiate Third Class Under Open Charter
Elyria lodge of Loyal Order of Moose will initiate its third class tonight with 45 candidates invited. Organizer Clark will conduct the work and a large turnout is expected, followed by a special session.
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Moose
Elyria Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Clark
Traveling miniature National Dairy Show to visit Oberlin
Lorain County will host a traveling miniature dairy Chautauqua developed by the New York Central lines cultural relations department and sponsored by the National Dairy Association and the National Dairy Council. The train starts at Collinwood yard May 16 and visits Alliance Jefferson Ashtabula county Oberlin Fostoria Galion Delaware Bellefontaine Springfield Middleton Van Wert Wauseon before leaving for Indiana Illinois and Michigan. The Oberlin exhibition runs after May 20 and ends August 15 at Adrian Michigan. The event aims to boost dairy farming efficiency and profitability through purebred sires education for farmers.
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Lorain County
Fostoria
Galion
Delaware
Bellefontaine
Springfield
Middleton
van Wert
Wauseon
Indiana
Illinois
Kushinsky Cleared In Assault Case At City Court
Frank Kushinsky of this city was found not guilty of assault and battery against Mrs Sidney DeLavars after he went to her home to retrieve clothing and was denied entry. Witnesses, including Councilwoman Mae Friday, testified to his good character. jury returned verdict in five minutes. Also, Joe Reznik of Lorain pleaded guilty to assault and battery, fined $25 plus costs. Len Sanders of Lorain faced burglary and larceny charges this afternoon. The manslaughter case against Joe Novacke of Lorain, for allegedly killing his wife, will begin Monday, per Prosecutor Baird.
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Frank Kushinsky
Sidney DeLavars
DeLavars
Joe Reznik
Lorain
Len Sanders
Joe Novackc
Will
Baird
Gloria Swanson Weds In France
Hollywood circles buzz over news from Paris that Gloria Swanson married the Marquis De La Flaise. The star has had two prior marriages, to Wallace Berry and Herbert Somborn, yielding a daughter born to Swanson and Somborn.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Paris
Gloria Swanson
Marquis de la Flaise
Miss Swanson
Mack Senett Company
Wallace Berry
Herbert Somborn
New Lord
Gloria Swanson Somhorn
Aldine Burns
Europe
Samborn
Paramount
Wounded Wife Found With Husband Shot Dead in McKeesport
In McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Anna Maravden, 47, was found with gunfire burns and three bullet wounds beside the body of her husband Alfred Maraden, 52, after a quarrel. In Tokio, General Nakaomura, famed for Port Arthur, dies at 72.
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Pittsburgh
Anna Maravden
Alfred Maraden
McKeesport
Shanghai Captured by Mercenaries Amid Warlord Advance
Shanghai fell to fifth Russian mercenaries under Chang Tso Lin, who entered the city by armored train and seized Shanghai this afternoon. The force supports the central Aufu government in Peking and moves on Manchuria.
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Shanghai
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Aufu
Pekin
Maston Calls for State Control of Teacher Certificates
Supt Maston of local schools backs two Senate bills proposed by W R Comings. One would remove local teacher certificate boards and give the State director of education authority to issue licenses, standardizing certificates and saving money. The other would supply free building plans through the State Architects Department to standardize and reduce school construction costs.
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Senate
W. R. Comings
R C Maston
Director of Education Authority
State Architects Department
Maston
Muscle Shoals Fight Rages in Senate Debates
The Muscle Shoals issue returns to the senate floor as supporters of the Underwood plan push to elect con fer ees favored to the Muscle Shoals measure already passed by the senate. Senator Underwood of Alabama urges selecting conferees rather than the committee chair.
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Senate
Washington
Underwood
Alabama
Ohio pastors return home from two day council conference
More than 700 Ohio Protestant pastors went back to their homes after attending the two day annual conference in Columbus. The event was conducted under the Ohio council of churches with assured support from Governor Donahey and Attorney General Crabbe for law enforcement.
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Columbus
Donahey
Crabbe
Ohio Council of Churches
New Miners Union Formed in Charleston West Virginia
A new miners union was launched in Charleston West Virginia to operate like the United Mine Workers of America. It is led by individuals previously identified as leaders of the former West Virginia UMWA.
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NEW Miners’ Union
Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Wheat futures rise to 2.02 3 4 on Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat futures touched 2.02 3 4 dollars a bushel in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade as the May contract surpassed the 2 dollar mark. The market climbed after the first hour of session today in Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chinese Rebel Chief Yuan Sails for Japan
Chi Haleh Yuan, the Chinese rebel chief talm, sailed today for Japan leaving thousands of leaderless troops, threatening Shanghai and nearby areas as the situation remained unstable.
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Bhanghai
Chi Haleh Yuan
Talm
Japan
Shanghai
Reward Offered for Missing Witness in Jennings Will Case
A Chicago law firm offers a large reward for a witness to a will tied to Edwin B. Jennings, a reclusive Chicago millionaire. The will allegedly leaves two thirds of the estate to education for poor youths, with about $200,000 yearly income, and mentions other inheritances. The missing witness name is given as J. W. Gordon or variants. details praise Jennings as frugal and enigmatic.
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Chicago
Edwin B. Jennings
Jennings
Pearl Dunham
Lorain County
Frank W. Cherry
John Drake Jennings
Edwin B Jennings
J. W. Gordon
Golden Garden
Gordon
Holden
Hs Wealth
Lorain County Apiaries Infected With Foul Brood
Inspectors from the Ohio Department of Agriculture counted 1096 colonies in Lorain County with 118 colonies destroyed due to American foul brood. An additional 66 colonies in 58 apiaries carried European foul brood and were placed under treatment. The Lorain County Beekeepers Association met at Clyde Wheeler’s Oberlin home. The state legislature will be asked to double bee work funding.
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Ohio Department of Agriculture
Lorain County
Columbia Township
Bee Keepers Association
Clyde Wheeler
College Street
Oberlin
Ohio
Firefighters battle blaze at 107 West Street home
Firemen from stations No 1 and No 3 responded to two alarms at the residence of Hume GottHeb 107 West Street. Initial smoke reached the basement floor from an overheated furnace pipe. a second alarm revealed a chimney hole. Minor structural damage occurred after studding was cut away to extinguish the second fire.
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Hume GottHeb
West Street
Agri Cultural Commission Report Urges New Marketing Board
President Coolidge sent to Congress the agricultural commission report urging a federal cooperative marketing board and other measures to relieve and improve farming.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Agricultural Commission
Federal Cooperative Marketing Board
Pen Filler Used to Feed World's Smallest Baby
London reports Mary Waghorn of Hastings, born weighing three and a half pounds and twelve inches long, thriving under special care fed with a fountain pen filler every two hours. Doctors see no reason she cannot grow into a normal healthy child.
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London
Mary Waghorn
Ot Hastings
Fires Claim and Injure Several Across Cities
A string of fires leaves multiple fatalities and injuries. At Barnum Minnesota Mrs John Gerard and four relatives perished in a farmhouse blaze. In Brooklyn New York three family members died trapped on the second floor. Cincinnati Ohio resident J H Lyons died after a stove mishap. Akron Ohio Mrs Sophia Ferrig died from burns. Baltimore Maryland hotel blaze injured eight. Mount Holly New Jersey fire destroyed the Masonic building and post office with estimated losses of 10 660 dollars.
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Pietro
Cincinnati
Jain
J Hf Lyons
Akron
Sophia Ferrig
Baltimore
Mount Holly
N. J
Masonic H
Stone Defends Record Before Senate on Wheeler Indictment
Attorney General Harlan F. Stone testified before the senate judiciary committee to defend his professional record including his work with J. Pierpont Morgan and plans to re indict Senator Burton Wheeler. He said a new conspiracy to defraud the United States over oil lands and air lands was investigated by William K. Donovan, with findings indicating a broader scheme than the Montana case.
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Washington
Harlan F. Stone
Supreme Court
CooHdgr
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stone
J. Pierpont Morgan
Burton Ki. Wheeler
Demcrat
Montana
Wheeler
United States
Wheeler Stone
Harry Daugherty
Wheeler Stone Flats
William K Donavan
Govern
Niagara Falls Victim Leap From Prospect Park Point
A Niagara Falls man identified as Nicholas Iverson, proprietor of a New York bottling works, leaped to death from a guard rail near Prospect Park Point. A witness, Peter Kapanoshi, saw the leap and a body search was started.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Nicholas Iverson
Prospect Park Point
New York
Niagara Falls
Peter Kapanoshi
Cleveland Men Buy Out Drake Store in Stolzenberg Area
Carl Drake’s Stolzenberg block East Broad street shop has closed and sold to S and R Mercantile Co of Cleveland under bulk sales law. Creditors notified. Drake, longtime Elyria dealer of The Blue Front, faced poor business. Creditors filed bankruptcy petition in Cleveland court. sale proceeds held in escrow pending proceedings.
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Carl Drake
Stolzenberg Bloch
East Broad Street
S & R Wercantile Co
Cleveland
Drake
Elyria
Cood
Elyria Bank
Buy a Tree Drive Aims to Replant Lorain
A Lorain campaign will replace tornado wreckage with a Buy a Tree program. Initially, transplanting trees from Avon Beach Park was planned, but this plan is abandoned and residents are urged to buy one tree each.
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Drive
Lorain
Avon Beach Park
Gasoline and Naptha Prices Rise In Columbus
A one cent increase in gasoline, naphtha and varpolene took effect today in Columbus. Gasoline dealer quotes rose to 16 cents and consumers to 18 cents per gallon. Naphtha and varpolene climbed to 16 1/3 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Funeral Thursday for Miss Sanford
Amanda Leelge Sanford of 254 Washington Avenue died Monday at age ninety. Born in Danbury Connecticut, she joined First Congregational Church in 1858 and was its oldest living member. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 PM at Sudro Funeral Home with Rev. E B Redhead officiating and burial in Ridgelawn cemetery.
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Amanda Leelge Sanford
Washington Avenue
Fred B
Evelyn Sanford
Danbury
Connecticut
Cleveland
First Congregational Church
Miss Sanford
Sudro Funeral Home
E B Redhead
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Five Miners Hurt After Cave In At Hudson Coal
Five miners were injured when a collapse at Hudson Coal works in Larksville near Wilkes-Barre caused extensive surface damage. Initial reports said workers were removed to a local hospital after the cave in at mid afternoon, with details still unsettled and officials awaiting updates.
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Wilkes-Barre
Hudson Coal
Larksville
Here
Jk Ie
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American Federation of Abbor
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Parkerburg
Weather Bureau
Muskingum
Hocking County
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Perry County
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