Inmate Reform at Delaware Girls Industrial School Testified
Mrs Mae Stannard testified before the state civil service commission about her overhaul of the Delaware girls industrial school beginning May 1, 1922. She described eliminating corporal punishment, opening honor cottages, paroling inmates, and teaching trades while noting better conduct and fewer runaways through 1928.
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Ware
Mae Stannard
aliLutiog
Ate Civil Service Commission
Michigan
Texas
Maanard
Stannard
Harper
State Welfare
Hearing Moves to Delaware After Columbus Disruptions
The hearing, originally in Columbus, was relocated to Delaware due to a noisy crowd in Columbus. Attendees noted multiple outbursts prompting the move and ongoing proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Columbus
Hail Storm Kills Six in Saskatchewan Reports
Montreal dated dispatch says six people were killed during a hail storm in Saskatchewan and crops suffered heavy damage. Weather and casualty details are reported from northern Canada.
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Montreal
Que
Saskatchewan
Long Distance Runner to Compete Wednesday at Riverview Park
Percy Smallwood, famed long distance runner and former Cleveland ball team trainee, will race tomorrow at Riverview Park. A quartet of high school boys will contest him in a two mile event, each running a relay leg of a half mile.
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Percy Smallwood
Riverview Park
Cleveland
United States
Fire Dept Responds After Worker Overcome at Gates Home
The fire department was called at 2:30 a.m. for a report of a fire at Gates Home for Crip pledged Children. No blaze was found. Arthur Morrison, a hospital employee, was overcome by heat while working on a steam pit, was rescued and recovered, and is reported to be fine today.
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Gates
Arthur Morrison
Hs Companiom
Morrison
Toda
Rapid progress on Cleveland Road widening project
The Cleveland street widening between here and Ridgeville Centre advances, with the State and County Engineer Theo bald pushing for action. The contractor has tight control, curbing paid, and brick and top surfacing soon to follow, while delays frustrate local residents. A Ford Roadster theft leaves Andy Kist without a radiator and possibly batteries, as police investigate.
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Cleveland
Here
Ridgeville Centre
County Engneer
FORD
Andy Kist
West River St
Andy
Lizzie
Norwalk Sues City Treasurer Over Bond Loss
The City of Norwalk filed suit to recover 10,000 on the treasury surety bond of A. B. Terry city treasurer. Terry faces negligence over a 53,270 loss in paying bonds to H. D. Bennett Toledo who obtained the bonds by bad check and sold them in Cleveland. Bennett is at large.
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Norwalk
A. B. Terry
Terry
H. D. Bennett
Toledo
Cleveland
Bennett
Antlers Convene In Atlanta For National Elk Meeting
Atlanta hosts the annual national Elk gathering as drum corps play and fans cheer. Delegates from multiple chapters gather for the second day of meetings amid city concerts and public events.
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Atlanta
Fansoome
Messares
National
Elk Chords
Cosvertion
Egyptian Prince Alykamel Fahm Bey Shot Dead at Savoy
July 10. Prince Alykamel Fahm Bey an Egyptian noble was shot to death in his Savoy Hotel suite in London. A French woman presumed to be his wife was arrested. police say a quarrel may have triggered the fatal shooting.
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London
Aly- Kamel Fahm Bey
Hotel
Savoy
Alykamel
Conference on working contract amid mine demands in Atlantic City
Bulletin dated July 10 reports a subcommittee of anthracite coal operators and union heads meeting in Atlantic City to form a usable contract, edging toward acceptance among nine of eleven original demands.
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Atlantic City
United Mine Workers
State Pastor Sought in Large Scale Check Fraud Case
Dayton detectives hunt the Rev. Frederick W. Gordon AMMD once pastor of the First Baptist Church in Franklin after he fled amid accusations of obtaining 1200 with a draft and writing numerous dishonored drafts. Authorities trace a new blue sedan and a Canadian timber land deal linked to the fraud. Gordon vanished after purchasing a car and leaving behind unpaid checks across Dayton Cincinnati Middletown and Franklin.
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Dayton
Burns
Frederick W. Gordon
First Baptist Church
Franklin
Charles W Munger
Warren National Bark
Front
Gordon
Cincinnati
Pittzourg
C.E McCune
Middletown
First and Merchants Bank of
McCune
Canada
Ben
Good and Mortgage Company
Brooklyn
Middletown Bank
Murderer hunted after liquor quarrel on ferry
A posse searches Kentucky hills for Millard Lewis, accused of shooting Letcher A Philpott aboard a Portsmouth Ohio River ferry. Philpott died. his nine year old son escaped unharmed. The men allegedly quarreled over moonshine proceeds.
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Portsmouth
Kentucky Hills
Millard Lewis
Letcher
Philpott
Lewis
Philpotts
Kentucky
Woman Accepts Warrrenton Official Role
Mrs. R has accepted a position to help manage Warrenton Oregon. the role reflects growing interest in city governance. The article notes women in municipal duties and hints at broader trends in local administration.
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Mana
Oregon
Produce market report from Cleveland July 9
Cleveland July 9 market notes list butter prices per 1 2, prints, frets, packing, and fresh values. It also covers raspberries, blackberries, red berries, Marietta crate prices, and tomatoes with househouse pricing and per pound ranges.
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Cleveland
C . Marietta
Coe
Opening Liberty Bonds and stock market fluctuations
Opening Liberty Bonds show mixed results with prices around 98 to 99. New York stocks opened irregularly with U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel slipping slightly while Royal Dutch gained. Chicago grain prices opened lower with wheat and corn futures down. Cleveland livestock reports mixed cattle calves sheep and hogs with steady to strong trends. Later NYC trading saw oil shares fall and motor stocks pressured with Chandler Motor and Mack Truck down about a point.
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New York
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Crucible Rose
Anaconda
Inspiration Copper
Chile Copper
Studebaker
Chandler Motor
Willys-Overland
Kelly Springfield
Royal Dutch
Chicago
Cleveland
Mack Truck
Charles Konenhafer Dies At 58 In Amherst
Charles Konenhafer, 58, died at his Tenney avenue home at 3:30 this morning after six years bedridden with paralysis. A lifelong Amherst resident, he was a Stone church member and K of H. Survived by widow and six sons Henry Oscar Ernest of Amherst Carl George of Vermilion Chris of Elyria. brothers Ernest of Cleveland and Chris of Shintock. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Amherst
Charles Konenhafer
Tenney Avenue
Stone Church
K. of
Henry
Oscar
Ernest
Carl
George
Vermilion
Chris
Elyria
Cleveland
Shintock
Missionary Society meeting and local social notes
The Woman's Missionary Society of South Ridge will meet at Mrs Minnie Brown's home on Abbe Road Elyria on Thursday afternoon. A busy social column lists short visits and travels among residents, including Miss Mable Dehn sailing to Cuba, various Cleveland and Elyria residents visiting, and a car accident near Lakewood with two injured but safe occupants.
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South Ridge
Woman's Missionary Society of
This Place
Minnie Brown
Abbe Road
Elyria
Mable Dehn
New York
Julia Idaheim
Cuba
Helen Stang
Cleveland
John Stang
Coressa Ernst
Mae Parton
Florence Dramm
Carl Dramm
Earl Dehn
Aiten
Joshua Thompson
Howard Dayton
Lorain
Frank Swartz
Emily
Detroit
Michigan
C. J Smith
William Kane
Amherst
Anthony Delefield
Clayton Page
Lorains
Moses Eppley
James Bellamy
Frank McDonald
Ida
Henry Rosenthal
Albert Williams
Paul
W. T. Collier
Gertrude Snyder
Lillian Henson
Wil Ham
Lakewood
Ku Klux Klan Assembly Planned at Buckeye Lake
Imperial wizard H. W. Evans of Atlanta and national Klan officials with state representatives will assemble at Buckeye Lake on Thursday. Other items note actions in federal court against Cleveland chamber of commerce and unrest abroad involving a German envoy in Brussels.
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Buckeye Lake
H. W. Evans
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Columbus
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Prisoners Relief Society of Washington
Deerfield Ohio Wins 1923 Small Bore Rifle Championship
The Deerfield gun club of Ohio won the 1923 national small bore rifle championship with 1947 points out of 2000. Hillaboro club of Ohio placed second with 1942 points.
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Washington
Deerfield
Ohio
United States
Hillaboro
Two Prisoners Escape From Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus July 10 Two white trusties George Witter 21 and Harmon Garver 21 escaped last night from the state stone quarry near Columbus where they were working. Witter arrived from Cuyahoga county December 28 1920 on a one to 15 year term for robbery Garver from Jefferson county for auto stealing had served six months of a 1 to 15 year sentence. Prison officials had no clue to their location.
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Columbus
George Witter
Harmon Garver
Ohio Penitantiary
State Stone Quarry
Here
Witter
Cuyahoga County
Garver
Jefferson County
Fourth of July picnic in Eaton woods draws large turnout
At Davis woods in Eaton township a homecoming day and July Fourth picnic drew a large crowd. Rev. L Burner of Elyria delivered an address, followed by dinner and afternoon sports with multiple children and adult contests awarding prizes such as a miniature Fordson tractor, rockers, shoes, pens, and other household items.
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Billy Davis
Elyria
Margaret Rose
Carroll Cook
Fst
Eleanor Hill
Jean Cook
Wilbur Carpenter
Clyde Grills
Edna Hills
Myra Dunnell
Maurice Hills
Lester Cook
Winifred Hills
Beatrice Wise
Ralph Heath
Theodore Carpenter
Robert Grills
Chaster Carpenter
Berenice Haven
Helen Dawlay
George Bennington
Vern Fadeley
Mildred Hill
Frances Davis
Lizzie Tity
Celia Mezurek
Slocum
Rolland Heath
D S. Cook
Ethel Cofe
Viva Carpenter
Mra Eleanor Rice
Catherine Fyi
Elson Munn
George Hills
A J Carpenter
Claremes Cowley
George Mathews
Marcy
W. W. Tite
Elyria Picnic Draws Big Crowd With Winners and Fireworks
A town picnic featured a guessing contest won by Mrs. Lizzie Tite after a coin toss gave her the correct 1313. Alfred Myers tied for first and earned a wrist watch prize donated by Oscar Haserodt. Merchants donated prizes. many Elyria and neighboring towns residents attended, ending with a bonfire and fireworks as Mayor Jones spoke.
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Lizzie Tite
Alfred Myers
Grafton
North Eaton
Oscar Haserodt
Chas. Savage
John Lersch
Metd’s Shoe
Vental's Shoe
National Shoe Store
Thomas Gray and Son
Altman and Ackerman, Robinson and Hancock
Central Book
Ford Loomis
the Heacock Floral Co
Boylan End Co
Conry Grocery Co
Doepker and Guthrie
Dachtler and Dachtler
Holcomb’s Grocery
Eyman Harneas Shop
Elyria Business College
Whidden
Marian Dye
Elyria
Grace Reed
Clara King Lyon
Lakewood
Decker
Cleveland
Elmer Hill
Frank Springer
Galton
Lucy F. Redington
L. M. Redington
Phelps
Jones
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Bruce
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United States Steel Corporation Today
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Gilmore Refining Company
Long Beach
Tokio
Russia
Japan
Tholaievsk
Siberian
Inwood Country Club
Far Rockaway
Joe Kirkwood
New Yorker
Australa
Inwood
Aquitania
Harvey A. Willis
Harvey A. Wills and Company
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Exchange
Sudbury
Mass
Hunt
North Dakota
John Burke
Wall Street
Gelun
WOMAN
Warrenton, Obe
R. E. Barrett
Cleveland Live
Liberty
American Car & Fdy
Atchison Nee
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
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Canadian Pacific
Central Leather Steer Eee
Chic, Mil. & St Paul
Crucibie Steel
Marine Preferred
Northern Pacific
Peoples’ Gas Ne
Republic Iron & Steel
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Eens
Texas Company
Union Pacific
Ind Alcohol
U § Steel
Utah Copper
Westinghouse Sere Eee
Charles Kopenhafer
St Peters Evangelical Church
Schmittling Company of
Henry Davey
William Holl
J. P. Bechtel
United States Army
War Department
International News Service
U. 8
Henderson
President Harding
Alaska
Naval Radio
Harding
Suneeu
Thunderorm
Boon
Paris
Brussells
L'Intransigeant Today
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Bordeaux
Sid
Burton M. Ross
Peiya
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Cobher
R. J. Price
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