July 12 historical notes and military milestones
July 12 entries recall Orangemen Day in Northern Ireland and Dominican Republic Republic republican day, plus celestial positions and a new moon. Highlights include the 1774 declaration of independence in Carlisle Presbyterien church, 1801 Capt Barclay Allardyce’s 1000 hour walking record, Hull’s 1802 Canada invasion attempt, 1906 Alfred Dreyfus restored to rank after anti semitism note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Ireland
Dominican Republic
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Carisle
Robert Barclay Allardyce
Capt Barclay
Newmarket
England
Alfred Dreyfuss
Léarmain
Fragmented notes on leaders, dates, and trivia
A scrambled historical reminiscence references figures from Caesar to Zola and Thoreau, noting events like Caesars assassination and calendar changes. It lists names such as Wedgwood, Eastman, Irving, Hyde, and Hammerstein with birth years or brief descriptors, then ends with vague character observations about ambition and vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Caesar
Henry David Thoreau
Yralu-sturms
Wale Fen
Josiah Wedgwood
B. Vo
Ergieh Porter
George Eastman
American Medical Assocaten
Robert M. Hopkins
World's Sunday School Association
First Congressional Medals for Civil War raiders awarded
Six enlisted men who crossed Confederate lines from Tennessee into northern Georgia in 1862 to destroy bridges and tracks between Chattanooga and Atlanta received the first Medals of Honor. The medal was instituted after the raid. Early explorers reaching the Lachine Rapids near Montreal believed the rapids flowed from China La Chine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honotsea
Tennessee
Georgia
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Picnic and social notes from Columbia area
Local notices recount weekend visits at Grotto Beach Park pieces, church meetings, and community events in Columbia and surround areas. Activities include picnics at Acme Grange, traveling relatives from Cleveland, a forthcoming Home Coming and Grange Picnic, and plans for a Baptist Sunday School picnic. Community members named include the Akins, Wrights, Todd, Stinchcomb, and Perkins among others.
Red Caps Triumph Over Mansfield In Wakeman Briefs
WAKEMAN OH July 12 The Red Caps beat Mansfield here Wednesday afternoon score 7 to 9. Local social notes list visits and callers from Berea Lima Oberlin Hur on Norwalk Elyria Grafton Camden Brighton and Cleveland plus a late softball loss 1 to 0 at Henrietta. A quoted line on philosophy closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briefs Wakeman
Red Caps
Mansfield
Avon Lake Hosts Betty Deasy Birthday Party
Avon Lake society notes Betty Deasy birthday celebration hosted by Mrs James Deasy. Guests included Lucile Burkhardt Virginia Hoban Betty Neise Martha Huston and Betty Hall. Gifts were exchanged and games played. At Werle’s Dieta De Club met on Lake Road with a regular business session followed by dinner and evening swimming and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
James Deasy
Betty
Lucile Burkhardt
Virginia Hoban
Betty Neise
Martha Huston
Betty Hall
Avon on the Lake Garden Club Hosts Evening
The home of Mr and Mrs Robert Goetz hosted about 150 guests for a Monday evening gathering with speaker Wr Vischer of Western Reserve College Cleveland presenting a Birds topic using movie slides. Mrs Frank Kavanaugh sang with son Lawrence cello accompaniment as hostesses and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Goetz
W. Lade Road
Wr. Vischer
Western Reserve College of Cleveland
Lorain
Frank Kavanaugh
Lawrence
Thomas Williamson
Carl Schuster
the Gorez
Wm. Hughes
Eugene Parker
Carl Schuster, Jr
North Olmsted July births and local social notices
In North Olmsted on July 12 a son, Arthur Wyman, was born to Mr and Mrs Dan Romp reportedly at Fairview Hospital on July Sth. The Host Group of the Con's Ladies Aid plans an all day meeting at the Rogers-Albers home on Lorain Road this week Thursday. Mrs Della Nichols of Eustis Florida visited her daughter Mrs R J Lampert and sister Mrs Orra Schwind this week. The Friendly Girls Club of the Congregational Church enjoyed an outing at Olmsted Falls park. The Fourth of July celebration at the local park drew a record crowd. a electric sewing machine was won by Mrs J H Lord and an auto radio by Glenn Limpert. The Stearns family reunion was held Sunday at Cascade Park. AT T N T party featured guests Miss Clara Jones Hunting ton Mrs Roy Hultz Elyria and Mrs Ida Hill Avon Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church Board
E. H. Thompson
Vienna
Brookfield
Warren
West View
Columbia
Howard Halderman
Acme Grange
Robert Churchward
Emily Wright
Lucile Akehurst
S46
East 150Th Street
Cleveland
Mary
Lloyd Todd
R Todd
Wickford Road
E. Cleveland
Miss Wright
Eard
Adirondack Mountains
Lake Shore Manor
Thos. Akehurst
Wiss Emily Wright
James Wright
J H. Akins
Gertrude Akins
Jay Jasper
Baldwin-Wallace College
Linwood
Columbia Home
Grange
Julian Perkins
Root Road
Tishel Place
Baptist Sunday School
Ivan Barier
H. C. Cartright
Bernard Cutting
Roba Stinchcomb
Florence
James Stinchcomb
Howard Merriman
Marjorie
Bert Stinchcomb
Lakewood
Morse
Akron
George Stinchcomb
Roy Wimpenny
Elyria
Roy Walker
North Kingsville
Ohio
Jones
Mrs. Evans
King Tenant House
Ladies’ Aid Society
North Olmsted
Dan Romp
Jane Wyman
Fairview Hospital
Arthur Wyman
Ladies’ Aid
Rogers-Albers
Lorain Road
Della Nichols
Eustis
Florida
R. J. Lampert
Orra Schwind
Friendly Girls Club
Congregational Church
Olmsted Falls Park
J. H. Lord
Glenn Limpert
Stearns
Cascade Park
Special guests at the T N T club dinner and visitors
The T N T club dinner at Mrs A Cousins drew guests including Mr and Mrs Leo Heider and daughters from a Chicago trip. Visitors included Miss Ruth Mitchell in Cleveland, George McClelland of Detroit with uncle John McClelland, and Mrs Burt Weidenkopf and family from Huntington. Other locals hosting or visiting relatives appeared, with Cal and Lorain connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Heider
Chicago
Mills
Ruth Mitchell
Dorothy Hughes
Cleveland
George McClelland
Detroit
Mich
John McClelland
Jaycox Road
John Britton
Clara Jones
Huntington
Moyland
Johnson
Muncie
Indiana
Wilodene Naylor
Toledo
Malinda Beard
H. Drake
Roy Hultz
Elyria
Wayne Black
Local notes from Spencer and surrounding towns
Col umbus visitors Bert Ebright and wife guests of Mrs Wood while Mrs L J Quade and Ruth spend time at Doylstown. Evelyn Fuller to spend summer locally after Ohio State completion. Spencer ladies south of town organize no threshers supper this year. Death saddens Spencer with Archie McRoberts passing. Shoppers Maud Heidricks Bernice Robb in Cleveland. Wakeman Band members Melba Wendell and Mary Garwood perform in open air concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurston Olmstead
Elyine
Frank White
Evelyn Fuller
Ohio State
Charles Fuller
Columbus
J. L. Fuller
New London
Frank Fuller
Bert Ebright
Columbia
Caroline Wood
Mary Wood
Howard Dell
Huntington
E. M. Weidrick
Spencer
Maud Heidricks
Bernice Robb
Cleveland
Monroe Haines
Sandusky
Amanda Kime
Archie McRoberts
John Marsh
Ashland
Frank Rice
Harl van Boxer
Melba Wendell
Mary Cés Garwood
Fourth of July Social At Spencer M B Church
The Progressive Sunday School of Spencer M B church hosted an ice cream social on the church lawn Thursday evening with West Hand providing music. Mr and Mrs T C Hyland attended a family gathering on the Fourth of July at Ernat Hendessod’s Ashland home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Toubs
Spencer M. B. Church
Church Lawn
West Hand
T. C. Hyland
Ernat Hendessod
Ashland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clark Kinnaird
Central Press Association
William Hull
Canada
United States
Sandwich
Laon
Congress
27Th
Maine Volunteers
Devil's
France
Zola
Clemenseau
Germany
Vegin
Peterman
ANT Food
Lathine
Montreal
China
LaChine
Viola Henke
Buclid Beach Park
Ruth Wright
Richard Herring
Lake Shor
Avon
Homer Aking
Fern Akins
Kathryn of
Berea
Wakeman
Beth Johns
Vern Johns
Henry Hart
Oberlin
Fred Peabody
Jack Thoma
Jane Guthrie
Lima
Pierce McCreedy
William McCreedy
Huron
J. Q. Ford
Barnes Sisters
Harold Millhouse
Nate Wooden
Henrietta
Earl Davidson
Camden
Robert Hoyt
Norwalk
Fred Smith
Charles Smith
Carroll Peabody
Grafton
William McKenna
A. Hogan
Hugh Conry
Ear] Green
Brighton
Dieta DE Club
Werle
Jane Werle
Lake Road
Avon-On-The-Lake
Little Son
John Darby
Hir
Lulu Knippers
J. Ellis
Christian Endeavors
Bill Lott
Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational Church
Ida Hill
Quitos
T. N. T. Club
Selby
Citizens Budget CO
Broadway 252
St. Lora
Sunoco
Grafton Road
Charles L. Snow, Mei
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