Alleged Attack and Slander Claim Leads in Common Pleas
William Gillespie seeks 2500 for the beating and 2500 for injury to reputation from Andy Phelps after an alleged unprovoked June 9 attack. Phelps accuses Gillespie of drunkenness harming his standing. Separate Lorain auto damage suit against the city by Luther Eames seeks 632.80. National Bank of Commerce files two notes suits against Christina Standen for 103.79 and 35.12 respectively.
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Rieas
William Gillespie
West 13Th Street
Elyria
Andy Phelps
West Sighth Street
Phelps
Plantiff
Gillespie
Lorain
Luther Eames
West Eighth Street
Lorain City
Oberlin Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
National Bank of Commerce
Christina Standen
A. R. Webber
Polish airmen perish in Atlantic crash after Azores landing bid
The Polish pilots Idzikowski and Kubala crashed at Graciosa Island Azores while attempting a trans Atlantic crossing to the United States. Major Kubala died with Major Idzikowski among the best known European fliers. Idzikowski had served in the Russian army and Poland's air force and planned the Atlantic attempt before Lindbergh. Biological research in daily animal and plant breeding gains strong scientific attention.
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Marshal Pilsudski
Paris
Azores
Idzikowski
Kubala
Joles
United States
Atlantic
Graciosa Island
Guadalupe
Warsaw
Idzikowskki
Europe
Poland
Kosciusko Escadrille
Naples
1St
Air Corps
Charles 4 Lindbergh
New York
Melo Soft Water Ad Promises Cleaner Dishes
An old advertisement urges using Melo to soften hard water for wash day. It contrasts greasy, sudsy scum from hard water with Melo softened water that supposedly cleans better. The call to action promotes purchasing Melo at grocers.
Elyria Women Tales of Hitchhiking Pair Pass Through
Two girls hitch hiking from Maine to the Pacific Coast stopped in Elyria two weeks ago and spent a night there. They later stayed at the Morris Dude Ranch near Cody Wyoming where Mrs A M Hannaford is on vacation. The note reports they walked only about three miles since leaving Elyria.
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Elyria
Maine
Pacific Coast
Morris Dude Ranch
Cody
Wyoming
A. M. Hannaford
Three Men Fined For Intoxication In Police Court
William Wynn Mike Krup and Mike McGilvray pleaded guilty to intoxication in police court this morning and were fined five dollars plus costs by Mayor James A Hewitt. McGilvray was arrested with his brother on Broad Street. John McGilvray faces driving while intoxicated charges and will appear Tuesday morning. The brothers are from Cleveland.
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William Wynn
Mike Krup
Mike McGilvray
James A. Hewitt
McGilvray
Broad Street
John McGilvray
Cleveland
Rotarians Hear Impromptu Program at Hotel Newell
The Rotary Club's luncheon meeting will feature an impromptu program scheduled for Tuesday at Hotel Newell.
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Rotary Club
Hotel Newell
Twenty-One Traffic Violations Reported By Cafeteria Court
The cafeteria court issued twenty one admittance tickets last weekend for traffic infractions. Seventeen cited vehicles left without tail lights after dark, two involved parking straddles, one for overtime parking, and one for running a red light.
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Tme
Vera Buck Injured in Auto Crash at East Avenue
Vera Buck of Avon was treated for a nervous shock and a minor forehead injury after a Sunday night auto accident at the intersection of East Avenue and Fourth Street. She received care at Memorial Hospital.
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Vera Buck
Avon
East Avenue
Fourth Street
Memorial Hospital
Theft Report From North Street Lodgers
RE. J. Odell of 524 North street told police yesterday that a couple who had been living with him left the house taking a pair of ladies brown shoes a hat and three dollars in cash.
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RE. J. Odell
North Street
Council Meets Tonight Regular Meeting Scheduled
The City Council meets tonight in the council chamber to conduct regular routine business and discuss upcoming agenda items. The session covers standard municipal matters and council proceedings as announced.
NL Price May Be Here Tomorrow
Elsha milk consumers may pay thirteen cents a quart starting tomorrow, up from twelve. Local dairy officials expect dealers to approve the raise tonight to meet Cleveland price increases and preserve milk supplies amid a regional shortage.
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Elsha
Chronicle-Telegram
Cleveland
Elyria
Chip Narrow Escape From Disaster At Hamburg Liner Relaunch
Hamburg July 15 A near disaster during the relaunch of the North German Lloyd Lines new liner the Europa was averted when an explosion sank the dock near the slip in mid April The vessel escaped damage and remains afloat despite the fire and blast.
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Hamburg
Liord Lines
Durne
Convict Shot While Escaping At Ohio Penitentiary
Cleveland convict Stanier Starr, 21, was near death at the Columbus prison hospital after an attempted escape from Junction City Brick Mant on June 4. Doctors reported infection spreading from Starrs wound and death was expected. Starr had been sentenced on December 3, 1926, for carrying a blackjack and had prior terms in the Industrial School at Lancaster and the federal prison at Atlanta.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Ots
Stanier Starr
Cleveland
Junction City
Starr
Sears
Industrial School
Lancaster
Federal
Atlanta
Week End Disasters Claim Score of Lives in Nation
United Press reports weekend disasters across the United States killed over twenty people. An excursion steamboat capsized at Pequea Pennsylvania drowning four and leaving fourteen rescued. Union Missouri saw a five foot flood surge kill seven, with five still missing. Chicago area drownings and a Missouri lightning fatality added to the toll. other deaths occurred in New York, Michigan.
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United Press
United States
Pequea
Penna
Susquehanna
Union
Oak Creek
Chicago
Missouri
Desota
Springfield
N. Y
Diamond Lake
Mich
Bronze Park
Judge selects counsel in court contempt case in Cleveland
On July 15, Common Pleas Judge Frederick P. Walther appointed three prominent attorneys to represent him in the prosecution of contempt of court charges he lodged against four executives of the Cleveland Press. The hearing was postponed to tomorrow to allow thorough preparation and orderly presentation. William H. Boyd Luther Day and John A. Cline were named counsel for the court.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
Frederick P. Walther
Cleveland Press
William H. Boyd
van Sweriges
Markets Cleveland Produce Butter and Eggs Poultry Prices
Market list shows butter at 40 to 44 cents per pound with extra firsts 40 41 cents and seconds 35 41. eggs firsts 31 32 cents ordinaries 29. poultry prices include heavy fowls 30 31 cents, broilers 39 36, leghorn 24 26, ducks 30 33, old cocks 18 19. New York sack price 2.15 to 2.25 dollars per 150 pound, Maine Green Mountain 2.25 per 120 pound sack, home grown 60 cents per bushel sack.
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Cleveland
New York
Maine
Green Mountain
Columbus Produce Prices in July at Columbus Ohio
Market report lists apples at 2.00 to 2.50 per dozen crate prices. Blackberries homegrown 24 quart crate 5.59. Cantaloupes Jumbo 45s 3.09 to 3.50, some as low as 2.50. Lettuce Iceberg crate 4.00 to 4.75, peaches Elberta bushel 3.25 to 3.59. Sweet corn per dozen 0.50 to 0.60, tomatoes 20- lb Climax basket 2.75. Eggs current farm receipts per dozen 0.35.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo Market Hogs Cattle Calves and Sheep Mixed Results
Toledo market reports show hogs at 15 to 25 cents higher with heavies 11.75 to 13.00, mediums 12.35 to 12.50, workers 12.25 to 12.50, pigs 12.99 to 12.48. Cattle steady to lower, calves light with strong demand, sheep and lambs light with steady markets.
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Toledo. CO
Drowning at Elsha Beach Ends Season Ninth Rescue
The eighth drowning of the season was reported by the coroner. The victim, son of Nev and Mrs Guy Reeder, was 17 and attended Elsha High School before graduating Randolph-Macon Academy. Four Elsha youths swam with Hibbard nearby. names include Dean Newton, Fred Sanford, and Fred Hordenteir. The tragedy occurred as they swam off the beach with Hibbard.
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Counics
Nev
Guy Reeder
Spencer Reeder
Studeoug
Europe
Elstia High School
Randolph-Macon Academ
Elsha Vonuths
Hibbard
Dean Newton
Fred Sanford
Fred Hordenteir
Oberlin council passes tax budget with lower levy
Oberlin voters adopt a lean tax plan after a special council meeting on Friday night. The budget totals about 33 thousand dollars for 1930, with a general levy of 22 thousand and miscellaneous receipts lifting the total to 25,070. The village starts 1929 with a 6,676 balance and expects a year end balance near 7,924. The plan includes 700 for library, 3,800 street funds, 4,500 gasoline tax for streets, and water works revenues estimated at 26,000 to cover operations and bond retirements.
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Oberlin
City Bond Retirement Fund Outlook for Year End
The general bond retirement fund is projected to total 38169.05 dollars by year end. Retirement of bonds will total 4500 dollars and purchases of investments will amount to 31419.05 dollars.
Local club gatherings and upcoming nuptials announced
The Monday night club plans a motor trip to Amherst to the KenDeigh home with Mrs W. Spalding of Oberlin and Mrs Kendeigh as hostesses. Apres Midi meets at Mrs Margaret Williams’s Locust street home. Mrs F M Thrall will entertain Christ Church Ladies Auxiliary Wednesday at 3. The American Legion Auxiliary gathers Tuesday at 7:90 at Mrs C E Gilbert’s Cedar avenue home. Invitations go out for the wedding of Evelyn June Rogers and Clarence Weston Foster at First Methodist on August 3 with a reception at Oberlin Inn afterward. Various social visits follow including Evelyn Rogers hosting Mary Bloser in Cleveland. extended stays with families in Oberlin, Elyria, Columbus, and Morgan Street residents hosting guests from out of town.
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Amherst
Milo Kendeigh
W. Spalding
Oberlin
C. E. Gilbert
South Cedar Avenue
Evelyn June Rogers
J. R. Worcester
East College Street
Clarence Weston Foster
Wellington
First Methodist Church
Oberlin Inn
Miss Rogers
J. L. Edwards
Powell
Frank Austin
Lakewood
Charles Gibson
Gibson
Eva Grills
Sullivan
Brillhart
Evelyn Rogers
Mary Bloser
Columbus
Cleveland
Tim McRoberts
Pittsfield
Jake Hallauer
Elyria
Charles Hallauer
Seine Island Joins American Colony in Paris Scene
Seine Island near Paris becomes an American enclave as many five-story townhouses pass into foreign hands. Andres Mellon, U S Treasury secretary, owns the landmark property, with other Americans following. rents rise but remain affordable for a time. By now about one in five houses on the island is owned or rented by Americans, changing the island’s character and drawing foreign residents to the secluded old world streets.
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Paris
Saint Louis
France
Bs A Reds
Ile de la Cite
Mare Antoinette
Becindes
Andres Mellon
Treasury
Mellon
Hede la Cite
Roger Desvignes
Louis IX
Common Law Shaped Nation More Than Parliament
The English nation’s most significant social force lies in the Common Law, a pillar of order that has profoundly influenced national temper and conduct more than any other factor, including Parliament.
Pape Joins Chronicle Telegram Staff
Edward Pape, a Elyria High School graduate, joins the circulation department of The Chronicle Telegram today. He resides at 99 Highland Court and will begin duties this June.
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Pape
Chronicle Telegram
Edward Pape
Highland Court
Elyria High School
Death Record Miss Minnie Lempke Dies at 39
Miss Minnie Lempke died at her sister Mrs Nicholas Milliman's home in Grafton at twelve a m on Saturday July Fourteenth after a lingering illness. Services are set for Tuesday at two o'clock at the residence with Reverend Brown officiating and interment in North Street Cemetery Grafton. She is survived by three sisters Mrs Nicholas Milliman of Grafton Mrs Mary Kiefer of Cleveland and Mrs Rose Scheuneman of Cleveland.
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Nicholas Milliman
Grafton
Brown
North Street
Nicholas Millman
Mary Kiefer
Cleveland
Rose Scheuneman
Death Ends 20 Years In Prison
John Hill a Clermont county murderer dies in the penitentiary hospital from blood poisoning and complications ending a 20 year term. He was 19 when convicted of the hammer murder of his hermit neighbor George Washington Good on Good’s farm near Batavia.
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Columbus, CO
John Hill
Clermont County
Penitentiary Hospital
Hill
George Washington Good
Good
Batavia
Divorce and alimony decisions in common pleas court
Elsie Wilson was granted a divorce from Harry Wilson on extreme cruelty. Betty Sump was awarded $7.50 weekly alimony against Lewis Sump pending their divorce action. Both cases were before Judge W B Thompson in the common pleas court today.
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Elsie Wilson
Harry Wilson
Betty Sump
Lewis Sump
Common Pleas Court
W .B. Thompson
Cleveland Nine Edges Elyria in Legion Play
The Elyria American Legion Juniors fell 5 to 4 to Wynona Club at Brookside Park. Kenny Smith pitched well, but fielding miscues cost Elyria the game and a shot at the state title. Bania's single plated the winning run as Wynona rallied in the ninth.
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Elyria American Legion
Wynona
Cleveland American Legion
Brookside Park
Elyria
American Legion
Kenny Smith
Kenny
Cleveland
Smith
Ruie
Sekerak
Holbrook
Shultz
Peter
Maddock
Bania
Burley
Two Fined On Liquor Law Violations
Two liquor violators paid a total of 1250 in fines Saturday night after arrest and conviction hours earlier. George Puskas was fined 500 dollars plus costs and Nick alias Pete Blaga 750 dollars. State Agent George Baynham and Sheriff Deputy Carl Heilman raided an East Twenty-eighth street establishment near Grove. They pleaded guilty before Justice S J George. Puskas had been arrested last Tuesday on the same charge, pleaded not guilty, and was released on bond awaiting trial Tuesday.
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George Puskas
Nick Alias
Pete Blaga
George Baynham
Carl Heilman
East Twenty-eighth Street
Grove
S. J. George
Puskas
Moonshine Prosperity Packs West Virginia Ridges
New York writer Francis Pridemore, once a moonshiner, says Prohibition spurred wealth in West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee. He details a 49 by 15 mile West Virginia strip with 65 stills, chains run by brothers, single operators, and large weekly production. He notes the shift from quality to quantity and predicts lasting regional prosperity amid violent legends and luxury in rural mountains.
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New York
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Francis Bridemore
Pridemore
The
North American Review
Logan
Lincoln
Wild Ducks Find Refuge in Swedish Coastal Town
Landskrona in Scania welcomed a swarm of wild ducks and swans driven from the freezing sound between Sweden and Denmark. Professor Bertil Hanstroem of Lund University notes the birds, normally wintering at the Sound, stayed in town after food from locals, many becoming tame and wandering city streets.
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Rfeuge
Landskrona
Sweden
Scania
Bertil Hanstroem
Lund University
Denmark
Medierranean
Quail Crossing Leads To Car Collision Near Wellington
Wellington Ohio July 16 Mrs Charles Hinkley slowed to spare a quail crossing the road a following car driven by Mrs Struthers struck the rear of the Hinkley vehicle causing injuries to Mr and Mrs Struthers and their young daughter all were taken to Dr Falls Emergency Hospital for treatment while the Hinkley car sustained heavy damage.
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Wellington
Charles Hinkley
Struthers
Legion Picnic Ends With Regulars’ Big Home Run Rally
Over eighty members of the American Legion family crowded the Fair grounds for a Sunday picnic. An indoor baseball game pitted the regular Legion team against Legionaires not on the squad. The locals trailed early but swept the last inning with about five home runs to win easily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Car Recovered From Ditch Near Brighton
A wrecker helped Geo Wyatt pull his car from a ditch on a Brighton area road Sunday afternoon. Neither the driver nor the vehicle was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Wyatt
Brighton
Head on Collision East of Town Injures Two
A head on crash east of town involved two cars one from Detroit and one from Akron. The Detroit vehicle driven by John Kolner sustained damage. Wadsworth ambulance responded and gave first aid at Dr Faus Emergency Hospital to two injured passengers from the Detroit car.
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Detroit
Akron
John Kolner
Wadsworth
Cleveland Guests and Local Socials Highlight Weekend
Miss Genevieve Henry of Cleveland visited cousin Mrs W J Powell on Sunday. Mrs Wilbur Sutlis and children visited relatives in Shelby Sunday. Sewing Group of the Ladies Aid plans a picnic at Mrs TM Pfefer on North Main Street Thursday evening. William Farrar of Cleveland spent the weekend with family. Mrs R W Falls is playing on Westwood golf courses today in Cleveland.
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Genevieve Henry
Cleveland
W. J. Powell
Wilbur Sutlis
Shelby. O
Ladies Aid Society
TM. Pfefer
North Main Street
William Farrar
R. W. Falls
Westwood
Automobile Awarded to Kipton Woman by Merchants
The Chamber of Commerce announced that the automobile prize from a recent selling event has been awarded to Mrs. Conrad Salzman of Kipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Today
Conrad Salzman
Kipton
Collision on East River street injures two drivers
Jos Balish of 328 Winkles street backed from a driveway at 1077 East River street and waited for a northbound car. Christ Oliver of 618 Dewey avenue driving south struck Balish, damaging Balish’s rear wheel and jamming Oliver’s fender per police report.
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East River Street
Jos Balish
Winkles Street
Balish
Christ Oliver
Dewey Avenue
Oliver
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