Elyria Telephone Purchase Petition Sent to Columbus
The Elyria Telephone Company and Ohio Bell seek Public Utilities Commission approval for a sale and purchase deal involving local lines and exchanges in Elyria. The filing describes the Bell system access to toll networks while preserving local exchanges and intercompany relations. A second item notes Little Elsie Brotherton, 307 Clark Street, swallowed a penny and is recovering as doctors monitor for potential poisoning.
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Elyria Telephone Ing
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Columbus
Coma
Elyria Tele
Ohio Bell Stone Company
Elyria
Oone
Elyria Telephone Company
Ndt
Bell Exchange
Alephone
Ohio
Bell System
Chold
Elsie Brotherton
Clark Street
Rural school building plans unfold in Lorain County
Plans for about 300000 in new rural buildings dominate Lorain County education efforts. Brownhelm adds classrooms and an auditorium with a planned 35000 bond. South Amherst decentralizes, Avon Lake seeks 125000 for eight classrooms and gym auditorium, Henrietta votes 45000 for a four room building, and local districts adjust boundaries and boards. A Lodi incident notes a lost money bag later recovered with an extra nickel.
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Lorain County
Brownheim
Brownhelm Board ‘of Education
Brown Helm
South
Amherst
Fred. Jones
I. Merchant
Henry Ruth
Jacob Knott
Robert-McCord
Tarable
Henrietta
Birmingham
Camden Township
Avon Lake
Board
Ayon- Lake Village
Cleveland Courthouse Woman Convicted of First Degree Murder
Catherine Eva Kaber was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of her husband Daniel Kaber. The twelve jurors recommended mercy, preserving a life sentence rather than the death penalty.
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Cleveland
Catherine Eva Kaber
Daniel Kaber
Bell 1a to Sell Local Toll Lines to Elyria Company
A degraded note indicates the Bell 1a consented to sell its local toll lines to the Elyria company once approved. The plan would give subscribers access to toll service via Bell facilities without direct Bell cooperation, affecting Ohio State and the ephone company dynamics.
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Bell 1A
Ephone Company
Bell
Ohio State Company
Elyria
Co. Telephones
Daley Held in Norwalk Auto Theft Case
Police report a Ford roadster stolen from a Norwalk street. Rubin Daley is at large with officers following leads. Daley was later located and arrested by the city police after a night chase starting around six to nine o'clock.
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Norwalk
William
Hine
Calis
Rubin Daley
Arief
Lear
Daley City
Slogan Contest Winners Named At Elyria Picnic
The judges announced winners of a 105 slogan contest tied to Elyria merchants. First prize goes to Mrs. Mary Knapp of Smith apartment with 74 correct, followed by Miss Katherine Athe and Florence Wagner with 69 and 66 correct respectively. judges were James Hewitt Charles Sotherdon and Horace Nye.
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Elyria
Mary Knapp
Smith
Katherine Athe
Middle Avenue
Florence Wagner
4Th Street
James Hewitt
Charles Sotherdon
Horace Nye
Walton Ice Co Truck Rampage Causes Lamp Post Damage
A Walton Ice Co truck driven by a new driver caused a rampage this morning, mounting the curb and toppling a lamp post in front of the Paradise Soda Grill before being brought under control with limited damage.
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Walton Ice Company
Paradise Soda Grill
Joneses divorce granted. custody of three children awarded
William G. Jones was granted a divorce from Flora V. Jones by Judge Redington this morning on the ground of willful absence. The plaintiff was awarded custody of three minor children.
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Wiliam G. Jones
Flora V. Jones
Redington
Elyria Day Next Wednesday Big Event At Dunn Park
Arrangements by Elyria Chamber of Commerce Secretary Bays E J Howenstein set Elyria Day at Dunn Park Cleveland next Wednesday. Thirty bronze cups and prizes including fifty baseballs autographed by Cleveland players will be awarded. Tickets remain from Mose Wilder or Jake Schaffer. Robinson's band will play. Attendees should arrive by two o'clock with own transport.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dunn Park
Cleveland
Mg- In
Ford Loomis
Nevel
Mose Wilder
Jake Schaffer
Elyria
Robinson
Smallpox Case Reported In Town
One case of smallpox in town under quarantine. A five year old boy, son of J C Guyer, confined to home at Second and Chestnut. Family recently moved from Ashland where he contracted the disease. Other family members vaccinated. health department taking precautions.
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J. C. Guyer
Second
Chestnut Hreets
Ashland
Health Department
Falkner Divorce Suit Filed Against Charles Falkner
Mae Falkner files for divorce in common pleas court citing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. They wed in Cleveland in 1916 and have one child. Allegations include swearing, slander, and cruel punishment of the minor child. Custody sought by Mae.
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Mae Falkner
Divvorce
Common Pless Court
Cleveland
Charles Falkner
Market closes steady amid mixed bond activity
NEW YORK July 16 The stock market ended steady with government bonds unchanged and railway and other bonds showing irregular trading.
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New York
Tarantula Found in Bananas in California Store
A tarantula, two years old, was found late yesterday afternoon by Jim Johnson of the California Fruit Store in a batch of bananas. Bananas are fumigated to kill tarantulas but this one was dazed. Tarantula bites are deadly, with no known antidote, and the creature was placed in a quart milk bottle for display at the store.
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Jim Johnson
California Fruit Store
Johnson
California
Devin
Rock Bottom Prices Paid 100 Years Ago
Prices paid by an early farmers cooperative in Licking County in 1821 included wheat 25 cents a bushel oats 12 1 2 cents corn 12 1 2 cents potatoes 12 1 2 cents flour 1 dollar per hundred chickens 1 cent a dozen eggs 3 1 2 cents and maple syrup 6 cents a gallon. Values applied when exchanged for products per Ohio Experiment Station records.
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Licking County
Ola
Ohio Experiment Station
Electric Light Firms Seek Rate Reductions
The State Utilities Commission considers requests from Richwood Light Heat and Power to cut rates by two cents per kilowatt hour and from Ohio Northern Public Service Company of Bowling Green to reduce rates by one cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Richwood Light, Heat and Power Company
Ohio Northern Public Service Company
Bowling Green
Brenner Leases Half of Worst Block for New Shoe Store
A. M. Brenner, who runs a shoe shop in the Andwar block, has leased half of the space formerly used by W. J. Rieth the Jeweler. He plans a top class shoe store by September first with all new stock fixtures and a practical ic department. Brenner will keep his west side dry goods store at Lake Ave and West St.
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Brenner
W. J. Rieth
West Side
Cry. Goods
Lake Ave
West St
Amherst Man Sues for Divorce From Wife Flora Albrecht
John Albrecht of Amherst filed for divorce in common pleas court today alleging Flora Albrecht deserted him. Married in California in 1909, the couple moved to Amherst. Flora reportedly refused to live in Ohio and returned to California, refusing to live with her husband.
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John Albrecht
Amherst
Common Pleas Court
Flora Albrecht
California
Court Rules on Property Titles After Twenty One Years
In the case of Peter Webber vs John Green Webber wins the decision to own certain properties after twenty one years of occupancy Fortes Rice gains control of a real estate parcel over weirs of Uriah Tracy in a duplicative ground of twenty one years undisputed possession.
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Peter Webber
John Green
Webber
Rice
Uriah Tracy
France Urges U S Leadership in World Disarmament
Paris July 16 The disarmament commission of the league of nations met as Rene Viviant head of the commission urged the United States to lead the drive toward disarmament. He noted Washington's proposed conference and said other powers favor U S leadership though some favor delaying action. The United States not being a league member complicates permanent action, yet all agreed leadership should rest with the United States. Continued on page two.
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Paris
United States
Commission of the League
of “Nations
Rene Viviant
Harding
Washington
League
Ikgverten
France
League of Nations
League Toward Disarmament
America
Frustrate Attempt To Rob Amherst Pay Car
Thieves tried to hold up the Cleveland Stone company pay car in Amherst yesterday morning. A touring car followed the money wagon from the quarry into town and extra riders joined at the Stone church corner. The quarry crew chased but the pay car reached the quarry safely and a search for the attackers was fruitless.
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Amherst
Cleveland Stone
Canal Zone Landslide Narrows Culebra Cut Channel
A slide in the Culebra Cut partially blocks the Panama Canal as eastern and central sections close to navigation while a 100 foot wide by 30 foot deep channel remains open on the western bank. Dredges are en route to clear in about ten days and battleships moving from New York to Peru are not delayed. The bank slide had not been seen as a navigation menace.
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International News Service
Balboa
Panama‘ Canal
Culebra
Panama Canal
New York
Peru
Dollar Day Big Success Attracts Bargain Shoppers
The event drew large crowds from surrounding towns and counties, with lines forming before stores opened. Merchants extended the sale into today as shoppers lined up to take part in the regional bargain event.
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Tarkins
Woman Convicted of First Degree Murder Sentenced to Marysville Reformatory
Official verdict confirms a first degree murder conviction for Mrs Kaber. Judge Bemon announced the sentence to the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, restoring life imprisonment with no possibility of parole. Attorneys on both sides expressed satisfaction with the verdict. Continued on page two.
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Bemon
Ohio Reformatory
Marysville
Ohio
Daughter Jubilant As Mrs Kaber’s Life Is Spared
In Cleveland a jailed Mrs Catherine Eva Kaber was spared the electric chair after verdicts. Her 19 year old daughter Marian Me Ardie weeps in relief as news arrives. The daughter, a Smith College alumna, faces trial for complicity in the murder of Daniel Kaber.
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Mrs. Kaber
Cleveland
Judiy
Francis
Powlbes
Catherine
Eva. Kaber
Marian- Me Ardie
Smith College
Sam
Giea
Berong
Daniel Kaber
British aviation experts aid Japan's naval program
British naval aviation specialists arrive in Japan to train the new Japanese naval air force, with arrivals reported from November 1920 through June 1921. The group, housed at Kamakura and Kawasaki sites, includes officers such as Major H G Brackley and Lt. Cdr W H Aldridge, as work on aviation motors and training expands.
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San Francisco
Japan
Naval Aviation
Great Britain
Kathim Hotel
Pacific Ocean
Kamakura
Vickers and Company
Oppama
Aviation
Yokosuka
Probaly Mearec
H.G. Brackley
W. OH. Aldridge
W. Eitts
G. A. Fletcher
H. W. ‘Mattel
A. H. Leea
Liewtaa
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M. H. Lasder
Lodi Street
Lander
Mildred
Morris
Daley
G. Jones
Rock Bottom
A.M. Brenner
Amherts
U.S
William .Cook
I.N. Ss
Dollar Day
Pan
Tenchman
Hofeisen
Schevsel
Kawasaki
Kobe
Building Aviation Motors
Nagoya
Mitsubishi Company
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