Five suits filed against Lake Shore Electric for 130000
Five lawsuits totaling 130000 were filed against The Lake Shore Electric Railway Company stemming from the October 23 1924 Bennett Road Crossing crash in Sheffield Lake. The petitions accuse careless operation of the interurban street car that struck a school bus. Plaintiffs James J McGettrick and John McGettrick seek 10000 and 50000 respectively for injuries and loss of services. Virginia Rothgery seeks 50000 for injuries. her father requests 10000 for loss of his daughter's services.
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Lake Shore Electric Railway Company
Bennett Road
Sheffield Lake
James J. McGettrick
John
James MecGettrick
John McGettrick
Virginia Rothgery
George A. Rothgery
Avon Village Water Plant Nears Completion
Avon Village prepares to finish a new water plant with mayor John as stating final details at the next council meeting. Twenty commissioners are expected to attend and approve a bond issue to fund extending the system along Center and Moore roads. Walker road widening from sixty to sixty six feet will begin in a few days.
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Avon Village
John As
N Center
Moore Road
Walker Road
Edward Godfrey Faces Liquor Charge Fine
Edward Godfrey of 420 4th Street was fined 300 dollars plus costs after a police court hearing for transporting intoxicating liquor. Ifrey was fined 500 dollars plus costs in October for the same offense.
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Edward Godfrey
Ifrey
Lorain Budget Approved for 1927 City Running Expenses
Lorain July 16 The city council approved a 365000 budget to cover city running expenses for 1927, about 100000 more than last year. The budget relies on a new property valuation around eighty million dollars, with four tenths of a mill likely passing county approval. 18500 was cut from the original proposal.
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Lorain
Council
Vermilion Man Drops Dead At Linwood Park
Otto Gaumhardt age 67 a well known Vermilion resident collapsed at Linwood Park at noon while eating lunch. He worked there and died before aid. A former Nickle Plate railway engineer he is survived by his wife a brother Albert and two sisters Mrs Peter Hart and Miss Mayme all of Vermilion.
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Vermilion
Otto Gaumhardt
Linwood Park
Nickle Plate
Albert
Peter Hart
Mayme
Lorain School Budget Increase Approved by Board
Lorain public schools next year will cost about $748,969, a rise of $43,000, with roughly $433,000 earmarked for teacher salaries. In a separate item, two local motorists, R. W. Kauffman and Hot Ilivon, were fined fines and costs after appearing before Justice J. George Todas.
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Lorain
Board of Education
R. W. Kauffman J
Hot. Ilivon
Justice
Ls. J
George Todas
Plans in motion to house Legion delegates in city
The American Legion convention committee met at Ion Hall to map lodging for about seven thousand attendees for the 1916 convention on the 12th to 14th. A city canvass will seek sleeping rooms, tents, and vacant spaces. hotels, lodges, and Y M C A are to assist while the Board of Trade handles finances.
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Ork
Ion Hall
The
Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Forty
Fight
Board of Trade
Legion Post
Three Die in Doastro ug Fire Sandwich Mass
A fire at a Sandwich Massachusetts home claimed the lives of rank Galvao and his seven year old son Joseph who were found burned together. In Boston a separate blaze at banker George Lee's home endangered residents and firefighters.
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Sandwich
Mass
Rank Galvao
Joseph
Miners Federation Accepts Ecclesiastical Peace Proposals
London July 16 The executive committee of the Miners Federation has accepted with reservations the peace proposals from the Archbishop of Canterbury and other ecclesiastics to settle the coal strike. If the government accepts the proposals, peace talks may resume next week. The plan calls for miners to return to work at old wages and hours, a four month continuation of government subsidies to operators, and future wage scales to be settled by arbitration.
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London
Miners’ Federation
Canterbury
International News Service
Aged Farmer to Die on Gallows in Mississippi
Jackson Miss July 186 Wallace an 80 year old Marion county farmer and former peace officer will die on the gallows today after the governor refused clemency for murdering his wife. He whipped her to death with a broom of brush switches in a brutal crime described as Mississippi’s most brutal. Bloodstains across rooms indicate a slow torture stretched over hours. Wallace born father of 21 and once credited with capturing Hugh Waltes in a famous southern kidnapping case.
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Jackson
Miss
Jess Wallace
Marion County
Wallace
Mississippi
Marion
Hugh Waltes
Man Drowns In Vermilion River Near Olympic Club
Vermilion July 16 Jack Burgess of Cleveland drowned in the Vermilion River while swimming near the Olympic Club. A pull motor from two Lorain firemen arrived and worked on him but could not revive him. No detailed accident report was available today.
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Vermilion
Jack Burgess
Cleveland
Vermilion River
Olympic Club
Woman Gives Up Lamp And Gains Her Freedom
Blanche Stoney is freed after surrendering an old tarnished brass lamp to the county clerk. Her five hour jail confinement ended when her son’s pleas influenced her decision. Judge Thomp son suspended the contempt sentence after the surrender. She left jail with an old silver watch given to a fellow inmate.
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Blanche Stoney
Grass Fire Extinguished on Kenwood Street
Squad Co 1 extinguished a grass fire on Kenwood Street shortly after noon today after a cigarette discarded starting the blaze. No further alarms were reported.
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Kenwood Street
Young Men Take Aviation Posts In U S Government
Washington reports the appointment of Edward P Warner of Massachusetts and Perry Davison of New York as the first young men to hold top aviation posts in the government. They pledge to pursue a five year $150 million program, oversee 2500 airplanes, dirigibles, and airships, and call for cadets and bids for training and fighting planes. A study on aviator promotion fairness will also begin as civil aviation comes under new civilian leadership.
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Washington
Py Trirbey Davison
New York
Widh
Edward FP. Warner
Massachusetts
Davison
Warner J
Davjeon
War Department
Navy
Warner
Army
Congress
Wim
Mitchell
Shenandoah
Robert Tavis
Air Service
Cleveland Man Fined For Transporting Liquor
Joe Dunbar of 2664 East 48th Street Cleveland was fined 300 after pleading guilty to transporting intoxicating liquor. He and Feran Starks of Cleveland were arrested on Broad Street last night. police found several gallons in Dunbar’s car. Stark pleaded guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor and the case was dropped.
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Joe Dunbar
East 48Th Street
Cleveland
Dunbar
Feran Starks
Broad Street
Willard
Ohio
Stark
Three Men Arrested in New York City Stolen Goods Ring
New York July 16 three men Samuel Greenbaum Israel Davis and Charles Karon were arrested in what police call the citys largest receivers ring. A raid at 49 Crosby Street yielded 325000 in goods and a packing plant with export packing corp labels. Insurance officials say truck holdups cost NY about 1030000 yearly. Officials expect more arrests nationwide as detectives probe the operation and its links to a larger network.
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New York
Crosby Street
Samuel Greenbaum
Israel Davis
Charles Karon
Export Packing Corporation
Packing Corporation
Bordentown
Gov Smith and Mrs Smith Meet President Coolidge at White Pines
Gov. Al Smith of New York and wife greet President Coolidge at the Summer White House in White Pines Camp New York. They tour Rockefeller preserve waters and join a Friday luncheon highlighted by brook trout served as the centerpiece. Mrs Smith extends a warm welcome to Mrs Coolidge and presents a fishing license to the first lady.
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White Pines
N. Y
East Side
Vermont
Damages Sought In Lorain Auto Collision Suit
Edward Hromoda of Lorain filed a 25000 damage suit against Joseph Hazzard Jr. over a December 25 1925 auto accident on Broadway near 23rd Street. Hromoda says he was crippled when the car struck him while crossing at the safety mark, alleging the vehicle sped up as it neared the crossing.
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Edward Hromoda
West 23Rd Street
Joseph Hazzard, Jr
West 27Th Street
Lorain
Hromoda
Hassard
Broadway
23Rd Street
Hoe
Newton D. Baker Jr Fined For Speeding In Local Court
Newton D Baker Jr, son of Newton D Baker former secretary of war, was fined by Justice J George for speeding. When Baker Sr learned his son was wanted, he called the judge and joked about sending money. He was told to send 15 dollars plus costs, which he did.
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Newton ND. Baker, Jr
Newton
Rivers Overflow Causes Heavy Damage in Bulgaria
Floods from torrential rain strike Bulgaria with loss of life and major property damage. The hardest hit areas are Sofia and Vidin district, with rivers overflowing and widespread devastation reported across the country.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Vidin
Stryker Boat Oar Plant Destroyed by Large Fire
In Stryker Oar & Lumber Co facilities four buildings, a major boat oar manufacturer, were burned early today. The fire caused an estimated loss of 850,000 dollars. Fire officials report extensive damage across the plant, located in Stryker, with no immediate word on injuries or cause.
Man Plunges 19 Floors to Death in Chicago Hotel
A well dressed man about 30 years old, registered as J. Fisher of Chicago, fell from the nineteenth floor of the YMCA hotel in Chicago today. The incident is reported by the Register.
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Chicago
J. Fisher
Two Men Remanded Awaiting Extradition Papers
Phillip C. Elliott and Richard Thorne, accused of assaulting Violet Anderson, appeared before Judge Choquet, extradition commissioner. They were remanded to jail for eight days as papers from Washington were not yet received. the judge expected they would arrive within a week.
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EATR
Montreat
Phillip C. Elliott
Richard Thorne
Asaulting
Violet Anderson
New York
Cleveland, O
Choquet
Washington
Canton Daily News publisher killed in Canton gun attack
Canton Ohio July 16 Don R Mellett 36 publisher of the Canton Daily News was killed early today by two automatics as he parked his car in the garage. Police believe hired gunmen targeted him for his crime crusade against vice. Mrs Mellett narrowly escaped a kitchen window bullet. Survived by widow and four children.
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Canton
Ohio
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Early Today
Vice
Gummen
Mellett
Pennsylvania
Anderson
Indiana
Akron
Canton News
James M. Cox
Lloyd Mellett
The
News
Lowell
Scripps-Howard Organization
Washington
Yice
Indict 44 in ll elections in Chicago primary frauds
Forty four persons including five women were indicted by a special grand jury investigating Cook county primary frauds. Eight counts target judges and clerks of the twentieth ward amid disclosed irregularities.
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Chicago
Cook County
Electon Alt
Twentieth Ward
Hay Wagon Hit by Interurban. Farmer Killed
TOLEDO Q July 16 Charles Simonds farmer was killed today when his hay wagon was struck by a Lake Shore Electric car at Walbitge crossing Simonds attempting to cross the track failed to ace the car and was thrown from the wagon suffering a broken neck.
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Toledo
Charles Simonds Farmer
Lake Shore
Simonds
Federal Probe Looms In Canton Shooting
In Cleveland on July 16 the United States district attorney summoned assistant Howell Leuck, secret service operator William Harger, and narcotic chief J. B. Gransom for a conference on the case involving Don R. Mollott publisher of the Canton News. Mollott, a federal witness in March against three Canton Greeks charged with violating the Harrison Narcotic Act, had warned of threats to his life. Officials believe a conspiracy by Canton dope peddlers and bootleggers may have killed him.
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Cleveland
Don R. Mollctt
Canton News
al Ala
Canton
Vice
United States
A. E. Bernstein
Howell Leuck
William Harger
J. B. Griasom
Molfett
Louis, Angelo
John Koras
George Manos
Canton Grechs
Mellett
Bernsteen
Iie
Head of Cleveland C Of C Addresses B Of T Members
W B Stewart, president of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, spoke to Elyria Board of Trade about the Board of Trade role. He said communities must attract new industry by showing towns as friendly to outside business and that changing conditions require adapting industrial and buying practices to keep pace with global strides. Stewart emphasized that what affects one industry touches all workers in town.
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Board of Trade
W. B. Stewart
Clevel
Elyria Board of Trade
Newell
Stewart Ant
Ohip
Daya
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