Cascade Park draws visitors from across the nation
Park Commissioner Frank Wilford tallies last Sunday entries at Cascade Park from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. totaling 5,625 visitors and 1,351 autos, including twelve out of state cars from California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and New York. The park, 30 acres of forest with Black River runs, features waterfalls, caves, and rocks, praised for natural beauty and conservation.
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Cascade Park
Frank Wilford
California
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
New York
Wilford
Ohio
United States
Park Commission
Black River
Joliet Ghost Choir Turns Out to Be Prison Guard
In Joliet a town hymn singing at the old penitentiary burying ground ends when the singing ghost is revealed as William Chrysler a prison guard on night duty at a quarry behind the cemetery. He explains he has worked there for three weeks since the prior watchman died and admits singing to pass time. Warden Whipp orders daytime singing henceforth.
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Joliet
Penitentary
William Chrysler
Chrysler
Frank D. Whipp
Tufford Enos Atkinson Tie At End Of 18 Holes In District Amateur
Leonard Tufford of Elyria George Enos of Westwood and Al Atkinson of Wooster led the district amateur golf tournament at Elyria Country Club finishing 18 holes tied at 80. Jack Cummins Westwood and Fred Hohlfelder Weetwood followed with 81 and 82. Final 26 holes scheduled tomorrow at Westwood in Cleveland.
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Leonard Tufford
Elyria Atar
George Enos
Westwood
al Atkinson
Wooster
Elyria Country Club
Cleveland
Tufford
Enos
Atkinson
Jack Cummins
Fred Hohlfelder
Weetwood
Cummins
Hohlfelder
Carlin Short
Acacia
Dick Timms
Elyria
L. Tufford
Rae Enos
Woo
B. Morrissey
Manak’i
Dale White
Eddie Raus
T. Whiteway
Pine Ridge
W. Lewis
Madison
J. Schmauch
Lorain
Dale Miller
Charlie Adams
Steve Miller
Spring V
R. C. Hoiles
Mansfield
T. Auxter
B. Ac’rm’n
T. 3. Summons
Mansfield J
Eye Eee
J. Racey
Willowick
C. BeVito
J. Banko
Highland P
R. Alden
A. Disbro
Bill Denrose
Pat Young
C. Meredith
Big Elyria Delegation Seeks Early Game Orders
Jerry Ferguson, chair of the Elyria delegation of baseball fans, announced plans to attend the opening Cleveland Indians vs Philadelphia Athletics game at Cleveland Stadium. Orders must be in by Friday evening, with tickets reserved at Mose Wilder's cigar store on Broad Street. The delegation will sit in a prime block behind third or first base, Ferguson said.
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Jerry Ferguson
Elyria
Cleveland Stadium
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Biyria
Mose Wilder
Broadstreet
Ferguson
Clinic Dissolution Filed In Elyria Partnership
A suit to dissolve the Elyria Clinic partnership was filed in common pleas court by Doctors George D. Nicholas W. H. Hull W. B. Hubbell and P. Clement. Defendants include J. T. Fawcett R. W. Hancock and T. F. Cushing. A receiver is sought to manage assets and liabilities and a fair distribution. The dissolution agreement was signed on July 27 but terms of distribution remain unresolved.
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Elyria Clinic
Common Pleas Court
George D. Nicholas
W. H. Hull
W. B. Hubbell
P. Clement
J. T. Fawcett
R. W. Hancock
T. F. Cushing
Irish trunk joke prompts wardrobe quandary
A sales appeal humorously recalls an Irish man urged to buy a large trunk at a low price. He asks what to do with it, is told to store his clothes inside, and replies with a puzzled, comic punchline about going naked.
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Fat
Pat
Unusual Medical Cages Reported By Dr Clendening
Medics cite two unusual journal cases this year. A 15 year old boy survived a bridge timber impalement with multiple surgeries and transfusions, described as a cat’s nine lives. An 11 year old negro boy can bug out his eyes, a disturbing photo subject with normal vision and no proven cage significance.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Tam
Velvet dominates Helen Hubert Winter Styles in Paris
Paris July 28 Velvet takes the lead as the season’s material with Helen Hubert’s Winter collection. Velvet crepe fur accents sleeves and coats feature De Medici velvet rope collars and decolletage trimmed in fur and fabric. Medium waists and skirts. black paired with colors for day and evening wear. limited wool use. velvet crepe chiffon and jersey prevail.
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Paris
Helen Hubert
Hubert
de Medici
Jersey
Pegtop Trousers Return Foretold By Designers
New York reports a forecasted revival of pegtop trousers as a mid century fashion comeback. The International Association of Clothing Designers ended a three day session with plans for softer fall materials and coordinated outfits including sack coats with wide shoulders. A brief historical note recalls a White House visit during General Jackson’s era and a fateful “old black coat” leading to mixed outcomes.
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New York
International Association of Clothing Designers
Jackson
White House
Democratic Women Meet in Oberlin Amid Picnic Plans
Democratic women of Oberlin gathered at 65 Worth Pleasant street with sixteen attendees. Campaign speaker Dow Harter of Akron outlined Democratic planks and a new club formed with officers: President Mrs. Charles Magruder, VP Miss Anna Beck, Secretary-Treasurer Miss Erma Champney, Social Chair Miss Permelis Allen. A monthly meeting plan and an August 3 Cascade Park Elyria picnic were announced.
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Oberlin
Charles Magruder
Worth Pleasant Street
Dow Harter
Akron
Anna Beck
Erma Champney
Permelis Allen
Cascade Park
Elyria
Legion Auxiliary Picnic At Sugar Hill Farm Near Wellington
Forty two members and families of the Karl Wilson Locke Post enjoyed a Sugar Hill Farm picnic with stunts games and contests. Winners received prizes before a 6 36 picnic supper. The Lorain County Council plans a July 31 picnic at Avon Lake Park for Auxiliary Post members and families.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Karl Wilson Locke
Sugar Hill
Wellington
Lorain County Council of the
Avon Lake Park
Summer Squash Lettuce And Thousand Island Dressing
Household hints outline summer squash lettuce with Thousand Island dressing and caramel pudding. Recipe notes include using leftover beef cuts ground for hash, steps to prepare caramel pudding, and ideas for sandwiches with lettuce tomato cucumber onion or raw turnips. It stresses inexpensive tenderizing methods for less tender meats via browning, moisture, slow cooking and optional tomato flavoring.
Facts and Fancies Planning Picnic
Planning picnic dinners focuses on portable, easy to eat foods with minimal utensils. Emphasis on sandwiches with meat cheese or fish plus ample green vegetables to balance starches and proteins. Suggested additions include cucumber onion tomato and lettuce for flavor and freshness.
Dining tale hints at fear and control on the road
A conversation features Gerald and his aunt discussing nerves behind the wheel. The line suggests concern about losing control while driving, framing a domestic moment with undercurrents of anxiety about safety and self command.
Two Installments Behind and Gift of a Mouth Organ
Gerald says he is two installments behind while Tommy compliments the birthday mouth organ as the best gift. Tacla expresses happiness, and Tommy notes his mother gives a quarter a week to stop him playing it. A debate on dinner superstition follows about sitting 13 to dine versus enough food for 12.
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Tommy
Tacla
Lumber Merchant Proposes Plan To Stabilize Dollar
Chicago based lumber merchant Fred H Beckman critiques the current economic strain after his bank failure and home foreclosure. He advocates barter and a constant standard of value, noting how price declines punish borrowers who repay loans with devalued money. He cites Governor Pinchot and Senator Capper as supporters and argues for money as a tool to acquire goods, not for the money itself.
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Chicago, Llp
Fred H. Beckman
Beckman
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Senator Capper
Kansas
Wellington Thieves Ransack West End Grocery
Thieves broke into the U S Seel ay West End Grocery during Tuesday night or Wednesday morning through the front door. Cash and several canned goods, overalls, and socks were stolen. No arrests. this is the third robbery in three years at the store.
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Wellington
U. S
Seelay
West End
Wellington Grange Visit and Community Notes
Wellington Grange hosted a meeting with 36 members, featuring piano duets, readings, an agricultural talk, and a mock wedding. Local social notes report births, ball game attendance, dinners, visits, a Kiwanis talk on Old Age Pension, and several residents traveling or visiting nearby towns. Distinct named individuals include Hilda Mason, Gladys Burge, Marilyn Burge, Helen and Ruth Baird, Arthur Meson, Minnie Breyley, Ed C Wise, Mary Jane Wise, Cora Ensign, Walter Ensign, Sally Jean as newborn, and locations Cleveland Elyria Brussels and Mt Vernon.
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Wellington Grange
Oberlin
Wellington
William Bennett
Bigelow
New London
Cora Ensign
Elyria
Walter Ensign
Miami
Florida
Ed C. Wise
Frank Mead
Frank Curtice
Cleveland
Ruth Hege
Square de L’arbalete
Bottsford
Brussels
Belgium
Adelbert Knapp
Lloyd Moore
Vena Neidhardt
Wakeman
Lawrence Baker
Fals Clinic
Mildred Jewell
Marjory
Lakewood
Milton Elliott
R. W. Falls
Canada
Gertrude Bauer
Robbers Take $500 From Cincinnati Street Railway Office
Two men robbed a Cincinnati Street Railway branch office of about $500 today. A clerk, F. Leslie Powell, was struck with a revolver and knocked to the floor. A shot from the robber’s gun shattered a window as the pair fled in an automobile.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
F. Leslie Powell
Unclear historical policy proposal on commodity repayment rates
The excerpt describes a plan where Beckman would seize top commodities over five years and repay at the then highest value. It discusses September 1929 and March 1932 repayment points, noting rates like 50 cents on the dollar if averages dropped to 50 percent. It envisions a permanent commission to tabulate and publish daily rate changes.
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Ation
Beckman
Logan
Live Stock and Produce Markets Cleveland Daily Note
Hogs steady to slightly higher with 130 to 230 lb pigs at market. Cattle active with medium grade steers and cows generally $5.25 to $6.50, with steady carryover expected. Calves strong but mixed, lambs steady to higher around $8.25 to $8.50. produce prices for butter eggs poultry and potatoes shown, plus Chicago cash quotients and grain and feed bids.
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Cleveland
Reese
Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Cobbiers
Missouri
Kansas
Idaho
Virginia
Timothy
Stock Exchange Climbs On Broad Market Rally
United Press reports a strong market upturn with prices gaining one to three points to two month highs as buying orders flood in across the country. Government and corporate bonds rise to new yearly highs. Chicago wheat climbs above 52 cents amid a hold pattern by farmers. London and other markets rally on American gains with U S Steel, Pennsylvania Railroad and American Telephone leading.
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United Press
Stock Exchange
U. S
Chicago
London Stock Exchange
U. Steel
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Telephone
Toledo and Norwalk Bank News From Ohio
Toledo reports Dwight C Eaton real estate broker filing for voluntary bankruptcy with listed liabilities of 33,374.16 and assets of 5,480.30. Norwalk common pleas court grants reopening of Farmers and Citizens Bank, closed nearly a year ago. A note states a distance from Boston to Calcutta at 11,120 miles.
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Toledo
Defiance
Torado
Dwight C. Eaton
Hate
Norwalk, CO
Common Pleas Court
Farmers and Citizens Bank
Wheat Prices Rise as Pit Roars in Chicago
Wheat prices climbed for the third straight day at the Chicago Board of Trade amid renewed public buying and trader confidence. Old July closed at 51 1 cent, old September 52 1-4 cents, December 55 1-2 cents, with corn and oats mixed as market activity shuffled near session highs.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Fliers Mattern and Grit Finish London Stop on World Flight Plan
James Mattern and Bennett Grit, American fliers aiming for a first non-stop round-the-world flight next year, arrived in London today after transiting from Paris aboard a regular passenger liner. The two plan subsequent hops as part of their global flight sequence.
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London
James Mattern
Bennett Gritfin
Paris
Bank Sues Lena Schneider Over Promissory Note Foreclosure
The National Bank of Commerce Lorain filed suit against Lena Schneider and others for 3000 alleged due on a promissory note. Foreclosure of property in Sheffield Lake is sought. A quoted remark from Dr. Johnson notes criticism as a study that lets men grow important at little expense.
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National Bank of Commerce
Lorain
Lena Schneider
Sheffield Lake
Johnson
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