Governor orders betting halted at Bainbridge track
Governor Myers Y Cooper directed Sheriff Ben F Hotchkiss and Prosecutor Richard Bostwick of Geauga county to stop horse race betting at Bainbridge. He cited citizen protests against the track and asserted that betting in any form is illegal, attaching a formal Attorney General Bettman opinion on state gambling laws.
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Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
Ben F. Hotchkiss
Richard Bostwick
Geauga County
Bainbridge
Smade
Gilbert Bettman
Elyrian Sues Publishing Company for $9300
Jack Ambrose, former Cleveland Press distributor in Elyria, sues Scripps Publishing for $9300 in common pleas court alleging the agency was taken away without compensation after he bought the Elyria distributor rights in 1920 for $1000 plus a $300 bond. He claims the Press pressured him to sell the agency for $500 on May 22 and retained the rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Jack Ambrose
Cleveland Press
Elyria
Scripps Publishing Company
Cleveland
Ambrose
Funeral services for Edward Sikora at Holy Cross Church
Edward Sikora of South Middle avenue will be buried in St. Marys Cemetery. Funeral Monday at nine oclock officiated by Reverend Anthony Suwalki. He is survived by parents Mr and Mrs Walter Sikora, sister Genevieve and brother Chester. Preceded in death by brother Walter three years ago.
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Edward Sikora
South Middle Avenue
Holy Cross Church
Anthony Suwalski
St. Mary's Cemetery
Nis
Walter Sikora
Genevieve
Chester
Walter
Teachers Taking Examinations in Lorain County
Between 40 and 5 teachers in Lorain county schools were taking the June examination for teaching certificates today. Examinations are conducted by the county board of examiners at Elyria High School. The examiner board includes F. R. Powers as president, R. P. Vaughn as secretary, and E. L. Baljey as assistant county superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
R. P. Vaughn
Elyria High School
Board of Examiners
F. R. Powers
Amherst
Vaughn
E. L. Bal Jey
Sunday Motor Jaunt Route Maps A 365 Mile Drive
Henry Miller of the Lorain County Automobile Club maps a suggested 365 mile Sunday motor tour. The route uses Route 20 Elyria to Oberlin then 58 to Ashland, 42 to Mansfield and Mt. Gilead to Delaware, 32 to Bellefontaine via Marysville, 3 to Kenton, 31 to Findlay, 12 to Fremont, then return via 20 or 61 and 59 to Elyria. Auto tourism grows with 1926 national park and forest visitation rising.
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Henry Miller
Lorain County Automobile Club
Elyria
Oberlin
Ashland
Mansfield
Mt. Gilead
Delaware
Marysville
Bellefontaine
Kenton
Findlay
Fostoria
Fremont
Norwalk
Circus Parade Arrives Soon With Global Acts
The circus parade debuts Wednesday June 12 featuring 50 acts across a mile long route on Downie Broa Free street. It uses 75 trucks to transport the show in a Monmouth Electric lighted all waterproof tent with thousands of seats. Lions leopards pumas tigers and elephants are showcased under fearless trainers as Teddy of New York Hippodrome fame headlines.
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Streamfox
Animal Kingdom
Teddy
New York Hippodrome
Balance of power in Commons after election in London
The article describes the balance of power in the House of Commons following the election. Lloyd George considers leveraging his strength and weighing triangulated fights in the next general election, expected within six months. London University polling, ongoing since Monday, did not shift party standings. Dr Graham Little, an Independent, retained the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Lloyd George
London University
Graham Little
Aircraft valued at 43 million built in the United States last year
The aeronautics branch of the department of commerce reports 43,812,318 dollars in aircraft produced in the United States in the last year. 4,345 airplanes and seaplanes were built, plus 164 rebuilt or assembled units. Various open cockpit planes, cabin planes, amphibians, and seaplanes are itemized with values, along with parts and repair work totaling over 5.3 million. This is the first annual statistic by the bureau, with prior years not directly comparable.
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Washington
United States
Aeronautics Branch
Departement of Commerce
Astronautic Branch
Bureau of Census
Faulty smoke pipe starts blaze at 5 Shear street
A faulty smoke pipe caused a fire at 5 Shear street Thursday. The blaze centered around the pipe and was put out by a bucket of water. Hose Co. 1 and Engine Co. 3 answered the alarm. Engine Co. No. 2 battled fire in a New York Giants lime car on the railroad at Abbey Road and at the freight house. the car was moved after the first call from Abbey Road.
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Shear Street
Hose Co. 1
Engine Co. 3
Engine Co. No
N.Y. G
Abbey Road
Newark
Broad Street
England Hopes To Win Trophy In Water Rage
London The world s most powerful speed boat designed to regain the Harmsworth Trophy from the United States on Lake Michigan in September nears completion at Cowes Isle of Wight. Betty Carstairs leads the project with three Napier engines delivering 3 000 hp. hull built of mahogany and silk, 39 feet long, nine feet beam. speed estimated up to 140 mph. secrecy guarded by guards and shipyard workers.
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London
United States
Major Segrave
Erecy
Bulldt
Napier
Britain
Oberlin Commencement set for June at First Church
Oberlin High will hold its 1929 commencement at First Church Friday evening June 7 at a specified hour. Professor Craig of the Theological Seminary will deliver the address. Music will be provided by the High School Glee clubs. Fifty four students graduate.
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Oberlin
Oberlin High
Craig
The
Theological Seminary
Frange Sues Radio Station Over Death by Action Claim
Saint Granier, music hall star, files the first radio libel suit over a death by own action story broadcast by a government station. He seeks to prove reporters and photographers influenced public belief after an automobile collision left him shaken. Granier's counsel notes public doubt of his account amid sensational coverage.
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Paris
Saint Granier
Aleging
Markets and price quotes from Cleveland and Chicago
Today’s report lists Cleveland produce quotations for butter eggs poultry potatoes and various meats with prices for multiple grades and markets. It also covers Chicago cash quotations for butter eggs poultry wheat corn oats and barley plus Minneapolis grain prices and Toledo grain figures.
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Cleveland
Ducks
Stags
New York
Maine
Green Mountain
Chicago
Toledo
East and West unite for tariff on hides and boots
East and West join to press the Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee for a tariff on hides boots leather and shoes. Old cattle raisers and eastern manufacturers set aside past feuds as lawmakers pledge unified action in the committee.
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East
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Dickens Describes The Chimes Writing Process
In a friend’s letter Dickens recalls locking himself away for a month to work on The Chimes. He notes his affections and passions intertwined with the tale and that he grew haggard as a murderer long before finishing The End.
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Dickens
Village belle spends four hours kissing wedding guests
The Russian bride supposedly must kiss every guest at the wedding and the Tecape hamlet’s village belle dedicated four hours to this task, a local oddity recounted in a humorous wedding note.
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Hamilet
Tecape
Port growing in importance among Italians
Rome reports sport taking a central role in Italian life under government control via the Cont, the Italian National Olympic Committee. President Mussolini backs Turati, a noted sportsman, who pushes rugby and a new football variant la volata. Football dominates youth interest. tennis grows, golf remains limited to foreigners and aristocracy, winter sports rise, and cycling and walking face renewed competition from football.
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Rome
Olympic Committees
Mussoli
C ‘Ont
National Olympic Committee
Italy
Augeusto Turati
Iolympic
Mus
Isolini
Signor Turati
Turati
Abruzzi
Demetral Buys Paradise Soda Grill in City Transfer
George Demetral has purchased the Paradise Soda Grill on Brosdstrét. He plans a six week remodel to create a modern dining spot for the area. The transfer occurred Friday afternoon.
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George Demetral
Paradise Soda Grill
Brosdstrét
Demetral
Vermilion Gun Club to Host 100 Target Shoot
Vermilion on the Lake gun club plans a 100 target optional shoot Sunday, June 2. The event will be held on their grounds and is set to start at 1:00 p.m.
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Vermilion, O
Decoration Day Observed With Church Service
Decoration Day observance took place at the M B church with a 10 30 a m service led by the Decoration Association president C Brandt The target Civil War Lincoln themes were delivered by Senator Daniel C Morgan Cleveland The audience sang America and The Star Spangled Banner with the Pittsfield orchestra Also the park monument and nearby graves in East and South Cemeteries were decorated A six o clock dinner followed at the Community Church for fifty two members of the Wellington Kiwanis Club Several local residents visited or hosted gatherings including Mrs Lee Bryant and Floyd Bryant at Fanny Wilton home and Mr and Mrs H Whitney Others attended nurse graduation at Elyria Hospital and flowers were brought to graves by Frank Coleman of Lorain.
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Pittsfield
M. B
Decoration Association
C. Brandt
America
Daniel C. Morgan
Cleveland
Abraham Lincoln
Kiwanis Club of
Wellington
Lee Bryant
Kansas City
Floyd Bryant
North Russia
S. D. Whitney
South Cemetery
Georgia man writes quail book from Thomasville
Georgia naturalist H. L. Stoddard, after five years studying quail, says his forthcoming book notes quail stay near hatch sites, face heavy egg and chick losses, and are mainly preyed upon by snakes, skunks, and opossums. He cites a massive cypress in Tula, Mexico, 154 foot trunk circumference as a notable tree.
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Georgia
Thomasville
H. L. Stoddard
Stoddard
Tula
Mexico
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Bert Parsons
Detroit
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Esther Coinman
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Henry Hacker
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Methodist Church
Clarence T. Craig
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Graduate School of Theology
Charles Hallover
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Mansifion
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Lynds Jones
Ovelock
Margaret Williams
Locust Street
Ladies Aid Society of
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Dan Kinsey
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Strobel Field
Oberlin Odd Fellows Lodge
Frange
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Toledo Livestock
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