Knights Templar train wreck near Durand injures many
A Grand Trunk train bearing Knights Templar to Flint state convention derailed near Durand Michigan. Five killed and about 30 injured, ten seriously, as broken rails caused the engine to plunge into a ditch and baggage car and coaches piled up. Survivors report panic as 300 Knights Templar travelers were affected.
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Durand
Mich
Grand Trunk
Knights Templar
Flint
John Erickson
Sonia
H. A. Weldon
Tonta
Frank Persall
Joseph Parker
Harry Smith
Grand Trunk Railroad
Nichols
St. Johns
Squabble Over City Bridge Widening
Mayor Joel and County Commissioner W B Richmond debated widening Hast Bridge Street last night. Richmond urged city cost sharing while noting the county’s funds and a prior misallocation of $21,000 from the Green line rental. The council member pressed that law allowed city funds to cover part, but the dispute left the plan unsettled.
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Green Line
City
Joel
W. B. Richmond
Booth
Richmond
Erie Avenue
Lorain
Jones
City Council Refuses Auto License Fee Refund
The Lorain city council refused to refund $66 to Antonio Rikki, a taxi driver who paid his license fee and operated a taxi for one day. They warned a refund would set a precedent allowing others to start and quit, recoupting the balance if they failed.
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Antonio Richiki
Lorain
Elyria man recommended as new salesmanship instructor
Superintendent Shelton yesterday recommended the employment of John C. Everard of Elyria as an instructor in salesmanship commercial law commercial arithmetic and kindred branches. He will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of A. D. Vetesk who is going into business.
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Shelton
John C. Everard
Elyria
A. D. Vetesk
City Offiead Attends Health Meet In Cleveland
The city council plans representation at a Friday meeting at Hotel Statler Cleveland to discuss river pollution and a city disposal plant. The State Board of Health call was read with no discussion. Mayor Jones City Solicitor Baird and City Engineer Powell will attend, with any available council member encouraged to join.
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Hotel Statler
Cleveland
State Board of Health
Jones
Baird
Powell
Oberlin booze toter paroled from jail
Gun Chambers of Oberlin was paroled by the county commissioners after serving time in police court for transporting liquor. He paid $100 of the $500 fine and costs and agreed to pay $15 monthly until the debt is cleared. He will next work as a bricklayer.
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Oberlin
Three More Heat Deaths Reported in Cleveland
Cleveland dispatch reports three additional heat deaths including an 11 month old girl Katherine Jurko. A drowning occurred in cool lake waters while authorities note rising temperatures. Philadelphia reports a local worker died in heat, Cincinnati records the death of John A. Whitaker, 71, chief municipal court officer, from heat illness.
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Cleveland
Katherine Jurko
Or Lakes
Record Graduation Class 111 at Technical High School
The board of education met at the F. M. Stavens office to present 131 graduates, 57 girls and 54 boys, marking a shift toward more boys completing the full high school course. The ceremony, Wednesday evening at the technical high school, will feature Rev. Chas W. Gilkey of Hyde Park Baptist Church as speaker and diplomas by board president M. Stevens. 15 students earned honor status with averages of 80 or better.
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Board of Education
F. M. Stavens
Shelton
Technical High School
Chas W. Gilkey
Hyde Park Baptist Church
Chicago
M. Stevens
Woman found unconscious near Columbus wounded mystery deepens
A white woman, unidentified and unconscious with four fractured ribs and facial injuries, was found along the FlintLen pike between Columbus and Delaware. She was brought to a hospital with dried blood on her waist and mumbled the name Richardson. Authorities pursue possible accident or assault facts.
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Columbus
Jans
FlenniLen Pike
Delaware
Neiley
Kiwanis Luncheon Set With George W Stone Speaker
George W. Stone will address the Kiwanis luncheon Thursday at noon on the origin and history of credit instruments. In Tokyo police report arrests of two Waseda University professors and thirty socialists claim a plot to spread Bolshevism among the Japanese army and students.
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George W. Stone
Kiwanis
Tokio
Waseda University
Schools Close for Circus Day as Students Prepare Parade
Tomorrow marks the last day of school with circus day flavors. Supt. F. M. Shelton and the board agree to noon dismissal while about to watch the Gates Crippled Children home parade. Advance plans note a 11 o'clock parade through town streets.
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F. M. Shelton
Board of Education
F. M. Stevens
Baines
Ofkood
Éxpress
Third Street
East Avenue
Broad Street
East Bridge Street
East River Street
Chestnut Street
Circus Lot
Hurst
Crehore
McHenry
Supt Shelton
Stevens
Commissioner Calls Traffic Law a Nuisance
Commissioner Richmond told the jetty council last night that he considered the current ordinance regulating street traffic a nuisance. He cited accidents at cross streets on Middle Avenue and urged repeal, while Solicitor Baird and Mayor Jones defended the ordinance and blamed impatient drivers for the danger.
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Richmond
Jetty Council
Middle Avenue
Baird
Jones
Jana
Chestnut Ridge Home Burglar Strikes, Missing Jewelry and Cash
James Smith of Chestnut Ridge two miles east of town reports a burglary at his residence while his family was away yesterday. A ladies gold watch a pearl and opal lavalliere set five ladies rings and five dollars in pennies were stolen. No clue is available.
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James Smith
Chestnut Ridge
First Wife Granted Judgment in 2nd Suit
Florence B. Jones was awarded a verdict for 250 in a suit against Piorence D. Jones, widow of E. P. Jones, seeking 800 for alimony. The case, tried before a jury, produced the 250 verdict as ordered by the judge. Black River Lumber Co. filed foreclosure action against Albina Forst for 444.83 for materials for a Lorain house.
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Florence B. Jones
Piorence D. Jones
E. P. Jones
Jones
Mrs Jones
The
Black River Lumber Co
Albina Forst
Lorain
Elyria Schools Superintendent Honored After Long Service
W. H. Comings, longtime Elyria Schools superintendent, is recognized for many years of leadership and service to the district. The notice highlights his devotion to students, curriculum improvements, and community impact over his tenure.
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W. 8. Comings
The
Elyria Schools
Elyria Oberlin road paving is completed
Automobilists will be pleased to learn that the Oberlin Elyria road has been completed and opened for traffic this morning. Detours via South Amherst are no longer necessary. The article discusses centralized rural schools, administration changes, and rising teacher wages, with data from the County Board of Education and study by Professor Strayer.
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Oberlin-Elyria
South
Amherst
County Board of Education
Elytia
Lorain County
Strayer
Columbia University
United States
Ohio
Knee Injury Sways Tram Jump Incident
Clarence Marcelle, 37, of M. A Ryan Construction Co, was hurt yesterday when he jumped from a tram. Doctors fear a knee fracture and he was hospitalized. In Columbus, June 5, the federal grand jury began the June term, weighing 43 cases, with over 160 witnesses summoned, many tied to alcohol prohibition violations.
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Clarence Marcelle
M. A Ryan Construction Co
Memorial Hospital
Columbus
Federal
Witucones
Autoists Escape Drowning In Toledo River
Six Toledo residents narrowly escaped drowning when their auto plunged over a canal embankment near Waterville today. Two girls were rescued by three men in the car, while another girl leapt to safety before the vehicle struck the water.
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Toledo
Republican Leads In Iowa House Election District Eight Result
Results tabulated today in the Eighth Town congressional race show Judge Hiram K Evans Republican of Corydon Wayne county elected to fill the unexpired term of Representative Horace M Towner who resigned to become governor of Porto Rico With a few scattered precincts yet to hear Evans held more than a 1600 vote majority over J P Daughton Democratic candidate from Grand River Delontur county.
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Des Moines
Hiram K Evans
Corydon
Wayne County
Horace M Towner
Porto Bisco
Evans
J. P. Daughton
Grand River
Delontur County
Stannard Removed as Delaware Girls School Matron
Columbus June 5 Mrs Mae E Stannard chief matron of the girls industrial school Delaware was removed by State Welfare Director Harper on charges including alleged incompetency in efficiency extravagance and cruel treatment of girls The charges claim gagging binding hands behind backs tying feet together placing girls in a dungeon and subjecting them to punishment and humiliation with reports of neglect and improper management of funds and staff
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Columbus
Mae E. Stannard
Girls Industrial School
Delaware
Harper
Stannard
Wales
Ohio Civil Services
Delaware Cou
Gicsky
Aes
Heat Scorches Mass Shriner Parade In Washington
In Washington on June 5, about 100000 Shriners in colorful regalia paraded from the Capitol to the White House. The heat forced many to retire, with first aid to at least a score of marchers. President Harding welcomed the Shrine imperial council praising fraternalism and seeking universal brotherhood.
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Washington
Arabia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mystic Shrine
Old Avenue
Capitol
White House
Harding
Executive Mansion
George Barnard
Acca Temple
Richmond
F B McKelvey
Syria Temple
Cincinnati
C W. Johnson
Zenobia Temple
Toledo
Ohio
America
Imperial Council of the
Peony Show to Feature 29 Arrangements at Elyria Estate
Officers of the Elyria Peony Gladiolus Society secure P C Shaw's promise to exhibit as forthcoming Peony Show. About a hundred blooms of varied color and form from an Akron area estate will be in charge of a famed peony originator. The 29 collection, previously assembled, will be shown, with Elk Hall serving as the show site in this district.
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Elyria
Gladiolus Society
P. C. Shaw
Akron
Elk
Hall
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SNL
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Verna D. Braden
Phyllis H. Brown
Lucille Helen Campbell
Ellen M Carter
Evelyn M Cartwright
Helen Marie Champ
Maude Eleanor Davies
Dorothy Caroline Decker
Mary Thelma DeLloyd
Frances Emma de Feyster
Ruth A. Dutch
Margaret E Dyble
Genena L. Edmonds
Lucille Emerick
Ella D. Fauver
Winifred Louise Fay
Winifred M. Pratt
Mary Louise Hastings
Eulah Martha Hengartner
Gladys Marie Hines
Marion M. Hoard
Malcolm Eugene Boylan
Byron A. Boynton
Paul Arthur Brand
Keith T. Brown
Richard P. Clark
Preston L. Coon
Paul Hardesty Cope
Kenneth Lascard & Crowell
Gerald Elbert Dachtler
Edgar Forbes Doty
Myles L. Farmer
Louis L. Frick
Delwin M. Glover
Hugh M. Gray
Robert John Grills
Herald William Halpin
Joe Vinton Hansman
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