Annexation petition seeks Carlisle area to join Elyria
Residents file a petition with the county commissioners to annex Carlisle between Middle Avenue and Oberlin Road south of the city. The million owners sign, claiming city gains include streets, electric lights, cheaper water, and a proposed athletic field by Elyria Board of Education. A hearing is set for August 8 at 10:00 in the commissioners office.
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County Commissioners Office
Carlisle
Middle Avenue
Oberlin Roa
Elyria
Board of Education of
Ohio
Frank Squire
Board of Commissioners
Harry Grimm Robbed by Highwayman Near Home
Harry Grimm of 233 East Ninth Street was held up near his home by a highwayman at eleven last night. A revolver threat forced him to turn his back as the robber tore the pocketbook from Grimm’s pocket containing between 23 and 29 dollars. The assailant fled and was not caught.
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Harry Grimm
East Ninth Street
Roy Austin
Riverview Park
Perry Alloway
Grimm
Rtiff
Elyria City Budget Plans for 1922 Deficit Handling
The Elyria city council approved a 1922 operating budget of 270 176 with a 104 600 sinking fund to cover last year deficit of 147 000 and interest on debts. Auditing figures predict a operating deficit between 50 000 and 70 000 to be met later by deficiency bonds. The plan adds 2 000 for the poor and outlines allocations for safety, hospitals and pensions among others.
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Elyria
Guthman
Amex Ex-Cashier Charged With Embezzling Funds
Fred A. Brown of Elyria, former cashier for the American Railway Express Co., faces federal indictment in Cleveland charging misappropriation of about several thousand dollars from April 1919 shipments. Capias issued. Brown denies the charges as company officials note prior 1919 incidents involving seven employees.
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Cleveland
Fred A. Brown
Elyria
American Railway Express Company
United States District Court
Brown
American Railway Express
Elyrians
Fred. Brown
Cleveland Street
Saph Brown
American Express Co
Mes
Money Order Department
Alimony Split Ordered In Lorain Couple Case
Elmer Peters and Faye Peters appeared for an alimony adjustment in Lorain. The court ordered each to pay half of the $5600 house payments and instructed Elmer to turn over half of his monthly wages to his wife.
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Elmer Peters
Lorain
Faye Peters
Harmony Quartet to Perform in Disciple Church Tonight
The Cleveland Harmony Quartet will give a Pleasing recital at 8 o clock tonight in Disciple church under the W C T U auspices. The event benefits the Child Welfare Fund with Old Ladies Home guests of honor.
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Cleveland Harmony Quartet
Kiwanis
Rotary
Albers Villa
Elks
Old Ladies’ ‘Home
Ford Price Cuts Hinge on Immediate Ford Vehicle Reductions
Ford Motor Company announced immediate price reductions across all car and truck types. Touring car 415 dollars runabout 370 coups 690 sedan 760 chassis 345 truck chassis 495. Wages for Ford workers will not be cut, per the company statement.
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International News Service
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company Today
O. B
Ford
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
Admitted Harry Woodcock of 532 Furnace street and Mrs. Clegzer of Grafton. Discharged Donald Hogan of 521 West Second street Miss Lottie Schwartz of No 4 Nichols block Frank Ignatz of 441 W River street and Harry Woodcock of 532 Furnace street.
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Harry Woodcock
Furnace Street
Fifteen Elyria Streets Set for Improvement
Elyria city council approved multiple street projects using next budget funds for slag purchases to improve West Avenue South and adjacent streets. Sanitary sewers on Parkview Court Garvin Avenue Bath Street approved under suspension. paving on 14th and Chase streets authorized. Elm Street West grade established. East Third Street resurfaced as part of 1922 plan.
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Elyria
H. A. Beck
West Avenue
West River Street
Huron Street
Cleveland Street
Abbey Road
Garford Street
Parkview Court
Garvin Avenue
Bath Street
14Th Street
Chase Street
Elm Street West
Broad Street Heights
Mendel Court
Cascade Street
Concord Street
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Depot Street
Prospect Street
Kenyon
Oxford Streets
East Third Street
Ninth Street
Woman Injured In Auto Crash On Center Ridge Road
Mrs. Gilmore of Stop 61 Center Ridge Road was cut about the head and otherwise injured when her car and a machine driven by Fred Schafer of LaGrange collided in front of the Willys-Overland plant at seven this morning. Schafer and Mrs. Gilmore escaped serious injuries.
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Gilmore
Center Ridge Road
Fred Schafer
LaGrange
Willys-Overland Want
Local men to form Northwestern Ohio auto service group
A June 7 meeting in Norwalk will organize an automotive service association serving Findlay Fostoria Tiffin Fremont Sandusky Elyria Lorain Ashland and other nearby cities. The event at Harry Bennett’s East Main Street station includes Kiwanis-hosted noon lunch and an afternoon outdoor picnic at the country club.
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Norwalk
Automotive Service Association
Ohio
Harry Bennett
East Main Street
Kiwanis Club
Association
Country Club
Findlay
Fostoria
Tiffin
Fremont
Sandusky
Elyria
Lorain
Ashland
Daniel Matthews Dies After Short Illness
Daniel Matthews of 509 Third street at 76 years 3 months and 5 days died last evening at 7 o clock after a brief illness. He worked 23 years as a stockkeeper at the National Tube Co and was a faithful Baptist. He leaves his wife one son Rev J Sanford of Columbus four grandchildren and one great grandchild. The body was taken to Friday funeral parlors with funeral details to be announced later.
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Daniel Matthews
Third Street
The
National Tube Co
Baptist Church
Rev. J. Sanford
Columbus
School Board Debates New Building Plans
The board postpones final decision on the new building this year while architect Silsbee completes designs for a technical high school gym and heating plant and for Roosevelt school on Western Heights. The plan envisions eleven rooms with an omitted department added later and excludes auditorium and gymnasium. A special meeting next Monday will also review the 1940 graduates.
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Board of Education
Silsbee
Technical High School
Roosevelt School
Western Heights
Elyria Firm Sued Over Lorain Boy Death
Orrin D. Brown administrator of Howard Brown six in Lorain filed suit in Lorain against Highway Construction Co of Elyria for 10000 claiming a truck from the firm caused the death at Broadway and East 34th Street in April 1920. Also reported: cognovit judgments in Lorain common pleas for 691.97 against Mike Morendil and 292.99 against Sk. J. Binder by The Leutkemeyer Co of Cleveland for merchandise.
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Orrin D. Brown
Lorain
Howard Brown
Broadway
East 34Th Street
Highway Construction Company
Elyria
Brown
Morris Rynese
Mike Morendil
Common Pleas Court
Leutkemeyer Company of
Cleveland
Sk. J. Binder
Worain
Chief Justice Day Heads to Canton for Summer Recess
Associate Justice Day of the United States Supreme Court called on the president to pay respects before leaving for Canton Ohio to spend the summer recess at home as Washington.
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International News Service
Washington
United State Supreme Court
Canton
Defense County Red Cross Screens 19 for Federal Vocational Schools
The Defense County Red Cross office had its busiest day since the war with 19 men examined for admission to federal vocational schools for ex-soldiers.
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Defiance County
Red Cross
Mediator Arrives in Cleveland Over Electric Car-men Wages
W D Mahone, mediator for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, lands in Cleveland to mediate the wage dispute between the Cleveland Columbus and Southwestern officials. Union protests dispute the arbitration board decision two cents lower than the company offer. Mahone will convene a special meeting and seek renewed talks aiming to address the retrospective wage scale from May 1.
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W. D. Mahone
International Electric Carmen
Cleveland
Columbus
Southwestern
Carmen
Board of Arbitration
Cleveland, Painesville
Eastern Electric
Mahone
Arbitration Board
Personal Crisis Reports in Court House Mansfield
Emil Zimmerman, 6 percent, was found dead in the courthouse last night. He died by his own hand from a self-inflicted gunshot just above the heart. Despondency over ill health cited as the cause. He is survived by a wife and two sons.
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Court House
International News Service
Mansfield
Emil Zimmerman
Simmons files for divorce citing neglect and absence
Clem Simmons petitions for divorce from Mary Simmons alleging goss neglect of duty and neglect in reforming household duties plus willful absence for over three years. Married December 27 1915 in Nashville Tennessee and no children. Case to be tried later.
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Clem Simmons
Mary Simmons
Goss
Nashville
Tenn
Price Gossett suit settled out of court
The trial of Mathew Price suing Eckley G Gossett for injuries from a motor collision ended with a settlement in favor of the defendant who agreed to pay the costs.
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Mathew Price
Eckley G. Gossett
Cleveland Conductor Purchases Forest Smith Grocery
Michal Fallon, popular Cleveland and Southwestern Electric Co. conductor, has acquired the Forest Smith Grocery at 100 Cleveland Street and takes possession today.
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Michal Fallon
Cleveland and Southwestern Electric Co
Forest Smith Grocery
Cleveland Street
Fourth Woman Held in Eager Murder Case In Cleveland
Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton outlines motive in the Kaber murder mystery as Mrs. E Kaber, publisher of Lakewood, and three generations face indictments. Mary Brickel pleads not guilty. aged suspect remains jailed. New leads probe who killed Dan Kaber as co principals are named.
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Cleveland
Jms
Mary Brickel
Stanton
Kaber
Eva Catherine Kaber
Marian McArdie
Dan Kaber
Rich
Senators to Introduce $1,000,000 Flood Aid for Colorado
In Washington on June 7, Senators Phipps and Representative Hardy of Colorado planned to introduce resolutions seeking $1,000,000 in federal aid for flood districts. The move followed a conference with the president. Governor Shoupe thanked President Harding for sympathy and support, signaling a possible federal appeal without specifying a sum.
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International News Service
Washington
Colorado
Congress
Phipps
Representative Hardy
Hardy
Shoupe
Harding
Coalition government formed in Vladivostok with Japanese aid
Central News dispatch from Helsinki states General Kappel’s white army in eastern Siberia has established a Vladivostok coalition government. Japanese troops are maintaining order and have assured future support for the new regime.
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International News Service
London
Kappel
Siberia
Vladivostok
Helsingfors
Recovery of Flood Bodies in Pueblo After Flood Turmoil
Pueblo on June 7 reports a return to optimism four days after terror from the Arkansas and Fountain rivers. Citizens’ nerves calm as flood fears subside and night alarms cease. the Arkansas Fountain rivers recede and the city resumes a normal pace following four days of threat.
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Joseph C. Coyle
N.S
Puebblo
Gale
Pueblo
Arkansas
Fountain
Bank Robbery Trials Near Finish in Lorain
The Lorain bank robbery trial of Theo dore Doitz and Mikolas Matyas continues before Judge Red ington. After two days in session, prosecutors led by Webber expect the case to wrap up tomorrow with all evidence presented.
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Lorain
Theodore Doitz
Mikolas Matyas
Redington
Webber
McGannon Trial Postponed to Monday
The trial of William H. McGannon, former municipal judge, charged with perjury, scheduled to start today in Cleveland, was postponed to Monday when the case was called in criminal court.
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International News Service
Cleveland
William H. McGannon
Oberlin Men In Court For Collision Damage
A. B. Chesbro of Oberlin sues Joe Artino in judge W B Thompson's common pleas court seeking 1150 for damages from an accident months ago. Chesbro claims his motorcycle hit Artino's car after a sudden stop, totaling 1000 for himself and 150 for the bike.
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A. B. Chesbro
Oberlin
W. B. Thompson
Common Pleas Court
Joe Artino
Chesbro
Artino
Elyria Council Approves $360,000 Water Works Bond Issue
The Elyria City Council passed on final reading a ordinance for $360,000 in additional water works bonds beyond the $1,000,000 already authorized. The funds will complete and equip the Lake Erie shore power plant units and extend the pipeline toward Griswold Road. Bonds carry 6 percent interest and faced opposition over rate and completeness of the main line. A Central Labor Union communication opposing larger bonds was read and filed.
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Elyria
Lake Erie
Lorain
Griswold Road
Cornelius’ Halpin
Central Labor Union
Inx 21
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City
Elyria Township
Fred Brown
Harmony Quartette
Hospital Notes
Elyria Company 1S
Lorain Boy
Southwestern Mediator
Deserter
Ruys Grocery Store
Qaught
William J. Huske
SON
McGannon
Council
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