Inside Washington clashes over Al Smith strategy at Philadelphia
A wide range of behind the scenes maneuvers unfold as New Dealers plot to thwart Al Smith at the Philadelphia convention while keeping key allies in reserve. The piece notes Ritchie’s death, Walsh and Ely plays, and the shifting dynamics among Roosevelt supporters, with tax and court battles shaping the political landscape.
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Sunday Socials and Illness In Avon Lake Area
Vincent Vincento visits with Foster family in Elyria. Mrs Heckel and guests visit brother-in-law Theodore Webe of Avon Lake who is seriously ill. Mrs Jacob Stouder of Avon Lake also ill. Eschtruths visit uncle and aunt William Bartlett in Ridgeville. Alma Ackerman of Lorain spends Sunday here. Frederick Smith of Cleveland visits family. F H Lewis hosts. General Ladies Aid Society to meet Thursday afternoon in church parlors. The number three division holds an all day work meeting.
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Alma Ackerman
Lorain
Frederick Smith
Cleveland
F H Lewis
General Ladies Aid Society
Sample to sew pattern and materials offer
The notice advertises sewing pattern No. 3487 with sizes 14 16 18 36 38 and a body bodice sleeve one piece. It describes crepe silk and other fabrics, price 15 cents for the pattern, 25 cents for the fashion book, requests name address and size, and directs orders to the Chronicle Telegram Pattern Department at 160 Fifth Ave New York.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Pattern Department
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Sunday Socials and Upcoming Church Meeting
Mrs Earl Litz hosts informal gathering then attends a general meeting in the afternoon. Nearby, visits span Huron Elyria and Sandusky with several families joining relatives and returning home for several days. Merlin Monagan of Brownhelm joins Harnish in Sunday hospitality. Thursday prayer meeting at the Methodist church parlor followed by a Sunday School board meeting that evening.
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Earl Litz
John Harnish
Eleanor Babcock
Huron
J J Heckel
Ruth Keller
Robert Foster
Elginia
Merlin Monagan
Brownhelm
Methodist
Real Estate Transfers Reported by Land Title Company
The Land Title Guarantee and Trust Company reports transfers including George Grossman to Blanche Heacock for property on Cleveland Road in Ridgeville Township. August E Kerckhoff to Blanche Heacock et al, to Dorothea Hasenkamp on Center Ridge Road Ridgeville Township. Blanche Heacock et al to August E Kerckhoff et al for Cleveland Road Ridgeville Township. L W McConnell to Geof Waite on Quarry Road Ridgeville Township.
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George Grossman
Blanche Heacock
Cleveland Road
Ridgeville Township
August E Kerckhoff
Blance Heacock
Dorothea Hasenkamp
Center Ridge Road
August E Kerchoff
L W McConnell
Geof Waite
Quarry Road
Recalls Days When Lincoln Was Elected
John W. Childers of Findley a formerly enslaved Negro pastor born in slavery marks his 23rd birthday on February 29. Elyrian Dr. Austin 8 McKitrick who once removed cataracts from his eyes recalls 1860 interest in Lincoln’s election and 1864 Union soldiers guarding Kentuckians’ vote, celebrating the public notice of Childers’ 22nd birthday and Dr McKitrick’s role in it.
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Findley
Austin 8. McKitrick
Childers
Lincoln
Dr. McKitrick
Property transfers in Lorain and Carlisle townships and Avon Lake
Deeds filed for multiple parcels across Lorain County including transfers in Brighton Clifton Avenue Avon Lake Carlisle Township Carlisle on Butternut Ridge Road Lot 30 and 31 and Sheffield Land Company additions. Notable parties include L W McConnell Victoria Falenski Margarete Latzke Edward Wiech Johanna Wiech and Mary Udovic with various undivided interests and the Union Joint Stock Land Bank of Detroit.
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Pittsfield
Wellington
L. W McConnell
Brighton Township
Victoria Falenski
Clifton Avenue
Lorain
Grant Sherman
E V Miller
Lake Shore Road
Avon Lake Village
W. Harrington
Margarete Latzke
Carlisle Township
Butternut Ridge Road
Nellie Harrington
Margareta Latzke
Carlisle
Steve Labuda
Michael J. Gluhank
Sheffield Land Co
Boxcar Homes Built To Ease Rent Problem In Topeka
Westbug, a plan to provide low priced living quarters, will add 38 boxcar homes on Topeka’s outskirts. The project, devised by Mrs. W R Fish after her husband’s death left her land, follows an earlier bungalow court idea that faced city commission opposition and planning hurdles.
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W R Fish
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Building Permits Fall Under New City Fees in February
Elyria building improvements estimated at 4,468 last month. L. P. Kakeer issued 22 building permits, 3 plumbing, 2 sign, 6 heating, and 1 electrical. Receipts totaled 23.25, a sharp drop due to the revised building code charges. Under the old ordinance permits would have totalled 44. Kaiser noted.
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Elyria
L. P. Kakeer
Kaiser
Mother and Daughter to Get Age Pensions
Liberty Missouri report notes two aging applicants, a 91 year old mother Mrs Battle Hyatt and 71 year old daughter Mrs Susie Moyer, among Clay Platte and Clinton counties old age pension seekers. A 101 year old woman was the oldest applicant.
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Charles William
Portland Bond Trial Sparks Moving 38 Boxcars
In Portland Oregon an eastern bond firm accepted $50,000 Northwestern Electric Co bonds printed in crude letterpress and miscolored. Fire department officials must approve refunding to move 38 boxcars for living quarters rented at $10 monthly. Each car will hold a living room kitchen hallway with bunks and a small garden plot. Residents may paint their boxcar homes with decorative touches.
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Northwestern Electric Co
Lorain County tax rates for 1935 expressed in mills
Lorain County Treasurer's Office Elyria Ohio issues 1936 notice listing mills levied on each dollar of taxable property for 1935. The general county fund 160 mills, bond retirement 40 mills total 200 mills, local levies vary by township and village including Avon and Avon Lake, with school levies applying to all property in each township. Special elections added 0.75 mill for Amherat Township districts. Dates listed for hearings: February 7 1936 to April 1 1936.
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Lorain
General County Fund
Avon Village
Avon Lake Village
Amherat
Lorain County Treasurers Office
Elyria
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