Women who keep maiden names after marriage, misjudged
George W. Wickersham, former attorney general, replies to Jane Grant and Lucy Stone League with a strong defense of women retaining their birth names. He argues marriage strengthens identity and lineage, condemning efforts to drop maiden names as misguided and detrimental to marriage itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Wickersham
United States
Lucy Stone League
Jane Grant
The
Teague
Balance and Folly End in Tragedy at Springfield Bank
The Springfield National Bank cashier, Penfield, attempted suicide after a failed scheme to gain from market speculation. The piece argues the era’s lure of luck over skill and warns that cheating fate harms both the guilty and innocent, with the balance of justice ultimately restoring moral order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield National Bank
Penfield
New Zealand
Springfield
God
Hidden Racial Fringes and Masks in Ku Klux Rhetoric
A 1921 document from the Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard extols the Invisible Empire in Georgia, signed in the Imperial City. The text mocks American tolerance while praising secrecy, ritual, and masked identity, reflecting the era’s toxic propaganda and claimed patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
United States of America
Imperi
Knights of the Ku Whax Klan
Yesterday's in Ohio elevator lamp bus nomination tornadic event
A storm system damaged Van and neighboring counties in Ohio, with reports of a tornado and resulting damage. Officials are assessing the impact while local crews respond to the aftermath. Communities in the affected area brace for continuing unsettled weather and potential power outages.
Komical Telegrams One Year Ago in The World
A garbled column notes jokes and captions about Edward G. Acheson and Edd Foy, plus assorted lines about radio slang, battery charging, and misc. chatter. It mentions Washington Pennsylvania and New York City hints, with scattered names and dated context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edd Foy
New York City
Fragmented Local Text Notes Speech and Radio Mentions
A garbled OCR style fragment mentions code words and phrases about returning home to give a speech and audio couplers. The readable parts reference speech, radio, and vocabulary but lack clear context, participants, dates, or locations.
Poems That Live by Tennyson Echoes and Elfland Horns
The poem describes splendor on castle walls and snowy summits, with light shaking across lakes and wild waterfalls. Echoes fire, respond, and fade, as distant, clear calls travel from hills and rivers to souls, growing endlessly.
The Famous Ged and The Theatre in Bh
A fragmented note mentions a theatre in Bh featuring the famous Ged. Details are sparse but indicate a stage show arrangement with notable performer Ged. Further context and location specifics are unreadable in the source text.
Moore for ambassador post and Chatham Island cats
Moore P. Alexander Moore son of Lillian Russell's connection to President Harding, a 56 year old Pittsburgh publisher and veteran journalist, is proposed as ambassador. He praises 42 years in journalism and plans to retire after selling The Pittsburgh Leader. Also mention notes on Chatham Island known as Island of Black Cats with feral cats feeding on fish and crabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander P. Moore
Aiswander
P. Moore
Ambassadorio
Pitts
Harding
Moore
Lillian Russell
Pittsburgh
The
Pittsburgh Leader
Td Publi
Chatham Island
Pacific Ocean
Ecuador
Reyne Java Foundation
Eost
Thirty-Five Years Ago Elyria Deaths and Local Notices
A series of late 19th or early 20th century notices record William Schallon dying at 128 North Maple Street after a short illness. He was 64, German-born, a carpenter, survived by five sons and siblings, with services at his home and Elyria Cemetery conducted by the Sons of Herman. Other local items include a fire destroying G. H. Arnold’s flour mill on East Bridge Street, a mayoral report noting liquor-law violations and fines, a post office notice about Canada mail, and Judge Lewis sentencing Elyria saloon keepers for liquor law violations. Mayor Gates pinned liquor use as a crime source. the mayor’s annual report cites 151 violations and $55 in state and £245 in village cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates
William Schallon
North Maile Street
Germany
Elyria
Lewis
William
Carl
August
Lohres
Parach
Price
Lorain
Herman
Hig
North Maple
W. S. Smith
Elyria Cemetery
Fragmentary note on animal foot feel and tremor sensitivity
The fragment describes a heavy animal nearly unable to approach a deer from behind due to a warning and extreme sensitivity to ground tremors. It notes the animal’s feet or pads and the challenge of quiet approach. The text appears as a muddled observation likely from natural history notes.
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Mr. Wickersham
Lowes
Hanes
Thin
Chronicle-Telegram
Second Street
Lorain County Fringee Publishing Comp
J. F. Burke
A. ©. Hudnutt
Elyria Postoffice
City
Ohio
International News Service
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
New York
A. BE. Clayden
Fifth Ave
Chicago
John W. Hunter
Marquette Bldg
Circulation News
Steenth
Doan
Cincinnati
Lam
Van
Coun
Komical
Edward G. Acheson
Washington
Havana
K. A
B. VY. D
Warren
J. Sally
Dred
Elfland
Purple Glens
Tennyson
Woo
Canada
James Bardill
East Avenue
Gall
G. H. Arnold
East Bridge Street
Matt Tomperat
Abe Martin
Viaiste Archaemigests
Aris
Gade
S.S.S
R M. Summers
Piano Man
Player Rolla
R. S. Millman
Millman
Broad St
Broadway
B. M. O’donnell
Elyria, Ohio
Escay
Ness
LC Manly i Eriends
Sflernoe
Fune
Johns Emoon Acoo
Pastor
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