Ancient Maidens Love for Pastor Wins Cell
Ada Brush and her sister Phoebe, once heirs to a Long Island estate valued around $1,000,000, were released from a state hospital after a 1910 improper commitment ruling by Justice Arthur S. Tompkins. The sisters claimed they were kidnapped and confined to the asylum to block a marriage to a much younger minister. The affair and legal struggle long circulated with details of escapes and habeas corpus cases.
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White Plains
N. Y
Ada Brush
Phoebe Brush
Ese Tral IsHpon
Supreme Court
Arthur S. Tompkins
Ada
Phoebe
Bing
Iina
Misses Brush
Long Island
Florence Ferguson
Tompkins
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Port Jefferson
Dust Storms Wreck Wheat and Hinder Lines Across Midwest
A vast dust storm and blizzard raged from Kansas to Wisconsin with wind speeds from forty seven to one hundred miles per hour. Wheat fields suffered damage in Kansas while rail and wire lines were impaired. In Topeka and Kansas City signs and trees fell injuring several people. Snow and sleet piled into drifts across Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin as automobiles collided in Denver.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wiscosin
Denver
Group Ends Life Prepare for Croup Attack Now
Parents of children should be prepared for a croup attack with a ready relief plan. Buy a 69 cent HYOMEL bottle and pour 26 drops into boiling water to create a vapor for the child to inhale while awaiting a doctor. The ad promises relief, urges quick action, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Taft
Bryn Mawr College
C. W. Phillips
Ady
Dust storms suspend Colorado trains and cover rails
Dust clouds in northwest Colorado hid the sun for hours and buried the tracks of the Colorado and Southern railroad forcing detours. The Denver and Salt Lake railroad suspended operations in the mountain district due to a 100 mile per hour gale.
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Colorado
Coorado & Southern Railroad
Denver & Salt Lake Railroad
Mountain District
Passeg
Britain extends large loans to Poland in new cables
Washington reports Britain has lent Poland 26 million pounds to buy British goods and 300 thousand pounds for transport charges on 100000 tons of U S grain. In Lorain Ohio solicitors begin a ten day drive for 450000 dollars for a community building and a religious survey is planned.
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Washington
Great Britain
Poland
Hugh Gibson
Warsaw
United States Grain Corporation
Lorain
Packard
Grandma's Remedy Sulpheric Tablets Advertisement
An old advertisement touts Sulpheric Tablets as a cure for thick sluggish blood and a wide range of ailments. It claims skin improvements and toxin elimination through regular use for a month or two, promising benefits for both children and adults and listing a 50 cent price.
Versailles Pact Faces Final Senate Decision
The Senate cleared the floor for a decisive roll call on the Versailles Pact to keep ratification on track. Tensions rose between Senator Warren G. Harding and Senator Irvine L. Lenroot as Lenroot resisted a vote today and Harding urged departure for Cincinnati. The chamber passed a resolution backing Ireland's independence aims by 38 to 86, with both Ohio senators voting against.
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Washington
Senate
Sherp
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Harding
Koep
Cincinnati
Hls
United States
Ireland
Great Britain
Gladys Deacon Wins Damages Against Daily Graphic
London court awards Miss Gladys Deacon and costs over a January 1 Daily Graphic article claiming she was banished from Germany. The paper apologized and stated there was no foundation for the claim, noting Deacon’s only meeting with the German crown prince occurred at Blenheim with the Duchess of Marlborough.
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London
X2fiss
Gladys Deacon
Boston
Mass
Radziwill
Daily Graphic
Miss Deacon
Germany
Slag Fire Smoldering on Road in Lorain for Years
In Lorain Ohio National Tube Co fights a slag refuse fire burning on a road for three years as local efforts to smother the blaze continue. A hospital ward trusty Joseph Umser died in Lima while attempting a second floor escape by grasping a strap and falling. Amser, reportedly connected to Tit fn, had relatives in Lima.
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Lorain, O
Natonalj Tube Co
Trusty
Lama
Joseph Umser
Lima State Hospital
Amser
Titfn
A Simple Way To Remove Dandruff
A simple nightly treatment using plain liquid from any store claims to dissolve and destroy dandruff. Apply four ounces moistened into the scalp before bed. by morning most dandruff vanishes and repeated use leaves hair fluffy glossy and soft with no itching.
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Cruz
Pepto-Mangan Promises Vitality From Blood Tonic
An old advertisement extols Gude's Pepto Mangan as a blood tonic that boosts energy and red blood cell production. It claims many have regained vigor and happiness by using the liquid or tablet form, urging readers to seek the genuine Gude's on the package.
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Gude
Cude
Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand Health Tonic Ad
A vintage ad promoting Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand as a nerve tonic. It claims to restore energy and vigor, reduce nervousness and headaches, and promise improvement within two days. Refund offered if no benefit after one box. authorized by C W Phillips and local druggists.
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Philips
Wendell’s
V.gorous
C. W. Phillips
Eleven street paving project in Lorain to start in May
Lorain Ohio city plans to let a single contract for eleven streets totaling three miles at a cost of about one half million dollars. City Engineer Miller says bidding will occur early in May.
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U. Penfound, Jr
Ober- 1
Elyria
Chester White Od Sons
Farrow
Adriance
Enug
Keystone
Lorain
Miller
Police Probe Planned in Lorain Tangle
Lorain officials announced a city police department probe. Mayor W. F. Grall said the Task Force and ser vice commission will examine the department’s tangled operations and potential issues.
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Lorain
SerVice Commission
Tangle
W. F. Grall
Lorain City Council Awards Damages to Kern
The Lorain city council approved an award of $100 to Franklyn Kern for injuries he sustained when struck by an automobile driven by Chief Hatt while Kern was en route to a fire.
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Lorain
Franklyn Kern
Hatt
Try This to Banish All Rheumatic Pains
An advertisement claims Rheuma relieves rheumatic and sciatica pain quickly. It promises joint and muscle relief in days with a small bottle and a money back guarantee if relief does not occur. C W Phillips at Wars sells Rheuma.
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C W Phillips
Substitutes Fill Class as Primary Teach Has Illness
In Columbia Station Ohio on March 19 two eighth grade pupils step in for Miss Rose Cassel the primary grade teacher while she is ill.
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Columbia Station
Eight Crade
Mas Rose Casel
Liquor Confiscations Prompt Penalties in Lorain
Police raided Sam Nagy and Bert 23t street stores, seizing three gallon cans of whiskey for illicit sale. Nagy paid a Cleveland buyer 720 dollars for the cans and faces fines from 270 to 860 dollars for possessing intoxicating liquors for commercial purposes. "Test a heart breaking tragedy," Nagy declares.
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Loran
Joan Galla
Hhe
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Galla
Nagy
Lorain
Sam Nagy
Nasy
Return of Jugo-Slavs and Hungaria Migrants
Letters received from Lorain indicate Jugo-Slav and Hungaria migrants who departed last fall are returning to America. A separate police report notes Angellc Petcof was pickpocketed of $31.
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Lorain
Ed Crable
Hungaria
Ohio
Amerea
Health board names members amid Lorain dispute
Lorain Ohio health board names Grikis and Geotee as new members amid a debate over hospital facilities and leadership. The move follows tension between factions aligned with Grall and other local officials.
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Lorain, O
Grikis
Gieeson
Grall
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Reert
Demggtst
City Hardware Company
Oosevelt
Roosevelt
Glasse
EH. Barrett
Broad St
East Ave
Brown Hotel
Ublic Auction
J. R. Hadaway
Eason Auctioneer
Cantle
Taft
Tompking
U. S
Lorain, C
Werdlet
Fritz
Hiram
New York
TEAC
Fen Fay Fo Tee Hed Es Peer Cay Gianceal
Broad Street
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