Mystery caretaker lands job at Coomber House
In a Byford Moor tale set at the haunted Coomber House, a shy clerk interviews a projected caretaker, Mr. Bones, amid rumors of disappearances and a headless elephant. Mr. Spriggs finally hires Bones, warning him to be discreet as he begins the strange post.
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Byford Moor
Brown
Mr. Spriggs
Mr. Sprigge
Spriggs
Eve
Adam
Coomber ‘Ouse
Coomber
Guser
Temptation
Ana
Strok
Canada
Vis
Mr. Bones
Coomber House
Br. Bones
Mr. Spaggs
Woman's Union Federation meeting at Evangelical church
Mrs Arthur Law and children and Mrs Irvin Kinnect and son Eugene with Mrs J L Law of Elyria attended the Woman's Union Federation meeting at the Evangelical church in South Grafton on May 2.
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Grafton
Arthur Law
Irvin Kinnect
Eugene
J. L. Law
Elyria
Woman's Union Federation
Evangelical Church
South
Amherst Visitors and Local Social Gatherings Noted
Amherst last Thursday featured Mrs G A Reisenger of De Funiak Springs Florida as a house guest of Mrs Grace Park. She plans to visit relatives in Ohio while staying in the area. Mr and Mrs William Buckingham Sr hosted dinner with their daughter Mrs W H Stegman in Elyria and called on Mr and Mrs Ray Trenchard. Bertha Harrison and son Robert and Miss Millicent Mennell from Cleveland spent the weekend with the Mennell family. Mrs Wm Pfeiffer of Carlisle, a former Grafton township resident, underwent an operation for complications from a recent illness.
Community notes detail visits and illness around Elyria area
The list records hospital goitre cases at Charity Hospital Cleveland and social visits across LaGrange, Rocky River, Amherst, Elyria, and Chatham. Families like Aldrich, Buckham, Klinert, Hosler, Harrison and Lehman appear amid measles, mastoid illness, and a spring vacation. A play by Elyria Eastern Star members and Adelbert Dunlap building a Center Street house round out the items.
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Earl Cragin
Carl Packard
Chatham
Earl Durkee
Eugene Klinert
Irvin Klinert
W. H. Buckingham
la Grange
Wm. Buckingham
Jack Lyner
Cleveland
Buckingham
James Lilley
Grace Park
Estella Aldrich
Claire Wolfe
D. A. Swartz
Ira
Dewey Aldrich
Aldrich
B. B. Harrison
Chicago
Misa Hazel Harrison
Miss Harrison
Vienna Mennell
Susan Cragin
Hattie Swartz
Violet Swartz
Mary Hitchcock
C. Esselbaugh
Gee, Franks
Wm. Finley
Julian Sheldon
Ira Swartz
Elyria
Shapter
Masonite
Adelbert Dunlap
Center Street
Alice Banks
Local Social Notes Highlight Community Visits and Tornado Damage
A Wellington gathering hosted Mrs Edith Howard and others with 132 in attendance at Sunday school. Cedar Lane area reports a Monday dinner. Belden area tornado damage includes unroofed barns and downed trees with several residents affected. Community members, including Klinect, Schott, and Rawson families, visit relatives in Elyria and nearby towns as local events span operettas, commencements, and a rural track meet at Oberlin.
Hapwood Brightman couples share sixty fourth anniversary dinner
In Eaton on April 26 Mr and Mrs Hapwood marked 64 years of marriage while Mr and Mrs Brightman celebrated their 60th anniversary with a six o'clock dinner at the Hapwood home. Granddaughter and husband Mr and Mrs A L Brightman from Berea attended with Mrs Mame Cornish the sole other guest.
Lawsuit costs hit landlord tenant case in Watsonville
In Watsonville California Smith MacKenzie pursued a civil suit against Walter L and Thelma Scott seeking 140 dollars back rent. The Scotts showed they paid the 140 and 60 cents extra for an unspecified convenience. MacKenzie lost fifty cents plus attorney fees in the registry fray. The text also references a rough meter and notes the rise of automobile use and the last horse Insurance company dissolving in Montgomery County Pennsylvania.
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Watsonville
Cal
Smith MacKenzie
Walter L
Thelma Scott
MacKenzie
Scotts
Auton,mobile
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania
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Claude Terry
Cavagna Bros
Ely Blk
Ohio
Edith Howard
Lucy Robson
J. W. Tran
Winifred Tran
T. M. Pfeiffer
Wellington
E. A. Kelley
Runcheon
You and 1 Literary Ab
East
Harry Knopf
Parma
Irvin
James Aldrich
Laverne
Chas
Rawson
LaGrange
Ann Holcomb
Lee Mennell
J. D. Mennell
Irvin Kinnest
W. H. Klinect
D. A. Swarts
Franks Schott
Garden Grove
Iowa
Alfred Schott
Henrietta
Frank Schott
Indiana
Geo. Schott
Ed Schaefer
Geo. Grabenstetter
E. M. Hathaway
N. J. Haskin
Adella Haskin
Grace Cook
Jean
Lester Cook
Betty
Harry Haren
Anos Austin Se
Big Cleveland
F. D. Langdon
Fay
Ellsworth Hawke
Belya
Itarien Crowell
Jean Cook
Columbia High School
Columbia
Walter Cornish
M. Hopwood
Medina
Brunswick
Oberlin
Tech
A. J. Carpenter
I. N. Havens
Birmingham
Chester Carpenter
Mar
Myra Durnell
Marian Hall
Alma Hawke
Mae Howard
Maude Humphrey
Garnet Jackson
Alice Smith
Esther Yes
Yvestes Carpenter Oan Durkee
Leland Durkee
Harvey Littlefield
Merle Phelpy
Robert Splete
Russell Tite
S. ¥. Garretson
Adelia Hoskin
Ralph Hennie
Will Hennie
Thuomas Sampson
Crom Civ Sland
George Harrickon
Kenneth
Meee
F. M. Sponsellor
Elgin
Savings & Frost
Bours
K. A. Lewis
Karl W. Plocher
Lorain Co. Bank
Aungry
Oberlin Road
The
Lee Whitney Co
Broad Street
East Avenue
General Electric
Ohio Public Service Co
Cities Service Co
Cities Fee
the Heldrayer Hardware Company
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