Two Die in Norwalk Fire As Family Perishes
In Norwalk Ohio, a family fire claimed two lives and left several injured. Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. perished in the blaze at their State Street home, while their 21 month old Donald and three year old son died at a hospital. The father, George Mundy, and a mother not named were also burned. Fire origin under investigation. local hostler employed by the Lake Erie Railway helped pull others from the burning structure. In separate notices, the District Advisory Council of Lorain County health officials met in Elyria with Mayor Henry Smith elected chair and Dr. A McIntosh reporting on health work and budgets. The meeting highlighted per capita costs, vital statistics, and sanitation efforts across 32,843 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awalk
Paul C
Mily
Donald
George Mundy
Spital Mundy
Ing and Lake Erie Railway
Department of Health
Lorain County
Elyna Savings & Trust Co
Henry Smith
Oberlin
J J Smythe
Amherst
W A MclIntosh
District Board of Health
T H Rogers
Grafton
W. C. Park
A McIntosh
McIntosh
Elsha
Lorain
Department of Hygiene
Schick
Division of Sanitation
W R. Morrison
Harold M. Metcalf
C C Hammon
State Board of Health
Ruth Paddock
R. N
Explosion at Pennsylvania oil field kills workers reported
A gas or nitric explosive in a Brandon’s Magazine near Nelin Pennsylvania造成 a blast at midday. Reports indicate several workers killed with injury details scarce. Foreman Davis among those missing or killed as rescue crews rush to the scene about 18 miles from City. Telephone lines exist but doctors are being summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelin
Brandon's
Here
Tal
Ge Davis
The
Amorous Ferguson Bride and Divorces Timeline
The article recounts Ferguson’s marriages ending in divorce. It notes her first husband died, her second husband Clarke Jr. to whom she was wed seven years, and a 1905 divorce suit against Isaac Grant for cruelty and neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
So Clarke, Jr
Harriman National
Paris
Loran
Isaac Grant
Kate Claxton Famed Actress Found Dead
New York May 6 famed retired actress Kate Claxton died suddenly in her apartment. A star of Broadway and the provinces a generation ago she thrilled audiences in The Two Orphans East Lynn Camille and scores of other plays. She was known as Americas Sarah Bernhardt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kate Claxton
Broadway
Provinces
East Lynn
Camille
Sne
America
Sarah Bernhardt
Great Bungling Brothers Circus Heads to May Show
The Great Bungling Brothers and Sorepaugh's Combined Circus returns for a second annual appearance in the city on May 8 and 9 at a local venue. The event promises a larger cast, new acts, trained animals, side shows by community groups, and a two ring main production from seven to eight with grand entry to finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Bungling Bros
Association
Rotary Club
Kiwanians
Research Club
WC. A
American Legion
Ballyhooers
Shooting fright in Hagenbeck-Wallace circus tent
Eight thousand spectators in the Hagenbeck-Wallace tent panicked when a shooting affray broke out in an adjoining tent. Henry Mayers, a circus machinist, was fatally wounded by a pistol shot through the right lung. a suspect fled as a poker game in the actors tent preceded the gunfight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stelbenville
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Henry Mayers
Mayers
Lorain Bus Injunction Made Permanent In Court
Judge W B Thompson made the temporary Lorain bus injunction permanent after ruling Mayor Grall's orders to ban buses on certain streets and to ban unlicensed bus service were illegal. The court found the city sought to enforce a non operative ordinance and enjoined enforcement. It held the State Utilities Commission has jurisdiction over bus route regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
W. B. Thompson
Grall
State Utilities Commission
Burns kill matron at home in Wooster
Daniel Villers, 52, burned to death at her Wooster residence on May 6. The dress reportedly caught fire and she had gone to the cellar with matches, where her charred body was discovered shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matron Wooster
Daniel Villers
City Seeks More Time on Sewage Plant and Street Work
The council ordered the clerk to ask the State Board of Health for more time to build a sewage disposal plant citing tax burdens. A sidewalk on Caroline street was ordered, Woodford avenue paving was rejected, Caldwell avenue declared city street, and Washington avenue bridge repairs were approved. Clean-Up Week costs were raised by 225, with 1116 loads already hauled to the dump. a new police motorcycle was approved. Franchises and finance actions were noted as routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Caroline Street
Woodford Avenue
Caldwell Avenue
Washington Avenue
James Heratt
House bandit shot during attempted robbery in Stelbenville
In Stelbenville Ohio on May 6 Henry W ers of Lebanon Indiana was fatally shot during an attempted house robbery at T F Roach residence. Accomplice Wayne Treveek, 16, was arrested while Myers is hospitalized in Ohio Valley Hospital in critical condition after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stelbenville
Henry Wers
Lebanon
Indiana
Ivers Wag
F Roach
Vermilion Cuts Off Street Lights In debt crisis
Vermilion, OQ, May 6. The summer resort village sat without street lights as it cannot pay its $1,800 electric bill. The decision to switch off the lights was made due to inability to meet the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermilion
Vilage 14
TZ HORSES BURNED IN AXRON FIRE
Akron reports a barn fire at City Coal Company killing twelve horses. Fire marshal to investigate. In Steubenville a May 1 blaze at Dlerale grade school destroyed building. 700 students left without facilities. four hour effort confined fire to three story structure. In Springfield a plan for Methodist church union was recommended by a joint commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Dlerale
Manual Training Department
Akron
City Coal Company
Springfield
Mass
Methodiist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
General Conference
Willam F McDowell
Washington, D. C
Cascade Park Considers Three Pool Designs
Plans for a new swimming pool at Cascade Park are prepared by George G Gascoigne of Cleveland and will be reviewed by Engineer Jack Powell this week. Three types are under consideration: a 60 by 120 foot rectangular pool, an oval pool, and a 120 foot diameter circular pool with shallow and deep areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Park
George G Gascoigne
Cleveland
Jack Powell
the Park Board
House Tests Pure Democracy With Bill Bypassing Committees
Washington May 6 The House of Representatives debates a Barkley bill to abolish the Railroad Labor Board and create regional arbiters while insurgents press a committee-free process to avoid pigeonholing. Administration foes mount a filibuster style counter attack as adjournment nears. In Chicago an assistant attorney general testifies before the Wheeler Brookhart panel about Landis charges. In Columbus parades mark Aladdin Temple spring ceremonial opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
House
Barkley
United State Railway Labor Board
Inter-State Commerce Committee
Senate
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
D. W. Middiekauff
Chicago
Wheeler- Brookhart Committee
Landis
Philip Grossman
Columbus
Red
Fez
Aladdin Temple
Elyria Board Praises Faithful Service and Resigns
The Elyria city board of education met in the rebuilt Washington building and accepted principal R P Vaughn’s resignation after twenty years with the district. The board discussed the new administration, teacher staffing for the next year, and an offer of Indian relics. a resolution praising Vaughn’s service was drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Education
Washington
R. P. Vaughn
Elyria
Vaughn
Charles Crehore
Thomas Cook
Americanization Association
R C. Masten
H .W. Ingersoll
Bobbed Hair Bandit Given Long Sentence
Cecily Cooney and her husband Edward were sentenced to ten to twenty years each for robbery in New York. The couple, linked to a sensational crime wave, received the maximum term amid packed crowds as they left the courthouse. Cooney to Auburn Prison. Edward to Sing Sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cecily Cooney
Broooklyn
Edward
Martin
Cooney
Auburn
Sing Sing
Jacksonville
Fla
Elyria students stage National Republican Mock Convention
Hight Elyria students at Oberlin College will stage a National Republican Mock Convention May 12 and 13 to mimic real conventions. Senator J F Burke will chair the first night and Carmine Thompson will preside the second. Students organize the event and will form state delegations with a parade of costumes floats and stunts. The two evenings feature keynote speeches delegate elections and the final presidential ticket. Delegates from Elyria include Linda May Blanchard Bent Racz Esa Anderson and others with Dorothy Be Mildred Corfman listed among organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Abraham Lincoln
McKinley
Roosevelt
Elyria
Linda May Blanchard
Fifth Street
Bent Racz
West River St
Esa Anderson
Lon S File Humpster
Bradford Stetson
Gates
Liquor Maker May Go to Pen
Sheriff Underhill with Lorain deputies raided Mike Jugan at Stop 47 on the Green Line. They found a still and confiscated three gallons of liquor and 100 gallons of mash. A second offense, the law now allows a penitentiary sentence, but Jugan has not yet been arraigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Underhill
Salsbury
Chambers
Ruey
Lorain
Mike Jugar
Stop 47
Green Line
Jugan
Ohio
Columbus
Confession of Old Horse Theft Shocks Fort DeMoines
In Fort DeMoines Iowa a man named Earl Anderson alias John Malone claims army service under an assumed name. Police Chief E J Stankard receives the letter noting a past horse theft and bus theft locally. Local stables report missing livestock but cannot recall a person named Anderson or Malone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort DeMoines
E J Stankard
Earl Anderson
John Malone
Loral
Malone
Citizens Take Naturalization Oath as 140 Seek Papers
Judge W. Thompson oversees naturalization for 140 men over two days. Each applicant must bring two witnesses, with some arriving under one witness rule. Draft evaders lose earlier status and must reapply, while final documents are mailed after admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Thompson
Naturalization Offce
Court House
Thompson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aughn
Nork
Norwalk
Ildren
Paul C. Mundy
ST Rocks
Ninsylvania Iis District
Ephone
Commonwealth
Ie Ferguson
Yone
Hes Taasa Ner
Vredericy Worlock
Enzror
Perguson
Moon Tlower
Wil
Man
Louisiana
Joseph Giglio
Joseph Bocchio
Joseph Rini
Andrea Lamantia
Rosario Leona
Natale Deamore
Joseph A Joseph Bocchio
Caliis Calmes
Calmes
Independence
F. W. Coen
Theorain Street Railway
Ihe
Ctv
Axron
Railroad Labor Board
Avs
Cnariotte Webster
Washington Ave
Dorothy Be
Third
Mildred Corfman
Parkne
Yank
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!