Two Army Fliers Die In Midair Crash At Langley Field
Langley Field Virginia May 9 Two army aviators are dead and another gravely hurt after two planes collided during air maneuvers above the field in front of visitors led by the American Bankers Association. The dead are Lieut Cliphra Amara 85 and Lieut Robert J Brown Jr 36 of Framington Mass The injured is Capt Percy G Black 36 of the Eighth Field Artillery son of Maj William M Black retired. The crash occurred as the planes locked wings about 200 feet above the ground. observers said the observation plane piloted by Black did not see the seaplane flown by Amari and Brown did not see him.
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Langley Field
Fort Monroe
American Bankers Association
Cliphra Amara
Siamese Air Corps
Robert J. Brown, Jr
Framington
Mass
Percy G. Black
Eighth Field Artillery
William M Black
USA
Black
Brown
Amari
Collision Near Landing Field Inaccurate Proximity Reported
Two pilots reportedly watched the landing field and did not notice each other’s craft before impact. Authorities believe both were focused on approach, suggesting limited visibility or miscommunication as factors.
Rail line to Oberlin advances as gravel trains follow
Taken from our files 64 years ago reports rapid progress on the Oberlin railroad line with gravel trains to follow track layers and trains to run at high speed once the last rail is laid. The Rawsonville Catholic church cornerstone ceremony is planned for Wednesday. The town council approves Broad Street pavement from Beebe House to near depot and seeks bids to extend pavement west to West Avenue, promising a dry main street year round.
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Elyria Independent Democrat
Oberlin
Rawsonville
Broad Street
Beebe House
West Avenue
Strangers Attend Dedication of St John’s Church in Elyria
About 2,000 visitors, mainly from Cleveland, gathered in Elyria on Sunday for the dedication of St John’s church. The National House has ceased as a hotel and carpenters work to repurpose the building for YMCA occupancy.
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Elyria
Cleveland
St. John’s Church
National House
Y.M C. A
Elyria inventors test ice machine in smoke house
Report notes Elyria residents experimenting with an ice machine and achieving a four foot long icicle two inches in diameter frozen in a smoke house in under two hours. North Amherst weighs action to block the L A M S Railroad from raising tracks that would spoil the village’s appearance.
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North Amherst
Wellington Extension Work and Local Option Repeal Vote
80 YEARS AGO. May 10 1900. Work on the Wellington extension of the C E W Railroad began on South Main Street Oberlin with a force from both ends. The Lorain branch is being pushed to completion. Wellington voters approved repeal of the local option liquor ordinance 234 to 41, and a closing ordinance and possibly a screen ordinance may be introduced at the next village meeting.
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Elyria Republican
Wellington
South Main Street
Oberlin
Lorain
Meeti Og
Lorain County Awards six contracts for streets and sewers
The Lorain County board of control awarded six contracts totaling nearly 30000 dollars for the Williams street sewer project iron sulphate for water works and paving on Chestnut Furnace Cedar Pine Hast and West streets. A second item notes Elyria need not build a new central fire station if it buys a combination fire apparatus after a review by a state inspector. Bids to macadamize 16 miles of roads in Lorain County were opened at Road District No.1 office.
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Board of Control
Williams Street
Chestnut Street
Furnace Street
Cedar Street
Pine Street
Hast Avenue
West Street
Elyria
Bureau of Insurance Companies
Lorain County
H. L. Dunham
Religious census to map Elyria church affiliation
A May 16 1920 religious census will be conducted in Elyria under Federated Churches of Lorain county. Visitors will call on every family to learn church preferences of unaffiliated residents and encourage them to join a church of their choice. Incorporation papers were filed in Columbus for Seymour Garter Company Century Print Shop and Lorain County Motors Company with capitals of 25000 75000 and 25000 respectively. First National Bank of Elyria plans rebuild of Cheapside block after acquiring Reed Brothers shoe store, with a 75000 building permit issued.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Federated Churches of
Lorain County
Columbus
Seymour Garter Company
Machine Gun Victims at Ohio Penitentiary
Victims of an accidental machine gun discharge at an Ohio state penitentiary include Columbus, James W. Ross, and Albert Freeman of Cleveland. Freeman, released from hospital after burns from a rescue fire that killed 322, died in their leap. Beaver Oklahoma Panhandle once No Man's Land, now a prosperous agricultural area with $9,000,000 taxable wealth and modern farm homes.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
James W. Ross
Albert Freeman
Cleveland
Freeman
Beaver
Okla
Beaver County
Oklahoma Panhandle
No Man's Land
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Army Fliers Inmaneuers
West Broad
Fred H. Todd
West River St
Eleria, Ohio
Shere
New Fisher Food Markets
Fisher Grocery
Kellogg’s
Armour’s
Fisher Food Markets
Cleveland Street
Fisher’s Peanut Butter
Virginia
Cee Eav Sen
WERK
Camay Soap
Gekos
Fisher
Ats
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