Trial narrows to jury fate in Herron murder case
In New Philadelphia Ohio on May 1 the Herron murder trial heads to a verdict after both sides finish closing arguments. William Herron testified for nearly two and a half hours while his wife Bessie Herron described an alleged affair between Viola May and her husband. She testified she had long suspected the love between Viola and Herron and that she kept them apart until the fatal night. Herron testified his wife's suspicions were justified as he recounted the events surrounding the drive to Viola May's home.
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New
Philadelphia
William Herron
Igister
Viola May
Herron
Bessie Herron
Viola
Nlerron
Herros
Woman Dies After Drive Taken Night of Feb 7
A suggestion outlines that a drive was taken on the night of February 7 leading to her death and body being discarded into the Tuscarawas river. The case centers on a fatal incident linked to that February evening and the river location as the disposal site.
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Tuscarawas River
Wellington Church Notes Highlights for Mother's Day Observances
Sunday School at 9 30 led by W L Lamoreaux and lesson Jesus Enters Jerusalem. Morning service 10 30 subject The Ideal Woman. Mother's Day service with B Y P U led by Miss Ethel Clinesmith. Evening 7 39 Jephthah theme. Youth trip to Elyria May 18 with choir music. Church of Christ holds unified Mother's Day service at 10 and Lord's Supper follow. Methodist Episcoal 930 S S L A Johnson Supt Mother's Day sermon 10 45. Epworth candle lighting at 7 30. First Congregational observes Mother's Day with 9 20 S S and 6 30 B C Leona LaVon leader.
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Wellington
First Baptist Church
H. K. Finley
W. L. Lamoreaux
Jesus
Jerusalem
Ethel Clinesmith
Elyria
Wesley Miller
Church of Christ
C. W Perry
Methodist Episcopal
E. G. Earle
L. A Johnson
Epworth League
First Congregational
Charles W. Recard
S. S
J. C. MacDermot
C. B
Leona LaVon
Kathryn Ray and Kenneth Powell United in Mason Marriage
A wedding in a living room ceremony united Miss Kathryn Ray and Kenneth Powell of Mason Michigan at 4 PM Monday. Rev C W Recard officiated. A luncheon followed. The couple left Tuesday for Detroit for a brief visit before settling in Mason.
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Michigan
Sol Ray
Kathryn
Kenneth Powell
Mason
Mich
C. W. Recard
Races at Columbus Attend by Curtice Greetham Newman
Clarence Curtice joins Fred Greetham and Ralph Newman at Columbus races today as spectators.
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Clarence Curtice
Fred Greetham
Ralph Newman
Columbus
Piano Pupils First Congregational Church Recital Evening
Mr Fred Douglas is very ill with pleurisy. Mrs Lee Smith has the flu and is under the doctor's care. A large group of parents and friends of Treva Hill’s piano pupils gathered at the First Congregational Church auditorium Tuesday to enjoy the annual class recital. The second group of Mrs Hill’s class will give their recital in May.
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Fred Douglas
Lee Smith
Treva Hill
First Congregational Church
Ill
Junior Senior banquet at First Congregational church
Next Friday the annual Junior-Senior banquet will be held in the dining room of the First Congregational church. The banquet will be served by the Friendship Guild, mothers of the students in the two upper classes. Toast will follow the dinner and dancing in the school gymnasium.
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First Congregational Church
Friendship Guild
Penfield to stage Pollyanna amid local visits and notices
Penfield high seniors will present Pollyanna in four acts at the high school auditorium on Tuesday evening May 15 at 8 15. Cast includes Mrs Carmody and Gwendolyn Kellogg among others. Local visits note residents from Elyria Barberton LaGrange Mansfield and Toledo with church events and missionary society activities also reported.
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Penfield
Penfield High
Pollyanna
Carmody
Ladies’ Aid
Gwendolyn Kellogg
Mrs. Carroll
Amy Bradstock
Gregg
Dorothy Biggs
John
Nancy
Arthur Richmond
Chas. Baker
Elyria
Clyde Baker
Islands
Krebs
England
Hofkin
Frank
Social notes and visits around W A D Walsh residence
Dile of Akron and others visited W A D Walsh Saturday and Sunday. Ashland and Spencer guests joined. Lorain callers of Eva Nessmer's death noted. Birthday tribute at Five Points for Geo Wells. OSU student Lyndon Jones home for weekend. Talks by George Southwell on anti-saloon scope at Con-U-Met league.
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Chas. Olson
Lorain
Behnke
Olson
Belle Bradley
Myron Bradley
Bradley
Geo. Wells
Wellsh
Mildred Berkey
Babe
Willis Brswell
Lewis Jones
E. L. Pierce
B. G. Betts
Lyndon Jones
OS. UT
BE. Krebs
Anna Betz
Spencer
W. J
Mother's Day Observed at Community Church Pittsfield
In Pittsfield on May 11 Mrs M A Campbell notes Mother's Day observed at the Community church Sunday morning. Lena Dirlam attended the King's Daughters district convention in Medina on April 3. Richard Gibbons recovers from injuries from two months ago. Mr and Mrs Harry Crosier entertained their brothers Will Smith Frank Smith of Plyma. Mrs Lewis Gibbons ill with influenza. Roy Lounsbrough spent Wednesday in Cleveland. Mrs H Breyley and Mrs Theodore Breyley with Lena Dirlam and Mrs E Campbell attended the W C W U meeting of Wellington union at Mrs Wells home. Program on Mother and Home enjoyed. Breyley took part. A fleet of 22 airplanes left Selfridge field.
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Cleveland
H. Breyley
Theodore Breyley
Lena Dirlam
E. Campbell
Wellngton Union
Mrs. Wells
Pittsfield
Selfridge Field
Government planes tour south on 30 day investigation trip
Fifteen government planes with 122 crew travel from Mt. Clemens Michigan through Pittsfield Richard Gibbons farm Lengley field and on toward North Carolina Georgia Texas and St Louis before returning to Selfridge field. The mission spans thirty days with eight crew per transport. Local residents George Burgess and Harry Crosser family friends visited during the weekend and midweek.
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Mt. Clemens
Mich
Pittsfield
Richard Gibbons
Stanley Gibbons
Lewis Gibbons
Gibbons
Lengley Field
West Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Texas
St. Louis
Washington
Selfridge Field
George Burgess
Rocky River
Harry Crosser
Wallace Court
B. F. Dudley
R. E. Campbell
Mystery Shooting In Niagara Falls Elks Secretary
Jacob H. Hanson Elks lodge secretary in Niagara Falls New York said while briefly conscious that he saw a man with a gun in front of his car and tried to escape. Officials believe coast guardsmen mistook him for a liquor runner and the shooting may trigger a U S senate investigation.
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Jacob H. Hanson
The
Elks Lodge
Niagara Falls
N. Y
U. S. Senate
Hospital Patient Killed by Auto in Cleveland Grounds
Archie Watkins, 42, a City hospital patient, died yesterday after leaping in front of an automobile on hospital grounds.
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Cleveland
Archie Watkins
City Hospital
Despondent man ends life in Cleveland alley scene
Cleveland May 11 police said Frank Persewski age 65 hanged himself in an alley after months of jobless unemployment. He left a note implying despair and referenced nearby streets known for rough areas. Authorities described the incident as a self inflicted death in a public passage.
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Cleveland
Frank Persewski
Paris to replace gas lamps with electric lights
Paris plans to modernize its street lighting by removing many antiquated gas lamp posts. Thousands of electric lamps will replace them before summer, transforming narrow streets and elevating the city’s famed title The City of Light. The shift reflects government plans and the arrival of new electrical infrastructure.
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Paris
City of Light
Pipe cost woman's life in Belfast fire tragedy
Mrs. Catherine Hooper perished when a leaking pipe ignited her bedclothes in Belfast. The blaze started in the early hours, investigators say, with neighbors reporting a rapid outbreak that trapped the victim in her room before fire crews arrived. Her death highlights housing hazards and older plumbing risks in the district.
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Belfast
Catherine Hooper
Lepipe
Salvation Army Bus Carried 18 Mothers and 249 Children
London report notes the first guests aboard a Salvation Army bus were 18 women who are the mothers of 249 children. The event marks a humanitarian gesture as organizers welcomed families in a city effort to aid those in need.
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London
Salvation Army
South African liquor law bars women as barmaids
New South Africa liquor law bans women from working as barmaids with the prohibition already enforced in the Transvaal region.
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Transvaal
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