Youth shoots two on farm near Somerset
Gerald Miller, 22, killed his step grandmother Mrs Pauline Crossan and William Lardier in a farm house near Somerset. Miller, released from a state hospital last November, fired when Mrs Crossan opened the door. He may be returned to a state hospital or sent to Lima for the criminal insane. Coroner reports both victims died of blood loss and shock. Miller was taken into custody in Somerset after confessing to the crime.
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New Lexington
Gerald Miller
Lima Institution
Somerset
Pauline Crossan
William Lardier
Columbus
Miller
Arthur Prugh
Fred Helser
Crossan
Lardier
Boys Take Up Nature Project
Lorain County farm boys join a contest to create the most Four-H Clubs for summer. Horton B. Alger notes two new clubs and a Nature project with three Columbia Four-H members, plus ten more in the same club. Henrietta see twelve boys in six projects including toolbits gardens potatoes. Sheriff statements and funerals follow unrelated arrest and transfer to Columbus.
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Lorain County
Horton B. Alger
Alger
Columbia
Columbia Club
A. WM. Bosier
Henrietta
Car Bates
Mother's Day Dinner Guests Gather in Lagrange
Mr and Mrs A H Pomeroy hosted a large family gathering Sunday with elaborate gifts and a bountiful dinner. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Charles Peroy and two daughters, Mr and Mrs Claston Pomeroy and children, Mr and Mrs John Pomeroy and family, Mrs Reed and Miss Gertrude Van Ess of Cleveland, and Mr and Mrs Floyd Ward and two children of Charen Street. Ruth Rockwood of Oberlin College was home over the weekend. Melvin Halliwell paints the Rursey house on South Main. Little Melvin Moulder was hospitalized Tuesday for pneumonia. Mr and Mrs Vernon Rundle and family dined with their mother in Elyria Sunday.
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A. H. Pomeror
Charles Peeroy
Claston Pomeroy
John Pomeroy
Reed
Gertrude van Ess
Cleveland
Floyd Ward
Charen Street
Ruth Rockwood
Ober
College
Ireekened
B. L. Wilcox
Ashland
Melvin Haliwell
Rursey House
South Main St
Little Melvin Moulder
Vernon Rundle
Elrria Sundar
Emtona treatment praised by Mrs. Kelley for kidney relief
Mrs Frank Kelley of 780 Kendwickhead Lane credits Emtona with ending years of kidney back pain and digestive distress after about a month of use. She reports improved digestion, regular bowels, and overall health gains, urging others to try a free sample at Mann’s Cut Rate Drug Store, 13 Broad Street.
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Emtona
Elsa
Sears
Frank Kelley
Kendwickhead
Mann's
Cut Rate
Broad Street
Wedding Glimpse Mirrors Twenty Five Years of Marriage
A May 7 surprise party at Bird Wilcox home celebrated a twenty five year wedding anniversary. Relatives from Amherst Elvira and Mayfield joined Clyde Nugent Edward Wilcox Fred Freeman and others for an evening of tribute and refreshments planned by the couple’s daughters and sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird Wilcox
Clyde Nugent
Charles Sparks
Amherst
Edward F. Wilcox
Fred Freeman
William McMillan
Elvrra
Henry Gott
Frank J. Knowles
A. F. Wilcox
Will Wilcox
G. J. Law
B. L. Wilcox
Litchfield track meet yields top five finishes at Me
Litchfield high school placed fifth in team standings and seventh in girls division at a Me track meet. Burton Dague won the half mile, Lucile Round tied for second in the running high jump with Calleen Hance fourth, Eugene Hallaway fourth in the 50 yard dash. Moss Myrtle Abe accompanied the squad as coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Burton Dague
Lucile Round
Calleen Hance
Eugene Hallaway
Moss Myrtle Abe
Law Couple Marks Forty Fifth Wedding Anniversary
The forty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Jacob Law of Elyria was celebrated at their son Arthur Law s home. A bountiful dinner for eight children followed a surprise on Sunday May 10. The hy drangea centerpiece and a day of visiting and photo sharing framed the gathering. Attendees included extended families from Elyria Columbia Station Parma Litchfield and other nearby towns. Commencement exercises in the Congregational church on May 22 will feature Dr Mason as speaker with the high school orchestra. Various relocations and families’ updates also appear in the column.
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Jacob Law
Elya
Arthur Law
Edam Law
Harry McKee
Iva Lee McKee
Irvin Winneet
Franklin Law
Viola Osenvhal
Elyria
Frank Neumeier
Columbia Station
Arthur Canteld
Mallet Creek
Harry Knopf
Parma
Litchfield
Mrs. Law
Congregational Church
Mason
Ashland College
Orrin Kellogg
H. L. Helladay
Clare Sears
Richmond
York
Goodrich Co
B. R. Turner
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Ashur Chapin
Norman Ausmuth
Penfield
Clyde Wideman
Donald
Medina
Carrie Porter
Cora Pelt
Congregational
Fiske
Cleveland
Junior Christian Endeavor
Round Home
Ridgeville Grange Plans Spring Meeting Program
Ridgeville Grange held a May 12 meeting with a varied program arranged by the Worthy Lecturer Olive Taylor. Lois Fortune and Doris performed violin pieces, readings by Anna Neiding and J. Stephens, plus a motion song by Lauretta Sweet and Bernadine Taft. The athletic auxiliary plans a baseball team and the first postmeeting will be Sunday at 2:00 on the Ridgeville School grounds. Messages from LB Taber and Dyer were read, urging lively uplifting literary programs and morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville Grange
Olive Taylor
Lois Fortune
Doris
Reading
Anna Neiding
Lauretta Sweet
Bernadine Taft
L. Rowe
J. Stephens
Ridgeville
Taber
Dyer
Lowly Shrimp Graduates Into Million Dollar Industry Class
In Galveston Texas a penny shrimp becomes a million dollar industry via quick freezing by R C Trube. Shrimp can be shipped 7000 miles in perfect condition after ten minutes of below zero freezing, joining herring tuna and mackerel in elite seafood markets.
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Galveston
Tex
Japan
R. C. Trube
Trube
International shrimp and travel notes from old text
The passage discusses frozen shrimp revolutionizing Japanese meals, thawing methods, and notes Germany as a leading factor in international flying. It reads as a sketch of culinary and aviation topics without a clear narrative or dates. The source fragment highlights cultural food adaptation and technological progress in transport.
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California
Broad St
Fyrais
Trasouth
Sherff
Clifford Winson
Larcier
War
Mrs. Crossan
Scodes
Lagrange
Andres Raynson
Zola Hastings
Camp
Lang Chamberlain
Genevieve Moulder
Mr Dawson
Mayfield
West
Anita
Fair
Heath Dar
LaGranea Schongi
Althor
France
Iraly
Beleuim
Netherlands
Lersch
East Ave
Petunias
Ageratums
PHLOX
Dusty Auoler
Hha Ng Ay
Henry
S. Main St
Oberlin
Ohio
H. D. Reynolds
Masonic Temple
Hone
Imperial Furniture Co
Germany
Jape Tea
Phillips’ Drug Store
Department Store
The
Soviet Union
Nopoly
Russia
Trrape
H. R. Knickerbocker
Cleveland News
Joe Loftus
Depot St
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