Board asks test of water at Grafton
Elyria Chamber of Commerce board calls for an unbiased state study of water quantity and quality at the Grafton state farm to guide possible development as an auxiliary to Mansfield reform. They urge voting on tax amendment only on the November ballot and take no stand on Bender reapportionment. A special meeting Monday will consider next year’s Chamber program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton State Farm
Elyria
Bender
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Rip Saw Accident Injures Young Worker at Steel and Tubes
George Bourquin, 21, of third street, severely injured at the Steel and Tubes, Inc. plant when a block of wood struck him after a paw caught it while he operated a rip-saw. Elyria Memorial hospital authorities report bruises to the face and a possible fractured skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bourquin
Third Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Steel and Tubes, Inc
Bourquin
Death notices and funerals from Elyria area press
Death notices list Anna Hayes, George Rourke and Mildred Stack among others with details of survivors, church services, and burial sites. Additional obituaries note a German-born Elyria resident, a local resident died after appendix surgery, and Henry Sudro’s death reported with school correspondence reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Pearl Stack
Frank Stack
Avon
Deaconess Hospital
Cleveland
North Ridge Road
St. Mary’s Church
Elyria
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Dancers Avoid Perspiration With Kora Konia Deodorant
An advertisement promotes Kora Konia deodorant powder from Méennen-producers. It claims to neutralize perspiration acids, prevent odor, absorb moisture, soothe raw skin, and reduce burning and itching for dancers and athletes. It also notes use for sanitary pads and feet, urging regular application for all day odor control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Méennen
Adr
Sheffield Ditch Enclosure Halted by County Board
The Board of County Commissioners dismissed petitions to enclose the Sheffield Ditch in South Lorain stating costs exceed benefits. The virtual sewer project was estimated at about 256000 dollars. A large crowd of property owners attended the hearing in court room one, with Leon Evans substituting for Thomas Peebles. Protests against the improvement were voiced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
South Lorain
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Thomas Peebles
Leon Evans
Lorain
Peeble
Peevies
Progress on Elyria school census nears half complete
G M Williams, Elyria school attendance officer, says the annual census is over half done. Mason Smith and Stanley Snears assist on the west and east sides. Estimated city wide school age children exceed five thousand, likely near six thousand, with over four thousand in public schools and additional hundreds in parochial, Lutheran, and private schools.
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Elyria
G. M. Williams
Williams
Mason Smith
Stanley Snears
Willams
Broad Street
Sixth Street
New Buildings for Fair Grounds Plans Made Tonight
Plans for awarding contracts for proposed improvements at the Lorain County Fair Grounds will be discussed at a meeting of the executive committee of the Lorain County Agricultural Society tonight. President Do. T. Winckles reports specifications include a fifty foot addition to the horse barn with thirty two extra stalls and a new hog barn 96 by 46 feet offering 57 pens to supplement the present hog barn. Advertising for bids is expected within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Agricultural Society
Do. T. Winckles
Keystone Falls To Sidewalk In Morning Accident
A 150 pound Keystone fell from the second story of Merthe's store to the sidewalk this morning. The sidewalk cracked and police roped it off, forcing pedestrians to detour. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Falls
Merthe's
Morgue scenes as coroner confirms victims after blast
The coroner revealed the victim's dress as mourners gathered in the morgue. Relatives identified kin amid tears and collapses while policemen carried distraught women from the building. Coroner Perry, unfamiliar with the Elyria victim Velen OConnell, oversaw the unloading and ordered no removals before 10 p.m. to prevent confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Elyria
Velen O'Connell
Pearse
Oberlin Grange program features Oberlin businesses and talents
At Oberlin Grange meeting about 25 businessmen furnished the program. Tobias Drus Store was represented by a six piece orchestra, talks on shoe repair and banking were given, and multiple shops displayed fashion and jewelry. A district-wide Ford giveaway was announced, and a style show plus student and club entertainment filled the program. Cast and recital notices followed with local clergy and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Oberlin Grange
Tobias Drus
Joss
Wright
Neidling
Parsons
Peoples Bank
Spitler
Evelyn Lath
Aman
Burgess
Fink's
Kimptons Jewelry Store
Daltons Boot’ Shop
Ryals
Florist
Oberlin Ice Company
Mr. Watson
J. W. Hill
J's
Jay
Jack
Jake
Jim
Comings Book
Glee Club
Yocom Bros
Pfaff
Morris
Tragic City Vault Blast Claims Several Lives
After a devastating explosion at a medical facility, police report Staab manning a police car carried twenty one people from the building before collapsing and dying hours later. Mrs. Spellman of Forest Ohio mourns a husband rumored to be aiding victims. Mrs. Bishop of St. Joseph Missouri is found dead outside after apparently leaping from a window. Investigators view the vault where stored films and patient records were burned, with the blast tearing through ceilings and skylights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staab
W. L. Spellsman
Forest
Ohio
Spellman
Cory D. Bishop
St. Joseph
Charles Thompson
George J. Matowitz
Richard Towns
Hopkins
Car
Fife
Euclid Avenue
Galen
City Hall
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Hospital
Coynty
Flames Sweep Hospital Vault After Explosions
Eyewitness accounts describe a blast in the hospital basement killing a steam fitter and driving flames and a brown gas through walls and stairways. Variants blame a torch, rubbish burning, or an electrical fault near the X-ray room. a tunnel door to the East 90th Street Clinic building may have tempered or worsened the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Chile
Hospital
East 90Th Street
Clinic
Gaz
Fire at Cleveland Clinic Hospital Leaves Dozens Dead
Amid a blaze at the Cleveland Clinic building, gas pockets and a skylight vented deadly fumes through four floors. Rescue teams pulled dying and dead patients from hospital rooms as investigators vow a thorough inquiry into fire safety and exit doors.
Elyria H S Musicians at Kiwanis Luncheon
J Martin Beck director of music at Elyria high school and btu high school musicians furnished the program for the Elyria Kiwanis club luncheon today. The high school string quartet rendered several numbers and the boys glee club sang well known college songs. Beck himself gave several solo performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Martin Beck
Elyria High School
Btu
Elyria Kiwans Club
Boys’ Glee Club
Beck
Market quotes from Cleveland and Columbus produce and livestock
Cleveland and Columbus market notes show varied prices for produce, eggs, poultry, and potatoes, with livestock quotes across hogs, cattle, and sheep. Regional figures include butter and eggs in cents per pound, assorted fruits and vegetables with state specifics, and New York hay market standings observed May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
New York
Maine
Green Mountain
Timothy
Wonderful Fat Reduction Discovery From Vienna
A sensational claim crowns a Vienna perfected formula called FATD promising rapid fat loss without thyroid drugs or habit forming ingredients. Advert says it delivers slender bodies and offers a money back guarantee. available at Ebert's Drug Store per the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Ebert
Ady
Eyewitness Voices From Elyria Disaster Scene
Residents describe a city shocked by a major catastrophe in Northern Ohio. Miss Lucille Reising and her mother Mr s George Reising recount watching the Clinic area as smoke rose and roofs lifted. Firefighters pulled people from danger as screams and flames filled the street.
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Elyria
Ohio
Lucille Reising
George Reising
Avon
Congress Today Deliberates Census Reapportionment and Lenroot Nomination
Congress today debates a census and reapportionment bill while weighing Irvine L. Lenroot for the U S Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. The Interstate Commerce Committee continues hearings on a proposal to create a federal communications commission as the irrigation and reclamation recommittee votes on a rural communities bill. Territories and insular affairs handles routine business. The House debates the tariff bill as the steering committee, Agriculture Committee, and administration discuss farm bill action from the Senate with a debenture amendment.
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Irvine L. Lenroot
U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Interstate Commerce Committee
Communications Commission
Irrigation and Reclamation
Territories
Insular
House
Agriculture Committee
Senate
Names Listed in Roquemore Paul Dellas Tex Scherbarth Lakewood
A damaged OCR snippet shows a long list of individuals including Roquemore Paul Dellas Tex Scherbarth Mrs Charles E Lakewood and many others with scattered city mentions such as Cleveland Pittsburgh Rome Akron Sandusky Emlenton and New York City. The fragment provides only names and partial locations with no narrative.
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Roquemore
Paul
Dellas
Tex
Scherbarth
Charles E
Lakewood
Charles
Schill
Loretta
Pittsburgh
Schoen
Luella
Rome
Sertelle
Frances
Cleveland
Sewald
Williamaport
Sexauet
Elizabeth
Akron
Seywert
C. W
Sherman
Alma
Smith
J. Barker
Cleveland Athetic Club
Youngstown
Spellman
W. H
Forest
Stage
Charles W
Stah
Alna
Steinberg
Harry
New York
City
Strapp
George
Szubra
Julie
Hagledo
Fabrice
Tight
Arthur
St. Sandusky
Adam
Sandusky
van Duren
Dr. Walford
Nixon
Emlenton
Injured List From Cleveland Clinic Hospital Fire
A long list of names appears, including Mrs May Wasby and Mrs Mable Young, with many residents and staff connected to Cleveland and nearby areas. Fire department personnel and clinic employees are named, including Dr George W and Lieut John Walsh. No clear incident date or location beyond Cleveland area.
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Wasby
May
East Liverpool
Wilder
Ruth
Boulder
Cole
Worden
Mao
East
Cleveland
Young
Mabel
Young Blanche
Nuccio
Samuel
Pontius
Minnie
Flint
Barney
Faust
Bowen
Gilkison
Homrocky
Andrew
Jusko
George
Johnson
Martyn
M Nto
Josephine
Mangdon
Chirammy
Thomas
Morton
If. L. Perram
Emily
Cleveland Clinic
Peart
Wilson J. Porter
C. H. Lustig
Henry H Rogers
Peter
Stabb
Ernest
Walsh
Lieut. John
Fire Department
Winters
Jeanette P
Old Ironsides Ready to Sail Again by Year End
Famed frigate Constitution under restoration at Boston Navy Yard reaches over half completion. Funds total $687,000 raised toward an estimated $834,000 cost. Upon completion the ship will embark on a nationwide voyage for schoolchildren who helped fund the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Navy Yard
Ironsides
Father of Prizefighter Finally Gets His Way
Benny Gershe once ruled Cleveland boxing circles with regular knockouts until a broken hand sidelined him. Now four years later his father Rabbi Max Gershe says Benny should pursue a quieter life, as he has joined a dry goods firm selling suits after his boxing career paused.
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Cleveland
Benny Gershe
Max Gershe
Benny
Education investment cited by E M Wentworth in Des Moines
Des Moines financier E M Wentworth reports investing sixty thousand dollars in education over thirty years with seven of his children attending Iowa colleges and one at Ohio State. He calls it a good investment and notes satisfaction with the dividends paid. Hickory Flat Miss imposes felonious status on whiskey breath and street swearing by ordinance. Latest colors and best materials de
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Des Moines
E. M. Wentworth
Wentworth
Iowa
Ohio State
Hickory Flat
Miss
Board of Aldermen of
Hickley Flat
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Grafton
Rip
Anna Hayes
Charity Hospital
John A. Hayes
Rochester
N. Y
Ernest Hayes
Richard Teasdale
Detroit
Ella Mahoney
Buffalo
George Hanlon
St. Agnes’ Church
Henry Sudro
Elyr
Flora
Walter
Harry F
Cleverland
Christ Kent
Germany
United States
Putin Bay
Harshaw Chemical Co
Elyria Clinic
East Avenue
St. John’s Lutheran Church
W. C. Birkner
Ridgelawn
France
Lake Avenue
James A. Hewitt
Thomas Jenkins
Lowell Ferguson
Alex Kelly
Jenkins
Kelly
Oberlin Mes
Esther Alfsen
North Park Street
Epworth
Clay “Green Stockings
Senor High School
Celia Faraday
Cordie Grover
Colonel Smith
Stewart Hume
Bobby Tarver
Fred Thrall
Phyllis Faraday
Phyllig Ohly
Lady Trenchard
Milicent Hume
Irene M. Henry
Henry
Robert Johnson
Dorothy DeLancey
Monteverde
Star Vincino
Salvator Rosa
Chio Non Segno Piu
Romtani
Faure
Paysage
Hahn
Koechlin
Reger
Hildrach
Brahms
Griffes
Alice Barnett
H. H. A. Beach
Conservatory of Music
Miles Schapiro
Kathryn Marshall
Jessie Bramm
Thomas Willams
Eunice Merritt
John Fleming
Canton
C. R. Graham
Bridge
Oberlin Inn
Constance M. Junge
W. Darling
Woodland Avenue
Europe
Junge
Oberlin College
Hobbs
Columbus
E. H.S
Kiwanis
Mississippi
Florida
California
Tennessee
seoneNoth
Texas
Texas Triumphs
Chicago
Minneapolis
Toledo
Congress Today
Page
Walford
Ward
John
Carter
O'Donnell Paint and Wall Paper Co
Court Street
Obio
Western Reserve Finance
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