Liston to Be Arraigned in Check Case After Escape
William S Liston promoter of a coast to coast tourist hotel plan is jailed in Lorain County awaiting arraignment on a bad check charge. Deputies brought him from Toledo after similar charges in Toledo were dropped. Liston claims to seek backers and insists he will prove his honesty.
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William S. Liston
Elyria
Lorain
S. J. George
RE. G. Mathews
Toledo
Liston
Llyria
Harvey St. Hall
Hallworthy
Cleveland
Burns
Key to Youth Is Work Says Henry Ford
Philadelphia May 17 Henry Ford says work is the key to happiness and wealth while receiving an Elliott Gresson Medal from the Franklin Institute. He urged being content interested and happy in work to stay young to the end of days.
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Henry Ford
Philadelphia
Jienny Ford
Ford
Elliott Gresson
Franklin Institute
Pioneer in Sura AS 1 movement is dead
Mrs. M. Anna Hall, 83, former national president of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic and a pioneer in the equal suffrage movement, died at her home in Wheeling West Virginia.
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Wheeling
W. Va
M. Anna Hall
The
Ladies of the
Wealthy Woman Marries Chauffeur in Bridgeport
Announcement from Bridgeport Ohio states Anna Janette Breitenstein aged 50 wed Ishmail Exelime aged 22, her chauffeur. The bride is from a pioneer local family and reputed wealthy. The ceremony was reported today May 17.
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Swealthy
Bridgeport
Anna Janette Breitenstein
Ishmail Exelime
Cleveland City Manager addresses Kiwanis at May party
At the Spring Valley Country Club, City Manager William R. Hopkins spoke to Elyria Kiwanis and guests about Cleveland’s growth. He highlighted port development, high speed highways, a planned double decked stadium, and cultural gains like a thriving Metropolitan Opera. Guests included Lt. Governor Clarence Fox and East Cleveland Club president E Z Preston.
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Elyria Skkiwanians
East Cleveland
Spring Valley Country Club
William R. Hopkins
Cleveland
Hopkins
United States
Ohio
Wlyria
Akron
Metropolitan Opera
Clarence KB. Fox
Berea
al Barber
E. Z. Preston
Mesdam
Armitage
King
Reeves
Schultz
Clayton Smith
George Chamberlain
Mr. Stromire
Gene St. Marie
Boy Missing in Sand Pile Traced to Buried Hole Near Chicago
A 10,000 ton sand mountain near Chicago is being dug by volunteers and police to find John Pyrek, missing since Monday. Two classmates Bruno Bogdon and Fred Turcznowicz say he vanished while digging a hole, fearing punishment and believing a bogey man dragged him into the sand.
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Chicago
Max
John Pyrek
Bruno Bogdon
Fred Turcznowicz
John
Nile
Bruno
Johnny
Elyrian arraigned on concealed weapons charge in Lorain
Elyrian Steve Nagy of 9 West River Street Elyria was arraigned in Lorain Municipal Court on carrying concealed weapons. He pleaded not guilty and was released on a $500 bond for a preliminary hearing Friday after police reported he flashed a gum and shot promiscuously last night.
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Lorain
Steve Nagy
West River Street
Elyria
J. F. Strenick
Lorain Municipal Court
Nagy
Bremen Flyers Reach Detroit After Fast Indianapolis Flight
DETROIT May 17 The three Bremen trans Atlantic flyers landed at Ford airport after a swift trip from Indianapolis where bad weather forced a night stay Edsel Ford led the welcome committee through mud to greet the two Germans and their Irish companion About 20000 persons were on hand to witness the arrival.
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Detroit
Ford Airport
Indianapolis
Edsel Ford
Farmer arrested for arson after barns burned in Bucyrus
Dale C. Lutz, 50, a Bucyrus farmer, was arrested on arson charges for burning two barns. Police say Lutz admitted he set the fires “just for a joke.”
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Bucyrus
Dale C. Lutz
Lutz
DuPont Scion Philip Du Pont Dies in Wilmington
Phila Du Pont aged 49, a member of the Du Pont powder family, died at 1 16 p m in Wilmington Del on May 17.
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Thilip Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Philly DuPont
Duont
West River Road Closure Friday for Culvert Replacement
The county surveyor announces the West River road will be closed Friday to replace a dangerous culvert. Traffic to the National Tube company should detour via Lake avenue to Flytia avenue to North Ridge and then Pear avenue.
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West River Road
County Surveyors Office
National Tube Company
Lake Avenue
Flytia Avenue
North Ridge
Pear Avenue
Polar Dirigible Italia Eyes Return After Arctic Flight
May 17 reports from Copenhagen and Rome say General Umberto Nobile’s Italia may land at Kings Bay soon after a polar voyage over the North Pole area. The crew radioed no new land sighted in Nicholas II region, choosing Nova Zembia to Spitzenbergen due to weather.
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Rome
Nova Zembia
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Nicholas II
Copenhagen
Italia
Kings Bay
North Pole
Berlinske Tidende
Citta di
Franco Quirini
Nobile
Crockersland
Greenland
Peary
Noted Missionary Coming to Elyria
The Rev Thomas M Chalmers D D founder and director of the New York Jewish Evangelization Society will visit Elyria on May 20 to speak at the First United Presbyterian church at 10 45 am on Israel and Prayer a mass meeting at 2 30 pm at the First Baptist church on Russia and Armageddon and a 7 30 pm sermon at the Baptist church on Zionism and Palestine the talk outlines his interdenominational missionary work since 1894 in Chicago Pittsburgh and New York.
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Elyria
Thomas M. Chalmers
New York
Chalmers
First United Presbyterian Church
Israel
First Baptist Church
Russia
Baptist Church
Palestine
Death Of Local Man Remains Mystery
Tom Brown a fifty five year old colored resident of this city died in Elyria Memorial hospital from an unknown cause after collapsing at William Wynns barber shop on Woodford avenue He was said to have shown symptoms pointing to bichloride of mercury poisoning Coroner Myles Perry ordered a post mortem to be made If autopsy fails to reveal the cause an organ analysis will be conducted and may take several days Brown formerly worked as a barber and had no local relatives except a sister in Chicago
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Tom Brown
West Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Brown
William Wynn
Woodford Avenue
Myles Perry
Chicago
Police Captain Named In Promotion Bribery Claim
Cleveland May 17. Captain John Savage was named as the officer who paid 500 dollars for his promotion, Townes told grand jury. Townes said Savage snubbed him, while Savage denied speaking with Townes and called the push political. Grand jury inquiry planned as authorities confirmed the bribery allegation.
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John Savage
Cleveland
Savage
Clayton C. Townes
Townes
Co-Operative Club
Police Seek Woman Check Pasxer After Suspect Bill
Police searched this morning for a woman described as 40 to 45, about five seven tall and 175 pounds who offered a $1.50 check on Lorain County Bank. The check bore the name John C. Mason of 526 Second Street and was declared bum by the A. and A. Auto Supply Co. on Broad Street. No address matched on records.
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A. & A. Auto Supply Co
Broad Street
Lorain County Bank
John C. Mason
Second Street
Question Suspects In Abduction Of Youngstown Child
Beatrice Rosenbaum, a ten year old, remains missing as police question three suspects aged 38, 49, and 53 in her abduction. Investigators doubt motive, suspect a possible murder or hidden holdout, and line up potential witnesses. Scout and detective teams search area while parents near collapse.
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Youngstown
Beatrice Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Beatrice
City Loses In Injury Out Verdict
A jury in Elyria awarded Philo B. Comstock two thousand dollars against the city for an elbow injury suffered January 5 1926 when he slipped on a icy sidewalk in front of Hamilton school at Middle avenue and 13th street. The case, filed for three thousand one hundred dollars, went to trial Tuesday morning and the verdict was returned this morning.
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Common Pleas Court
A. T. Webber
Philo B. Comstock
Llth Street
Elyria
Comstock
Middle Avenue
13Th Street
Iamilton School
President And Mrs Coolidge To Go To Andover Mass
President and Mrs Coolidge will leave Washington tomorrow night for Andover Massachusetts where the President will deliver the honor address at Phillips Academy Sesqui Centennial celebration on Saturday Arrangements include a stopover at Northampton Massachusetts on the return trip where Mrs Lemira Goodhue Coolidges mother has been seriously ill since December The party will return to Washington Saturday morning
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Washington
Salvation Army Band Comes Saturday in Ely Park Concert
The Salvation Army staff band of New York City, unable to appear last Saturday, will perform in Ely Park at 10 a.m. Saturday with a full vocal and instrumental program. The band will briefly stop in Mansfield, Mt. Vernon, Zanesville, Coshocton, Dover, and New Philadelphia, with Col. Jenkins, private secretary to Commander Booth, accompanying.
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Salvation Army Staff Band
New York City
Ely Park
Mansfield
Mt. Vernon
Zanesville
Coshocton
Dover
New Philadelphia
Col. Jenkins
Booth
Citizens Meet Tonight on Memorial for Elyria Founder
Citizens gather in Ely Park to discuss placing a memorial for the city founder. The open meeting in the council chamber at City Building begins at 7 39 p m with strong public interest and expected strong representation.
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Elyria
Ely Park
Council Chamber
City Building
Rescue of Plane Bremen Near St George's Newfoundland
Rescue of the trans Atlantic Bremen advanced with two US Army planes to St George's Newfoundland. Fred Melchoir Junkers pilot and Brig. Gen. James Fechet arrived after daring flights from Nova Scotia through poor conditions. They may parachute if the Bremen cannot be reached by the amphibian.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Bremen
United States Army
St. George’s
Greenly Island
Labrador
Fred Melchoir
Junkers
James Fechet
Army Air Service
Nova Scotia
St. George's
Gutber von Truenefield
James Fitzmaurice
Herman Koeh
Melchoir
Dancer Found Dead in Havana Hotel Mystery
In Havana on May 17 Mrs. Glen McManus a 19 year old dancer from Warren Ohio was found dead in a hotel under mysterious circumstances. Police investigate as she had been employed at local cabarets since arriving in Havana months ago.
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Havana
Glen McManus
Warren, O
Sheare Follows Runners To New York
Harry Sheare a 49 year old marathon runner from San Francisco left Elyria Memorial hospital after being struck by a car on the Cleveland road while walking to Cleveland in the Pyle transcontinental race He planned to run the ten mile finish at Madison Square Garden and had paid his own hospital bill He deposited $100 in a Los Angeles bank before the race and got the amount back after the injury to cover expenses
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Harry Sheare
San Francisco
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland Road
Cleveland
Sheare
New York
Pyle
Madison Square Garden
Los Angeles
Alaska
Elyria Memorial Hospital Nursing School to Hold eighteenth Graduation
The eighteenth annual commencement of the Elyria Memorial Hospital school of nursing will take place on Friday May 25 at the Elks hall. Seven graduates are Ardis Atkinson Elyria Gertrudge Baker Medina Dorothy Bishop Franklin Beatrice Crooks Lorain Elizabeth Graber South Amherst Gwendo lyn Nichols Elyria Audrey Maestorer Elyria. Rev W C Fowler Church of Christ to deliver address. Exercises include three musical numbers with performers Arthur Giles and wife Robert Moore and students from Ohberlin Conservatory. Rev Edwin Redhead to give invocation and benediction. Post ceremony reception and dancing. Continued May 20 No 1 on page 2.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
School of Nursing
Elks’ Hall
Ardis Irene Atkinson
Elyria
Gertrudge Emma Baker
Medina
Dorothy Elsie Bishop
Franklin
Beatrice Crooks
Lorain
Elizabeth Graber
South Amherst
Gwendolyn Ruth Nichols
Audrey Maestorer
W. C. Fowler
Church of Christ
Arthur E. Giles
Robert T. Moore
Ohberlin Conservatory of Music
Edwin Redhead
Two Men Drown In Scioto River Near Bridge
In Circleville Ohio on May 17 Walter Reid 29 and Charles Nungesser 38 drowned when their boat capsized while setting trout lines midstream near Kellen barger's bridge on the Scioto river. Reid's body was recovered as the river was dragged for Nungesser whose body remains missing. Reid reportedly fell overboard and grasped the boat side, upsetting it.
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Circleville
Walter Reid
Charles Nungesser
Scioto River
Kellenbarger
Reid
Nungesser
President Coolidge Signs Airmail Rate Cut
Washington May 17 President Coolidge signed a bill reducing air mail rates from ten cents to five cents a half ounce. The measure aims to boost mail delivery efficiency and lower postage costs for air service users nationwide.
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Washington
Coolidge
Potter mistake kills man from potash solution mix up
Wesley G Bathalow, 71, deputy clerk of the probate court in Columbus, died after ingesting a potash solution used as a water softener. The incident, caused by mistaken use as cod liver oil, left 18 others dead from heart disease and burns suffered a week earlier.
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Columbus, O
Wesley G. Bathalow
Burns
Horace Dodge Weds Muriel Sissman in London
Horace Dodge of Detroit married Muriel Dorothy Sissman at Bayswater Presbyterian Church in London on May 17. A fashionable congregation attended the ceremony and a reception followed at the Park Lane Hotel.
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Horace Dodge
London
Detroit
Bayswater Presbyterian Church
Muriel Dorothy Sissman
Park Lane
Ohio Supreme Court Hears Lorain Bridge Case
The Ohio supreme court heard arguments on the Black River bridge appropriation from Lorain county and took the matter under advisement. The Lorain county court of appeals ruled the construction bonds irregular, and the county appealed. The Board of Commissioners with Assistant Prosecutor Vandermark attended the hearing and planned a conference with the state highway commission on maintaining the Lake road east of Lorain.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Lorain County
Lorain County Court of Apppeals
Lorain County Board of Commissioners
R. F. Vandermark
Ohio State Supreme Court
Lorain County Memorial Bridge
Court of Appeals
High Court
Board of Commissioners
State Highway Commission
Lorain
Farm relief and shipping bills in president's hands
Washington May 17 The McNary-Haugen farm relief bill and the Jones shipping bill were presented to President Coolidge. Action in the Senate delayed on the Jones measure until the McNary-Haugen report was adopted and both measures approved. Officials expect the shipping bill to be signed and the farm bill vetoed, with critics predicting a quick return of the farm bill with opposition to the equalization fee provision.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Congress
Hamilton Man Murdered Amid Gang Warfare Rumors
Hamilton, Ohio born Jack Parker was found shot multiple times in a ditch along the Monroe Lebanon road near Lebanon Indiana. A Cincinnati detective, Joseph B. Schaefer, linked Parker to the March murder of Buddy Ryan and to a Columbus bank robbery vehicle, with police citing gang warfare or a dispute among companions as possible motives. Parker was well known in the area, spending much time in southern Ohio.
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Lebanon
Ind
Jack Parker
Hamilton
Monroe-Lebanon
Parker
Joseph B. Schaefer
Cincinnati
Buddy Ryan
Ryan
Schaefer
Columbus
Tonneau
Ohio
South Carolina Delegates Divided Over Smith Vote
South Carolina Democrats instruct their 18 Houston delegates to back a dry presidential candidate while defeating a resolution to vote against Governor Smith. A campaign inquiry heard chatter about Herbert Hoover in New York State. Jafttee planned to travel to North Carolina Monday for tests, pressuring Smith’s campaign into that state. Hoover ended his fencing trip to a state in which he refused to discuss politics.
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South Carolina
Houston
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Wem
Jafttee
North Carolina
Pate
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