Woman farmer posed a man forgo years
Sixty years ago Mary Miller, then 14, chose life beyond traditional female roles. Born in Berlin, she lived in Chicago with her parents, later disguising as a man named George Miller to work across cirques, railroads, and saloons. Now recovering from influenza at Mercy Hospital, she plans to resume her hard life and return to her old male persona.
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Lowa City
Towa
Mary Miller
Chicago
Berlin
Germany
Miss Miller
George Miller
Mercy Hospital
Mary Muller
Memorial Address at NM E Church by Rev. Martin Weaver
A memorial address was delivered at the NM E church Sunday morning by Pastor Rev. Martin Weaver to a large congregation. Mr and Mrs R G Brown and daughter of Henrietta spent Sunday forenoon at the home of their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs T Brown.
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NM. E
Martin Weaver
R. G. Brown
Henrietta
T. Brown
Elmer Carston
Elsie
Medina
O. G. Stone
Mary Elizabeth Schubert
Community notices and family visits log in Oberlin area
Medina relatives visit Stone home and many local families host relatives across Elyria Oberlin Lorain and Wellington. A Pittsfield township school commencement was held with diplomas presented to twelve grads. George Orsic sold his farm to Henry Schuster and moved to Lorain with his family.
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Arthur Mills
John Caley
Martha Caley
Elyria
Thomas Peebles
Monroe
Lorain
Frank McRoberts
LaGrange
B. L. Schubert
Claud Mohrman
Wellington
Leo Mohrman
Thei
Albert Alohrman
George Orsic
Enry Schuster
Orsic
Baseball Stars Rally in Doubleheader Slugfest
Babe Ruth failed to hit safely in three at bats and made an error. Lou Gehrig singled once in three plate appearances. Tris Speaker scored a run and drove in a run with a sacrifice in the first game, then had a hitless four trips, and in the second game added a single and a sacrifice in five. Ty Cobb was out sick. Marty Heilmann went hitless in four at bats in the first game and again failed to hit in three at bats in the second. Rogers Hornsby doubled and homered in three trips with one RBI in the first game, then hit his sixth homer in five at bats in the second. Kiki Cuyler singled in the first game and went hitless in the second returning to the plate once.
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Lou Gehrig
Tris Speaker
Ty Cobb
Marty Heilmann
Rogers Hornsby
Scor
Ing
Kiki Cuyler
B Sing
Jewish Heavy Wins at Idora Park Bout in Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio May 81 Jack Gross a Jewish Philadelphia heavyweight defeated Mike Conroy of Rochester in the main bout after the referee disqualified the Irish challenger in round eight Conroy was battered and unable to continue Joe Trippe Rochester beat Rudy of Pittsburgh in six rounds Bobby Beford Alliance defeated Billy Wallace of the local area in six rounds
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Jack Gross
Philadelphia
Mike Conroy
Rochester
N. Y
Idora Park
Conroy
Joe Trippe
Young Rudy
Pittsburgh
Bobby Beford
Alliance
Billy Wallace
Escapes at 40th Att Halfax Reformatory
Richard Gallagher aged 14 escaped from Shibden Reformatory on his fortieth attempt in four years but was recaptured two days later.
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Halfax
Eng
Richard Gallagher
Shibden Reformatory
Tokio Children Quit Schools
Tokio reports half of the 50,000 latest primary graduates leaving school to join the workforce. The social work section notes 2,000 students secured employment this year, with many youths still bound by the old apprentice system. A campaigns since October aims to shift from feudal handouts to paid wages and self reliance.
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Tokio
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Bayer
Sting
Pittsfield
M. A. Campbell
Vermilion Okagi
Robert Mills
Marjorie
Richard Mills
Stanley Mills
A. E. Mills
Henry Heiden
Mary Sternhagen
Emma Watkins
Peter Springer
A. Beard
Dewey Beard
Henry Kruger
Ada Merrill
E. Wiedeman
Edward West
Oberlin
F. ©. West
O. C Metcalf
D. Metcalf
Pittsfield Township
Community Church
Lauretta Lepp
Mrev
Lucille Murray
Wellington High School
John Gimber
Lester ~ Sheffield
Helen McRoberts
Katherine Salzman
Donald Brown
Harvey Pillivant
F. E. Eastman
Amherst
L. Murray
Lois Mills
Aliss Alma Roloff
Leslie Sheffield
D. Neikirk
Lurline Meeks
Joseph Galka
Babe Ruth
Youngstown, C
C. van Luit
Hke
O'Donnell
Hartford
S. J. George, Taylor and Co
Masonic Temple
Broad St
Falcon-Knight
Falcon Motors
Washington, D.C
Los Angeles
Martinsville
Ind
Indianapolis
Three. Corporation
Detroit
Michigan
H. M. Andress & Son
Deisel-Wemmer Co
Wememan CO
Cleveland
Ohio
City Tire House
East Ave
Studebaker the Great
Independent
F.O. B
Earth
The
Erskine
B. Factory
Tudebaker
Studebaker
American Automobile Association
Elyria Auto Service Co
Broad Street Phone
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