Thanksgiving kindness ends in murder confession in Chicago
Charles Kohr, a 64 year old department store clerk, told police he killed his younger brother Henry 35 years ago in Belleville after an argument over the brother's work. He admitted disposing of the body and was held after Belleville authorities confirmed the death.
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Chicago
Charles Kolr
Kolr
William Murphy
Kohr
Kor
Murphy
Belleville
Charles
Kohn
Henry
Henry Kohr
Kent
Thanksgiving event in Grafton hosts prizes and talks
At Assumption Church dinner in Grafton over ud people were served. Theodore Kubuske and Anthony Noster won door prizes. A Dec 2 lecture by Dr. Emma J. Betow from China is set for 7 45 p m at the M E Church. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society met with ten members and planned activities including talks on African natives and Mary Slessor. Refreshments followed. Next meeting Dec 15 at Mrs Musa Artz’s home.
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Grafton
Assumption Church
Theodore Kubuske
Anthony Noster
M. E
Emma J. Betow
China
T. Trembath
George Beebe
Africa
Anne Wilkins
Edith Howard
Cecil Johnson
Mary Slessor
Roy Lang
Musa Artz
Funeral service for Mrs Phoebe Koerber held in Mechanic Street home
The funeral of former Grafton resident Mrs Phoebe Koerber was conducted Friday at the foster parents home of Mr and Mrs Frank Cousins on Mechanic street with Rev George Beebe officiating. She leaves husband Charles Koerber daughter Patricia Ann and sons Charles and Donald. Surviving sisters are Mrs Charles Hopper of New Castle and Miss Gladys Parker of Cleveland. Burial followed in Butter Nut Ridge cemetery.
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Phoebe Koerber
Grafton
Frank Cousins
Mechanic Street
George Beebe
Charles Koerber
Patricia Annn
Charles
Donald
Charles Hopper
New Castle
Gladys Parker
Cleveland
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
Thanksgiving Birthday Gathering for Mrs Klinect
Mrs Lottie Klinect hosted a family gathering at her home and marked a Thanksgiving birthday celebration. Attendees included relatives and friends as the event continued with warm greetings and shared memories.
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Lottie Klinect
Local Families Named in Grand Carrying Circle
Mr and Mrs Irvin Krsinger and two children Mr and Mrs Howard Klinect and two children Elyria Mr and Mrs Ralph McClellan and two children Miss Francis Yager Akron Mr and Mrs Maurice Klinect and three children Lodi Mr and Mrs Earl Durkee Graf ton Fred A Klinect Belden and Mr and Mrs Fred Klinec and two children are listed in a community notice.
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Irvin Krsinger
Howard Klinect
Elyria
Ralph McClellan
Francis Yager
Akron
Maurice Klinect
Lodi
Earl Durkee
Grafton
Fred Aklinect
Belden
Fred Klinec
New Car Owners Take Over Graf ton Owl Prclstre Station
Carl Mole and Rar Mole become the new proprietors of the Graf ton Owl Prclstre station, taking over from H. Gibson and Wets 1 Mole in a local transfer of ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Mole
Rar Mole
Grafton Owl
H. Gibson
Wets
Thanksgiving Guests Spread Across Many Homes
Thanksgiving in Pittsfield and surrounding towns drew numerous visits. Families from Elyria Lorain and Cleveland hosted relatives from Wellington Oberlin and Buckville for dinners and weekend stays with dozens of listed guests including the Langs Knights Jantz Meinke Piper and Brenner families among others. The lengthy notices detail dozens of hometowns and kin across multiple households.
After roar games and contests amuse Dunlap guests
Elviia and Mr and Mrs J G Dunlap hosted a gathering with Gladys and Robert Grafton. The event featured games and contests as the evening’s entertainment.
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Elviia
J. G. Dunlap
Gladys
Robert O. Grafton
Mrs Green and Family Visit with Miss McConnell
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Green and their two daughters Blanche and Lucille, join Miss Dorothy McConnell in a family gathering.
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Walter Green
Blanche
Lucille
Dorothy McConnell
Elyrian Winner In Sales Contest Sealed for Krim Ko
Elyria Dairies route salesman Allen D. Smith earned national recognition for selling more quarts of Krim Ko during November 15 to 21 than any other Krim Ko salesman in the United States or Canada. He received 1,400 merchandise merits and may choose among electrical appliances as a prize. The award is part of the Krim Ko Christmas gift campaign for Krim Ko distributors.
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Allen D. Smith
Elyria Dairies, Inc
United States
Canada
Y-Indus Club to Feature British Army Veteran Speaker
David Haswell of 169 Ridge Street will speak to Y-Indus Club members at the YMCA Tuesday at 7 p.m. He served 12 years in the British Army with extensive service in India and travel.
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India
Y-Indus Club
David Haswell
Ridge Street
Rotarians To Hear J Gordon McKay
J Gordon McKay of Cleveland will speak at the Elyria Rotary Club meeting at the Elks Restaurant at noon Tuesday. Neely Powers of Colson Company directs the program, describing McKay as a dynamic, highly informed expert who unravels municipal officers problems.
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J. Gordon McKay
Cleveland
Elyria Rotary Club
Elks
Neely Powers
Colson Company
Powers
McKay
United States
Birthday Party Honors Husband With relatives and friends
Mrs Henry Sheffield hosted a birthday anniversary gathering at home for her husband. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Pickworthy Mr and Mrs Earl Heiden Mr and Mrs Ted Brerney Mr and Mrs Fred Sheffield Miss Alma Sheffield Clifford Henson Lester Sheffield Henry Sheffield and son Charles. The evening featured games and refreshments.
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Henry Sheffield
Charles Pickworthy
Earl Heiden
Ted Brerney
Fred Sheffield
Alma Sheffield
Clifford Henson
Lester Sheffield
Charles
Thanksgiving guests travel among Oberlin Wellington and Ely families
The item lists multiple Thanksgiving guests visiting Oberlin, Wellington, Ely, and Cleveland households including Mr and Mrs Earl Heiden and Mr and Mrs Fred Shef field. It notes visiting relatives Vera Oberlin Luella Cleveland and others. A village proverb about a Drak hunter’s kin appears as unrelated folklore.
Community club schedule and club notices from Oberlin
Oberlin notices list multiple Tuesday through Friday meetings including the History department of the Oberlin Women's club at Mrs. C. F. Ralston 141 North Professor, the DeMolay Grange hall gathering, Nineteenth Century Club at East College, American Legion Auxiliary with initiation, Bethel Baptist class at Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, Knights of Pythias Wednesday, Merry Wives with Mrs. Miller at 76 East College, Odd Fellows, Ladies Aid circles at Mrs. McGrann Woodland and Mrs. Mack Groveland, Women’s Association at James Brand House with quiet Christmas service, Missionary Society at 2:30, and various other club events and addresses.
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Oberlin Women’s Club
C. F. Ralston
North Professor Street
Frank E. Peck
Order of DeMolay
Grange Hall
M. A. Houghton
Nineteenth Century Club
East College Street
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Bethel Class of the Baptist Church
E. D. Carpenter
Knights of Pythbias
K. of P. Hall
Merry Wives
S. E. Miller
Odd Fellows Lodge
Ladies Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Edna Mack
Groveland Street
Women’s Association of the First Church
James Brand
Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
A. R. Carsten
King Street
Junior Star Club
Locke Cooler
Wakemar
W. E. Rogers
South Main Street
Comfort Club
West Russia Club
C. C. Lawson
West Lorain Street
Oberlin
Wellington Corps
Royal Arch Masons
E. L. Keiser
Woodland Avenue
Mrs Vallie Dies After Long Illness At Home
Mrs C Vallie passed away at her home on Saturday night after a long illness at 30 Groveland Street. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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C. Vallie
Groveland Street
Funeral services for Mrs Helen Miles
Funeral services for Mrs Helen Miles are held this afternoon at Sedzeman funeral parlors. Burial follows at Westwood cemetery.
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Helen Miles
Dyer
South Main Street
Sedzeman Funeral
Westwood Cemetery
Obskin Girl Scout Bazaar at Oberlin Church
The Obskin Girl Scout Bazaar will be held in the basement of the First Methodist church in Oberlin on Saturday December 5. The event runs in the afternoon and evening with a Christmas play titled A Pot of Geraniums. Each troop will have a booth selling handicrafts candy popcorn and baked goods for a small sum.
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First Methodist
Oberlin
Thanksgiving Dinner Guests Across Local Families
Penfield items list households visiting during Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Walker hosted with the Law and Walker families and Miss Elsie Shaw and her father. Various other Penfield residents or relatives from La Grange Grafton Flat Rock Cleveland and Pittsfield shared the holiday with local hosts.
Thanksgiving Guests Visit Local Families and Dance Event
Mrs Evelyn Green and Paula visit Carl Buell in Cleveland. Mrs Louis Heidrich of Elyria calls on Carl Buell. Thanksgiving hosts include the Richmonds of Detroit and Wellington visitors Ban ning. Remen family hosts in Medina. Arthur Richmond spends holiday in Grafton. Lila Ganvard visits Amy Ferriman in Medina. Newcomb family from Cuyahoga Falls dinner with Hart Ferriman. Junior Class sponsors a well attended old fashioned dance with refreshments. Kent State students Charlotte Bligh and Isabel Jackson vacationing with parents.
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Evelyn Green
Paula
Cleveland
Louis Heidrich
Elyria
Carl Buell
Amy Ferriman
Harry Newcomb
Cuyahoga Falls
Hart Ferriman
Charlotte Bligh
Isabel Jackson
Kent State College
Thanksgiving Dinner Guests Across Several Homes
Thanksgiving guests were listed at multiple homes in Wellington Lorain Elyria and surrounding towns. Names include Hart Lenninger Ralph Krage Nile Thadh um William Ginnard Arnold Hines Myron Hines Frederick Mohns and others with relatives from Cleveland Coopersville Michigan Park View Elyria Be ret Spencer and North Fairfield. Evening callers included Alfred Fuller and Henry Lorence among Wellington hosts.
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Huntington
Hart Lenninger
Lew Whitney
Wellington
Ralph Krage
Lorain
Nile Thadhum
Johnson Crib
William Ginnard
Cleveland
Arnold Hines
Myron Hines
Charles Hines
Frederick Mohns
Coopersville
Michigan
Neilson Wever
Consuelia
Park View
Stanley Rice
Elyria
A. H. Shriver
Helen
Gene
Forest Rice Home
Earl Berger
Beret
Clem Finkle
Alfred Fuller
Spencer
Henry Lorence
Jake Wagoner
Fred Lorence
Pauline
Henry West
O. F. Benger
Carl Werner
Stevenson
Mt. Vernon
Willis Session
Harry
Elbert Pratt
Dauzhier Geraldine
Grant
Liedozin
North Fairfield
Coveted Titles Won By Canadian Farmer
Judges at the International Livestock Exposition awarded two of the three top titles to Herman Trelle, a Canadian farmer from Alberta. He won the wheat crown with the Ward hard spring sample and claimed the oats prize with Victory, marking the 16th Canadian win in 18 years. the corn award was to be decided.
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Chicago
Herman Trelle
Trelle
Peace River
Alberta
TreHe
Thanksgiving guests and local visits fill Elyria notes
Mr and Mrs L W Spiegelberg and son Russell plus Miss Betty Gunder visited West Ridge Thanksgiving Day. J H Delefield entertained guests including the Stein family and Nuhn siblings. L W Spiezelbers attended Hickory Tree Grange in Amherst. Schubert family called on uncle Frank Bechtel. Mabel White visited J H Derefield. J H Wilcox of Wellington was a business caller.
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Roy Lang
Floyd
Harold
Lucille Lang
Alex Bernath
Elyria
Ernest Packard
Chttam
Jonn Knight
J. R. Dickason
Joan
Vermilion
Mary Gimbert
Cleveland
Frank Bladowski
George Nichols
Amherst
William Sudro
Hugh
Flyria
Oscar Bladowski
Dorothy
John Clark
Charles McCurtock
Joe Anderson
Maples
Ejrma
Wendel Freeman
Katherine Anderson
Jhn Anderson
William Maples
Earl Cragin
John Kemp
Abberville
Carl Jantz
A. Neiderfeild
Buckville
Jack Buchholz
Emil Jantz
Fred Casper
Edith Howard
T. M. Pfeiffer
Wellington
A. Webb and Son
Lakewood
Tom Trembath
T. Young
H. Lawry
Phriis Mae
S. Paddy and Son
Robert
Akron
Naomi Brenner
William Brenner
Bay Village
Glenn Church
Church
Brenner
Clair Bartholomew
R. L. Jordan
Kenneth Jordan
Keith Leslie
Jeanne Elenor
Kenneth
Walter West
Nancy Y Lois
Roland West
Ervin Reithley
Jane
Lucia
Sandra
Ervina
Elsie Avery
Charles Avery
Oberlin
Donald Sooy
Kenneth Avery
Elyria Townline Road
L. W. Spiegelberg
Russell
Betty Gunder
Theodore Grills
West Ridge
J. H. Delefield
J. F. Stein
Woodrow
Betty Stein
Estleen Nuhn
Jack Twist
M. J. Nuhn
Lorain
E. C. Schuvert
Oliver
L. W. Spiezelbers
Hickory Tree Grange
C. Schubert
Frank Bechtel
South Ridge
Mabel White
J. H. Derefield Fridar
J. H. Wilcox
Fridar
France Reasserts Defense With Expanded Navy and Maginot Line
France pledges a broad rearmament, linking a new navy plan to a wider buildup. Paris outlines military alliance protections with Poland and Russia, plus joint Roumanian and Yugoslav defense plans against German moves into Czechoslovakia. The army aims to extend the Maginot line and modernize forces, while the air service targets 4000 frontline aircraft.
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Powey
France
Russia
Britain
Poland
Germany
Roumania
Jugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Ministry of Marine
Chamber of Deputies Army Commission
Luxembourg
Belgium
Rattler Found in Monessen Steel Plant
A 39 inch diamond backed rattlesnake with nine rattles and a button was killed in the open hearth department of the Pittsburgh Steel Company plant in Monessen Pennsylvania. Workers think it arrived with scrap iron from Oklahoma.
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Monessen. Pa
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Oklahoma
Four year old in Dorchester tests beans in ear
A Dorchester child named Joseph Gillis inserted a bean into his ear while playing with beans. He was taken to a hospital where doctors removed the object and treated him.
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Boston
Joseph Gillis
Dorchester
Joseph
Two Local Dairy Concerns Merge in Elyria
Consolidation of two Elyria dairies announced by Royal Creamery and Crawford Quality Dairy. They unite under Select Dairies Inc and will operate from 506 Middle Avenue, the former Hoya Creamery site. Crawford Quality Dairy at 117 Middle Avenue will close. The Royal Creamery has 10 years in Elyria. Crawford 16 years. Underhill family ties run deep in the Royal line. Officers for the new company will be named later.
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Elyria Dairies
Roral Creamery
F. R. Cratera Quality Dairy
Select Dairies, Inc
Middle Avenue
Hoya Creamery
Crawford Quality Dairy
Crawford
Elyria
Royal Creamery
Underhill
Royal Creamers
Dr Abbe Elected President Of Radiolaist Research Society
Dr M A Abbe of 319 Middle Avenue received national notice when elected president of the Radiolaist Research Society at its national meeting in Tiffin. The society promotes diagnosis and treatment of diseases by radio. Abbe’s principle of the intriguement instrument is hailed as the era’s major radiotherapy advance. He has long worked in this field and spoke at the August international meeting on the subject.
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M A. Abbe
Middle Avenue
Radioalist Research Society
Tiffin
Abbe
Early Rising Mark Set in Vermont Kitchen
Mrs. James L. Berry has kept a 4 a.m. rising habit for 38 years to prepare and share breakfast with her husband, a veteran Central Vermont Railway conductor, a feat her husband believes unmatched in New England.
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Burlington
James L. Berry
Central Vermont Railway
New England
Berry
Thieves Fail to Crack Safe at Kemich Home
In Central Falls the burglars could not open a heavy safe and abandoned it after moving it from the living room to the kitchen. They described themselves as "softies" and failed to carry the safe away.
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Central Falls
R. I
Joseph Kemich
Legal Notice and Contract Advertisement in Lorain County
Legal notice announces case 8221 for divorce between Mary E Fallon and Jonn L Fallon in Lorain County Court of Common Pleas with hearing after January 11, 1837. Includes details of notices, attorney, and dates. Also includes State of Ohio Department of Highways unit price contract for grade crossing project in Lorain County with bid deadline and wage provisions.
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Jonn L Fallon
Mary E Fallon
Court of Common Pleas
Lorain County
Ohio
Mary E. Fallon
Justin J. Minnich
St. Lorain
O. Astorney
State of
State Highway Director of
Columbus
Cleveland-Sanduskx Road
Brownheim Township
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company
Lake Shore
United States Employment Service
Charlies J. Cromilng
City Hall
Elyrie
Frankin Harbour
City Hal
Elyria
Obie
Ohie
Fsment
Uldders
Department of Highways
Featae
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