Draft Substitutes, 1862 Lorain County Ohio
Taken from our files 67 years ago. In 1862 Lorain County drafted men to meet quotas. Substitutes were hired at up to $60 initially, then as low as $200 later with few takers. Amherst held a meeting to go, and the draft proceeded on the first Wednesday.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Amherst
Clr
Webber
Ohio Aviation
Besch Park
Sheregaire
Lorein
United States Steel Corporation
Growth in Ebrria Union School District population rises
A census counted 1 643 youths ages six to twenty one and 5 080 residents in the Ebrria Union district, indicating healthy growth. Mayor N B Gates marked his seventieth birthday last week as reports note a large crowd at the old red mill fall scene.
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Ebrria Union
N. B. Gates
New church project gains funds and a Sixth Street site
Article discusses a 3500 dollar contribution at a Methodist conference in Tiffin toward a new Ober Ii church facing North Main Street, with an estimated total cost of 20090 dollars. Mentions a proposed east side build on Sixth Street and historic notes from ten years ago about local events and developments.
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Sixth Street
Tiffin
Ober Ii
Local House Movements and Visits Reported in Huntington
In Huntington a series of domestic moves and visits were noted. Mr and Mrs Gaines moved into the old Allen homestead south of the center, ex-Russell Gaines family. the Crile family hosted Irene Hite of Sullivan and Cari Repo Imom Watton visited. J T Haskell’s home was wired for electricity as preparations for occupancy continued.
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Huntington
Myroz
Grafica
Irene Hiie
Sullivan
Sundey
Johnson Crile
Cari Repo Imom Watton
Charles
Femil
Regal
Russell Gaines
Allen
L. D. G Tre
Ruggles
F.C. Sing Louis
Local notes from Elyria area and college tidbits
Sunday calls and greetings thread through Elyria news with visits from Cleveland and Mansfield relatives. A funeral is reported at Sulllivan Baptist church for Roy Chapman. Brown coach McLaughry, famed Iron Men creator, will lecture on football. Oklahoma A and M drops paddie line for tug of war amid campus mood shifts. A Cuban plant disease spreads, Créchosio vaxia, now affects 15 million acres of arabic land.
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Wm. Hart
Mansfield
Bert Hively
Elwood
Marion J. Crile
Hart Leininger
Elyria
Wm. Ferguson
Streetsboro
Roy Chapman
Baptist Church
Sulliveam
Guy Taylor
Myers
Ashland
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Tony Spinella
Oberlin
Wellington
Lake Water Council
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Dsan
Tor
Elicia Qeroser
Tia
Ss Gress
Nationa G
Board of Might
Hales’ Grocery
Middle Ave
Beck
Campbell’s ’ Soup
Edward
Woodcock’s
Biyria
Grafton
Sendar
Frank Stevens
Tigers
R. A. Coss
Frezz
Ohio
Broad Street
Cala Hams
Bacon Squares
Hamburg
Pork Livery Tb
Eagle Building
Bazley
Ed Kaufman
Ethel May
Cleveland
Dan Kater
Conrad Naeger
G. A. Handley
Floyd
J. S. Heiffner
O. H. Dirlam
Grange
la Grange
The
Forest Rice Home
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Cuba
Crechosiovaxia
Kitche Lenzer
Dri
Ene
PE Caran
Lakes
Campbell’s
Gold Cross
Hunt’s
W. Broad St
Peerless Brand
Kraft’s Loaf
Pimento
Herkimer
Kraft
Kay
Jar
JONES
Fisher
Fisher's
Broan St
Jones Farm
P. V
Virginia
Niagara
Salem
Eans van Camp
van Camp
Richelieu Telephone
Chase
Sanborn
Battle Creek Health Foods
Clapp
Baby Vegetables Home Service
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