Gas Rate Increase Again Before Council
An Elyria city council meeting heard an ordinance proposing a gas price hike. The speaker argued the gas company uses fear and monopoly leverage to push rates, noting four years of no major city complaints despite price increases and limited mains expansion. A regional coalition forms to defend municipal interests and ensure full disclosure before any vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Elyria
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Elvria
West Virginia
Amene Eee
Newark
Lee
Getting Out the Vote in Our Community
A call to maximize turnout notes that many groups including Chambers of Commerce, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the League of Women Voters, and Business Men’s Clubs are mobilizing. The piece urges broad citizen participation, warns turnout has lagged, and highlights the October 9 registration day with a goal of reaching about eighty five percent participation.
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Chambers of Commerce
The
Women's Christian Temperance Union
League of Women Voters
Business Men's Clubs
Patriotic Eien
Dawes Plan Seen Not Yet Bringing Lasting Peace
In a interview Er nest Ludwig argues the Dawes plan, while aiding Europe, does not ensure peace. He warns that true peace requires harmony of minds, notes the League of Nations failed to achieve it, and urges revisions to the peace treaties to prevent future wars. Hungary's losses and irredentist tensions are highlighted as obstacles.
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Reichstag
Europe
Ernest Ludwig
League of Nations
Dawes
Austria
Hungary
Aii
Jeremiah Smith
Germany
Upper
Silesia
Notable historical dates and birthdays listed for Ohio area
A dated compilation notes events from 1681 to 1893 and contemporary birthdays. It recalls the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, colonial declarations, Poe's death, the Confederate steamer Florida, and Mormon conferences, followed by a list of notable birthdays and local associations in several states.
Today in History and Events Across the Nation
One hundred years ago General Lafayette was welcomed in Baltimore. Edgar Allan Poe died seventy five years ago. The Weeks enter their 40th year of marriage as Yom Kippur begins in Jewish homes. The British Labor Party meets in London to discuss major issues. The Veiled Prophet festival opens in St. Louis. The Southern Tariff Association begins its fourth annual meeting in New Orleans. San Francisco voters consider a 10 million dollar bond for Hetch Hetchy. A U S Shipping Board hearing in Washington addresses port shipping differential. Conventions opening today in Salt Lake City Birmingham and Chicago.
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Toda General Lafayette
Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe
John W. Weeks
British Labor Party
London
St. Louis
Southern Tariff Association
New Orleans
San Francisco
Yosemite
Bay District
United States Shipping Board
South Atlantic
Gulf
North Atlantic
Washington
Salt Lake City
Trust Company Conference of
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain States
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Mining Institute
Chicago
Illinois
Coal Operators’ Association
Way of the World reflections on schooling and success
Grove Patterson discusses how classroom rank does not guarantee future achievement. He cites Beecher and McAndrew noting intelligence plus perseverance shape real success. The essay argues autumn and winter demand effort over idle days and references poems about winter and childhood memories.
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William McAndrew
Chicago
Jean Hamilton
Motherly interference sparks a playful jab about appearances
An anecdotal line questions how many people are alive today thanks to mothers interfering. It suggests provoking women with insults such as calling them fat or two-faced can easily rile them, reflecting a humorous, old fashioned tone.
Leave the Past Behind A Sea Island Poem
Wilfred Seamen Blunt urges leaving the past to focus on the present. The speaker proclaims not to recall former days, preferring love and living now aboard an island home. He dismisses past wrecks, asserting the current moment and mutual affection as the central truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Seamen Blunt
Earth’s Population Projections For Year 3000
London scientist J. W. Gregord predicts a global population of 700 billion by the year 3000. He warns that there will be no standing room except near the poles and little to eat, implying famine pestilence and war in the coming centuries.
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J. W. Gregord
London
John J Barnet Poised to Lead Nickel Plate System
John J Barnet, long time Nickel Plate president since 1916, is expected to become head of the new Nickel Plate system. The Van Sweringen brothers guide the project from Cleveland as Bernet rose from New York Central to prominence. Married with three sons and two daughters, he is described as a family man.
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John J. Bernett
John J. Barnet
Ckel Plate Hines
Bulding
van Sweringen Brothers
Cleveland
C. Bernet
New York Central Lines
Nickel Plate Uv
Leonef Ves
Bernet
New York Central
A. H. Smith
Buffalo
Sw m
Chicago
Ant
The
Central
P. E. Crowley
Ker
Crowley
Bennet
Bernets
Farmers confront car breakers as posse hauls suspects
Twenty years ago a North side posse armed with shotguns captured six alleged car breakers and marched them to jail. Xenophen Peck, famed one armed sheriff and G A R man, died at his East Fourth street home. A Republican Lincoln club formed by men who voted for Lincoln. Mrs Sarah Turner, elder Elyria resident, died at her Broadland East avenue home. Elyria High School beat Oberlin Business College 17 to 0. State Board of Health urged city to install a modern sewage disposal plant at once.
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Xenophen Peck
G. A. R.iman
East Fourth Street
Lincoln Club
Abraham Lincoln
Sarah Turner
Elyria
Broadland East Avenue
Elyria High School
Oberlin Business College
State Board OF Health
Lumber King John H. Kirby Heads Southern Tariff Meeting
The Southern Tariff Association meets in New Orleans for its fourth annual session with John H. Kirby as president. Kirby, a Houston resident, longtime lumber magnate, owns vast Texas timber tracts and coordinates timber investments for northern capitalists, producing about 350 million feet of lumber yearly and overseeing over 10 billion feet of standing timber. He is a Texan lawyer turned lumberman, who aided the Emergency Fleet Corporation in wartime.
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Southern Tariff Association
New Orleans
John H. Kirby
Houston
South
Southwest
Kirby
Texas
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Paris Leg Themed Paper Revealed as Medical Curiosity
A curious Paris periodical once appeared focusing on legs and related medical topics. It was advertised as covering medical surgical and anatomical aspects though its lasting impact remains unclear.
Oberlin High to Publish Four Page Weekly
Oberlin High School starts a four page weekly paper using a new mimeograph machine replacing the monthly magazine. Publication runs every Monday through the school year with the annual issue at year end. Staff includes Editor Ralph Warner and an array of editors and managers.
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Oberlin
Ann
Ohigh
Oberlin High School
The
Ohi
Ralph Warner
Ralph Orms
Exchange Club Elects New Officers at Oberlin
In Oberlin on October 7 the Exchange Club held an unanimous vote of appreciation for retiring president George L. Close. New officers for the year include W. H. Phillips as president F W Tobin as first vice president P E Nielsen as second vice president O C McKee as secretary E G Dick as treasurer. Board of Control members are G L Close Earl Morris C W Kinney H L Aing F H Gardinier Hal Haylor. F H Gardinier reported on the state convention in Tiffin held in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
George L. Close
Exchange Club
W. H. Phillips
F. W W. Tobin
P. E. Nielsen
O. C. McKee
E. G Dick
Boarde of Control
G. L. Close
Earl Morris
C. W. Kinney
H. L.aing
F. H. Gardinier
Hal Haylor
Tiffin
Debating Society and Dramatic Association Planned
Oberlin Oct 7 formation of a Debating Society and Dramatic Association for the Senior High School to be perfected this week. Plans to hold interscholastic debates this year depend on sufficient interest in debating.
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Oberlin
Oberlin Briefs Note Visitors And Health
Miss Lee Scarlett of Detroit visits her mother Mrs. W. Scarlett at 83 Groveland Street. Oberlin painter Henry Singhofen has been taken to the County Infirmary at Elyria for ill health. Mr.
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Oberlin
Lee Scarlett
Detroit
W. Scarlett
Groveland Street
Henry Singhofen
Elyria
Oberlin Notes and Local Updates
Singhofen longtime Oberlin resident active in art advertising. Habel sells stake in investment firm and moves to Florida. First meeting of Douglass Memorial Concert Association held at High School with Dr Morrison directing. Plan to invite famous colored composers for spring concert. Window break at Prospect Street School yields books and supplies. thief unidentified. Inauguration of Western Reserve University president Vincent attended by King and Geiser. Bohn returns from Syracuse University opening of School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
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Singhofen
West College Street
Oberlin
Chas. H. Habel
Woodland
Venus
M Habel-Keiser-Severy Investment Company
Florida
Douglass Memorial Concert Association
Cr. W. Morrison
Robert F. Vincent
Western Reserve University
W. H. Bohn
Syracuse
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University
Amherst Social Short Items Highlight Study Club and Birth Celebration
Amherst reports a Study club gathering at Mrs. J H Schibley's Cleveland avenue home with fifteen attendees and programs on American Women Authors Panama Canal Chief Engineer George Goethe's work and birds. Lewis Reichert birthday surprise honors Velma Henes and Charles Strauss with cake and flowers. Adam Schaeffer's body shipped to Woodsville for burial. O B Baker in charge.
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J. A. Schibley
Study Club
Amherst
J. H. Schibley
Cleveland Avenue
Panama
Canal
R. C. Blum
Geo. Washington Goethals
Harry Leuzier
F. C. Roemer
H. W. Powers
Lewis Reichert
Forest Street
Velma Henes
Charles Strauss
Ruth Zilch
Clara
Evelyn Tisdale
Margaret Mulder
Ruth Mischka
Maynard Dahl
Leonard Grugle
Philip Ruth
Robert Zilch
Schaeffer
Adam Schaeffer
Woodsville
O. B. Baker
Amherst Briefs Highlight Local Social and Church Events
Mr and Mrs Adam Hahn of Park Avenue hosted a Sunday 6 oclock dinner for friends including Mrs W C Smith and the Collins family from Elyria. The Young Womans Sodality of St Josephs Catholic church will be entertained by Loretta Brown on Cleveland Avenue Thursday evening. A teachers and officers meeting of the Congregational Methodist Society was held with a Good Deeds club prepared supper. The Security Benefit Association will install officers at their hall Wednesday.
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Oberlin
Elizabeth Lake
Wiley Sears
Sandusky
Wido’ Gs
F. D. Dyer
South Street
C. Ty. Parker
Rust Methodist Episcopal Church
Amherst
Adam Hahn
Park Avenue
W. C. Smith
Paul Collins
William
John
Elyria
L. P. Lersch
Norma
Alice Lersch
Carl Lersch
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Loretta Brown
Cleveland Avenue
Congregational Methodist §. S
Good Deeds Club
Security Benefit Association
Amherst Personal Notices Mention Local Visitors and Visits
Amherst residents report a series of social visits and family updates. Mrs. Chas. Kreiger underwent surgery at the local hospital while others, including Anna Jaeger Frances, visited Cleveland. Wm. Baker Jr of Toledo and Belden residents also spent weekends here.
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Amherst
Chas. Kreiger
Anna Jaeger
Frances
Cleveland
Wm. Baker, Jr
Toledo
Judge overrules motion to amend answer in Hageman suit
In Common Pleas Court Judge A R Webber overruled a motion to set aside the answer in the case of O V Hageman a Lorain grocer versus Carl Radde on a bill for 1212 64 The defendant was granted until October 1 to file an amended answer.
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O. V
Phrenologists and Roman Hard Tack Compared
The article notes that phrenologists attribute head scratching to puzzlement. It compares this to Roman soldiers in the second century who ate hard tack, the wartime biscuit of their era.
Marmola Prescription Tablets Promoted for Fat Reduction
An old advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple fat reduction method, claiming users can eat normally and still slim down without exercise or dieting. Sold by druggists or direct from Marmola Co, Detroit, Michigan, for one dollar per box.
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Marmala Co
General Motors Bldg
Detroit
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Chronicle-Telegram
Audit Bureau
Second Street
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
Burea
A C Hudnutt
Lorain
Aeala Ea
A. E. Clasden, Inc
Dearborn Street
New York
Fifth Avenue
Althor
Massachusetts
England
Aix-la-Chapelle
William Beauchamp
Indiana
Methodist Church
Paoli
Ind
Delaware
Holland
Prince of Orange
William II
Boston
Bahia
Brazil
Mormon Church
Tabernacle
Lloyd George
Montreal
William F. Dunne
American Federation of Labor
Joseph E. Rausdell
United States
Louisiana
Alexandria
Frederick Hale
Maine
Midh
Clarence 8. Williams
Springfield
George’ P. McLean
Connecticut
Simsbury
Conn
Welker Cochran
Manson
Iowa
Louisville— Kentucky
Sundaychool Association
Rocky Mount
N. C
Unitedaughters of Confederacy of North Carolina
Norfolk, Va
United Daughters of Confederacy of Virginia
Marion, Ind
Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution
Grove Patterson
Henry Ward Beecher
Atlanta
Georgia
G. M
Arisin
Abe Martin
Pita
Paris
Was. W. H. Chapin
Berton Earsons
Charles Stelle
Margaret Stenger
Alice Thrall
Kathleen Kinner
Dudley Barn
Ard
Jake
Stella Mallory
Club
Faith Pierce
Henry Tulk
Phillips
J.F. Parrent
J. F. Parent
L. E. Burgner
Little Valley
Fredona
Parrent
Charlevoix
Mich
Professor Street
New York State
Charlevoix Bank
Amherst Briefs
East Avenue Storage and Repair Company
East Ave
Cleveland Street
Wilmot Printing Co
Masonic Temple
Uillly
ST. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth M. Whitehead
Elyria Savings & Trust
Abe
Charles Tucker
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