Fall Fatal to Perry Court Resident
Joseph Minnick, 64, fell while groping down stairs to lock his Perry Court apartment door and died a few hours later. He suffered a fractured skull and injuries to his side and leg and was taken to Sudro Funeral Home. Minnick had lived in Elyria for five years and worked as a foreman at The Jones and Kehn Oil Co. He is survived by his wife Margaret and five children, plus relatives in Detroit and Cleveland. Funeral services are set for Monday at 9:30 AM with Rev. J. B. Mooney officiating. Burial at St. Mary’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Joseph Mink
Minnick
Albert Bar
Fom Woodman O Hives
Abraas
Minnicks
Barres
Raing
Mink
Jed
My ‘Ty
Maret
Charles Bernard
Detroit
Frank L
Robert Baker
Cleve
R. F. Cotts
Elyria
Don Elyria
Thets and Kehn Oil Co
Sudro Fual
J. B. Mooney
St. Mary's Heme
Fire kills eight in Seattle hotel blaze
A hotel blaze in Seattle yesterday killed eight people and left 14 injured as a maniac set fire to the land hotel in a laborers' lodging house run by a Japanese operator. Investigations show the kerosene-drenched building ignited quickly, trapping occupants on narrow stairs. most injured were expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Tland
Laborers
Bank Robbery in Indiana Targets Peru First National Bank
A six man gang robbed the First National Bank of Peru Indiana taking about 350 or 56,000. Police and a bystander were wounded as they fled. Twenty three patrons were forced to lie on the floor while bandits emptied a vault. One robber guarded the exit while three stayed in an automobile outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ert
Ind
First National K of
Peru
Wenty
Tax amendment talk at Russia Township meeting
Joe Weilts will discuss the Hadden Tax Limit amendment to the state constitution at a Nobel election meeting tonight at the Russia Township Farm home of Mr and Mrs Ed Berg north of Kin. Orion Alger and Wilma Bonar county extension agents will also attend the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Weilts
Lorain County
Russia Township
Ed Berg
North of
Kin
Orion Alger
Wilma
Anthony Nied Began Law Career in Elyria Then Birmingham Move
Aged 21, Anthony Nied worked on a farm with his father at Field's Corners before entering Baldwin Wallace University and later reading law in Elyria under Judge Lee Ud. He opened his own law office in 1902 and has practiced since. He is married with one child and recently moved to Birmingham last year, pursuing his long-held ambition to be a lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Nied
Field's Corners
Baldwin - Wallace Versity
Berea
Elyria
Lee Ud
Ieding
Birming
MacDonald to Cite U S Canada Case at London Talks
Ottawa reports Ramsay MacDonald plans to cite the U S Canada wartime parity and the Great Lakes naval accord as an example of cooperation. Mackenzie King praised the 1812 agreement and said current talks aim for broader parity. MacDonald announced all invited powers accepted the naval conference invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Washington
Mackenzie King
MacDonald
Great Lakes
King
North America
Privy Council
R. B. Bennett
Government House
Japan Accepts Invitation to January Naval Conference
Japan accepts invitation to the London naval conference and urges real naval reduction. Tokyo aims to discuss cruiser limits with Britain and the United States, seeks to raise auxiliary ship tonnage, and plans to consult Britain beforehand. All powers invited have accepted. the conference opens in the third week of January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
London
State Department
Hoover
MacDonald
Great Britain
United States
DeBuchi
Stimson
Tokio
League of Nations
Liquor Gets Him Into Peck of Trouble
Alex Benigno, an alleged bootlegger, drove south on Elyria Oberfin road with liquor in his car and drank along the way. He collided with Lawrence Waite’s car, injuring Mrs. White and Everett Brown, while Benigno sustained jaw injuries. He pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated and was bound over to the grand jury in $200 bond. He later faced charges of transporting liquor and possession of liquor, to be heard by Sheriff Clarence Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Benigno
Elyria-Oberfin Road
Benigno
Lawrence R. Waite
Whitney Point
New York
Sherif Clarence E. Adams
Y Plans For New Project In South End Activates
W C McClellan reports temporary plans to inaugurate a series of YMCA activities for colored Elytians in the South end. A temporary chairman Edward Hill vice chairman Thomas Johnson and five member committee were chosen with Charles Gray and Gerald Gaines already accepting. The group will meet next week to set initial steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. McClellan
E. Collins
Edward Hill
Thomas Johnson
Charles Gray
Gerald Gaines
McClellan
Stimson Heads U. S. Delegation to London Conference
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson is chosen to lead the American delegation to the forthcoming fire power naval limitations conference in London next January. President Hoover has not finalized the full roster, with senators and ambassadors to European courts among those unofficially linked as possible delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Henry L. Stimson
America
London
Hoover
Stimson
Senate
Charles C. Dawes
Great Britain
Hugh 5. Gibson
Belgium
State Examiner and Narcotic Agent Held for Bribery
Youngstown Ohio October 18 Frank A Dorsey and Frank Bauer state officials were arrested on bribery charges after an affidavit by Dr Lamont B Smith alleged they demanded $1200 to allow Cyril Von Baumann to practice without an Ohio license An undercover dictaphone captured their negotiations Dr Baumann was fined 1001 for practicing without a license The case goes to the grand jury
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, CO
Frank A. Dorsey
Scioto
Frank Bauer
Columbus
Lamont B. Smith
Cyril von Baumann
North Carolina
Baumanaz
Ohio
John Kane
Kane Secret Agency Service
Smith
Physican
von Baumann
Baumann
Dr Smith
Last Chance To Register For Nov 5 Election
Voting booths open today and again tomorrow for voters who moved or not registered under the new system. Hours are 8 00 AM to 2 00 PM today and 4 00 PM to 9 00 PM both today and tomorrow. Officials say this is the final opportunity to register for the November 5 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Election
Credit Rating Bureau Elects New Officers and Board
The Elyria Credit Rating Bureau held a meeting at the Hotel Newell on Thursday evening adopting regulations for its seven member board of control and electing A. M. Hannaford Leon Kennedy and J. J. Cronin to the board. Officers named were Hannaford president Kennedy vice president Robinson treasurer and Kaiser secretary. Hutchinson urged public awareness of the bureau as a credit information clearing house and warned of direct information exchanges risking libel or slander suits. Music by the Kiwanis quartet and Bill Struck’s Orchestra accompanied the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsina Credit Rating Bureau
Board of Control
A. C. Hutchinson
Akron Merchants’ Association
Credit’ Bureau
Hotel
Newell
Bureau
A. M. Hannaford
Leon Kennedy
A. Jy Robinson
Leona Kaiser
J. J. Cronin
Elyria Chamber _of Commerce
E. W. Bell
A. 3.Robinson
Robert Vestal
S. B. Plan
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Credit Bureau
Hutchison
Cleveland
Akron
Kiwanis Club
Robert Burns
Paul Wainwright
William , Struck
J. E. Thatcher
Bill Struck
Fall Court of Honor to honor Scouts at First Congregational
The Fall Court of Honor will be held at the First Congregational Church on Wednesday evening October 23, with Judge Clyde Wilcox as Eagle Scout commissioner. Nearly 300 merit badges and ranks from second class to Eagle will be awarded. Alfred Berle will present life saving emblems earned at the County Scout Camp. The public is invited, and following the court the Scouts meet at Elyria High School gym on Friday November 22 for the county field meet with twenty troops competing to beat Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Clyde Wilcox
Elyria Y
Elyria High School
Wellington
Red Cross
Earl
Elyria
Detroit to Cleveland Flight Sets Speed Record
A Ford tri-motor operated by Stout Air Lines flew from Detroit to Cleveland in 38 minutes aided by a 53 mile tailwind. Pilot Leon Sherrick led the flight, breaking the previous record by three minutes with seven passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Sherrick
Stout Air Lines
Rugs Stolen From Glade B. Thomas Store
Police report two bundles of rugs stolen from the rear entrance of Glade B. Thomas store Thursday. A touring car drove through the alley, the driver wrapped the bundles in burlap and loaded them into his vehicle before driving away. One bundle measured nine feet and held a single rug, the other contained four small rugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glade B. Thomas
Thomas
Gun in Bagk Tat Man Goes for Long Ride
Charles Brown a 21 year old taxi driver was forced at gunpoint to drive a robber across Cuyahoga County from Court Street to Cleveland. The gunman demanded Brown’s $1.65 said to take the driver home. Brown followed orders through Ridgeville Rocky River and East 30th Street before alerting his company manager and police. Brown says he is shaken but unharmed and the incident marks his first robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brown
Cleveland
Brown
Ove Dolar
Court Street
Fifteenth Street
East Avenue
Middle Avenue
George Street
Medina Way
Route 20
Gumman
Ridgeville
Rocky River
Superior Avenue
Payne Avenue
Chester
Seventeenth Street
East 30Th Street
Elytia
Harvey Welton
Wilson
Rare Operation On Boy Involving Caterpillar Hairs
In Tiffin Ohio a boy named Robert Frederick, ten, underwent a rare eye operation after caterpillar hairs were removed from his eye. The hairs were found after a caterpillar was flung during schoolyard play, causing inflammation and a physician used magnifying tools to remove them one by one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
Robert Frederick
Endorse Tuberculosis Sanitarium Project
Major Woodruff camp of Spanish American War Veterans and Auxiliary endorsed a county tuberculosis sanitarium at a Thursday meeting. The resolution urges support for a bond issue at the next regular election due to lack of proper facilities for those afflicted in Lorain County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodruff
Lorain County
Edison Portrait Lights Ely Park Jubilee Night
Huge Edison image erected in Ely Park for Esria’s Light Golden Jubilee events. Elyria High School band will play at 7:30 PM for the jubilee and a football rally, lights go out at 7:50 PM to reveal Edison on the clear face, then Meyer James A Hewitt introduces R C Maston who speaks for seven minutes before the National Anthem and unveiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Ely Park
Esria
Thomas A. Edison
Elyria
Meyer James A. Hewitt
Mike” T
R. C. Maston
Recall of Edison by Elyria youth dates 36 years ago
Hubert Day, a 5 year old hardware dealer in Elyria, recalls Thomas Edison’s presence on Elyria streets in his youth. Born August 11 1844 Day describes lighting with candles then kerosene lamps, leaving home at 21 to work for an uncle in Iowa, later returning to run Day’s Hardware and Music Store with his sons and nephews. He remembers Edison as the young inventor being watched for electricity experiments. Day notes Elyria’s bustling old business scene and ship launches on Lorain and Black River. His brother 91 remains in Burlington Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Elyria
Hubert Day
Day
Sheffield
Edi
Iowa
Steel Company
Edison
Elsna
Dar
Carpenter Hardware
Lorain County
Lorain
Black River
Burlington
Farmer's Death Being Probed
PATASKALA Oct 18 Authorities investigate the death of B D Tharp 49 a local farmer whose body was found in a barn after several days missing A note in his clothing stated Been drugged and put out Can't go any farther Didn't get all Police believe robbers may have drugged him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pataskala
B. D. Tharp
Tharp
Notables Welcome President Hoover in Cincinnati
Cincinnati October 18 President Hoover arrives for a formal dedication of a $150,906,000 chain of locks and dams on the Ohio River. A large reception committee, including Gov. Myers Cooper and Ohio Valley Improvement Association leaders, will greet him at Eden Park before a luncheon and river-dam inspections en route to Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincennati
Hoover
Eden Park
Ohio River
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Louisville
Oscar F. Barrett
Improvement Associaion
Edwin C. Gibbs
George Puchta
W. C.culkins
Nicholas Longworth
Myers ¥. Cooper
Murray Seasongood
Pittsburgh
Dr. Hoovar
Gibson Hotel
Barrett
The
Improvement Association
Edwin ©. Gibbs
Prayor Seasongood
Cooper
WLW
2 National Network
Inndem
Mississippi
Mississippi River Commission
U. S
Greenbrier
U. S. Mississippi
Evansville
Mnd
Objections Heard On Oberfin West College Street Extension
Residents oppose the proposed West College street extension at Oberfin, from the current west end near Route 20 about a mile farther west, with damages claims to be presented at a county commissioners hearing this afternoon. The plan would restore two way traffic on the old South Western Electric line from Oberlin to Norwalk, whose tracks were removed three years ago. The extension would divert from the street car right-of-way and merge directly with Route 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West College Street
Oberfin
County Commissioners
Oberlin
Southwestern Electric
Norwalk
Man Injured Cranking Car On Furnar Street
Frederick Gatchell sustained injuries to his right leg this morning when his car lapsed forward as he attempted to crank it on Furnar street. He received emergency treatment at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Gatchell
Furnar Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Perry Court
Seph Minnick
Indiana
Case
Britain
U.5
Credit Rating Bureau Elects
Hey
Charles H. Hofrichrer
Elsria
Church of Christ
W. J. Fowler
Scouts
Onda
Gun
Gunman
Farmer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!