Two Flyers Burn To Death In Plane Crash At Pittsburgh
Two aviators Charlies Tygard and Lea H. McEllicott died when their airplane stalled after takeoff from Rodgers Field. The men, both 25, were from Dormont and Butler respectively, as flames engulfed the wreckage. A follow on note mentions experiments to develop hardy fruit tree varieties for Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Rodgers Field
Charlies Tygard
Dormont
Lea HE. McEllicott
Butler
Plum Creek Deepening and Widening Linked to Oberlin Council
Oberlin Sept 6 The Oberlin Council approved widening and deepening Plum Creek after a Wednesday night session. A plumbers license was granted to Charles Brill. Rev Lenz will leave Oberlin next Sunday after nine years at the Inca church. Twin daughters were born to Mr and Mrs John Parker of Painesville on Sunday. The article also notes various local social events, reunions, and upcoming Oberlin College football schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plum Creek
Oberlin
Charles Brill
Youngstown
Lenz
John Parker
Painesville
Parker
Grace Edwards
College
Oberlin College
Kent College
DePauw
Mount Union
Case
Cleveland
Michigan
Akron
Oberta
Webster
Wooster
Miami
Oxford
Western Reserve
Democrats Lay Plans for Battle on Tariff Bill
Washington Sept 6 a private agreement by leaders of all senate factions the Farm Bloc Democrats and administration aims to delay final action on the 600 million tariff bill Instead the senate may begin reconvening Monday with consideration of administrative features and valuation provisions while shelving surgical cuts to industrial rates Borah and Robinson discuss delaying tactics to educate the public on what they call iniquities of the bill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Farm Bloc
United States
Robinson
Borah
Idaho
Finance Committee
Leaders reach agreement on tariff bill provisions
Robinson presents bill to the Big Three Watson Smoot Reed seeking delay on the rate section and focus on administrative features. Democrats plan to oppose King’s amendment to abolish the tariff commission’s percent status and to limit the president’s power with the commission. They also aim to challenge Republican plans for a tariff commission to set rates based on foreign costs versus production costs abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Watson
Smoot
Reed
Penonsylvania
Tariff Commission
Congress
Commission
United States
New Orleans Trolley Strike Ends in Settlement
An agreement to settle the New Orleans trolley strike has been reached in New York and must be ratified by workers in New Orleans. Old workers will be rehired by seniority and a compromise on union domination will be implemented, with credit given to Rev John A Bran of Catholic University of Washington for his unofficial mediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
John A. Rran
Catholic University of Washington
Masked Men Helped Prisoners Escape in Lawrence County Jail
Five prisoners escaped from a Lawrence County jail with two masked men supplying saws and helping to cut bars. Witnesses say the masked men aided the breakout and urged prisoners to avoid alerting guards. Escapees include Charles Lambert, Bill Adams, Estill Wallen, Walter Johnson, and Buck Carter. Olie Atkins warned a jailer after the others fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa
Lawrence County
Charles Lambert
Walter Johnson
Buck Carter
Olie Atkins
Berea and Cleveland visits fill Ridge notes
Local residents recount Berea Fair attendance and family visits from Olivet Mich to Shawville and Elyria. Travel includes trips to Chippewa Lake and the Cleveland air races alongside Oak Ridge messages. Graf Zeppelin sightings near Cleveland and Los Angeles passage spark curiosity. Families visit relatives in Lima Wheeling and Columbus over a busy week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyrla. C
Sherman Mason
Minnich
Chas. Peters
Columbus
Michigan
Visst
Murray Mason
Beulah
Olivet
Doris Minnick
Roger
Gideon Frisbee
Shawville
Helen Eastwood
Medina
Unica Porter
Oberlin Road
Minas Edna Pallas
Eva Bryant
Floyd
Amherst
H. Drusendall
Margaret
Mildred Pallas
Chas. Pallas
Elyria
Berea
Ollie Minnich
Gilbert
Donia
A. W. Mason
Robert
Mich
Chippewa Lake
Charles Pallas
Theodore Manns
Russia
Henry Pallas
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Chicago
Conrad
Lima
Wm. Wagner
West Lorain County Social Notes and Fair Prizes
South Ridge reports Mr and Mrs Harvey Grobe and daughter Alice returning to St Petersburg Fla after a three month visit with Walter Grobe family and relatives in Elyria. Emil Schroeder hosts a Sunday family gathering for fifty guests with dinner on lawn and games. Esther and Lester Beal win first prize at Lorain County Fair Elyria for best loving twins in the children health contest. Henry Delefield hosts guests from Cleveland Amherst Elyria and Lorain including Mrs Benjamin Butler Miss Mabel Behan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Allen
Michigan
Sarah Avery
Mabel Whitney
Springfield
Ohio
Myrtle Hurd
Camden
H. E. Bartlett
W. S. Avery
Schlebaum
Cleveland
Fred Jordan
Lucy Turner
C. Miller
Arizhion
Harderman
F.C. Brandt
Toledo
Lorain
Lakewood
Walter Friend
Leland
Vermilion
Vernon Norton
South Ridge
Harvey Grobe
Alice
St. Petersburg
Florida
Walter Grobe
Elyria
Emil Schroeder
Pittsburgh
Amherst
Esther
Lester Beal
Elmer Beal
Lorain County
Henry Delefield
Benjamin Butler
Mabel Behan
Anna Kessler
Myron Robbins
Fair
William Cook
Maud Day
Kitty Oldham
Local residents visit, guests and trips around town
Mrs Cook and Edward Cook of Townline Road plus many neighbors and relatives from Elyria Berea and Amherst visited, called on families, and attended Columbus and Berea fairs. Multiple motor trips to Kentucky Southern Ohio, church services on Sunday, and school opening with Ada Kinsley as teacher mark community activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
John
Edward Cook
Townline Road
Car
Drammp
Canada
William Schubert
Elyria
Lewis Kroehle
Kathryn Schild
Columbus Fair
Howard Everson
Barbara
David McClurg
Moe Hahn
Julia Whitmore
Walter Grobe
Edward Ernst
North Ridge
M. Wedell
Alfred Wedell
Berea
Conrad Ernst
John Haker
Wellington
Lewis Behnke
Anthony Delefield
Henry Schmitkens
Harvey Eschtruth
Middle Ridge
George Cox
Amherst
V Schubert
Mervin Schubert
W. T. Collier
J. P. Bechtel
Charles Dehn
Mabel Dehn
Milton Baus
Matilda Drumm
Ohio
Kentucky
J. H. Amor
Ada Kinsley
Henrietta
Albert Kroehle
Edgar
Phillip Richardson
Cleveland
George Vogler
Pittsfield Social News Roundup Opens With Local Travels
Mrs M A Campbell reports a busy week as local families attended Berea and State fairs. George McConnell and kin visited recent guests at Coulson home. Clarence DeRodes Doris Van Buren and Shirley Ann from Illinois joined Coulsons. Stevens family began a motor trip to Buffalo and other sites in New York and Pennsylvania. James Davidson and family among those noted in this week’s Pittsfield notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Bear
Clarence DeRodes
Doris
van Buren
Wood County
Maria
Shirley “Ann
Coulson
Clarence Stevens
Charles
Elsie
Buffalo
New York
Pennsylvania
James Davidson
Konjola Ends Suffering After 20 Years of Ills
Testimonial from John A. Hinn of Cincinnati recounts decades of digestive and nerve troubles. He says Konjola brought rapid relief within a week and full recovery in three weeks, with catarrhal and earache ailments vanishing. Ad claims product sold at Philip's Drug Store in Elsta, Ohio and by area druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Hinn
Roe Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Konjola
Kanjola
Elstia
Philip’s
Amherst Community Happenings Include Choir, Outing and Moves
Amherst notes report joint choir rehearsals for St Peter's Evangelical and area churches at St Peters, an outing for Holy Name society at Jos Gillis farm featuring a ball game with a chicken dinner for the losers, and various moves. The Philathea Bible class resumes after two months, with a program and refreshments. Local leaders announce bus charter for Lorain Federation meeting. staff changes include substitutes in the Amherst High commercial department. Two Amherst youths join 425 Ohio State University graduates, William Marshall and Richard Gleason, the largest class in OSU history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Garland
Elyria
Alec Garland
J. Garland
Jackson
Michigan
Vena Niedhardt
St John’s
South Amherst
St. Paul's
St John's
Lorain
St. Peters Evangelical Church
St. Peter's Church
Holy Name Society
Jos Gillis Farm
Edith Heller
Helen Cameron
G. W. Anderson
Ohio Quarry Office Force
J. Leonard
Philathea Bible
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
R. L. Meaz
Fred Helzhauer
Wilma Helzhauer
Anna Lempke
Anna Lakofsky
R. L. Monz
Fred Mathes
Max Lark
Ladies” Aid Society
St Peter's Evangelical Church
Vaile
Lorain County
West Ridge residents share farm events and visits
Master Robert Penfound returned from Columbus where he exhibited a Holstein calf at the State Fair. J. H. Penfound and son Harlan came back from Greenville to attend the Hansford-Tarry family reunion. Local attendees at Friday church reception included Theodore Grills family and others. Oat yields lag while wheat is fair. Grange met to plan county fair exhibits. Several families attended the Ohio State Fair midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Penfound
Columbus
J. H. Penfound
Harlan
Greenville
Mich
Hansford-Tarr
South Ridge Church
Theodore Grills
Melvin and
Harold
Clara Jackson
Myra Whitney
George Decker
H. H. Drusendahl
Leota
Dick Johnston
Freda
B. Q. Pope
Margaret Toth
Elyria
Chas Foth
Ruth Sipple
Walter Sipple
Grange Committee
Harry Lauer
W. H. Drusendahl
Sherman Mason
Ollie Minnich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amherst Eagles
Oberlin Business Men's Club
Martin Son
Esther Alfplen
North Park Street
Bridgette _Club
John McConnell
Okegi’s
Edith Crock
Montreal
Europe
New York City
Georgia Crock
Harold Henderson
Milwaukee, Wis
Mrs
J. T. Henderson
Oberlin Masonic Lodge
Jean Jones
Aloha Camp
New Hampshire
J. Ford
Obedin
Frank Dibelius
Wakeman
Wheeling
West Virginia
Ohio Caverns
West Liberty
John H. Lenz
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Bishop Schrembs
Donald Jameson
Camp Pemigewasset
Wentworth
N. H
James A. Richards
Bridgton
Maine
Hubert Stone
Athens
Henry Stone
North Main Street
Ohio Northern University
Elva Baldwin
East Lorain Street
Mae
Lyman
David Waterman
David, Jr. Byrne
Jane Ann
Mary Faith
B. C. Pops
Charles Toth
Julius
Alex
Fremont
Stanley Brown
Munsell Curl
Chers
The
Murbach Coal & Supply Co
Ffemmninine
Prado
Endicott - Johnson Mens
EM Joye
Endicott-Johnson Keamer
Broad Street
Dreamland Theater
Pittsfield
M. A. Campbell
George McConnell
E. R. McConnell
Roy Brasee
Herbert
Whitney
John A. Hirn
West Ridge
Maumee
Maumee Dairy
Blaine St
Kenneth L. Wise
C. J. Miller
Elyria Savings Bank
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