Island storm kills ten on Abaco as relief sails
A hurricane that struck Abaco Island killed 10 people and injured 30, with initial reports of 2000 houses destroyed. A government relief boat carrying doctors and supplies headed to Abaco after communication was restored. The storm approached from the south and caused little damage in Nassau and along the Bahamas and Florida coasts. Abaco Island lies about 60 miles north of Nassau and 200 miles east of Miami.
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Nassau
Abaco Island
Abaco
Bahamas
Florida
Miami
Palm Beach
Fla
Cotton Blossom Singers to Perform at Huntington Church
Huntington Q Sept 9 The Cotton Blossom Singers from Piney Woods Miss will present spirituals and plantation melodies at the Methodist church Tuesday evening Sept 13 at 6:00 oclock A free will offering will be received and a large attendance is hoped for Also notes from area reunions include Beckley Laughery Cook Cowie Peet family gatherings and Wilcox Leininger get togethers with attendees from multiple towns and states.
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M. BE
Huntington
Cotton Blossom Singers
Piney Woods Country Life School
Piney Woods
Miss
Methodist Church
Lorain County Beauty Contest Winners
Lorain County fair hosts a bathing beauty contest with three winners. Mary Alice McLaughlin, 16, Elyria High School sophomore, wins for the fourth time in prize history, with Miss Ann Kaspirek and Miss Virginia Miller as runners up. Local residents and visitors fill pages of notes from the fair and social calls across Elyria, Lorain, Kipton, and nearby towns.
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Lorain County
Alice McLaughlin
Elyria
Miss McLaughlin
Lotain
Tenth Street
Ann Kaspirek
Broadway
Lorain
Virginia Miller
Second Street
Capitol Theatre
Attendees at fairs and reunions in Homer and area
Mr and Mrs John Smith attended the Higha Fair Monday. The McQuate reunion drew many including T J Lehman Charles Fredericks Adam McQuate Donald Hartman Kenneth Hartman Lillie and son Raymond and Tom Smith of Wellington at Monroe McQuate's Homer home. Local brief items note visits and calls across Wellington LaGrange Amherst Spencer and Clarksfield with multiple families and neighbors attending gatherings and visiting relatives.
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John Smith
Higha
T. J. Lehman
Charles. Fredericks
Adam McQuate
Donald
Kenneth Hartman
Wesley Kolbe
LaGrange
Labor Day
Kolbe
Wilbur Rook
Spencer, Mich
Henry Kolbe
Amherst
A. C. Kolbe
William Evans
Wellington
D. M
Ben Burge
J. Kapking
Johnson Crile
Franklin Sanders
Lasrel Renals
Jack Banschoten
L. C. Crile
Temocrats Hold Rally at Amherst
A Roosevelt-for-President club rally at Miller's rock garden Amherst attracted about 200 attendees from Lorain Elyria and nearby areas. Ed Whiton presided with Mayor Stiward and speakers including D Seward Ben Harris. Don Harter was absent. J Conley spoke on campaign issues and budget cutting. Resolutions backed J J Smythe for county prosecutor. A wiener roast closed the evening.
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Amherst, CO
Miller’s Rock Garden
Seeley Avenue
Lordin
Elyria
Henrietta
Ed. Whiton
BE. C. Stiward
D. Seward
Ben Harris
Lorain
Mr. Whiton
Don Harter
Akron
Congress
J. Conley
A. C. Tolhurst
J. J. Smythe
Greta Garbo Spotted by Photographers in Stockholm
Greta Garbo, famed Swedish actress, shows a dislike for cameras as she sits in a Stockholm theatre audience wearing a beret. The scene captures her reluctance to be photographed despite her international celebrity.
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Greta Garbo
Sweden
Stockholm
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Peet
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Georgia Cook
Michigan
Beckler
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Miss Carpenter
Beckley
Kentucky
Charles Cowie
Sullivan
Nelson Peet
Margaret Dudley
Nichigan
Beckley Laughery
Leininger
Huntington Town Hall
Cleveland
Homerville
Spencer
Camden
Kipton
North-Oberlin
Weiling
Beauty Contest
Ernest Leininger
Earl Leininger
Beulah Radcliffe
North Oberlin
Ona Leininger
Jaedena Leininger
Hart Leininger
C. W. Roberson
Howard Vosburgh
Hiram Vos‘burgh
Town Hall
West Virginia
Aaron Rapking
Aaron, Jr
Morrel
Glenn
Clarksburg
W. V.a
J. C. Rapking
Walter Holand
Jerome Pratt
Beckley-Laughpery
Gene Chaffel
Pittsburgh
Harriet Cole
Toledo
Walter Lavon
Helen
George Kooss, Jr
Dorothy Lillie
Moakley
John Naegele
Clyde
Walter Dirlam
Sidney Parker
E. S. Dirlam
Ashland
H. Dirlam
Eimer Knapp
Velma Knapp
Everett Knapp
Berkley-Laughery
Elbert Pasadyne
Brighton
George Hart
Dewey Naegere
Herbert
Phyllis
Detroit
Mich
Conract Naegele
Rudolph Hiseman
Harry
Walter
Grace
Irene
Dorothy
Willie
Nettie Elizabeth
Dorothy Mae
Dewey Naegele
Dan Kater
G.A. Handiey
Floyd
Rochester
Misse
Dorothy Diedrick
George Smith
Clarksfield
T. A. West
Pennsylvania
Ida Bradisa
Dave Diedrick
Pomona Grange
O. H. Dirlam
C. H. Dirlam
Walter’ Dirlam
Slyde, O
Ashland, C
Lelia Laborie
Blyria
Miller-Jones
Broad St
Elyria, Ohio
Miller- Jones
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Black Leather School
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Yucatan
West Bridge
Water Street
Greta
Big Boy
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Blue Bird Soda Grille
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