Taxi block brawl echoes amid Midtown theater crowds
New York dispatch reports a crowded theater block as taxis jostle for curb space after shows. Drivers race for fares in a high spirited contest while a doorman signals the rush. Marjorie Gainsworth, Walter Reid, May Yohe and others are noted in social musings and diamond lore. Cane Place Inn on Long Island is favored by Gov. Al Smith since 1921. Copyright 1988 McNaught Syndicate. ATTLEBORO cattle rustling noted with calf theft and tire-mark evidence. Bristol county reports follow.
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New York
Broadway
Seventh
Eighth Avenue
Cane Place Inn
Long Island
al Smith
Canoe Place
World's Tonic Ended Her Search for Health Relief
Mrs J Dormi of Elyria Ohio describes relief from chronic constipation after trying many medicines. She reports headaches, breathlessness, dizziness, and persistent pains before using World's Tonic which she says gave fast constipation relief and overall improvement. The ad notes roots and herbs sourced from various countries and lists drug stores selling the tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Dormi
Fatlawn
Elyria
Oma
Enouigh
Phillips
Standard
Muir's
Wellington Golden Anniversary Surprise in Wellington
Wellington residents gathered at Mr and Mrs John Wight home for a surprise Golden Wedding anniversary on September 11 and 12. The event featured a rose center pin from Wellington Telephone Company, a walnut end table and blue vase as gifts, hosted by daughter Mrs William Tennant of Cleveland. A family dinner followed with more gifts. The couple wed on September 12, 1888. Fiano Recital at Miss Betty Jean Page home featured garden decor and pupils including Helen Marie Shepard Ardith Andrews Lorna Sevy Kay Andrews Jean Minkler Arlene Sony Charles Richard Shepard and Jimmy Gustavson.
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Wellington
Herrick Auditorium
John Wight
Courtland Street
Wellington Telephone Company
Gould
Winte
Wiliam Tennant
Cleveland
Wight
Betty Jean Page
Page
Helen Marie Shepard
Robert Schum
Ardith Andrews
Evins
Bilbo
Lorna Sevy
Willi Rae Page
Kay Andrews
Jean Minkler
Juanita
Williams
Martha Wood
Ernest Oney
Ernest, Jr
Ashland
Ashland College
Karl Mueller
June
Jimmy
Margaret Mason
Glen Outridge
C. L. Robinson
Richard
Maybeth Leigfield
Detroit
J. H. Page
Palmer Overholt
Columbus
Sunshine Gospel
M. E
Mariam Airlam
Earl Douglass
Schobarry
Charles Barnes
Edith
Philathea
M. BE
Mattie Foster
Clay Smith
Aubrey Aldrich
Elyria
William Body
Page family notes mark end of season pupil events
Mrs J H Page hosted light refreshments as she wraps up a successful summer program for her pupils. Several students leave Thursday for Miami University while Ernest Oney enters Ashland College with an $320 scholarship. Birthday and shower scenes recount campus style social life with family and neighbors from Wellington, Sandusky, Lorain, Elyria, and beyond.
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J. H. Page
Miss Page
Miami University
Oxford
Ohi
Ernest Oney
Ashland College
Wellington High School
Harter Announces Two Vacancies In Academy
Congressman Don W Harter announced two vacancies at the United States Military Academy West Point from the Fourteenth District to be filled for 1939. A competitive examination will be held by the Civil Service Commission at the Akron Post Office on October 8 1938 for qualified entrants seeking principal or alternate seats.
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Don W. Harter
United States Military Academy
West Point
Fourteenth
Harter
United States Civil Service Commission
Akron Post Office
Examination notice for Naval Academy appointments
Notification to Mr Harter that applications must be received before September 20 1938. Eligible boys must be 17 before July 1 1939 and not over 21 on that date. Announcement that no Annapolis Naval Academy appointments will be made from the Fourteenth District in 1939 due to no vacancies.
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Harter
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Foursteenth
Vacation Calendar Outlined By Maston
Slyria public school students will have nearly two weeks of Christmas vacation and a full week Spring break if the tentative calendar outlined by superintendent R. C. Maston at the Elyria Board of Education meeting is approved. He expects to submit it for October 1 board approval. The plan calls for dismissal December 21 and return January 3, with a spring break March 31 to April 10 and a year end closing June 9. Armis tice Day is not a school holiday unless state law changes.
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Slyria Public
R. C. Maston
Elyria
Maston
Record of George Gorsuch's 10000-Mile Merry-Go-Round
At age 68, amusement park worker George Gorsuch claims a ten thousand mile career operating a merry-go-round in Des Moines circle fashion over 22 years. A cat, a rock and a brown owl are described as companions in Brighouse England.
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Des Moines
George Gorsuchs
Rock
Brighouse
England
Rockwood Sits as Guest at Elyria School Board Meeting
Rockwood attended his first Elyria Board of Education meeting as a guest after decades of service. Richard Stevens presented him a gift, and board members lauded his clerk treasurer tenure since 1909, ending his post August 31. W O McClellan took his former seat as successor.
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Rockwood
Elyria Board of Education
Richard F. Stevens
W. O. McClellan
Thief Takes Bible From Stillwater Justice Office
Stillwater Oklahoma Justice of the Peace Whipple laments a Bible theft from his office. He hopes the thief may read the Scripture daily and learn from the jot, noting his own daily Scripture reading was interrupted by the loss.
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Stillwater
Okla
Whipple
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Charles B. Driscoll
Paris
Marjorie Gainsworth
Versailles
Grace Moore
Chicago Opera
East 58Th Street
Iowa
Walter Reid
Washington
May Yohe
Reid
Chicago
May Yoice
Charlie McAdam
Brenner
Ham Fisher
Brown County
Indina
Virginia
Mississippi Valley
McNaught Syndicate
Attleboro
Mass
Antone Vincent
Bristol County
Chas, Driscoll
Hoover
Elyria, Ohio
By Denys Wortman
Cora M. Shepard
Barker Sb
Courtland
Grand Duke
Wainwrights
Cleveland Road
Elyria Telephone
Eddie Doane
J. P. Schafer
Lincoln Street
Ida
John Swesey
Naomi Norris
George Bishbaugh
Herrick Avenue West
Walter Thompson
Sullivan
Ohio
Edith Ann
Ernest
James
Edward William
Academy
Checker Cab
R. G. Hochenedel
Mgr
The
Gus Company
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