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Allen County, Ohio Old News Articles |
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A part of Ohio Trails for Genealogy Trails |
Allen County, Ohio Old News Articles |
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Jan 4, 1923
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Jan 4, 1923 |
| Jan 4, 1923 Wife Counters In Suit Care and custody of Eileen, her 20 months babe, is demanded by Martha Frickenstein, in a cross petition filed in common pleas court Thursday, countering a divorce action instituted by Harvey Frickenstein. She demands alimony and support money. |
Jan 4, 1923 Mrs. Fredericka Werst, 84, wife of Charles Werst, 207 1/2 E. North-st, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday. She was a pioneer resident of this city. Born in Vienna, Austria, Fredericka Readeser came to America at the age of 16, with her mother and two sisters. Her father died in the old country. She is survived by her husband and one son and a daughter. John Werst and Mrs.. John Heckford, both of Lima. The surviving sisters are Mrs. F. Pflum of Lima, and Mrs. Josephine Schmidt, of Glasgow, Missouri. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. at St. Rose Catholic church. Interment in Gethsemani. |
| Feb 28, 1923 Because of a blinding snow storm and slippery pavements, a Cadillac sedan owned by Homer Heiniger and driven by Bert Heiniger, crashed into a Chevrolet roadster, owned and driven by H.F. Ellison, Lima R.D. 2, at High and Jackson-sts, Monday evening. Considerable damage was done to both machines. A rear wheel was torn off the Chevrolet roadster and the side of the Cadillac was crushed. |
Mar 27, 1924 Frank Becker, of 1020 Hazel-av, suffered a slight concussion on the head Wednesday when he was struck by a sledge hammer at the Lima Locomotive Works. He was removed to St. Rita's hospital in Williams & Davis ambulance. |
| Mar 27, 1924 Central Blue Triangle club will hold a rummage sale in the old Cunningham Drug Store room on the Public Square Saturday. All members having articles intended for the sale are requested to bring them either to the high school or to the sale room Saturday. |
Mar 27, 1924 H.J. Ridge, county extension agent, is in Ottawa Thursday attending the district conference of county club leaders. |
| Apr 15, 1924 Harry Johnson, 28, automobile salesman of Paulding, was killed instantly at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Broughton grade crossing by a Nickel-Plate passenger train. His skull was fractured, both legs and arms broken and head crushed when the speeding train trapped him in his automobile on the grade crossing and hurled the machine and victim a distance of 25 feet. Johnson, who is employed as a salesman at the Miller Ford agency in Paulding, had demonstrated a car in Broughton and was enroute to Kalida when he met with the fatal accident. |
Apr 15, 1924 Property owners living at and near the intersection of Ertel-av and West-st were present at the meeting of the city commission Monday night and asked that a light be placed at this corner. They claim that without this protection they are in danger of being run down by machines as they are unable to see where they are going. City Manager Bingham promised them a light at this place, it was further claimed. The commission expressed itself in favor of lighting the street, and referred the matter to the city manager. |
| Apr 27, 1924 Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Sylvester Brunt, former Lima resident, which occurred Easter Sunday at the home of her brother, James Van Alstina, in Cicero, N.Y. She had resided with her brother since the death of her husband, former hotel man of this city. |
Apr 27, 1924 Mrs. Phil H. Albert, of Albert's Beauty Shop has returned from Chicago where she attended the annual Hair Dresser's State Show, which was held at the Hotel Sherman, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. |
| Apr 27, 1924 The meeting of the Allen-co, association of Rebekahs at Bluffton has been postponed until May 1. |
Apr 27, 1924 Mr. and Mrs. James Britt, 154 E. Circular-st, have returned from Robinson, Ill, where they were called the fist of the week on account of the death of their son-in-law, Lloyd La Foy, 54, who died April 19, as a result of a fall from an oil tank, several weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. La Foy formerly resided in this city on S. McDonald-st, going west at the time of the oil excitement, several years ago. |
| Apr 27, 1924 Commissioner Andrew J. Gray, who recently underwent an operation at Lima City hospital for appendicitis, has recovered sufficiently to leave the hospital. Gray was able to be at his duties in the county commissioner's office for a short time Saturday. |
Apr 27, 1924 Special music by the vested choir is on the program at St. Paul's Lutheran church for the vesper service at 4 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Joseph Davison is chorister, and J.B. Adkins, organist. |
| Apr 27, 1924 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gardner, 712 Hazel-av, announce the birth Saturday of a son at St. Rita's hospital. |
Apr 27, 1924 Wilbur Rowand, 122 S. West-st, and Donna Shappell, 224 S. Collett-st, will take part in the National Republican Mock Convention to be held at Oberlin College, May 12 and 13. |
| Apr 27, 1924 Burns suffered Friday morning in a kerosene explosion at her home, 1225 S. Main-st, resulted in the death at 6:30 p.m. Saturday of Mrs. Birdie Hillery, 33, at Lima City hospital. The woman was enveloped in flames when kerosene from a kitchen stove exploded and poured over her body. The husband George Hillery heard the explosion and rushed to his wife's assistance. He wrapped her in bed clothes and put out the flames which had ignited her clothing and enveloped her body. Mrs. Hillery was born in Celina and lived in Lima for a number of years. She is survived by the husband and two sons, Wilbur of Celina, and Lewis at home. Two daughters, Helen and Beatrice, both at home, also survive. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. |
Apr 27, 1924 An attempted brutal attack on a six-year-old girl was frustrated Saturday afternoon at City park when her screams attracted her older sister and frightened away the assailant. Helen Vogel, 11, and Mary Vogel, 6, were at the park when a man called them into a camper's tent. he gave Helen 25 cents to buy ice cream. As she left the tent he attempted the attack on the child who screamed for help. The man, who was described to police as being about 27 years old and weighing about 150 ponds, jumped into an automobile and drove thru the grounds crowded by kite contest visitors and escaped police who searched the grounds. |
| May 2, 1924 F. B. Hutchinson, 21, 548 N. Main-st, was found dead in his bed late Thursday afternoon. Heart disease is believed to be the cause of his death. His body was removed to Hamilton's Funeral Home. Hutchinson died at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Coroner Smith said his body was still warm when Dr. Smith arrived to examine him. He was employed as a drummer in the Rialto theatre. His home, according to letters found on his person, was in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. |
May 4, 1924 Harvey Osborn, 54, died at his home, 723 n. Metcalf-st, Saturday at 6:45 p.m. of complications. He had been sick months. He was a furnace installer by trade and was born in Allen-co. Funeral services will be held at the residence Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. A.A. Thomas in charge. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Besides his wife he is survived by two sons, Harold at Jackson, Mich., and Clarence at home and one daughter, Mrs. F.R. Grebler, Indianapolis, Ind. |
| May 4, 1924 Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Grace M.E. Church for Mrs. Charles Hamilton, who died Thursday at her home in Canton. Rev. D.N. Kelly will have charge. Interment will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Mrs. Hamilton's body was brought to the home of her sister, Mrs. Harvey Bowholtz, 410 S. Pierce-st. |
May 4, 1924 Louis Deaton, 38, of 442 n. Shawnee-st, is in the City hospital with a broken leg suffered Saturday morning when he slipped and fell on the wet pavement in front of his home. Deaton was recovering from an injury to his leg sustained two months ago while working at the B & O shops and was out walking for the first time when the accident occurred.
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| The Lima News July 2, 1939 Nuptial High Mass is Celebrated at 8:30 O'clock
By the Rev. Albert A. Fate;
Jul 25, 1922 The News Sentinel Submitted by
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The Lima News Appeal from the decision returned in the court of justice Harry Bennett in the case of Clarence Bradford against C. F. James, was filed in common pleas court Tuesday. The sum of $299 was sought by Bradford for damages to his automobile. The Lima News Mrs. E. J. Ford, 72, wife of the owner of the Ford Stone Quarry, three miles east of Delphos, died at her home at 10 p.m. Monday.
The Lima News Delphos Charles Agler, 64, of near Ohio City, west of here is in Van Wert hospital with fractures of the upper and lower jaws, following an explosion that is said by relatives to have occurred when he was handling a small amount of dynamite. Clothes worn by the aged man were set afire causing slight body burns, and several teeth were knocked out. He will recover, hospital physicians believe. The Lima News Betty Brown, eighteen-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Brown, 818 E. North-st, is recovering from severe burns about the body suffered last week when she fell in a bucket of scalding water. The little girl, with her parents was visiting her grandmother in Wapakoneta when the accident happened. |
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