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From: "Jack & Linda Dietz" <>
Subject: Personal Mentions Jan 1924
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:41:49 -0500


Lima News, Jan 2, 1924

Mrs. Cora EXLEY, 34, wife of Lewis EXLEY, 470 W. McKibben-st, died Wednesday
at 10:30 a.m. at her home from a complication of diseases. She had been ill
for six years.
Mrs. EXLEY was born in Putnam-co, May 17, 1890. Besides her husband she is
survived by one son, Gene, one sister, Mrs. Leo GREMLING and four brothers,
Russell, Clarence, Jesse and Jerome BASINGER, all of Lima.
Services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the residence, Rev. Otis
HARTER, pastor of Olivet Presbyterian church, will have charge. Interment
will be made in Woodlawn.

Body of Mrs. Florence OTTO, who died Monday at the City hospital, was
accompanied to the home of her brother, Edward PIKE, in Sidney, Wednesday
afternoon. Funeral services and burial will take place there.

Marriage Licenses:

William E. DAVENPORT, 37, 533 S. Baxter-st and Irene ARNOLD, laundress, 147
W. Fourth-st.

Fines aggregating $30 were collected in criminal court Wednesday morning by
Judge Neil R. POLING from three offenders arrested New Year's night at local
dance halls. One drunk paid $15 and was released. Swearing in a public place
cost one person $5 and a $10 fine was assessed against a third for
disorderly conduct.

Search was started here Wednesday for Hershel McKINLEY, 15, Alexandria,
Ind., who left home on Dec. 28. According to communication received by
Police Chief T.A. LANKER from Alexandria police the boy was riding a gray
horse and was accompanied by an Airdale dog. The missing youth is described
as bring 5 ft 9 in tall and weighing 135 pounds.

Roy BURT, of Saskatchewan, Can., is visiting his mother, Mrs. Dr. F.M.
BLAIR, Harrod, O., who has been ill for the last five months.

Lafayette High defeated Dunkirk High in a thrilling game on Dunkirk's own
floor, Tuesday night, by a score of 23-11. The contest was played more
closely than the score would indicate, the Lafayette lads piling up their
scores with a rush in the latter part of the game.

J.L. MAUS, pioneer resident of Lafayette, is seriously ill in his home
there.

Mr. and Mrs. D.E. WALLACE, of 1041 Broadway, announce the birth of a
daughter Wednesday morning. The little one has been named Evelyn Erleen.

Funeral services for the late John M. BURDEN, 86, Wapakoneta, who died early
Monday, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the family home. Mr. BURDEN was
one of the best known of the Civil War veterans of Wapakoneta, and is
survived by nine children, two of whom, William BURDEN and Mrs. Charles
NEWMIER, and a brother, Wilson BURDEN, reside in Lima.

Second prowler call within the past three nights was answered Tuesday at 406
N. West-st when E.D. MORTON notified police that a suspicious person was
seen in that vicinity. Three police responded but returned, empty handed.

Funeral services for Mrs. Cora ORR, 45, of 215 1/2 E. North-st, who died
Monday after an illness of one year, were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the
Williams & Davis parlors. Rev. G.B. TOWNSEND, pastor of Central Church of
Christ, officiated. Burial in Woodlawn.




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