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January 1911
1. Cleveland population projected to hit one million by end of decade.

2. Chardon Doctor uses electric car for office.

3. Heavy gale disrupts travelers in Chardon.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, January 6, 1911, Page 1

Bright Future for Geauga Towns Opens With 1911

Growth of Cleveland Will Give Chardon Great Progress in Next Decade
     If there is any truth in the slogan Cleveland has adopted - a million in 1920 - and its looks as though it is to be realized, there is a bright future for Geauga County and its three important towns - Chardon, Burton and Middlefield. . .
     The electric line, the strongest link between us and the metropolis, is going to be even more an important factor in accomplishing this. . .

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, January 11, 1911, Page 1

Chester
     A tree fell across the front of a freight car on the C. & E. near Hudson’s cottage and Stop 22, doing quite a lot of damage.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, January 11, 1911, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     The union employees of the C. & E. division of the Eastern Ohio Traction Co. made Superintendent Joe Emery a fine Christmas present of a $22 sealskin cap. Mr. Emery has the confidence and respect of his fellow workers, and they thus testified to the good feeling between them.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, January 13, 1911, Page 1

Makes Doctor’s Office of a Car
     Dr. Ralph C. Pease, of Chardon, solved the difficulty of attending to two hurry-up calls in widely different localities in a short space of time, when he temporarily converted a Cleveland & Eastern car into a physician’s office last week.
     Dr. Pease was about to leave his office to board the car in response to an urgent call from the home of R. D. Scott, in Chester, when the telephone again rang with the information that Mrs. John Betzer had fallen and broken her arm and required immediate attention.
     The doctor was at his wit’s end for a few seconds. “Board the car due at your home in a few minutes,” said Dr. Pease as he hung up the receiver and barely had time to get to the car.
     Mrs. Betzer got on the car at the first stop. Dr. Pease set her arm. She alighted at Spaulding’s Crossing and waited for the next car back. Dr. Pease lost no time in getting to his Chester patient.

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Town in Path of Heavy Gale
     To say that there was some wind Sunday evening would be mildly speaking. A 45-mile gale shook Chardon residences and in some broke panes of glass. The biting wind swirled the snow and made travelling on the road difficult.
     Two Chardon boys got lost coming from Hambden. The snow blinded them, and they lost the road. After driving into fences and ditches and overturning several times, they arrived in Chardon after a trip they say they do not want to experience again.
     Many trees were blown over by the wind storm of Sunday along the C. & E. One at Scotland delayed the cars several hours, and another east of Burton cut off the railroad telephone at the place.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, January 13, 1911, Page 4

Local News
     We learn that the 50 per cent increase of tariff on cream, which took effect on all of the railroads Jan. 1, according to the city papers, did not include the Cleveland & Eastern railway. F. D. Hollis, agent at Chardon, says that he has not been instructed to raise the old rates.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, January 25, 1911, Page 4

     A lively runaway at Scotland Tuesday morning when Fred Hovey’s team which were left standing by the car track, became frightened and started for home leaving milk cans along the way. No damage was done.

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February 1911
1. Cat fancier left out in the cold by C. & E. Conductor.

2. Geauga County Republican Club to hold banquet in Burton.

3. C. & E. announces new schedule, Middlefield branch to get additional cars.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, February 1, 1911, Page 1

Burton Cats Are Prize Winners
. . . The following anecdote will in a few words give a suggestion of my difficulties with the great Cleveland & Eastern:
     Two women on a train, seated together, held each a covered basket. From one basket a faint shuffling noise proceeded, while from the other came now and then an indignant purr. The conductor came by. “Dogs ain’t allowed on this train,” he said. “This is a cat,” protested the owner of the purring basket. “Makes no difference – dogs ain’t allowed,” repeated the stolid logician. “Must I get off, too?” inquired the other woman, “I have a turtle in this basket”. “No, ma’am, turtles is insects but cats is dogs”, he told her.
     Well, I got off at Lee Road, and by the time the freight car arrived and took on my felines I was entitled to go with them as live stock for I was as wet as a drowned rat and as mad as a wet hen. However, as the next passenger car was so near due I went under shelter and waited for it.

Burton’s Exhibitor of S. H. B. Tabbies.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, February 3, 1911, Page 4

Local News
     C. & E. car crews reported the Chagrin River way up on its banks Friday. Notwithstanding the heavy rain of nearly two days, there were no washouts of the track, the roadbed being in a better condition than ever before.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, February 3, 1911, Page 8

C. & E. Receipts Large Here
     The cash receipts of the C. & E. railroad at Chardon, from all sources, for the year 1910, were $13,594.92, that amount of money being turned over to the railroad company.
     This did not include freight shipped collect from Chardon, or prepaid freight received here.
     One year the receipts of the C. & E. railroad exceeded $14,000. The past year’s showing is a good one.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, February 8, 1911, Page 4

Belle-Vernon
     Moore & Hawes shipped on the C. & E. 25 barrels of flour to Cleveland on Tuesday, Jan. 31, where they have a good trade.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, February 15, 1911, Page 5

Local and Personal
     Quite a respectable number of Chardon men are employed in various capacities by the Cleveland & Eastern railway.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, February 17, 1911, Page 4

Local News
     The maple timber is being cut down around Fullertown, and the logs shipped from the suburban railway station there.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, February 22, 1911, Page 1

The Big Banquet Tonight
     Reports from the several townships of the county indicate a large ticket sale for the Geauga County Republican Club Banquet in Burton this Wednesday evening. . .
     There will be special cars from Chardon, one from Middlefield and one from Chester, to accommodate members in those sections of the county.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, February 22, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     Middlefield will soon have an even better schedule on the C. & E. The plan now is when the regular spring change of schedule is made to put on one or two more cars. The forenoon runs will be the same as heretofore, but the afternoon will continue the once-in-two hour schedule up to 6:00 p.m. then skip to 9:00 and 11:00. That is there will be cars leaving the city for Middlefield at six, eight, ten and twelve a.m. and two, four, seven and nine o’clock. Leaving here cars will depart for Cleveland at 25 minutes after six, eight, ten and twelve, two, four, six and nine o’clock. This will be quite an advantage to the traveling public. The C. & E. is giving good service in the passenger line.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, February 24, 1911, Page 1

Finds It Hard To Get Into U.S.
     George Mikula, who resides in a little hut near the C. & E. track at Babcock’s crossing, had a little experience with the immigration laws of the United States last week that shows that it is not an easy matter for a foreigner to get into glorious old America.
     When Mikula’s son, aged 16, arrived at Castle Garden, his father was notified by telegraph and asked if he could support the lad. Mikula replied that he could. Even then the authorities were loath to let the boy in and Mikula got two Chardon business men to telegraph to New York that he was in fair circumstances and could take care of the lad if he became unable to support himself.
     Even these telegrams did not seem to satisfy the authorities and attorneys advised Mikula that he had better go to New York at once.
     Mikula missed the first car the afternoon he started. It was a good thing he missed it, because a few minutes after he received a telegram stating that the boy had left for Chardon and would arrive in Youngstown the next day.
     There was a happy reunion in the little hut at Fullertown Saturday night.

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March 1911
1. Republicans and Masons keep C. & E. busy in Burton.

2. Warren Chronicle reports proposed interurban line between Warren and Ashtabula.

3. Brothers meet on Chardon bound C. & E. car after 10 year separation.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, March 1, 1911, Page 5

Club Banquet at Burton a Success
     The 10th annual meeting and banquet of the Geauga Republican Club, held at the Opera House in Burton last Wednesday night, was largely attended and a success in every respect. . .
     Thirty Chardon Republicans attended the banquet, going in a special car which arrived in Burton about 7 o’clock, and returned to Chardon at 1 a.m.

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South Newbury
     Rex and Thad Hollis are the new grocery proprietors at So. Newbury R. R. stop.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, March 10, 1911, Page 1

Our Population by Townships
     Here are some interesting population statistics of Geauga County - the number of residents in the townships. The first number gives the population of the township in 1910, the second in 1900 and the third in 1890:

Auburn township, 743, 729, 735.
Bainbridge township, 747, 758, 654.
Burton township, including Burton village, 1,216, 1,361, 1,213.
Burton village, 650, 727, 633.
Chardon township, including Chardon village, 2,149, 1,924, 1,666.
Chardon village, 1,542, 1,360, 1,084.
Chester township, 794, 716, 620.
Claridon township, 702, 764, 785.
Hambden township, 597, 603, 606.
Huntsburg township, 800, 809, 793.
Middlefield township, including Middlefield village, 1,327, 1,237, 891.
Middlefield village, 640.
Montville township, 659, 758, 691.
Munson township, 709, 730, 713.
Newbury township, 855, 955, 824.
Parkman township, 854, 849, 904.
Russell township, 778, 695, 632.
Thompson township, 916, 909, 921.
Troy township, 842, 897, 841.

     The total population of Geauga County is 14,670, in 1900 it was 14,744, and in 1890, 13,489.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, March 15, 1911, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     There was a fine time at the Burton Masonic meeting last Wednesday evening. The Chardon and Parkman lodges were present in full force and work was done in the M. M. degree. A banquet was served after the work, and the Burton singing orchestra furnished music. Chardon lodge came over in a special car on the C. & E.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, March 29, 1911, Page 1

Chester
     Mr. Hadlock, of Cuyahoga Falls, was at the Caves looking over things last Wednesday. He expects possession April 1, and move his family here at that time if the weather permits. Mr. Hadlock comes highly recommended, and has conducted summer resorts for years.

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Munson
     The farmers who send milk to the city are busy selling their milk for the next six months. There seems to be several prices this spring.

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Local News
     There is an increasing desire for an interurban line from Warren to Ashtabula, along the old Ashtabula and Trumbull turnpike, says the Warren Chronicle. It is thought such a road would be a financial success, for it would pass through a good farming country, where grades are low, and furnish a most needed means of interurban communication. We believe that with united effort along the proposed route, sufficient capital can be formed to build and equip it.

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     The cry for good roads in Ohio, once a feeble wail, is now taking on the proportions of a roar. All interests are beginning to see that Ohio must join the procession of modern States, and improve its highways in order to boost its agricultural interests, bring down the cost of living in the cities, and give the farmer a chance to market his goods when the time is ripe, and not be compelled, because of mud holes, to pass up good prices and wait for weather that will dry water soaked highways.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, March 31, 1911, Page 8

Long Apart They Meet On a Car
     Allie Granger, a former Chardon boy, returned to his native home on Thursday evening of last week, after an absence of 10 years, eight years of which time was spent in the U. S. Navy.
     . . . Since leaving home the young man’s mother and sister have died. He is the guest of his older brother John and family on Huntington Street. John is employed at the Gates Mills power house, and Allie was on the same car returning to Chardon last Thursday evening. John did not recognize his bother until the car was nearing the village. . .

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April 1911
1. Former E.O.T. Garrettsville line struggles to stay in operation, C. & E. insider predicts abandonment is near.

2. Middlefield residents petition village council to buy C. & E. hotel property and convert it to public park.

3. C. & E. looking to the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. to provide power rather than face the cost of replacing its aging power house.

4. Chardon resident reminisces about working for Tom and Al Johnson in Cleveland's early Trolley days.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, April 5, 1911, Page 1

Rapids
     It is useless, no doubt, to speak of conditions existing as regards the passenger service and roadbed of the Garrettsville division of the E. O. T. line, now known as the Cleveland, Youngstown & Eastern. They would hardly be worse than at present, though the road is said to be still carrying much freight for this territory. Rumors of changes are in circulation, but are unauthenticated. We certainly hope there is something different in prospect.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, April 5, 1911, Page 10

Middlefield
     A new electric railroad proposition is for a road from Warren to Ashtabula with a branch line from Orwell to connect with the Cleveland & Eastern, at Chardon or Middlefield. This would probably be a paying road. Middlefield would have somewhat the advantage in distance on this proposition, as a more direct line to Cleveland, and also as having a road bed already graded for quite a distance which would be an important consideration. Middlefield should watch this proposition and not be caught asleep. A branch from Bloomfield instead of Orwell would need but eleven miles of road to connect for Cleveland, while Chardon would require twenty-one miles from Orwell and not be in as direct as line.

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     The Leader reporter is informed by a well known employee on the C. & E. railroad that the electric railroad from Chagrin Falls to Garrettsville will be abandoned and the track removed this season. This line is now owned by another company and has not been paying. This will be a serious loss to Newbury, Troy and Hiram, and it is hoped that some turn of fortune may cause the road to become profitable enough to insure its continued operations.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, April 7, 1911, Page 1

Geauga Syrup Widely Scattered
     C. G. Collins, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., has been in Chardon for several days buying maple syrup. He has already shipped three carloads of Geauga’s sweet product to Vermont where it will be canned and sent all over the world. One of the cars was filled at Scotland this week.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, April 12, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     Petitions were circulated last week and generally signed by our village voters asking the village council to call a special election to vote on the proposition to buy the C. & E. hotel property and convert it into a public park. This same question was voted on two or three years ago and lost by a small margin, but is thought by those who have felt out the matter that it will easily carry this time. All agree that a public park would be a great boon to this village and be a source of great pleasure and a beauty spot in our village, and this seems to be the only available location. There is no doubt that such an election will be held soon. It has been ascertained that the railroad company will sell the property to the village for about $4,000, but is disinclined to sell to any private parties. The hotel building would be moved back or away entirely and used for other purposes.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, April 14, 1911, Page 1

Chester
     The Hiker’s Club passed through Chester again Saturday. They got off a C. & E. car at Novelty, and walked to Willoughby from there. It made them a mile or two further than two weeks ago.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, April 19, 1911, Page 1

History of a Week
     An effort is to be made to stop boozing on the electric cars. It is a move much needed. Passengers on nearly all of the late cars out of the city are disgusted and many times insulted by drunks. O yes: “The saloon is a fine thing.”

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, April 19, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     It is reported on what seems to be reliable authority that some important physical changes are to be made in the C. & E. electric railroad equipment. The report is that, on account of the worn out condition of the big power plant at Gates Mills and to avoid the $800,000 expense of rebuilding, the company is negotiating with the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. to furnish the power for the entire system. If this arrangement is adopted a substation will be established on each the Chardon and Middlefield divisions, and the power plant at Gates Mills abandoned. The C. E. I. Co. is capable of furnishing this power and making the line fully as reliable and efficient as for several years, and if this deal goes through, it will mean that within a very few years it will have a monopoly of the electric power and lighting service of a large territory surrounding Cleveland. It is said that this company can furnish better power and light service at a lower price than any of the present arrangements.

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Chardon Man Took First Trolley Car to City Square

‘Twas in May, 1889, and Hundreds Watched Strange Sight on Crowded Streets
     To have run the first electric car that ever touched Cleveland’s public square and went around it - blazing a trail that is now daily followed by myriads of trolleys - is a distinction that Clarence Warner, of Chardon, holds.
     The distinction is a unique one especially since Cleveland has begun to rapidly get into the million population class.
     Warner, who resides on Court Street, for 18 years was conductor on Cleveland’s street railways. After leaving the city he was conductor for some time on the Cleveland & Eastern Railway.
     Warner was one of the first employees of Tom and Al Johnson on their lines and intimately acquainted with them.
     “That was a great day in May, 1889, that the first electric car went down town to the square,” said Warner. “I was running it, and scores of people stopped to see the invasion of electricity in the most congested part of Cleveland.
     “Then for several weeks the line did a great business. The first Sunday we had to work overtime. The cars were packed. It seemed as if everybody wanted to ride.
     “The line was on the south side and was built after the Central viaduct was completed. The track was laid on Jennings Ave., up Clark Ave. to Pearl Street, across the viaduct, then down Ontario Street to the square. The cars formerly turned at the haymarket. This south side line went to Brooklyn. Six motors and trailers were put on first.
     “Albert Johnson and Tom Johnson had the managing of the road. Often they would get out and work on the line themselves. One of the Johnson’s, I cannot now recall for a certainty which one, was on the car when we made our first trip to the square.
     “Tom often drove the horses when they pulled the cars, but he was not the driver his brother was.
     “Once I remember there was an objection by some property owners on the south side to the erection of poles for the trolley cars. Tom and Al got a force of men to work about 2 a.m. and the morning sun came up, the work was completed.
     “I remember that when trolley cars first went across Central viaduct, the wires extended to the draw on each side, but not over it. In crossing we put on full speed, jerked the trolley pole off, and depended on the momentum of the car to carry us under the wire on the other side so we could put the pole on again and not stop.
     “Albert Johnson and Tom Johnson were well-liked by their men. They were familiar and popular with their employees. If either of the men took a particular liking to any of their employees they were never forgotten.
     “The last time I saw Tom Johnson was the first summer I worked on the Cleveland & Eastern line. The car stopped on Euclid Avenue to let a passenger on. Just then a carriage passed the car. In it was Johnson and his daughter. Johnson looked up, probably because he was interested in cars. He saw me on the back platform and waved his hand. He hadn’t forgotten me and the days when Cleveland had horse cars.
     “When Johnson ran for Congress and things began to look blue for him, he sent for Al and a meeting was arranged at Haltnorth’s on Sunday night that evening being the only one available. I remember that evening Johnson said he would not deliver a political address on Sunday evening, but instead would preach a sermon. He took a text from the Bible (I cannot now remember what it was) and from that preached a sermon. The points he wanted to emphasize were adroitly and plainly brought out in that sermon as though he had delivered one of his stirring political speeches.
     “Johnson was kind to his men, and genial. He never overlooked the faithful.”

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May 1911
1. New schedule announced for Cleveland & Eastern line, mail delivery times to change as result.

2. Cleveland & Eastern patrons inconvenienced by construction of new steel bridge over the B. & O. tracks at Chardon.

3. East side electric lines promise track-work improvements, travel time to Cleveland to be reduced.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, May 5, 1911, Page 4

Local News
     Considerable freight, some of which had been at the C. & E. depot since February, owing to the bad roads, was hauled away into the country districts last week.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, May 10, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     As announced in The Geauga Leader several weeks ago there will be a change of schedule on the Cleveland & Eastern electric road, May 15. Under the new schedule the cars will run on this division as follows: Leaving Middlefield for Cleveland at 6:25, 8:25, 10:25 a.m. and 12:25, 2:25, 4:25, 6:35 and 9:25 p.m. Leaving Cleveland for Middlefield at 6:00, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 a.m. and 2:00, 4:00, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Connections will be made at the Junction with cars on the Chardon division.

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New Schedule Changes Mail
     Don’t forget that the schedule on the Cleveland & Eastern Railroad is different beginning Monday. The change in the time of cars will also change the time of the arrival of mail at the Chardon post office. Incoming mail will arrive at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Outgoing mail will leave at 8:50 a.m., 12:50 p.m. and 7 p.m. Cars leaving Middlefield at 8:25 a.m., 12:25 and 6:35 p.m. will carry mail. Also the car leaving the C. & E. Junction at 9:40 a.m., arriving in Chardon at 10 a.m.
     The postmaster of Chardon is now pouching to Burton on the car leaving Chardon at 5:50 p.m. It will be necessary to discontinue this pouch mail to be forwarded to Cleveland on the 7 p.m. car to be included by Cleveland in pouch for Burton dispatched the next morning at 6 a.m. If necessary to return empty pouch from Chardon to Burton, Postmaster Quirk is instructed to dispatch it on the car leaving Chardon at 12:50 p.m., or if there is any mail in the Chardon office for Burton at that hour, the pouch could carry it.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, May 17, 1911, Page 5

Cars Shorten Run for Improvement
     Cleveland & Eastern cars stopped running up South Street to the Square last Thursday morning, until a steel bridge was installed in place of the old wooden trestle over the B. & O. tracks. Both passenger cars and the freight car “Geauga” unloaded passengers and freight at the end of the old siding just south of the creamery at the foot of Cemetery Street. This proved to be a great inconvenience to our citizens and business men, who appreciate the benefits of suburban service more and more each year.
     Cars began running to the Square again at 5 p.m. Saturday. While the Cleveland & Eastern railroad was being built, it was often stated that street car service to Cleveland would kill business in Chardon. The result, however, was that we have since had better stores, and trade comes from a wider area than ever before.
     If the street cars were to be taken away for good now, Chardon merchants would be hard hit, and our citizens generally would refuse to be comforted.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, May 19, 1911, Page 1

Here’s Map Of Proposed Electric Line That May Enter Geauga From Warren
     A new electric road running into Geauga County from Trumbull County, opening up a field having at present no service other than horse and wagon with the products of the farm, the poultry house, the market garden and orchard, is a project that is just now being looked upon with much favor and may be realized. Not only would it be of benefit to Warren, but to Geauga County as well.
     Through the courtesy of the Warren Chronicle which secured the drawing and engraving, we are enabled to reproduce this interesting map. Not long ago residents of Parkman and Nelson secured the services of an engineer and looked up the possibilities of a line connecting at Welshfield with the already existing line. This proposed road is close to Nelson Ledges, the popular summer resort.
     A letter from a Parkman resident published last week in the Chronicle says that the right of way will be procured for any company that will take hold of the enterprise, as well as contributions in the way of money when the road might be completed and in operation.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, May 19, 1911, Page 5

Burton
     The C. & E. railroad is putting in a number of new concrete culverts along the line, which will greatly improve the road. We are all glad of the new schedule, which went into effect May 15.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, May 24, 1911, Page 5

Local and Personal
     Those wishing to attend the W. C. T. U. convention at Middlefield, Saturday, may go on a special car Saturday morning, at half the regular fare. Those wishing to go please notify Mrs. Rhoda Allyn or Mrs. Selah Daniels.

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Faster Car Service to City Some Day
     The Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern electric railroad will lay new rails and increase its power capacity this year, to enable it to reduce the running time of cars between Cleveland and Ashtabula.
     This improvement is one that is destined to be made by the Cleveland & Eastern electric railroad. The ordinary schedule time of the cars between Chardon and Cleveland is about 1 hour and 50 minutes. Frequent stops within the city limits seem to make but little if any difference in the run to Cleveland, although the line Geauga County contains numerous curves, which necessitate slowing down, and sidings, where cars are frequently held up several minutes.
     The Chardon cars now run to Doan Street (105th) in 90 minutes, but some day the Cleveland & Eastern railroad will eliminate many of its curves, and then the cars will easily run from Chardon to the Public Square in an hour and 30 minutes.
     The Cleveland & Eastern railroad has been going ahead in the matter of improvements for several years, during which time large sums of money have been expended to insure the comfort and safety of the traveling public.
     The season of summer travel is here, and it is gratifying to know that of all the suburban lines running out of the biggest city in the State, none are in greater favor with city people than the Cleveland & Eastern.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, May 26, 1911, Page 1

Rebekahs to Visit Burton
     The Chardon Rebekah lodge will go to Burton in a special car next Friday, June 2. All members wishing to go will please notify N. M. Goodrich.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, May 26, 1911, Page 5

Chester
     Five special cars as well as the hourly cars brought people from Cleveland to the Caves, Sunday.

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June 1911
1. New trolley line proposed for Chardon-Warren route, backers claim financing secure.

2. County loses local treasure, violin manufacturer and composer Wm. T. Rogers dies after tragic accident.

3. Trolley bells turn to wedding bells for lucky C & E employees.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, June 2, 1911, Page 8

Agitate New Railway
     A trolley line to Warren or Youngstown from Painesville was agitated several months ago, but dropped owing to a lack of capital. A similar project is now being urged from Warren to Chardon, and the promoters claim they will be able to finance such a line, says the Painesville Telegraph-Republican.
     Local promoters of the old line might get busy with their idea at this time, and co-operate with the Chardon and Windsor people, with a view to raising money to build a line from Chardon to this city, to connect with the proposed Warren-Chardon line.
     A line from the Hill City to Painesville would be an excellent feeder for the C., P. & E. and C. P. & A. lines, and would undoubtedly be a paying investment as a freight and passenger carrier.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, June 7, 1911, Page 5

Local and Personal
     “If it hadn’t been for the Cleveland & Eastern railway, some of the persons who fought its coming to Chardon would be out of job,” said J. E. Smith, well-known insurance man, a few days since. “I wish I owned 600 feet on North Street, in front of which were sewer and water mains. It would be the best investment I know of.”

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, June 9, 1911, Page 1

Prof. Wm. T. Rogers Dies; His “Cantilena” Lives
     Prof. William Tillingham Rogers, violin manufacturer and composer of war songs and church music, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Parsons on South Street, at 9:25 o’clock Thursday evening, June 1, aged 80 years, 10 months and 28 days. He was an honored and beloved citizen of Chardon.
     Three weeks ago he fell after alighting from a suburban car on South Street, and inflicted severe injuries about his face. The accident was unavoidable. He had failed rapidly since. He was tenderly cared for in the home of his niece, Mrs. Parsons, where he had resided for many years.

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Rebekahs Go to Chagrin Falls
     Fifty-three Rebekahs went by special car and automobiles to Chagrin Falls Friday afternoon of last week. The Chardon team conferred the degree on two candidates. Chagrin lodge entertained royally. They were taken to the hotel for dinner and ice cream and cake were served just before they returned home.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, June 21, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     A new bridge is being put in on the C. & E. electric road over Cuyahoga River west of this place.

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Move for Warren-Geauga Trolley Line
     New trolley enterprises, having Warren as their center of operations, are taking on some activity these days, and efforts are being made to promote at least two new lines, which will doubtless be successful, says the Warren Chronicle.
     The proposition to build a line from Warren through Southington and Parkman, to connect at Welshfield with the Cleveland-Chardon line, is receiving serious consideration in a movement inaugurated in Parkman for its first activity, in calling a meeting of citizens of the region in Geauga and Portage counties most interested to create an organization with Trumbull county interests, to interest capital and push along the enterprise. In a day or two this meeting will be held, when something definite is expected.

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A Good Report for Burton
     The marriage of Bert D. Crittenden and Miss Virginia Killius was celebrated at the home of the groom’s brother, F. H. Crittenden, at 8:00 o’clock in the evening, in the presence of the immediate relatives. The ceremony was performed by Rev, Geo. E. Merrill of the Burton Cong’l church. The groom is one of Burton’s well known residents, a motorman on the C. & E. electric railway, a son of Major Henry W. Crittenden and wife. . .

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, June 30, 1911, Page 1

Cupid Uses Meal Time to Weave Web of Love
     Cupid doesn’t pass up restaurants as a likely place for his machinations to make two hearts beat as one.
     If Earl C. Fuller, motorman on the Cleveland & Eastern line, hadn’t stopped his car a few months ago in front of Salgiver’s restaurant, and went in for dinner, he might not be claiming Miss Jennie Reed as his bride this week.
     Miss Reed prepared his dinner and it was quite to his taste. From that time on Salgiver’s restaurant had another steady patron at meal time, and the little love god marked up another victory.
     The couple was married by Rev. H. F. Miller at his home on South Hambden Street, Monday evening, at 8 o’clock. They left on the 9:50 car for Cleveland.
     The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Reed, of Chardon, and Fuller the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fuller, of Chagrin Falls.
     The couple will reside in Chardon.

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Chardon Couple Wed In Munson
     Miss Mamie Nichols Becomes Wife of Harry D. Harrison at Bride’s Home
     Harry D. Harrison and Miss Mamie Nichols were married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Nichols, in Munson, Wednesday evening, June 28. . .
     Miss Nichols is a charming and well known school teacher, having taught several years in the Chardon schools, and Mr. Harrison is a popular and well known Chardon young man, employed on the C. & E.
     Mr. and Mrs. Harrison will soon be at home in Chardon, at the Avery place, on South Street.

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July 1911
1. Sperry brothers purchase old electric depot property in Middlefield, plan to build lumber and coal yard.

2. Summer is in full swing on the Cleveland & Eastern as Geauga residents flock to picnics and reunions.

3. Disaster narrowly averted after two men steal Cleveland & Eastern line car.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, July 7, 1911, Page 1

Henry King, Aged Builder, Is Dead
     Henry King, one of the oldest residents of Hambden township, died at his home at 6 o’clock on the morning of July 4.
     He was born in Chardon and during the 79 years of his life had lived within a radius of a few miles. For many years he had been a Hambden farmer.
     King was also a contractor and builder and many Chardon homes were constructed by him and under his supervision. King built the block where the C. & E. office is located. .

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, July 12, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     S. E. and Harland Sperry, brothers, have bought the old electric depot property on South Main Street and will convert it into a lumber yard. They have organized a stock company known as The Builders Supply Co., and will handle all kinds of lumber and it is said they will also put in a feed mill and coal yard. They are well known young men with good financial backing and will be a strong addition to our business interests, as well as make use of a building that has not added a great amount of beauty to that street for several years.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, July 14, 1911, Page 4

Local News
     Sunday school at the Christian Church next Sunday morning promptly at 10 a.m. Those who wish to go to the meeting held in Will Miller’s grove, Munson, bring baskets and take 10:50 car.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, July 19, 1911, Page 5

Local and Personal
     A dozen Chardon ladies picnicked at Bass Lake, Friday, and in a grove near Babcock’s crossing on the C. & E. on Tuesday.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, July 19, 1911, Page 1

Family Reunion
     The 23rd annual reunion of the Truman family will be held at the home of Will Town and wife in Burton, Ohio, on Wednesday, August 9, 1911. Those coming on the car should leave car at Stop 50. Basket picnic dinner. E. Truman, President, Mrs. Emma Truman, Secretary.

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Picnic at Euclid Beach
     County officials and the Sunday school of the Methodist Church held their annual picnic at Euclid Beach, Wednesday. Two special cars carried the merry crowd.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, July 26, 1911, Page 1

Geauga Old Home Reunion
     The ladies of the Burton Civic Improvement Society appreciate the kindness and assistance of Mr. Beatty, manager of the C. & E. electric railroad for favors in making the Geauga old home reunion a success, in the way of extra cars, advertising and other substantial assistance. Mr. Beatty is giving the people of Geauga county adequate and constant service on his railway and has put the system in splendid condition, and his ability and attention to the interests of the public is winning him deserved popularity.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, July 26, 1911, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     Charley Huey, C. & E. motorman and enthusiastic poultry fancier, took a trip to the State Agricultural Experiment Farm at Wooster one day last week to see the poultry and study poultry methods at the Farm. . .

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, July 28, 1911, Page 1

Steal Line Car; Almost Wreck
     Chesterland, July 26 - Two unknown young men confiscated the Cleveland & Eastern line car Saturday night about 1:30 at Chester Caves resort.
     They switched it off of the siding onto the main track. It was discovered by Walter Williamson, who immediately communicated with Lineman Wilson, who, with Walter’s help, got the car back onto the siding only a short time before the night freight came from Chardon with two cars of coal.
     A bad wreck was averted as the Chardon car was to have the right of way and a supposed clear track. The culprits have not been apprehended.

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August 1911
1. Former Falls-Garrettsville branch line station building at Middlefield to become feed store.

2. Cleveland & Eastern trestle at Chardon set ablaze by sparks from passing Baltimore & Ohio train.

3. Abandoned electric road tracks from Steeles Crossing to Middlefield removed.

4. 25 years of electric railway service brings progress to Geauga County.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, August 2, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     Sperry Bros. expect to get their new feed store in operation soon. They will at once remodel the old Chagrin road station into a store building and move the siding from its present location to the south side of the building. Later they will put in a line of lumber and builders supplies.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, August 4, 1911, Page 1

Fire Threatens Railway Trestle

Motorman Runs Car Filled With Volunteers to Scene and Saves Bridge
     Flames for a time threatened to destroy the Cleveland & Eastern trestle about midnight, Monday.The blaze was started by sparks from a Baltimore & Ohio engine passing below.
     The fire was seen at the electric light plant and the telephone exchange notified. Mrs. Calla Wilmot, night operator, succeeded in arousing several men by telephone.
     Grant Brower, motorman on the Cleveland & Eastern, ran the freight car between the public square and the burning bridge. It carried volunteer fire fighters who soon had the flames under control although the structure was badly scorched.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, August 9, 1911, Page 4

Newbury
     Sunday as Mr. Newcomb and family went to take the car at Stop 40 for Chardon they encountered a rattlesnake coiled up close to the track, and one of the party almost stepped on it before seeing it. They were all so frightened that it got away before they could get anything to kill it with. It was about four feet long and two and one-half inches through the body and disappeared down to the pond.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, August 16, 1911, Page 1

History of a Week
     E. J. Norton of Burton is now one of the regular dispatchers for the C. & E. at Gates Mills.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, August 18, 1911, Page 4

Local News
     Parks & Barker are installing a complete steam heating equipment and plumbing in the fine new residence that is being erected by F. G. Hall, of Cleveland, on a high rocky ledge near the Junction to Newbury. The firm will shortly install a furnace and plumbing in the residence of A. A. White in Middlefield.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, August 23, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     The track on the old Middlefield and Steeles Crossing electric road is being removed. A number of workmen are here at the job and are boarding at the Middlefield Hotel.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, August 25, 1911, Page 4

Local News
     Three jetties are being constructed on the east bank and abutment of the bridge over Chagrin River at Gates Mill, to prevent the water undermining the pier.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, August 25, 1911, Page 18

A Village of Beautiful Homes - Twenty-Five Years’ Progress Has Placed Middlefield in the Forefront of Geauga Towns
     . . . The first real growth of Middlefield of course commenced with the advent of the old P. & Y. narrow gauge railroad in 1874. Later it was taken over by the B. & O. and made a standard gauge. This with the opening of an electric railway to Cleveland made Middlefield an important shipping point for live stock, grain and farm produce. . .

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, August 25, 1911, Page 22

25 Years Brings Trolley and High Land Prices in Chester
     . . . Now all is changed. The hack lines gave way to the trolley and auto. The farm products are shipped direct to Cleveland. Four churches have given way to two. . .

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September 1911
1. Manager quits Middlefield Hotel position, unable to maintain suitable help.

2. Air brakes avert disaster on electric car, a marvel of modern engineering.

3. Interurban railway terminal plans announced for southwest corner of Ontario and Prospect in Cleveland.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, September 6, 1911, Page 1

At the County Seat, Real Estate Transfers
     The C. Y. & E. R. R. Co. to Harlan and S. E. Sperry 1.27a. in Middlefield vill. $1.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, September 6, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     O. A. Ensign and wife will soon leave the Middlefield Hotel and take up other work. They have been doing a good business and giving splendid satisfaction, but inability to get good help requires the change.

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     S. E. Shetler has been appointed agent for the C. & E. Traction Co. in place of Arthur Ensign who resigned. The office has been moved from the hotel to the Shetler store. Mr. Ensign will probably go to Akron for employment.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, September 8, 1911, Page 4

Local News
     It is estimated that double the number of autos seen last year, will be lined up at the County fair next week.

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     The ladies of the W.R.C. will hold a picnic at Babcock’s grove in Munson, Friday, leaving Chardon on the 10:50 car. Members of Reed Post and their families are heartily urged to join the ladies.

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Air Is Safeguard on Chardon Cars
     “But for the air brakes we would have struck that wagon!” exclaimed one of the passengers on an E.O.T. car one evening last week as the large interurban trolley came to rest easily, quickly, and without a jar or commotion simply because the motorman had turned a little lever with his right hand.
     “All interurban cars are equipped with automatic air brakes or else it would not be safe to run the cars at the high rate of speed demanded,” explained the motorman. Beneath the car, as he spoke, one could distinctly hear a rumbling noise although the car stood perfectly still with its powerful motors silent. This particular sound is familiar to anyone who has travelled much on an electric railway. You have heard it, and no doubt wondered what it was and where it came from.
     “If it wasn’t for that little motor you hear rumbling underneath the car body we wouldn’t have stopped so quickly,” said the motorman. “That motor is pumping a new supply of air into the long cylinder tank suspended under the car. Every time air is taken from the tank to operate the brakes - the motorman does this with the little handle at his right hand - the pressure in the air tank goes down, and soon would be so low that the brakes could not be operated. This air must then be replenished every little while by the air pump, which in turn is driven by an electric motor - not the motor that runs the car.
     “Of course, it would be foolish in these days of automatic machinery to get a man to watch the pressure gauge and start up the motor when more air was needed. The motorman, too, has his hands too full to take care of the controller, the air brake valve and the track sander. So the starting and stopping of the pump motor is made automatic. The motor is operated by current from the trolley, and normally its switch is open and is held open by the air pressure conducted through a pipe from the tank and acting on the underside of a little piston working in a cylinder. When the pressure falls below the given value the piston falls, under the action of a spring, until a contact attached to it closes the motor circuit. Then the motor starts up and the pump works away until the pressure in the tank is raised to normal again and the piston forced up, opening the contact and shutting off the current to the motor.
     “That’s all there is to it. The reason the pump runs so much during the time when the car is at rest is because the motorman has just used air out of the tank to stop the car.”

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, September 13, 1911, Page 5

Local and Personal
     The Cleveland & Eastern railroad will run a special car from Chardon direct to the County Fair grounds at 7:50 a.m. on Thursday and Friday.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, September 22, 1911, Page 1

Gets Pocket Picked at Fair
     C. J. Coleman, formerly of Chardon, was quietly relieved of his pocketbook early Thursday evening as he was boarding a C. Y. & E. car at Chagrin Falls for Cleveland, returning from the fair. A big crowd was waiting for the car. The deed was accomplished just as Coleman was using his hands to get aboard and people were pressed so closely about him that he could not even get his arms down before it was too late. The thief was not apprehended. Coleman is the father of C. C. Coleman, formerly of this place, who is the Chagrin Falls C. Y. & E. freight agent.

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Increase Railroad Valuation
     Increase in the valuation for taxation of Ohio electric railways announced Tuesday shows an increase of $314,483 for the Cleveland & Eastern the present value being rated at $577,573.

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We’ll Land in City in Fine New Depot
     Definite announcement of plans for the erection of a large interurban railway terminal at the southwest corner of Ontario Street and Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, and for a connecting high speed line up the Cuyahoga valley and Kingsbury run were made Wednesday.
     The Eastern Ohio Traction Co.’s line to Chagrin Falls enters the city by way of the Kinsman road, S.E., and could be easily connected with the new line. The Gates Mill line comes over the heights by way of Mayfield road. It is proposed to divert the main line of the C., P. & E., operating to Willoughby, Painesville and Ashtabula to the Gates Mill line somewhere east of East Cleveland and then establish a connection between the Gates Mill line and the new line coming down Kingsbury run.

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October 1911
1. Middlefield Hotel to continue business under new management.

2. Flood waters topple Cedar Road embankment in Cleveland, Chardon-bound electric car delayed two hours.

3. Chardon theater-goers lament loss of late-night Cleveland & Eastern cars.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, October 4, 1911, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     Some forty-five Masons from the Chagrin Falls lodge came to Burton by special car last Wednesday and attended a special function of the Burton lodge. They took supper with the Cong’l ladies, and later in the evening enjoyed one of the Burton Masons’ famous banquet suppers.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, October 11, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     O. A. Ensign and wife have left the Middlefield hotel, and Reuben Lewis and wife will take charge. The Ensign family will go to south Burton to spend some time with their daughter, Mrs. Chas. Gharky. They have been successful hotel people, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis will do their best to keep up the good business.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, October 13, 1911, Page 1

Passengers on Car Marooned

Heavy Rain Causes Embankment to Bury Tracks; Turns Road into River
     Passengers on the Cleveland & Eastern car which left the square in Cleveland at 7 o’clock Friday evening were marooned for two hours at the Nickel Plate bridge near Cedar Avenue in Cleveland and again on Coventry Road. The car did not reach Chardon until nearly midnight.
     The flood was the result of the heavy rain which caused a large section of the embankment near the bridge to fall onto the tracks stopping up the outlet for the water. The wrecking car, ahead of the Chardon car, which was assisting other cars to get back onto the rails, also slipped off. In deep water and mud, it was a hard job to find rails and put the trucks back.
     When the water and dirt was cleared away, the Chardon car proceeded until it turned into Coventry Road, which was a bed for a madly rushing and swirling river of deep water. The wrecking car again got off the track.
     Passengers in water up to their knees with shovels dug a trench and with planks from the wrecking car deflected the course of the water. When the waters subsided the rails were cleared of the deep mud and the car finished the trip without further mishap.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, October 13, 1911, Page 7

One More Device to Expedite the Mails

The New Trolley-Car Mail Box
     Washington, D.C., has tried experiment of equipping its trolley cars with a mail box that is the invention of a Mr. McAllister. In busy and crowded communities where the saving of a second is a matter of importance, this mail box may fill a niche in the total scheme of bustle. It may be of benefit, too, to the husband who has forgotten to mail his wife’s letter until he is on his way home at night. The picture shows Postmaster Merrill of Washington dropping a letter into the perambulating mail box as it is passing him. By the side of the postmaster stands Assistant Postmaster Robinson.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, October 18, 1911, Page 1

Munson
     The country here was full of city people Sunday. They came in autos and on the cars, and secured this section for shock. The farmers are lucky if they have their trees left. City people take it for granted everything is free in the country.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, October 18, 1911, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     The big Cleveland stores are arranging a series of suburban day sales and the electric roads will cooperate with them to attract country trade to the city. And they will get hundreds of thousands of dollars of country money unless the country merchants rise to occasion and offer counter attractions to keep the trade at home. This is one trouble with the country merchants that they neglect their opportunity by failing to meet the city pull. They must adopt the same tactics of attractive prices and sufficient publicity or their trade will more and more go to the city stores.

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Hotel for Rent
     Hotel Property in Middlefield, from Oct. 1st. Apply to Cleveland & Eastern Traction Co., 701 Electric Bldg., Cleveland, O.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, October 20, 1911, Page 1

Have No Theater Car

Reader Calls Attention to Convenience Not Enjoyed
     Editor Record: Many Chardon people have been heard of late to express regrets that there is no Cleveland & Eastern car leaving the city late enough to enable patrons of the line east of Gates Mills to attend the theater and get home.
     We understand that the railroad officials took the theater car off some time ago claiming lack of patronage. So long a time has intervened since, and in the meantime the absence of such a convenience been impressed upon many, that we believe if the railroad company gave us a theater car Monday nights or Saturday nights, or two nights a week, it would be well patronized. Three years ago the theater car on Saturday nights was crowded and as transportation on the Cleveland & Eastern has greatly increased since, and is increasing yearly, we feel it would be beneficial to both the road and its patrons if the company would again give us a theater car, something other suburban towns are enjoying, but not Chardon, Burton and Middlefield. Let’s Have it. A Reader. Chardon, O., Oct. 18.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, October 27, 1911, Page 5

Munson
     A lady recently went to Cleveland on the C. & E. car. She went to Stop 28, flagged the car and the conductor would not stop until half way between 28 and Fullertown Stop. She had a baby to carry and a heavy suitcase. She asked the conductor why he did not stop. He said, “People should be on time.”

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November 1911
1. Cleveland & Eastern Railway experiments with powerful new grass killer in an effort to save its cross-ties.

2. Burglars steal merchandise from Chardon business by dark of night, make their escape by B. & O. handcar.

3. Railway officials maintain that there has been no demand from Geauga residents for late night theater car.

4. Traffic on the Cleveland & Eastern tied up for several hours, broken fly wheel at the power house to blame.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, November 1, 1911, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     L. F. Darling was awarded the contract for carrying the mails between the Burton post office and the C. & E. cars, and commences his work this Wednesday. He succeeds Harmon Olds who has been carrier for over two years, and who resigned to go to New York to study voice. He left for that city Tuesday.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 3, 1911, Page 1

Grass Is Hard to Kill

C. & E. Fails in Experiment on Middlefield Division
     The Cleveland & Eastern Railway’s experiment in grass killing has proved a failure. One of the things that work havoc with railway ties than anything else, it is said, is grass. Ties with grass growing between them or on them will cause the wood to rot much faster than where there is a cinder filling between the rails.
     The railroad obtained a powerful fluid guaranteed to exterminate the grass. A gallon of it was diluted with several gallons of water and sprinkled on a section of the Middlefield division of the line.
     It left a trail that resembled a fire swept area, and killed the grass for a time, but it now seems to be thriving better than before.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, November 8, 1911, Page 8

Middlefield
     The freight business on the C. & E. is now handled by R. A. Lewis at the hotel.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 10, 1911, Page 4

Put Bloodhound on Robber Trail
     Burglars secured over $100 worth of clothing and merchandise Monday night from the store of L. L. Fletcher in Chardon. Entrance was gained through the rear basement door. The burglars left town on a B. & O. handcar towards Painesville.
     Mr. Fletcher learned of the burglary before daylight, and went to Cleveland on the 5:50 car and secured a detective. . .

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 10, 1911, Page 4

Local News
     A year ago the snow plow on the C. P. & E. was the busiest thing in Lake County.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, November 15, 1911, Page 5

New C. & E. Agent
     Howard Baird, for several years a conductor on the Cleveland & Eastern railway, has been appointed C. & E. freight and ticket agent at Chardon. He supplants ex-Sheriff F. D. Hollis, who has been employed in that capacity for some years. The change was made Nov. 7.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 17, 1911, Page 1

Consider Theater Car
     It is understood that the matter of putting on a theater car has been discussed at the office of the Cleveland & Eastern Railroad in Cleveland, and that officials say they have not been asked by any residents of Chardon, Burton or Middlefield for this convenience which other suburban towns enjoy. Undoubtedly if a petition for a car was presented from one of these towns it would receive consideration at the head offices.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 17, 1911, Page 1

Masons Come To Town

Pleased at Songs They Give to Chardon Lad $8
     The conferring of the Mater Mason degree upon Sidney Holman was an important event in Chardon Masonic circles, Wednesday night when Burton lodge came in a special car on the invitation of Chardon lodge and put on the work.
     Over 100 were present including members from Mesopotamia, West Farmington and Parkman. During the banquet, served by the Eastern Stars, Earl Rhodes sang several songs which so pleased the Masons that they gave the lad a collection of nearly $8.

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Ho! Rabbit Season Here!
     The rabbit season opened Wednesday and a carpet of snow welcomed by hunters from the city who filled Cleveland & Eastern cars to roam through Geauga woods. Many of them will have permits to hunt and many more will do it strictly on their nerves. . .

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Broken Wheel Ties Up Traffic
     The breaking of a fly wheel at the power house at Gates Mills, Wednesday, tied up traffic on the Cleveland & Eastern for several hours. A piece of the wheel struck the switchboard doing considerable damage. Passengers, who left Chardon at 8:50 for Cleveland, did not arrive in the city until 3 o’clock.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 17, 1911, Page 8

Finish Fine Home
     There is nearing completion at Fullertown, not far from the C. & E. Junction, a fine 8-room house of two stories that is another substantial testimonial to a city man’s love of Nature.
     After 15 years active business life in Cleveland, F. G. Ball, manufacturer and bachelor brother of Webb C. Ball, the widely known jeweler, purchased a 60-acre farm in the corner of Newbury township, and erected a home after his own ideas worked out by an architect.
     The contract was let to W. S. Ford, of Burton, and a force of workmen has been busy there since April 15. Mr. Ball hopes to celebrate Thanksgiving in his new home and entertain his four sisters who reside on a farm near Mt. Vernon, O., which has been in the Ball family since 1802. Mr. Ball’s new home will hereafter be the home of his sisters.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, November 22, 1911, Page 1

Burton
     A suspension of street car service for several hours last Wednesday made us fully appreciate what we were constantly privileged to enjoy. A broken fly wheel on the engine at the power house at Gates Mills caused the trouble.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, November 22, 1911, Page 1

At the County Seat
     Howard Baird is now agent at the C. & E. station in this village in the place of Frank Hollis who has been the agent several years.

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Chester
     The Chester roads are in bad condition. It requires four horses to move anything of a load over them.

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December 1911
1. Editor tries to avert panic among electric railway patrons, explains safety device.

2. Chagrin Falls businessman proposes rebuilding electric road to Garrettsville.

3. Con-artist beaten at her own game by vigilant Chardon merchant.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, December 1, 1911, Page 1

People Scare Easily on Cars and at Moving Picture Shows
     . . . Another frequent cause for panic and consequent disaster is the resultant flash when a circuit breaker automatically opens on a trolley car. When there is any danger of overloading and burning out the motors which propel the car the automatic circuit breaker opens, with a flash and a sharp concussion, breaking the electric circuit and stopping the car. This act in itself is perfectly harmless yet it often furnishes excuses enough for some imbecile to yell “Fire!” and then the women and children and, not infrequently, grown men, begin to hurl themselves off the car regardless of consequences. The circuit breaker is made to open just hat way and it is perfectly harmless. In reality it is placed there for protective purposes and not to frighten passengers into hysterics. If everyone were acquainted with this important fact the next time a circuit breaker on a crowded car flies open the passengers would only smile and remain perfectly at ease until the motorman threw it back and started the car again.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, December 6, 1911, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     Cleveland & Eastern employees have been smoking some good cigars lately, as evidence of the birth of a son to manager R. D. Beatty and wife in Cleveland.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, December 13, 1911, Page 9

Rapids
     Mr. Tucker, of Chagrin Falls, has been here about two weeks in the interest of the proposed electric road from Chagrin Falls to Garrettsville, which is to connect east, making a through line from Cleveland to Pittsburg.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, December 13, 1911, Page 13

Local and Personal
     Frank Parsons, employed on the C. & E. freight car “Geauga,” sprained his ankle Saturday at Scotland, and is laid up temporarily.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, December 13, 1911, Page 16

Middlefield
     The roads are too muddy to transport logs to the pail and basket factories. However, logs are being shipped in over the C. & E. railroad.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, December 22, 1911, Page 1

Woman Crook Is Beaten At Her Own Game

Attempting to Work Short Change Deal in Stores She Meets Waterloo in Shildrick Pharmacy
     Chardon merchants were too sharp for a woman, who, taking advantage of the Christmas rush, sought to work a short change game on them, Tuesday. As a result she was beaten at her own crookedness in E. H. Shildrick’s drug store and the pharmacist is $5 ahead.
     . . . Other customers were in the store by this time, and the woman slipped out. She boarded a Cleveland & Eastern car which pulled out just in time for her to escape the officer which had been summoned. . .

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, December 22, 1911, Page 5

Novelty
     People around Novelty chartered a theater car from Gates Mills one night last week so that they could attend theater since there are no late cars to accommodate such parties.

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Thanks to our Newsletter Editor Bill Jackson for collecting and organizing these news stories from various newspaper and library archives.