Lake County Ohio GenWeb

Indexes to some of the Newspapers
in the Courthouse Capsule of 1907

The 1907 Courthouse capsule which was opened in 2007 contained many items of historical interest for Lake County. The items and documents in the capsule belong to the Lake County Commissioners and Judges. They are on long-term loan to the Lake County Historical Society.

This page and the accompanying indices were created and submitted by Marianne Wiley.

Included among the time capsule items are several newspapers

Newspapers--Indexed

• The Lake County Weekly Herald, Friday, August 2, 1907 Vol 9 No. 34; 8 pages. First headline on page 1 column 1 is "Threatening Panic" on bottom of column. (248 entries)
• The Madison Review, August 6, 1907 Vol. 8 No. 84; 4 pages; First headline on page 1 column 1 is "Vessels of New Pacific Fleet." (271 entries)
• The Painesville Telegraph and Painesville Republican, Friday, August 9, 1907 No. 37 Part 2; 8 pages; First headline on page 1 is "Interesting Reunion of Willoughby College." This is not identical to the microfilm file at Morley Library for the same date. (774 entries)
• The Telegraph=Republican Friday Evening August 2, 1907 Vol. 16 No. 182; 4 pages; First headline on page 1 is "Uncle Sam's Boys Could Invade Japan." (183 entries)
• The Telegraph=Republican Monday Evening August 5, 1907 Vol. 16 No. 184; 8 pages; First headline on page 1 is "Brisk Fight Being Waged." 378 entries)
• The Telegraph=Republican Thursday Evening August 8, 1907 Vol. 16 No 186; 8 pages; First headline on page 1 is "Interesting Reunion of Willoughby College." (395 entries) **A separate copy of this first article was also included in the Courthouse Capsule. See Schools.
• The Willoughby Independent, Friday, August 9, 1907 Vol. 29 No. 22; 4 pages; First headline on page 1 is "Hot Session of Republican Convention as Tulsa, I. T." (359 entries)

Newspapers-Not indexed These newspapers were not indexed because they are not local or not contemporary to 1907. They are located in Box 4--Newspapers.

• Cleveland Leader, Sunday, August 4, 1907 Vol. 61 No. 216; 56 pages; Headline on page 1 "Rockefeller Will Fight Big Fine."
• Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sunday morning, August 4, 1907 66th year, No. 216; 52 pages; first headline in column one: "Foraker Opens Real Campaign."
• Cleveland Plain Dealer, Friday morning, August 9, 1907 66th year, No. 221; 16 pages; first headline in column one "Says Luna is No Place for Young."
• Painesville Street Fair, Wednesday and Thursday, October 9 & 10, 1895 Vol. 2 No. 1; First advertisement headline on page 1 W. F. Smith City Drug Store
• Painesville Telegraph, July 14, 1833 Folded and in glassine envelope [1 entry]
• The Evening Telegraph, Wednesday evening, April 25, 1894 Vol. 2 No.235; 4 pages; First advertisement headline on page 1; "You Can Do Yourself a Good Turn"
• The Evening Telegraph, Friday evening, October 12, 1894 Vol. 3 No. 70; 4 pages; First advertisement headline on page 1 "Some of our Golden Bargains for Fair Day"
• The Evening Telegraph, Saturday evening, October 13, 1894 Vol. 3 No. 71; 4 pages; First advertisement headline on page 1 "Too Late for Fair Day."
• The Evening Telegraph, Wednesday evening, November 20 1985 Vol 4. No. 104; 4 pages; First advertisement headline on page 1 "Attract Attention"
• The National Era, Thursday, July 24, 1851 Vol. 5 No. 30 Whole No. 238; 4 pages; weekly; published in Washington; first headline in column 1 "ILL- STARRED-Part Second;" very fragile condition; appears to have been folded in tied envelope.
• The Stone Cutters' Journal, August 1907 Vol. 21 No. 8; 24 pages plus fold out with statistics about different organizational branches; monthly; published in Washington D. C. by the Journeymen Stonecutter's Association of North America; See also-A list of people who appear to have worked on the construction of the Court House was folded inside the Journal with indexed names in Government-Community Related file.
• Ulster County Gazette, Saturday, Jan. 4, 1800; Folded and in envelop with red tie
• War Cry, Saturday, August 10, 1907 No. 1349; 16 pages; Official Gazette of the Salvation Army of the United States; published in New York City; first page picture caption Our Fresh-Air Children and Where We Get Them From.