Sep 12, 1929: Recently Dispensed Gardener Shoots Former Employer in Cold Blood

September 12, 1929 was a dry, warm day in Euclid Village. Situated north of Euclid Avenue was a picturesque white, wood framed house perched upon an 18-acre estate owned by Joseph and Barbara Irr. Joseph Irr was president of the Cleveland Billiard Supply House and was a former Euclid Village Councilperson. His wife, Barbara (nee Diebolt) Irr, was the heir to the Cleveland brewing company of the same name.

Euclid, Ohio: July, 1897 Search for a Wild Man

Women in the 1800's were predisposed to bouts of hysteria. Just the women, apparently, because wombs.

Or maybe not.

This article, published in the Logan, Ohio Hocking sentinel in late July 1897 explicitly states that EVERYBODY in Euclid was on edge due to the recent sightings of what then could only be described as a "Wild Man,".

July 29 1897 Logan Hocking sentinel

116th Anniversary of Euclid Township's Village Incorporation

Valentine's Day 2019 is also the 116th anniversary of Euclid Township's second and final time becoming Euclid Village.

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"A VILLAGE BY A CLOSE VOTE

Four Ballots Settle the Incorporation of Euclid.

Emergency Petition Filed by Citizens of Northern Section.

By the very narrow margin of four lone votes it was decided at the special election in Euclid yesterday to incorporate a part of the township as a village. The vote was a small one, only 258 ballots being cast. Of these two were thrown out, and of the remaining 256 the pro-incorporationists had 130 and the "antis" 126. There was no very intense excitement at the election.

It is generally admitted that the incorporation movement would have lost had it not been for the starting of another petition to incorporate the north part of the township provided the present move failed, and also a project to slice a piece off the west side of the town and attach it to East Cleveland. Amid all these threats of demolition of territory the residents decided that it would be best to give up a part of the township for village purposes, and accordingly voted for the incorporation. About half of the township is included in the boundaries of the new village and includes some 350 voters. Its estimated population is about 1,300. The next step will be the election of officers, which must take place in the next sixty days.

An emergency petition was filed with the county commissioners yesterday by the citizens of the northern portion of Euclid township asking that they be given permission to form into a village. The petition will not be discussed until Wednesday. The citizens of this district are generally anxious to become an incorporated village. Fearful lest the election should be lost the petition was circulated and filed to meet this exigency.

It is stated in this petition that there are not less than 200 persons in this portion of the hamlet. The papers were signed by forty electors, which is a majority of the electors living in the section. The territory which the residents wish to include in the village is that north of the Lake shore tracks and between Nottingham village and Lake county, Meadowbrook was the name this petitioners suggested."

The first time Euclid Township became Euclid Village was 1877, but a year later it was turned over. In 1903, boundaries were changed and the Village stuck, with Euclid becoming a city in 1930.

Flashback Friday: 1900's Euclid Postcard with house and horses

Do you recognize this house? I bet it may still stand!

Euclid, Ohio, circa early 1900's. A woman stands outside her two-story home with 2 children and 3 horses.