Mahoning county courthouse

Mahoning county courthouse

Capsule contents

Some of the treasures recovered Friday from the time capsule that was embedded in the June 11, 1908, cornerstone-laying ceremony and removed last week:

A square block of the white marble that was used to construct the courthouse interior, engraved with the names of county building commission members.

A 1908 Youngstown city directory.

The War Cry, a Salvation Army newspaper.

The book of architectural specifications for the courthouse.

1907 proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, Free & Accepted Masons.

A 1907 history book of Youngstown and Mahoning County by Gen. Thomas Sanderson.

A May 1908 Rayen Record from the high school.

Record of Local 8 of the Ohio Bricklayers and Masons of America from its founding on March 8, 1886, to June 10, 1908.

A history of the Jewish people of Youngstown in an envelope from the Strouss Hirschberg Co. signed by Clarence J. Strouss.

The 1907-08 annual report of the Reuben McMillan Free Library, which would open the present main library on Wick Avenue in December 1910.

The Constitution of the Youngstown Retail Grocers’ Association.

The official register of the Ohio National Guard.

A photo of the residents of the Glenwood Avenue Children’s Home.

A May 12, 1908, Youngstown YMCA band concert program.

A history of the First Church of Christ’s Scientists of Youngstown.

A photo book of landmarks of Youngstown and vicinity.

A brief history of the adjacent Trinity United Methodist Church.

Source: William Lawson, executive director of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society