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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1937
Page
4
The Elyria area in 1904 hosted diverse factories shaping transportation needs. Automobiles, bicycles, and horse drawn vehicles fed local employment, with three firms producing automobile parts while others supplied buggy gear and bicycle components. Troxel Manufacturing exemplified broad product lines transforming local industry.
The article outlines Elyria Ohio industries circa 1904 including American Legion housed in a downtown building, Federal Manufacturing Company plans to move machinery from Milwaukee, Garford Company origins, Dean Electric Company telephones and plans for expansion, Topliff and Els bow sockets and card tables, Western Automatic Machine Screw making bicycle parts, Worthington Manufacturing golf balls and bicycles, Elyria Milling flour production, plus numerous other firms like Elyria Iron and Steel, Elyria Engine, Harshaw Fuller Goodwin, Fay Stocking, and Dunlex Foundry. It highlights rapid growth and a diverse industrial base forming the city’s economic backbone.
At the University of Iowa a unique bagpipe unit was created by Col. George F. N. Dailey, head of the military department, with no local instructors. Claire Myers trained in Toronto and soon taught five others, as the group played at dances and games accompanied by drummers. Dailey also designed uniforms inspired by Scotch regiments and had to import bagpipes from Scotland due to scarcity in the United States.
With feather prices down, certain South African districts swap ostriches for pigs as livestock. The shift affects local farming, markets, and supply chains as producers adapt to lower feather incomes and higher pork demand.
Elyria High School 1905 graduates recalled a period of rapid growth as new plants moved to Elyria. The Rochester Valve Company and Elyria Machine Parts Company expanded industry. Perry-Fay began screws and small machine parts. The Elyria Chamber of Commerce reorganized in 1907 with leaders including Garford Smythe Hill Allen. Commencement June 14, 1905 featured 419 graduates with orations on Industrial Greatness of America.
Justice of the Peace J H Webber praised postal efficiency after mailing his monthly report from Clarksburg to the county seat. The item arrived weeks later with a Yokohama post mark, while a duplicate had already been prepared in the meantime.
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