Major role for St Lawrence waterway in Great Lakes area
The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce majority report supports the Great Lakes St. Lawrence project. It argues the plan justifies cost through waterpower, freight savings, and regional growth, noting harbor limits and seasonal operation are solvable with national aid and improved rail coordination.
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Cleveland Chamber OF Commerce
ST. Lawrence Waterway
Chamber of Commerce of
Cleveland
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Panama Canal
U S. Leader Opposes Taxi Ordinance Protection
A letter argues against city protection of taxi and bus lines via ordinance, stating public benefits should come from fair competition. It warns against creating a monopoly and favors a modest liability bond for the Southwestern line while condemning paternalistic regulations. The piece references memorials, school closures, and a regional teachers convention in northeast Ohio.
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Cleveland and Southwestern
Southwestern
Bus and Taxi Ordinance in Public Forum Letter
A letter in the Public Forum discusses the proposed bus and taxi ordinance. It outlines local transportation policy questions and invites reader input on regulatory changes affecting routes fares and service standards.
Endley to Manage Fess Senate Campaign in Ashland
State Senator Henry R Endley of Mansfield will manage Congressman Simeon Fess campaign for the U S Senate nomination. Endley not expected to seek re election leaving the field to State Senator J F Burke Elyria as the district will elect one state senator this year. In Jackson township Vernon Utz reports his flock has produced twenty one sets of twins this week the mild spring weather aiding sheep multiplication.
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Ashland
Henry R Endley
Mansfield
Simeon Fess
U. S. Senate
Endley
J. F. Burke
Elyria
Vernon Utz
Jackson Township
Utz
Obligation and birthdays from 19th century Ohio page
A roundup notes yesterday in Ohio with items on Odd Fellows temple dedication invitations in Cincinnati and protests by temperance forces opposing liquor licenses. It also records deaths, legislative changes, and notable birthdays including King Albert of Belgium, Mary Pickford, Dr. William Welch, and Bishop William Turner.
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Odd Fellows’ Temple
Cincinnati
Ozro T. Dodes
Congress
Columbus
Foday
Abbrt
Brussels
Mary Pickford
Toronto
Wiliam H Welch
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Norfolk
Conn
Wiliam Turner
Buffalo
Kulmallock
Ireland
Choir rules eyed by ABE MARTIN Rev Wiley Tanger
Reverend Wiley Tanger announces starting April 20 bass singers must provide reference and cash bond before serving in the choir. Women are keen on selecting a provider or setting an allowance for a son.
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Wiley Tanger
Komical Telegrams from a by gone era
A garbled collage of jokes and quips referencing aging records, Oberlin practice, wireless telephone progress, a Broad Street restaurant Friday buns, a law about wedding rings for married men, and social satire on public figures. It ends with a plea for feedback and a sign off from Jim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
Leedale and Shaffer’s
Invention of Gas-Filled Thermometers
The article notes that for every low temperature, thermometers using gas replace mercury. It highlights historical attempts to develop gas-filled thermometers and the scientific context behind replacing mercury in extreme cold measurements.
Hundredth anniversary of Hebrew Benevolent Society of NYC celebrated
Mary Pickford, world’s top photoplay star, begins her thirtieth year today while plans for a supervised women’s track and field conference by the Amateur Athletic Union unfold in New York. A Daughters of the Confederacy monument to Gen Alfred Mouton will be unveiled at Lafayette Louisiana today on the anniversary of his Mansfield death in 1864. Palm Sunday marks the anniversary of Appomattox surrender and Vimy Ridge memorials as Canadian soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice.
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The
Hebrew Benevolent Society of
New York City
Mary Pickford
Lord Byng of Vimy
Dominion
Ottawa
Ontaro
Amateur Athletic Union
New York
Daughters of the Confederacy
Alfred Mouton
Lafayette
Mansfield
Appomattox
Vimy Ridge
60 Years Ago Local Marriages and Auctions
Sixty years ago Peter Halter and Miss Augusta Sump wed by Justice L B Smith. A religious revival in LaPorte led Rev T J Gard to add forty three members to the M E church. Wild pigeons crowded woods around Elyria as sportsmen enjoyed hunting them. The Third and Court streets house and lot sold for 6000 dollars. John R Faxon bought the Faron homestead on Middle Avenue from VA Hollister. Mrs Abbie Beebe, wife of Henry Beebe, landlord of the Bache House, died at 87. Pittsfield residents produced 30,000 pounds of maple sugar sold in Elyria for 4200 dollars.
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LaPorte
T. J Gard
M. EB. Church
Third and
Court Streets
John R Faxon
Faron
Middle Avenue
VA. Hollister
Abbie Beebe
Henry Beebe
Bache House
Pittsfield
Elyria
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Chronicle-Telegram
Second Street
Ohio
Lorain County Printing and Publishing Company
A. C. Hudnutt
Styria
Lorain
State of
International News Service
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
A. E. Clayden
Fifth Ave
Chicago
John W. Hunter
Marquette Bldg
Advertising Society
Atlantic Seaboard
Liverpool
Southampton
Middle West
Dominion of
Canada
International Committee
U. S
Genoa
John, Cox
Linus Hayes
Wooster
Loudonville
Haynesville
Ashland City
Northeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Canton
Northeastern
Ferenc
St Ssb HK. Leurop
Russia
Soviet Russia
HM. Batchellor
San Diego
Calif
Abe Martin
Komical
Oberlin
Elf
United States
Lillian Russell
John Brinker
Cole
Paradise
Jim
Whitney & Company
Broad St
Sve
Victor Records
Egypt
Willis
Burr's Jewelry Store
Peter Halter
Augusta Sump
Justice of the Peace
L. B. Smith
N. B. Gates
Oberlin Road
R. E. Neighbor
Middle Ave
Broad Street and
Savings Deposit Bank & Trust Company
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