State funds allotted for tornado damaged schools
The appropriation totals 127300 to rebuild and repair school buildings wrecked by last June’s tornado. An additional 33000 was spent to repair the damage to the senior high school building.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1935
Page
6
The appropriation totals 127300 to rebuild and repair school buildings wrecked by last June’s tornado. An additional 33000 was spent to repair the damage to the senior high school building.
An article reviewing 18th anniversary figures from Treasury and Veterans Bureau cites a $26.25 billion money cost for U S fighting in World War I, plus $10 billion in interest and $6.6 billion in veteran pensions. Including postwar debt and disability payments, total costs rise beyond $28.7 billion. Former President Coolidge estimated $100 billion, and the piece argues for avoiding entangling alliances to prevent another such war.
The piece portrays Secretary Wallace as optimistic about the American people forming a sensible stance on foreign trade. It argues opinion grows from farm talks and local discussions, guided away from agitators and false prophets, until consensus shapes policy. It cites Wallace as an Iowa farmer and editor who remains hopeful.
A Department of Justice report tallies 4,696,000 fingerprints of proven criminals and 5,824,000 records of criminal history in Washington by 1934. It argues the true criminal population around 5,000,000 is conservative due to incomplete city cooperation. The piece links youth crime to parental and societal failures, calling for tighter upbringing and state responsibility.
A brief reflection on how an urge to travel can steer efforts toward valuable results in foreign lands when inner dispositions align with purposeful direction. The note hints at personal growth guiding achievements across borders.
In a reflective piece the author contrasts past parlor life with present buying habits noting furniture clothing and houseware were built to last decades while today rough service is expected from items. The text cites changing usage ideas and a shift toward frequent remodeling reflecting on a world where a home’s contents wear out in years not generations. A Philadelphia Bulletin quote about a bullet incident closes the excerpt.
A humor snippet quotes an elderly guest asking if the groom is the bridegroom, and a wedding guest replying he was eliminated in the semifinals. The excerpt ends with a reference to a U. S. S. West Virginia mountaineer.
The sculptor explains the plan began as an equestrian statue but the committee could not afford the horse. The remark accompanies a Fritz-Cross Service caption noting the finance constraint altered the public sculpture idea.
A disjointed newspaper fragment shows a lawyer asking a respondent in lunacy proceedings to name presidents. The dialogue includes garbled lines about Washington and Adams, with stray phrases indicating a wavering or interrupted testimony. The readable parts reveal confusion and partial answers rather than a clear legal outcome.
A jumble of names and phrases from various papers notes local topics, weddings, and opinions. Loose references identify a correspondent and scattered items from Sharpstown and Copp Vailey. no clear event or outcome emerges beyond scattered society items and quips.
A physician and others discuss work pressure and personal letters. They mention a trip, sending 40 to 50 engagement letters by mail daily, and the Greens adopting a French baby to learn its language. The dialogue questions universal relevance of advice to the average man.
A compilation of birth and death dates, names, and brief notes on figures such as John Lothrop Motley Henry James Bliss Carman Andrew Bruce William Parsons Joseph E Brown and others, alongside milestones like the first school for the deaf in Hartford 1817 the Titanic disaster 1912 and the Carnegie Hero Fund. Includes varied biographies and dates across centuries.
Five kid goats born on J. Ross’s farm just outside Hamilton attract local curiosity as they appear healthy and normal, drawing a growing crowd to see the rare quintuplet goats and their litters.
Malaria is caused by the bite of an infected Anopheline mosquito, a transmission linked to nighttime exposure, while daytime bites are noted as less impactful. The passage emphasizes the role of the mosquito in disease spread and hints at timing in transmission dynamics.
A brief religious reading on Psalm 12 1 1 and related verses outlines the godly life modeled after God. It links wealth, posterity, moral quality, and divine remembrance to faithful living, noting fearlessness before evil and a heart fixed on Jehovah. Paul’s reference to money stewardship appears in 2 Corinthians 9 9 with a call to praise Jehovah.
Plans begin for circulating petitions to add a Sunday baseball vote in Elyria with at least 25 percent of qualified voters needed to place it on the ballot. Amherst will receive Elyria water under the same terms, up to 490 900 gallons daily, from the Elyria waterworks. Independent gas men have leased over 25 000 acres.
Wilford L. Granger, city street commissioner, died from injuries after being struck by a car on Lodi street while peering into a manhole as city workers conducted maintenance. The Lorain board of education reported last night that $99,754.50 had been spent to date from the school budget.
In Nashville Tennessee a 26 inch alligator 660 miles from its natural Florida habitat grabbed a fisherman's hook in the Cumberland River. Local rivermen could not explain why the creature appeared there. Fisherman Dolphin Wayman had kept the animal as a pet.
Elyria High School shut today and Colson Company paused operations due to coal shortages caused by the switchmen strike. Other Elyria plants report only days of coal left and will close soon without more coal. Squire elected governor of Rotary’s Tenth District at Toledo convention.
Thomas A. Edison has been honored by naming the Milan Elyria Road the Edison Highway. The designation was chosen because Edison was born in Milan.
The Gideon Bible Society supplied 300 Bibles to inmates at the Wisconsin State Prison in Waypun, Wisconsin as part of the drive to place a Bible in every hotel room.
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