Railroads in 1930s rebound gain momentum amid reforms
Babson Park Florida April 20 1934 report outlines how rail carriers, after a 1932 crash with many earning no interest, are recovering. Carloadings and net operating income rise, securities sales rebound, and government regulation plus sinking funds bolster bonds. Equipment orders surge aided by PWA loans. passenger comfort improves with streamlined trains as labor costs begin to recover.
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Babson Park
Florida
Recome
PWA
Smithsonian Institute
Garden Enthusiasts Meet for Lorain County School
Garden enthusiasts from Lorain County will converge on Elyria next Thursday for the annual garden school hosted by the county agricultural extension service with local garden clubs. The two-session program at the Lorain County Savings and Trust Building features talks on planting small gardens, continuous bloom, home flower growing, plant disease and insect control, plus a question period with experts from Ohio State University and area clubs.
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Lorain County
Elyria
County Agricultural Extension Service
Sit Garden Clubs
Lorain
Harry L. Shaw
Deane Burns
Visra Garden Club
Avon Lake
Elyna
Columbia
Oberlin
Land Wellington
W. G Knopf
North Olmsted Gardenver
A. L. Plerstorf
Obtvate University
Ries
Tierstorff
Knopf
College lifts ban on dances and bridge parties
Muskingum College trustees vote to lift an all time prohibition on dances and bridge parties, ending nearly a century of a ban that kept these social activities from campus life.
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New Concord
Muskingum College
Railroads gain as year ends with no broad pay cuts
A 1934 note from the Publishers' Financial Bureau reports 50,000 workers over the last year and a 10 percent wage cut kept for another year. It says immediate railroad industry outlook improves with fewer pay concessions and more workers returning daily, while long term risk remains due to sinking funds and possible public ownership. Stockholders should not expect a lasting upturn.
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Railroad
Babson
Henrietta Briefs Dinner Guests From Birmingham
April 20 Henrietta brief notes list Mr and Mrs George Latteman and Mr and Mrs George Dennison of Birmingham as dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Ray Brown. Red Portman visits son John and family in Brownhelm for a few weeks. Louise Kneisel and Elmer Koeisel family from Rugby guest of Elmer Portman. Louise Becker visits Carl Becker in Browndhelm.
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Henrietta
George Latteman
George Dennison
Birmingham
Ray Brown
Red Portman
John
Brownhelm
Louise Kneisel
Elprer Koeisel
Rugby
Elmer Portman
Louise Becker
and Mirs
Carl Becker
Browndhelm
Local Social Notes From Brownhome And Vicinity
Sunday visitors included Martin Schroedar and Philip Zieh from Brownhome at Adam Norn’s home, while Christ Uatntan of Bored called on John Geissendoer. Various residents like Ana Unger and Mrs Frank Kolbs traveled to Norwalk, and a Methodist prayer service gathered at Mrs Anns Bucks. Community figures hosted dinners for birthdays, and residents such as Claude Unger and Henry Funk shared trips to Cleveland and visits around Sherman and Elyria.
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Martin Schroedar
Philip Zieh
Brownhome
Adam Norn
Christ Uatntan
John Geissendoer
Ana Unger
Frank Kolbls
Norwalk
Anns Bucks
Charles Dato
Fred Bauman
Henrietta Hull
Louis Delefield
Lena Gegenheimer
Milton Parrish
Wre
Alleo
Elyria Figures Visit Cleveland Figures in Toledo Dialect
Mis Martha Bauman spent several days this week with her brother Fred Bauman. Ted Fondly and Howard Unger of Berlin Heights spent the weekend with their grandmother Mrs Edna Oneker. Mr and Mrs Fred Bauman, Mrs Chardin, and Miss Martha Hannan were in Cleveland Friday and called at the Fred Ahend home.
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Mia
Fred Bauman
Mrs. Chardin
Date
Martha Hannan
Cleveland
Fred Ahend
Pennsylvania Acreage Declines Across Major Crops This Year
Federal State Crop Reports show Pennsylvania cultivated area for corn oats potatoes and hay at 1 745 000 acres this year versus 4 815 000 in 1935 a drop of 83 000 acres or under two percent, indicating a shrinking farm total.
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Pennsylvanida
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Turkish Hat Case Tests Warranty Claim in Istanbul Court
About 25 witnesses will testify in a Turkish court over a hat claim. The buyer alleges the Turks a be made hat becomes unwearable after 21 days and seeks $40 in damages plus return of costs. The case centers on a three year guarantee that failed.
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HAP Istanbul Way
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San Uason
India
Ōtaila
Eastman
M. Klein
Cleveland Street
Publishers’ Financial Bureau
Haserodt
Broad ST
Jewelry Company
Elyria, Ohio
W. H. Bruce
Custom Tailor
W. Broad B&t
Miller's Nursery
Landscape Service Free
Lake Avy
F mi
Broad Street
NAVY
Bakus Felts
WHITE
DNAS
GREY
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