Improvement On Waterworks Being Rushed Says Jones
Mayor Jones defends rapid waterworks improvements and public protection. He cites hiring Mor Knowles Inc for $30,000 over a higher-priced rival, notes bond issues at 6 percent, and argues banks subsidized city costs to Elyria taxpayers. Prices for pipe work led to re bids from $276,000 to $264,500 before award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Ng So Wa
Mor- Knowles, Inc
Fittsburg
Hese
Cintati
Union Can Men Call Strike At Akron
Union street car platform men in Akron voted to strike at 3 o clock Tuesday morning affecting Akron Barberton Kenmore Cuyahoga Falls and Wadsworth. They protest the Traction and Light company’s wage offer and the city’s failure to raise fares. The public utilities committee proposed a 5 cent flat fare to avert the strike but A C Blinn vice president said the offer would be rejected and requested a seven cent fare.
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Akron
Union Street Car
Barberton
Kenmore
Cuyahoga Falls
Wadsworth
Morniows
Traction and Light Company
Arbitration Board
Public Utilities Committee of Council
Traction Company
A. C. Blinn
Amendments to Gas Ordinance Ready for Council
City gas committee met Friday with Councilman Andrus Winson and Hazelton, City Solicitor D A Baird, and Judge Douglas for the gas company. Final action on the draft is set for Tuesday morning before the council meeting Tuesday evening. The amendments reportedly include an emergency clause but not a higher forfeiture bond.
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D. A. Baird
Council
Andrus, Winson and Hazelton
Baird
Douglas
City Council urged to force gas company to equalize pressure
Elyria residents allege discrimination by the Gas Company over gas pressure and supply. Leaders demand equal treatment for all cities, warning of severe health risks this fall and winter unless pricing is adjusted or the company is compelled to act.
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Elyria
Equity
Dayton Prepares for Fourth of July Amid Streetcar Strike
Dayton enters the Fourth of July period with no streetcar service after two weeks of a strike described as hopeless. Arbitration attempts failed as company officials deemed workers demands unreasonable while regular bus lines run. Petitions circulate urging the public to boycott streetcars when service resumes.
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Dayton
Municipal Bears Moved to Cascade Park
City firemen trapped and relocated two large bears to Cascade Park after a day of trial plans and a water bath. They enticed the animals with candy and peanuts, then transferred them into a cage and drove them to the park where they explored their new enclosure and pool.
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Cascade Park
City observes Fourth of July holiday in Elyria
The Fourth of July will be observed Monday with no Chronicle Telegram issue. Local stores close tonight and reopen Tuesday morning. Elyria factories shut this noon and resume Tuesday. The post office closes all day with no mail delivery. Workers gain a two day vacation.
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Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Mrs George Aston Dies in Cleveland
The death of Mrs. George Aston of Griswold road occurred Thursday noon July 1 at her daughter Mrs Chas C Bubb’s home in Cleveland. She is survived by her husband of Elyria and three daughters Mrs Charles Bubb of Cleveland Mrs Isaac Slack Jr of South Amherst and Dorothy Aston of Elyria and a brother James Horsely of South Lorain and sister Mrs Horace Abbe of Elyria. Funeral services will be held at St Andrew's Episcopal church Tuesday at 1 30 PM.
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George Aston
Griswold Road
Chas. ‘C. Bubb
Cleveland
Aston
Elyria
Charles Bubb
Isaac Slack, Jr
South Amherst
Dorothy Aston
James Horsely
South Lorain
Horace Abbe
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Two Dollar Bill Causes a Lot of Worry in Court
H. F. Paterson pleaded guilty in Mayor Jones' court to obtaining $2 under false pretenses from Cliff Sayles of the New York Central railroad. It is alleged the money was meant for a grocery bill but was spent on liquor. Mayor Jones is withholding sentence in the case.
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H. F. Paterson
Jones
Patterson
Cliff Sayles
New York Central Railroad
Auto collision damages Eldred Histgate near Lersch store
An Eldred Histgate auto was damaged in a collision with another vehicle in front of the Lersch store, causing onlookers to report the incident.
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Eldred& Histgate
Lersch
Mediation efforts under way in coal miners strike
Federal mediators F L Feick and L R Thomas remained in Williamson West Virginia to push settlement as operators refuse to submit the dispute to labor department representatives. The strike, centered in Mingo County and Pike County, Kentucky, affects several mines while camped miners families live in tents in the Tusk River valley.
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Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
Pike County
United Mine Workers
Department of Labor
F. L. Feick
L. R. Thomas
Contoversy
Tusk River Valley
Kentucky
Nolan
Rawl
Sprigg
Matewan
Runaway Children From Creston Placed With Probation Officer
Mary Kizer and Paul Kizer, siblings aged 12 and 13, fled Creston in Wayne County last Friday and were found barefoot between Belden and Grafton. They told of alleged abuse by a stepmother and said they had run away six times. Paul Johnson, a Wooster probation officer, is notified to arrange care.
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Backus
Creston
Mary Kizer
Paul Kizer
Wayne County
Belden
Grafton
Paul Johnson
Wooster
Elyria Lighting Survey Aims Citywide Rehab
Electrical engineer H. W. Jones conducts a survey of Elyria with Lorain County Electric to rehabilitate and readjust street lighting. The planned report will detail a comprehensive White Way for Broad Street as 300 to 54 incandescent lights are currently in use across the city.
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H. W. Jones
Elyria
Lorain Camery Electric Company
Broad Street
McAdoo Leads After Ballots at Democratic Nominating Convention
At San Francisco on July 3 the Democratic National Convention resumed balloting. McAdoo led with 368 votes on the sixth ballot and 357 on the fifth, while Palmer and Cox trailed. A record crowd watched as delegates debated whether McAdoo or Palmer–Cox camps would secure the nomination.
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Mée- Adoo
Cox
Palmer
Cummings
Owen
Smith
Edwards
Davis
Glass
Marshall
Clark
Colby
McAdoo
Tluehcock
Meredith
San Francisco
Civil War Vets Meet Saturday at Cade Park
The annual reunion of Co. K, 135th O. V. I. will be held at Cade Park on Saturday July 10. The unit organized in this county with most members enlisting here. W. S. Biggs serves as president and Dwight Rockwood of Cleveland is secretary. About fifteen members survive.
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Co. K
O. V
Cacade Park
W. S. Biggs
Dwight Rockwood
Cleveland
Elyria School Enumeration Reports Population Figures
The annual school age enumeration for Elyria lists 4675 children with 2060 boys and 2215 girls, totaling 2100 per the lead line. Using the federal method yields a population around 21,037. unofficial counts place Elyria between 20,000 and 21,000. The data cover a small outside district and break down ages 6 to 21, plus Rigua township counts.
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Elyria
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