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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1929
Page
8
In Elyria township a 17-year-old hanged himself after being told he could not enlist. A Carlisle girl aged eight died after a rattlesnake bite. With a looming draft, every township must report the service members. Captain Brady’s company neared full strength as men hurried to enlist, some offering high rewards to join.
At the fourth annual reunion held on Mr. Rich’s farm near Elyria on Thursday, a constitution was adopted for the Lorain County Soldiers and Sailors Association. The group will consist of veterans of U S wars who have honorably discharged. Captain J M Hord was elected to a leadership post.
City officials remove the president of the organization that vandalized the stonework in front of the town hall at the city’s expense. Authorities plan stringent measures to deter future offenses and outline harsher penalties for offenders caught defacing public buildings.
A proposal outlines a new power block to be built in the city behind the Ely Commercial block, occupying the space between the alley and the river. The plan emphasizes utility and location as central to the development.
Elyria Republicans notes from August 17 1899 report plans to form a local stock company to prospect oil fields near Erhart. The paper also previews the Lorain county firemen convention in Elyria with an anticipated five hundred attendees and the revived Acme hand engine demonstration under Fire Chief Hafner. It mentions Hon George H Ely in brief late 1899 items.
In Deacon John Ramsey Oberlin claims the oldest person in the United States may be 121 years old. He is black and says he has never used tobacco and is unconcerned about his diet. Elyria firemen excel at the Oberlin volunteer firemen meeting, leading in numbers and winning two of three contests.
From the 1909 Elyria Evening Telegram and 1919 Elyria Chronicle Telegram clippings. A state bureau ruling blocks free water for cemeteries and parochial schools, while Lorain firemen clash over union bands at Chassin Falls. Other items note grand jury indictments, American Legion memorial talk, Army surplus purchases, a long railway franchise, a push for two platoon fire shifts, and annexation petitions north of the Illus-Overland plant.
Monte Rio resort manager E B LaFranchi invited Deputy Sheriff W A Shulte to view a new dining room. The deputy then found two illegal coin paying slot machines in the corner and arrested LaFranchi after seizing the devices.
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