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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1932
Page
8
Publisher and city editor credits listed with pricing for subscriptions and carriage. Advertises postal registration, rates for in town and out of town delivery, and mentions foreign advertising representatives and Detroit GM building.
The article reflects on a century of social and religious progress, noting abolition, expanded education, wars for principles, and growth in scripture scholarship. It celebrates the First Methodist church’s 105th anniversary and a century of Sunday school, highlighting the congregation’s influence in the community and its mission.
The Not An Empty Stocking Fund committee will stage a tag day on Saturday December 17 to raise three to four hundred dollars for about 600 Christmas baskets. The event aims to give everyone a chance to share in the season’s giving and brighten Christmas for others in Elyria.
Lorain and Elyria join to resist efforts to stop United States Steel from moving ingot production of the Newburg plant to Lorain. The city argues Lorain offers harbor, lower taxes, and cheaper costs, and says the decision rests on cold business facts and stockholder interests.
A fragment from Northern Michigan recalls river driftwood as a metaphor for the human family and notes comments on personal choice. Humorous quips about boxing, criticism, and daily life follow with a roster of births and a Today horoscope warning of restless days ahead.
Today's anniversaries list includes Eli Whitney born 1765 in Westborough Mass and Elihu Burritt born 1810 in New Britain Conn with deaths noted. Other figures: Clinton B Fisk 1828 born near Greensville New York. Henry Timrod 1832 born Charleston South Carolina. Bjornstjerne Bjornson 1832 born Norway. Alexander Cassatt 1839 born Pittsburgh. Joel Chandler Harris 1848 born Eatonton Georgia. TODAY IN HISTORY notes include 1854 dogma of Immaculate Conception and 1863 Jesuits Church fire in Santiago Chile. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS add Cardinal William Henry O Connell born May in Lowell Massachusetts and Rt Rev Edgar Blake.
Valley City residents hosted a birthday dinner for Eric Stoskopf with cards as the main diversion. Allan Blood and Matt Matthews of Royalton joined Mr and Mrs in Cleveland for a Friday outing. P T A meeting featured Baldwin Wallace College Boys Glee Club with solos and instrumentals. Fred Feuchter urged Christmas Seal sales and a merged play committee plan due to the school calendar. Carl Hauck and Arthur Hauck attended a bridge party at C R Brown home. Twenty two Sunshine 4 H members attended the diabement program.
In Elyria reader E L Hukilu notes his November bill of 128 K W H costing 5.45 dollars, claiming Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co would charge 5.69 for the same usage. He adds a quip about grass being greener across the fence and closes with local notices on visitors and upcoming basketball games.
Saturday reports from Medina note Thelma Steck's fine camp meeting recap and a county orchestra event in Sharon. A mid winter Farm Women party with a bounteous repast drew about 100 farm folks at Evangelical Parish Hall. Numerous visits unfold among Blood, Matthews, Erhart, Hinkel, and other area families with relatives from Cleveland and Baldwin Wallace College.
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