Fire safety notes and community aid in Elyria
A columnist reflects on fire fighting readiness from observed fires including the Elyria Dry Goods blaze and urges municipal equipment upgrades. The piece warns of obsolete gear, calls for ladder and pumper improvements, and stresses vigilance to reduce fire risk amid winter ice and cautious driving. It also recounts townspeople aiding a Tennessee student with a BA via gifts and a mailed box for his family, while noting strict winter driving conditions.
Early Christmas Mail Volume Signals Urgent Shopping
Post office reports an unusually heavy volume of Christmas mail. The note suggests many are mailing early to avoid delays and encourages completing shopping and mailing soon.
Sunday school rehearsals amid Christmas joy and war fear
A reflection on children rehearsing Sunday school Christmas programs while contrasting with images of Chinese children fleeing Japanese war threats. The writer expresses gratitude for living in the United States and hopes to avoid war’s conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Friendship A Precious Thing
Reflection on the value of friendship and holiday postcards as keepsakes. It notes that mass greetings can feel wasteful yet needy to renew ties. It argues memory, heart warmth, and shared pasts sustain relations, while health and spiritual discernment matter alongside social bonds.
First modern tribunal met in Geneva for U S Britain dispute
A 1971 entry notes the Tribunal of Arbitration formed by Britain, America, Switzerland, Italy and Brazil as the first modern body to adjudicate an international dispute over Confederate damages aided by England, meeting in Geneva. It also lists Verdun 1916 as a French victory, a 1936 disappearance of a transport plane between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, and Finland's partial war debt payment.
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Tribunal of Arbitration
U. S
Britain
Geneva
Verdun
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Finland
Notable Birth Dates From Prominent Figures
The notice lists several notable figures with birth years and places: Most Rev John T McNicholas Archbishop of Cincinnati born in Ireland sixty years ago, Vida D Scudder Wellesley College professor emeritus born in India seventy six years ago, Silas H Strawn Chicago lawyer born near Ottawa Illinois, T1 years ago, Maxwell Anderson New York author playwright born Atlantic Pennsylvania forty nine years ago, Bishop James H Ryan Omaha Catholic prelate born Indianapolis fifty one years ago, Duke of Atholl English peer born sixty six years ago. It adds social commentary urging resilience and social improvement rather than personal disappointment.
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John T. McNicholas
Cincinnati
Ireland
Vida D. Scudder
Wellesley College
India
Silas H. Strawn
Chicago
Ottawa
Ill
Maxwell Anderson
New York
Atlantic
James H. Ryan
Omaha
Indianapolis
Duke of Atholl
Roosevelt Critics Warn Against State Economic Control
A period analysis notes Roosevelt rejects wholesale state ownership yet hints at government power to curb railroads and subsidies. It cites advisers proposing broad economic controls, touches on maritime law, labor costs, and political maneuvering shaping U S policy and diplomacy with Kennedy and Bullitt in Europe.
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Roosevelt
Wa. A. Aa
Transfiguration on the Mountain in St Mark Readings
A devotional meditation contrasts the Mount of transfiguration with the disciples’ uncertainty on the plain. The passage, St Mark 9 2 29 0, highlights Jesus shining garments and talk with Moses and Elijah, while Peter and the disciples face a perplexing earthly situation.
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Jesus
Peter
James
John
Hillah
Moses
Thee
Meses
Elijah
Anniversaries of notable figures and events from history
A selection of anniversaries listing births and deaths of figures like Thomas H Verkins, Henry C Carey, Franklin B Sanborn, George Browne Post, Albert B Simpson, Edwin H Blashfield, Mary H Willard, and Philip Lyng Phy, plus milestones such as Virginia ratifying the Ten Amendments and a Hartford convention note. Includes dates and brief descriptors of each person or event.
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Thomas H Verkins
Boston
Henry C. Carey
Philadelphia
Franklin B Sanborn
Concord
Mase
Hampton Falls
N. H
George Browne Post
New York City
Albert B. Simpson
New York
Christian Missionary Alliance
Canada
Edwin H. Blashfield
South Dennis
Mass
Mary H. Willard
Jersey City
Virginia
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Georgia
Hartford
Conn
England
Philip Lyng Physick
Britain
Senate
Voice of the People praise for the Elyria mailman
In a December 12 1937 letter Laverne Smith of 409 Broad Street Elyria Ohio urges readers to honor the daily Santa Claus of the city the mailman. The writer says residents should give him Christmas cheer and support his family instead of only expecting him to deliver letters rain or shine.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Audit Bureau of
Second Street
Elyria
Ohio
Lorain County Priting & Publishing Company
Bhudnutt
J Clarke George
Elyria Postoffice Act
Mail
P Gnerain
State of Ohio
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
Ana Ave
New York
Fifth Ave
Etroit
General Motors
Santa Claus
Progres sive Class Christmas Party M. E. Church Notes
Vincent news notes that the choir practice moved to the Copas home and that the Progressive Class of the M. E. church Sunday School will meet there Monday evening December 20. After the business session a Christmas party will follow and attendees are asked to bring an inexpensive gift and a few sandwiches.
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M E
M. B. Copas
M. E. Church
Notable Sermon On Christ’s Teachings Spark Debate
The discourse argues Christ’s message blends common sense with grand ideal. Some label it as ordinary, others call it fragile and impractical. The writer counters that Christianity is both practical and aspirational, a soft yet powerful faith.
Local Social Roundup Recaps Visits Births and Events
Mrs Knepper returns home to Leipsic after visiting daughter Mrs J J Cook family. Sunday services at M and church altered by Reverend Theodore Paul absence. S S session conducted. Guests include Mr Joe Camera family Lorain and Mrs Le Roy Rhone. Birthday party at Mr Curtice Post featured Bingo prizes and refreshments. Harold Post and Mrs Oscar Pfeiffer win prizes. Husbands Harold Post and Mrs Lewis host guests. birth of a son announced. Finland called Suomi by its people.
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Knepper
J. J. Cook
Leipsic
Ohio
Theodore Paul
M. & Church
John Amish Sr
S. S
West Dover
Grant Glason
Elyria
S. C. Hurlbut
Curtice Post
Herman Smith
Norman
Butternut Ridge Road
F. H. Lewis
Harold Post
Paul Reichard
Wellington
Sunda
Oscar Pfeiffer
Leonard Dean
Ruth
Yvonne
J. G. Morris
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Wlater
Carnation
Scarnatio
United Feature Syndicate Inc
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Jim’ Farley
Prairie
Maine
Vermont
California
New Hampshire
Aitken -Murphy-Barrows
National Committee
Hich
Aiken
Sarcasty
Pers
Keyvwen
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Pbut
Japan
Italy
Germany
Mr. Kennedy
Court of St. James
William C. Bullitt
Paris
Hugh Wilson
Dr. Dodd
Berlin
Phillips
Rome
Grew
Tokyo
Perkins
W. P. A. Accountants
Henry Morgenthau
Smart
Tax Appeals Board
Andrew W. Mellon
Morgenthau- Oliphant
Mellon
Treasury
Oliphant
Internal Revenuers
duPonts
Raskobs
Mitchells
Mellons
Nathan Straus, Jr
Capitol Hill
Straus
LaGuardia
G. O. P. Bigwigs
Jim” Warley
Muont Reel Home
Murbach Coal
Omer
Voice of
The
People
Vincent
P. R. Smith & CO
Elyria Savings & Trust Bldg
VER
Elyria Dry Goods CO
Mr. Berson
Howard B. Somers
Harriet 8. Smith — Associates
Howard B. Somers, Jr
Elyria Savings & Trust
Business Man
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