This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1932
Page
8
A 1932 column argues that recovery hinges on resolving overseas unrest and international finance. It cites wars in Asia, tariff barriers, debt burdens, and currency collapses, urging a shift from strict isolation to broader engagement to restore confidence and trade.
Walter W. Price argues that disintegration and demoralization stem from elite failure to undertake government duty. He praises able, unselfish public service, contrasts US with England, and notes the lack of a leisure class and public-spirited reformers. He cites Philadelphia mayoral Christmas appeal and Huey Long’s politics as contemporary signposts.
An author unknown piece urges steady nerve and humor amid doubt and rumor. It frames resilience as key to progress in work and life with lines about self possession, hope, faith, and communal effort. A final note shows a grandpa quoting worn cogs and a grim outlook on progress.
A fragmentary verse note from Pacific Cooperative Wool Crower presents a playful line about things going to the dogs and a caveman in skin togs, concluding with an abrupt statement that the dogs have had an awful wait.
Two men were killed and one seriously injured in a rear end collision on the B and Q Railroad at Miller's Curve near Grafton Saturday afternoon. The First Congregational church of North Ridgeville marked its 90th anniversary with services led by Rev. EB Smith. Oberlin College plans a new athletic complex including a football field cinder track grandstands practice fields and multiple diamonds and tennis courts at an estimated cost of $50 000. The Oberlin College Glee Club begins its 25th annual Christmas concert tour traveling about 2000 miles with performances in Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa.
Mayor Tucker reports a telegram from Homer Johnson state fuel administrator directing all Elyria businesses to drop electric signs on Thursdays and Sundays to save coal. L. W. Drake 82 of Elyria dies from a fractured hip after being struck by a baby buggy three weeks earlier. he helped supervise the waterworks and helped build the Baptist church.
A $15,000 organ contract was signed for St Andrew's Church yesterday. The instrument should be ready by August 1 and will rank among the finest in the region. Elyria unveiled a new gasoline street railway car built by American Railway Motor Car Company, soon to be tested on the Grafton branch before delivery to the Norwalk and Shelby Street Railway.
Thirty pages of plans and specifications for Elyria's new sewage disposal plant were received today by Service Director James A. Hewitt. The documents await city council approval.
A jumble of birth and death anniversaries for figures like George Whitefield Beethoven Jane Austen Henry Heth and Edward Barnard plus Today in History items such as the Bill of Rights and Napoleon’s divorce. Also lists Today s Birthdays with Walter Adams Adams Cram Santayana Coward and horoscopic note and Lorain mayor elect Standen s plan proposals.
Fragmentary editorial note discusses vain ambitions and potential outcomes of education and direction. It contemplates whether efforts are averted or redirected by proper schooling, reflecting a cautious view on personal achievement and reform.
Negley Ohio seeks a 12 mile coal tramway to Smiths Ferry linking to the Pittsburgh Lisbon Western line. The Pittsburgh Coal Company battles the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads with Erie Railroad sidelines, while court orders and interstate commerce issues loom over a project that could reshape coal transport to Ohio.
A fragment notes coal costs are 40 cents per ton cheaper when rail facilities are available. The bargain hinges on access to current rail capacity and logistics.
A United Air Lines transport plane set a new speed record for the Chicago to New York flight completing the trip in 4 hours and 60 minutes at an average 158 mph with eight passengers and mail aboard. Pilot Ralph Reed arrived in Cleveland from Chicago with an elapsed time of 2 hours 10 minutes on Wednesday.
W Larned continued with the flight and reached New York two hours and forty minutes later. The story notes endurance and the tough education by pain.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.