Will Not Tear Down Newburg Steel Mill
Newburg plant of American Steel & Wire Co will be shut down temporarily not torn down. Myron C. Taylor chairman of U S Steel Corp said in a letter to Mayor Ray T Maller. Previous plan proposed abandonment while Lorain plant would expand to cover the difference. Mayor Miller and officials sought reconsideration in New York. Letter suggests no real change in attitude but keeps reopening as possible if steel business recovers.
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Cleveland
Newburg
American Steel & Wire Co
Myron C. Taylor
U. S&s. Steel Corp
Ray T Maller
Lorain
Miller
New York
U. S. Steel
Alibi Defense In Port Hole Slaying
In Long Beach California on February 11 testimony from Ed ward De Larm and his family supported William Guy’s alibi that he was asleep at his Glendale home about 7 30 to 7 45 PM the time the prosecution says Captain Walter Vanderwell was killed. De Larm testified he picked up Guy at Glendale airport the day of the murder. The state places the homicide at 9 30 PM.
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Long Beach
Calif
Walter Vanderwell
William Guy
Globe-Trotter
Edward de Larm
Arapahoe
Guy
Carma
Vanderwell
de Larm
Glendale
Evergreen Club event postponed this week Elyria
The Evergreen Club meeting was postponed indefinitely this week. The Welfare Group will meet with Mrs George Fridenstine on North Murray Ridge Tuesday February 11 inviting all interested. Mr and Mrs E C Schubert attended the oyster supper hosted by the D C Club at the Kolbe home on Middle Ridge with Mrs Schubert also at a Missionary Society meeting at the ME Church in Elvria led by Rev H Amore of Edison.
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Elyria Townline Road
Evergreen Club
George Fridenstine
North Murray Ridge
E C. Schubert
D. C. Club
Henry Kolbe
Middle Ridge
The
Missionary Society
Elvria
H. Amore
Edison
Taft Delegates Chosen Quietly in Lorain County
Lorain County selected Taft delegates with a light vote due to no contest. Elected were L. W. Adams T. B. Allison H. F. Arndt A. H. Babcock E. Bruell A. G. Comings A. L. Garford S. V. Haigh J. T. Haskell and R. B. Lersch.
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Lorain County
Ohio
L. W. Adams
T. B. Allison
H. F. Arndt
A. H. Babcock
E. Bruell
A. G. Comings
A. L. Garford
S. V. Haigh
J. T. Haskell
R. B. Lersch
Elyria Chooses Nine for Charter Commission List
Sixty men gathered in the council chamber and selected a nine member committee to draft a list of 30 candidates for a Elyria charter commission if voters endorse the charter form of government on April 8. More than $12,000 of horses were sold at Mendelson barn by yester day’s auction, sixty horses averaging over 30 per head in the largest Elyria sale yet. Chamber of Commerce directors elected A. L Stark as president with C. E. Lozier and W. W. Austin as vice presidents, A. J. Piocher as treasurer, and J. F. Van Nostrand as secretary.
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Council Chamber
Elyria
Mendelson Barn
Chamber of Commerce
A. L Stark
C. E. Lozier
W. W. Austin
A. J. Piocher
J. F. van Nostrand
Lorain County Tax Valuation Drops Yet Taxes Rise
Lorain County property valuation for tax purposes fell from 180,151,360 to 176,668,335 this year. Despite the lower valuation, total taxes rise due to higher rates, with the average rate up from 19.59 to 23.12 per thousand. Real estate dominates the duplicate at 106,178,220.
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Lorain County
City plans $200000 sewer bonds add to earlier issue
Chronicle-Telegram notes 1928 efforts to issue 200000 in bonds for a new sewer disposal plant, with 36 bond houses inquiring, joining 700000 already sold for the project. Also mentions a funeral service for Reinhardt Cook held in South Amherst after a highway visit by local residents.
New York Shoe Sale Memoir in a Crowd
A humorous monologue set during a shoe sale in New York describes a shopper avoiding crowd crushes, recalling old shoe styles and a past stage act. The narrator frets over sales clerks, Harvard men, and what size to choose while imagining walking in old patent leather and silk bows.
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Harvard
Goody
Sliding ladders in shoe stores fascinate reader
A narrator yearns to ride the sliding ladders in a shoe shop. He describes balancing on one foot, edging toward a ladder, and imagining a conductor like Mr. Bennett guiding the ride as a floor walker approaches. The passage ends with a tense pause.
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Mr. Bennett
Hocking Valley
Floot Walker
Shoe fitting antics at the fairground
A narrator notices curious glances from a brown dressed girl while a man gathers samples and demonstrates swift running. The speaker boasts of skills, slips off a shoe, and finds comfort in removing footwear as part of a lively, humorous scene.
Toe On Display Sparks Distraction at Hoosac Tunnel Scene
A speaker laments a big toe protruding in public view as bystanders ignore the issue. The narrator contemplates distraction and the calendar, hoping a late edition might help. He regrets venturing out and fears attention from an unknown observer.
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Hoosac Tunnel
Radio City
Fragmentary dialogue hints at danger and self-harm
A speaker urges not to baby them and mentions spells and light headedness. They request shoes and overshoes and joke about taking cyanide if a drink is mixed. The fragment suggests distress and possible self-harm references.
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McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Widening Minds Through Biological Science
A reflection on how biology extends human thought by applying scientific insight to social problems, noting its transformative impact across fields and disciplines.
Local notes from MIddle Ridge and Amherst events
Residents attend meetings and visits across Ohio. H W Schmitkens travels to Columbus for Farmer's Week and visits son Paul at Ohio State. Mrs Elfrieda Darsch and Douglas plan Florida visit. Community groups meet at Amherst M E church and Amherst Congregational church. A D Club hosts oyster supper for about forty guests with several local families attending.
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Middle Ridge
H. W. Schmitkens
Columbus
Paul
Ohio State
Elfrieda Darsch
Douglas
Florida
R. H. Hearn
Amherst
Albert Vietzen
Elyria
A. J. Haist
Charles Berk
Lorain
Harlan Schlechter
Henrietta
BE. C. Schubert
Townline
Mabel Dehn
Pearl Eppley
Milton Schlechter
Newton Baus
Trust fund limits force seven year old Lucy Thomas to live on 36000
A New York judge denied a request to raise Lucy Cotton Thomas's annual income from the trust fund of her grandfather to 45600. The seven year old, daughter of widow Rene Stang, must subsist on 36000 a year while her guardianship disputes continue. The filing lists several interested parties from South Ridge and Brownhelm.
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Lucy Cotton Thomas
Lucy
Edward Russell Thomas
New York
Atlantic Fleet to Stay in Pacific Waters Through 1934
Tokyo reports Rear Admiral Pratt will keep the American Atlantic and Pacific fleets in Pacific waters until July 1 1934 citing U S uneasiness over Japan. Cost to move the Atlantic fleet eastward is about 410000 dollars amid navy economy aims. Japanese officials expect the decision and note closure of government offices for Emperor Jimmu day.
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Pacific
Tokio
William V. Pratt
Pratt
Atlantic
United States
Japan
Jimmu
Nippon
Salesman Killed Mistaken Identity in Police Shootout
New Rochelle New York February 11 police learned hours after Sergeant Gerhard Blume shot traveling salesman Harry Silavin of Brooklyn that the man was not a bandit. Hartford police had broadcast a license number for a car used by two bandits. a car matched was found but the warning was later canceled.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Gerhard Blume
Harry Silavin
Brooklyn
Hartford
Vin
Blume
Seven New Books Highlight Varied American Thought
A major publisher released seven new titles the same day. The collection includes two novels, a corporate volume, a study of the machine age, a musician’s biography, a work on social action, and Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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America
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Alibi
Port Hole
Elyria Town Line
Chronicle-Telegram
Highway
Valentine Cook
John
Edward Cook
William Cook
Carl Delefield
George Kerns
Lewis Bischoff
J. H. Delefield
E. C Schubert
Reinhardt Cook
Thomas Vinson
South Amherst
York
Burlington Arcade
W. L. Douglas
Cincinnati
McIntyre and Rosener
Silver Star Minstrels
Home Office
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Total
Leland
Elyria Block
Spa
Rene Stang
Walter Grobe
Ralph Fowl
Milton Eppley
Earl Dehn
Milton Balls
South Ridge
Carl Fowl
West Ridge
Walter Fowell
Brownhelm
Carrie and
Louise Schmitkens
N. W. Bechtel
Eidotread Tire & Supply CO
S· Ak Os Eg
Elyria Ford
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