Elyria Telephone expands service at Devon Courts
The Elyria Telephone Company announces new installations in Devon Courts to provide individual apartment service and party lines. Radio service is installed anticipating future demand. The ongoing improvements amount to thousands of dollars, funding Elyria's citywide expansion and reflecting the company’s progressiveness.
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Elyria Telephone Company
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Incineration of Garbage Feature at Devon Courts
Sanitation experts urge practical waste disposal by individual incinerators to cut city costs and curb odors. Elyria homes with private incinerators report cleaner back yards and better living conditions. The Krenz Toledo Incinerator is installed at Devon Courts for tenants’ use, showcasing modern disposal methods.
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Krenz Toledo
Devon Courts
Thermo-Fill Insulation Furnished for Devon Courts Apartments
The Murbach Coal and Supply Company installed Thermo-Fill to keep out cold in winter and heat in summer, a fireproof ceiling insulation used in the top floor of Devon Courts on Third Street. The firm also supplied face brick, lime, gold medal finishing mine and silica sand, and cement for tile work, shaping the building’s character.
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Murbach Coal and Supply Company
Devon Courts
Third Street
Murbach Company
Ame Company
First Thimble Presented In 1684 To Dutch Lady
A historic note records the inaugural thimble being given in 1684 to a Dutch lady for her husband, marking an early textile craftsmanship gesture.
Sissbee Architect for Evon Courts
Sissbee, famed architect to Elyria, unveils Devon Courts blending old English charm with modern comforts. The compact interior design promises a complete home experience while exterior beauty enchants passersby. Nearby, another Sissbee project, the Elyria Free Library, is nearing completion after remodeling the old Aery home and adding a substantial new behind-building section.
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Elyria
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Ments
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Third Street
Sisshee
Tuts
Elyria Fedie Library
S's Bee
Aoery
Plastering Firm Completes Devon Courts Exterior In Three Weeks
John Noll led a crew of ten plasterers to complete plastering and exterior stucco for the New Devon Courts apartment building in three weeks. The firm, Noll Plastering and Stucco Work, bragged of rapid, high quality results on the outside surfaces.
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Devon Courts
Noll
California
Noll's Elyria Brick Work Spreads Old English Style
Noll, in Elyria for five years, has produced much high class brick work in the old English tradition. His career in this line extends from school days, with notable projects at Spring Valley and Eastern Heights and extensive work across the city of Elyria.
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Spring Valley
Eastern Heights
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Buckeye Gray Sandstone Quarried in Lorain County
The Halpin apartment building uses Buckeye Gray Sandstone from The Ohio Quarries Company's Buckeye Quarry at Amherst Ohio. The Ohio Cut Stone Company fabricates the stone in Amherst. Amherst is noted as a sandstone center and the stone is widely used for curbs sidewalks and building projects in Lorain county and nearby cities.
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Lorain County
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Amherst
Ohio
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United States
Blgris
Lorain
Bell patent marks birth of the telephone in 1876
On March 7, 1876, Professor Bell received Patent No 174,485 confirming the existence of the Bell telephone and its groundbreaking idea.
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Bell Telephone
Tax on Beads by Henry VII Based on Wearer's Rank
Henry VII levied a bead tax with rates graded by the wearer’s social position. The tariff linked finer beads to higher status, shaping sumptuary practice and royal revenue in early Tudor governance.
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