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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1929
Page
6
Philadelphia gangsters, under renewed grand jury scrutiny, have imported a compact automac pistol with a wooden holster that attaches to a stock to fire as a rifle. A circular holder for 25 cartridges slots into place, enabling rapid reloading.
The article recalls headhunting expeditions as the favored practice in the Solomon Islands, persisting until roughly three decades ago when such customs declined. It highlights cultural origins, regional practices, and the shift away from these traditions over time.
Elyria Hardware Co supplies latest Yale and Barrows locks for Devon Courts apartments. Inside locks are relieved finish type, Schlager button locks on many doors. Company exports designs from California, holds Yale and Towne agency for sixteen years, and furnishes nails and builders paper for the building.
J B Halpin awarded tile contract for Devon Courts apartment to Schmitt Marble and Tile Company of Lorain. Tom Schmitt, owner, has eight years of local experience with recent jobs at Elyria Library Rodgers apartments Stark residence Nicholl residence Ostrov Shoe store Woolworth building and Andress showroom.
A general contractor and home builder business operates from the Sulin address at 3021 Fourth Street. The facility provides services geared toward construction projects for local clients, including remodeling and new builds, with emphasis on contracting and home improvement work.
Residents in the new Devon Courts apartments will have no refrigeration difficulties thanks to a Frigidaire electric refrigeration system installed by the Ohio Public Service Company. Each kitchen features a compact metal ice box matching built in fixtures, with two workshops in the basement housing half-horsepower compressors powering twenty coils. The Frigidaire system operates automatically and can be set to any desired temperature, serving ten apartments per wing of the building. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston was founded nearly three centuries ago with Massachusetts charter dated March 13 1638.
Chicago marks May 4, 1886 as the Haymarket riot anniversary noting an anarchist named Schnaubelt threw a bomb into a crowd of 180 policemen sparking a fierce battle with police and anarchists wielding revolvers and rifles.
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