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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1920
Page
2
A fragmented classified index lists categories such as Rooms for rent, Acreage for sale, Furnished houses, and Help Wanted with garbled headings. It mentions offices, sale or lease items, and various mis-spelled terms, reflecting a historical paper layout.
An ad page items show a Buick roadster in A-1 condition with contact, plus a Ford Touring car. Also listed are numerous houses for sale with addresses and prices, including Grove Street, East River Street, Harrison Street, Park Avenue, and more, plus a bungalow for sale on Middle Avenue and a temple address. Contact details include local phone numbers and business names such as Cooper Service and G Foecking Battery Co.
Classified listings describe numerous west side and nearby houses for sale. Properties include 6 to 8 rooms with baths, electric lights, cement cellars, slate roofs, furnaces, oak finishes, and stone foundations. Prices range from 1,400 to 8,800 with various locations on Lake Avenue Cleveland Street Middle Avenue and surrounding streets. Real estate firms Swarts & Crow and Geo R Allen & Son feature multiple offerings in Amherst and nearby towns.
A damaged OCR snippet references credit terms and payments, mentioning a 10 o'clock opening time and a rental context. The text is garbled but implies a notice about credit obligations and a rental arrangement.
National Crop Improvement Service notes a 600 head Hampshire herd bred by J M Ballard of Marion Indiana, aimed for 500 pound carloads for the 1919 Chicago International. Weigh limits forced downsizing and months of December January adjustments to reach 350 pounds, with Gus Meyers of Elwood winning a car prize.
A garbled mix of real estate blurbs and legal notices appears. The text includes property for sale on Dennison and Prospect streets with Broad Street Realty references, plus a court plea in Lorain County Ohio and a public works bidding notice for Elyria force main installation with bids due February did.
The Los Angeles board of education selected Susan M Dorsey to lead the city schools at a salary of 55000 per year. Dorsey, former acting principal at Los Angeles High, is the first woman to head the public schools here and is noted for her long involvement in education since 1908.
A partial public bid notice from City Hailklyra Ohio lists refunds and bid conditions for a project. It mentions Morris Knowles Inc Fingineers and the Jones Building in Pittsburgh with unclear figures for excavation backfill pipes manholes and masonry. The date appears as January 8th with garbled words throughout.
A vintage advertisement touts Rheuma as a powerful remedy for rheumatic pains whether long standing or recent. It promises a refund if not satisfactory, claims nationwide use for over ten years, and notes Druggists can supply on a non cure to pay basis with a one day dose guidance.
Chicago on January 26 reports grain futures with Gorm Marsh figures for May and oats, showing openings, highs, lows, and closings. Entries include varied contract prices in the 1.30s and 20.6 to 20.8 ranges for oats, with multiple months noted and incomplete data due to OCR.
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