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The Chronicle Telegram in Elyria, Ohio

24 Jul 1954

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The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1954

Page

2

Lorain County’s Founders Shaped Elyria and 1820s Seat Fight

The Lorain Chronicle Telegram marks 125 years of Elyria papers and recalls founder Heman Ely guiding Lorain County’s creation in 1822 and the push to place Elyria as county seat. It notes Ely’s land donation and funds for a courthouse, the 1824 first court term, early officials, and the evolving county government amid growth, with a Johnson visit anecdote.

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Lorain County Chronicle-Telegram Elyria Archibald S. Park Lorain Ely Cuyahoga Medina Huron Black River Sheffield Artemas Beebe Mr. Ely Beebe Tiver A. R. Webber Hell People George Todd Trumbull County Moses Eldred Henry Brown Frederick Hamlin New County Josiah Harris Amherst Forman Woolsey Wells Common Pleas Lucinda Holcomb Almond Holcomb Edward Duran Todd Reuben Wood Wood Ezra Dean Franklin Wells Stevenson Burke
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Time Has Changed Life's Pace Across a Century and a Half

A historical reflection contrasts family life and economics 125 years ago with today. It notes large families supported farmland tasks, homegrown labor, and limited recreation. Worship remained central, while clothing shifted from handmade woollens and hoop skirts to casual, comfortable outfits emphasizing brevity and ease.

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Times Elyria
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Oberlin College Founded In 1833

Rev John Jay Shipherd and Philo Penfield Stewart planned a regional college in 1832 and founded Oberlin College in 1833. The campus became a hub for reform, backing abortion opposition temperance women’s education and Black education. the Anti Saloon League started there in 1893 after a prayer gathering under the campus elm.

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John Jay Shipherd Elyria Philo Penfield I Stewart Oberlin College Oberlin Anti-Saloon League
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First County School Erected In 1819 In Lorain County

The report notes the first Lorain County school house built in 1819 and the Elyria high school charter in February 1830. It mentions Rev. John Montieth as Elyria High School’s first superintendent who later led the University of Michigan as founder and first president.

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First County Loraine County Allegheny Mountains Elyria United States Boston Elyria High School John Montieth University of Michigan
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St. Lawrence Seaway Lake Erie Andrew ‘Johnson Kate Moody Abraham Lincoln Johnson Washington Ave Charles A. Ely Thomas L. Nelson J. B. Thomas New York Fred Sanborn Heman Ely Hl Heman Ely A. Ely Arthur Ely Cheapside Middle Ave Second St By Bart Laderman Netel Andwer Elytis Savings and Bank Haseredi’s Lersch’s Dry Goods Mere Mere Water's Cigar Store Eddie Schwarze Kigrin
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