Open Post Office parade and new federal building tour
In July 1917 residents watched a parade celebrating the new Post Office building on East Broad Street. The event featured the city band and police and fire departments, with D W Seward Mayor Charles E Tucker and Judge H G Redington addressing a large audience from the post office steps.
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Elyria Telegram
East Broad Street
D. W. Seward
Charles E. Tucker
Common Pleas
H. G. Redington
Grafton Savings and Banking Company
Columbus
Petition drives and growth plans for Elyria in 1928
Twelve petitions prepared require about 525 names and a referendum threshold of 10 percent of last election votes. Elyria plans 75 to 1,000 new houses before fall, with more later in 1928 due to expanding industries. Fire equipment checked, streets oiled, ice cream social for South Amherst Fire Department, and property owners urged to cut weeds. Evergreen cemetery sign being repaired.
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South
Amherst Village Council Meeting Discusses Fire Water Supply
The South Amherst village council held a regular meeting Monday evening July 28 to conduct routine business. Under new business they discussed the water supply needed to fight fires and related concerns.
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South Amherst
Auxiliary Members Seek Cookies for Kentucky Camp
Notice for American Legion Auxiliary members to bring cookies to Mrs Clarence Kern in Amherst or Mrs Henry Rolf in South Amherst by six o clock Friday afternoon. Dime Society Mrs William Gleason and Mrs William Bullock will entertain Congregation members.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Kentucky
Clarence Kern
Amherst
Henry Rolf
South Amherst
Dime Society
William Gleason
William Bullock
Lorain County Legion Auxiliary Picnic at Avon Lake Beach
The Lorain County Council of American Legion Auxiliary plans its annual picnic Sunday afternoon at Avon Lake Beach with games and contests and prizes. A 5 30 basket lunch will be served. All members of the South Amherst Post and their families are invited to attend.
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Lorain County Council of American Legion Auxiliary
Avon Lake Beach
South
Weather cycles in Pueblo support Bible theory says expert
Clarence R. Studinski, city engineer, completed a fifty year weather graph for Pueblo using local records. The study claims regular seven year cycles of rainfall align with biblical timing, noting July as wettest and January driest. It cites a 1921 June flood of 7.14 inches and predicts a dry year for 1938.
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Pueblo
Col
Clarence R. Studinski
Burgan
Preble
Anguet
Studinksi
Neighbors urged to match our communal standards
A brief civic note calls on neighbors to act as well as we do, emphasizing shared responsibility and mutual support within the community to improve local life.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Chron
Elyria
Elyria Board of Trade
Burns
Uris Satarius
Rubin
Burnetts
Borden
Petrolager
Nichola
Woodbury
Dandok
Rid Jandroft
KODAK
al Dime Society
George Kuittle
Martin Springer
Richard Ehrman
Arthur Engle
Henry Fridenstine
Ward Hubbard
Joseph Dickenson
T. P. Harrison
Cleveland
Norris Schofield
Amelia Schneider
City Hospital
Hildegarde
Aebersold
Fairview Hospital
John Mori
Marian
Ohio
Emil Novac
Charles Corbett
Betty Buswell
Gust Anderson
Doris Springer
Lois Springer
George Bourquin
Jack Heathcote
Howard B
Somers
Tchong Eczema
Be Wes
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