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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1922
Page
9
A long quiz page invites residents to identify businesses from clues about confections, millinery, shoes, children's goods, decorators, and more. Prizes awarded to closest correct answers with dates and addresses requested along Broad Street and Elyria style prompts.
A long standing Elyria name synonymous with good lumber and mill work has fostered the growth of Lorain county. The firm carries a complete stock from raft to rafter, offers Valcenzatte roofing and Corneil wall board, and operates a planing mill making doors windows mouldings. Their office and mill close in. Please provide the name and Dutchess.
A reader finds a Elyria land title firm offering up to date county records and fast legible abstracts on the ground floor. Also seeks a single price shoe store with Arch Preserver Stacy Adams lines and midstate pricing. Style Headquarters clothing shop described with Country Club Union suits and Manhattan shirts. A local confectionery and ice cream parlor is praised for its welcoming service.
The feature highlights multiple local businesses including confectionery with fresh candies and a modern soda fountain, a music store distributing Edison and Columbia phonographs, a bakery delivering clean bread and pastries, a picture framing and art shop, an ice cream and tea cream factory known for quality, an International Harvester farm supply dealer, an auto top and trim shop, a bakery using revolving oven technology, a busy lunch restaurant on the square, and a grocery house with tenacious quality over 15 years.
An old newspaper snippet advertises electrical contractors famed for neat wiring and concealed lighting. It promotes a shop with a wide fixture store and a 15 year local presence. It also highlights car distributors for Hupmobile and Stutz, a tailor with custom suits, two Broad Street meat markets, a funeral home near the cemetery, and a vision specialist offering Kryptok glasses and full eye care.
A lively local advertisement on Broad street promotes a corner shop offering the finest fruits and vegetables and a furnace seller claiming heat for near winter. The notice teases a live wire in sheet metal, Forest City furnaces, and reliable Broad Street hardware and sporting goods stock with a looming sales push.
A long running bakery and grocery in the city changed ownership at the start of the year. The new owners advertise high class baked goods including fine pastry and bread, with a popular cream coffee cake and a busy display of breads sold citywide. They invite customers to visit and place special orders.
Gloria polish made in Elyria with a depot on Second Street supplies polishes cleaners and auto tasters. A Broad Street tobacco store runs by a veteran tobacconist sells cigars and tobacco, courting local drivers and shoppers. A corsetiere on Second Floor fitting fashionable garments and a furniture store in Elyria carries Vudor shades Napanee cabinets and other refinements. A north-end fashion mart focuses on women’s wear, and a trusted garage and repair shop offers fireproof service with road support. A trunk and leather goods shop on traveling needs touts Hartman trunks and leather accents with a nearby harness shop. A longstanding fire house and service station serves auto owners with a modern plant and broad capabilities.
A survey lists Elyria area businesses across tires, building materials, watchmaking, dining, furniture, and undertakers. It highlights Broad Street tire dealers, lumber and plaster suppliers, a watchmaker with years of city service, a Sunday dining favorite, a furniture store focusing on value, an established funeral home, and a thrift-like shop offering new and used goods. It asks for exact names and addresses for these prominent local firms.
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