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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1929
Page
11
Moscow records a population of 2 286 100 as of January 1 1929, marking a census step for the city as it plans infrastructure and housing developments for the new year.
Stillwater Oklahoma reports Grace Lauderdale, a four year graduate of Oklahoma A and M College in 1925, plans to establish Mexico's first home economics school in Colonta Anahuac, D.
Buick reports overwhelming public interest in the new Marquette, with over a million visitors to showrooms nationwide on June 1. Officials claim the medium priced car marks automotive history for immediate appeal and broad geographic enthusiasm from Maine to California.
A vivid wave of admiration travels nationwide for a machine’s rugged power, strong hill climbing ability, and flashing speed as its popularity grows in large cities and among thousands of fans.
Langberg and Brown advertise window washing for private and business buildings both inside and outside. Located at 101 Elyria Block, contact via phone 2690 for expert cleaning services.
Swiss Engineering Company official C L Clark notes Studeaker President Eight roadster set new speed marks between Bombay and Delhi and Bombay and Calcutta. The car endured axle deep water mud and sand storms yet covered 90 miles in 2 hours 10 minutes for the Bombay Delhi run. The Bombay Calcutta trip of 1466 miles took 40 hours 15 minutes, beating the prior record by 7 hours and 20 minutes.
General Motors research labs built a pioneering cold room to test cars in freezing temperatures. The innovation helped the Chevrolet Six start quickly in any weather and was the first of its kind in the auto industry, originated and developed by GM six years ago.
The article describes an indoor cold room used by Chevrolet to study car performance in extreme winter conditions. An ammonia gas system allows rapid temperature control, dropping from zero to 45 degrees below in three hours, enabling tests on vehicles left in unheated garages or on street curbs.
The Fisher built Viking Eight companion to the Oldsmobile Six eliminates windshield glare by slight tilting to deflect reflected light away from the driver. Tests at the General Motors Proving Ground used a lamp and circle to map reflections and confirm the fix along with shatter proof plate glass windshields for added safety.
A description notes that the glass is built to avoid shattering and never throws sharp slivers under any condition. It mentions that stones or rocks struck with force may crack the surface but do not splinter or break apart the material.
La Grange hosts a Masonic service in the Methodist church on Sunday. Visitors include Miss Maxine Fye with her uncle Herman Gott in Penfield, and several families from Elyria, Lakewood, Grafton, Amherst, Spencer, and Wellington join in gatherings, trips to Niagara Falls, and Scout meetings.
Frances Miller Eloulse Wilson and Rosalie Adams attended a meeting of the Foreign Missionary society and Standard Bearers in Amherst Thursday. A wiener roast honored Frances Miller on her June 24 birthday with watermelon served later. Mr and Mrs Frank Wolcott hosted guests with Ruth and Margaret Coon from Centrali Illinois staying overnight at the Walcott home.
A plan to move past secretaries portraits into a hallway display replaces congestion in the diplomatic conference room. The line begins with Thomas Jefferson and ends with William R. Day, with Day's portrait and those after him in the conference room. The Kellogg portrait, finished after his March retirement, will be placed in the front. The guide once highlighted the oil hand painted portraits as a tourist feature.
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