Post Office Ban on Employee Off-Job Inquiries Advocated
A discussion urges extending the Post Office Department rule prohibiting employees from engaging in sleuthing or outside service work. The piece argues the rule should apply to all federal agencies to prevent misuse of confidential addresses for private gain and deter selling information for income.
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Post Office Department
Post Office
Federal
Federal Service
Postal Department
Mother's Day Reflections on Devotion and Mercy
A reflective piece on motherhood linking varied maternal temperaments to universal love. A courtroom vignette shows a son pleading for leniency for his mother, illustrating instinctive filial devotion and the hope for a better life.
Your Life on Hundred Ago Winter Farm Scene
A compact note recalls life a century ago with stark images of farmers facing hardship. Vivid lines describe labor, humble meals, and common tools like a tin bath tub reflecting daily struggles and resilience. The piece contrasts past toil with present comforts.
An Editorial On Buying
The piece imagines life a century ago when families produced most goods themselves. It argues buying outside the home was costly and quality uncertain, noting local cobblers charged $25 for ordinary shoes and priced better local craft higher in inaccessible markets.
Advertising Shapes Convenient Modern Living
Advertising brings modern conveniences to homes at affordable prices from vacuum cleaners to lighting and bath fixtures. It creates demand for new products, supports mass production, and lowers costs, delivering value and better living through repeated messages and widespread knowledge.
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Tim
Elyria Remembered Fifty Years Of Trains And Tales
Elyria celebrated that ten passenger trains ran daily through the town, evenly split east and west. A Rosston Springfield Andersons caravan and circus drew crowds to the old fair ground. Elias F Sanford returned from Peru with a commission to buy wildlife for Lima’s zoological gardens and shipped livestock home via the Isthmus. Thomas J. Boynton, noted Elyria school alumnus and Lincoln-era legal figure, died in New York City after an operation. his remains were brought home for burial.
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Elyria
Rosston
Springfield & Anderson
Elias F Sanford
Peru
Zoological Gardens
Lima
Panama
Thomas
Preparations for the Ruhr occupation accelerate
French infantry and artillery converge on the Ruhr as General Degoutte prepares to arrive in Dusseldorf from Mayence to finalize operations. Dusseldorf expected as base. German protests mount over French requisitioning of motor cars amid ultimatum tensions.
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William Cook
Corm
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Germany
Degoutte
Mayence
Crossing Men Take Census At Elyria Crossings
New York Central workers conduct a seven day census counting pedestrians, autos, horses, trains and other traffic at Elyria crossings. Some sites see about 4500 pedestrians daily with peaks of about 600 per hour during morning and evening rush periods from 7 to 9 and 4 to 6.
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Elyria
New York Central
Fateful violin tale on New York's East Side
Abraham Kantor saves his seventh born Leon from attackers over a dead cat then buys him a fiddle. Leon grows to world fame as a violinist, returns to give a popular New York concert, enlists in war, is wounded, loses his ability to play, and rejects love with Gina before his decline.
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Kantors
Lower East Side
New York City
Abraham Kantor
Leon
Abraham
Minnie Ginsberg
Mr. Kantor
Mama Kant
New York
East Side
America
Gina
Standard gauge women fade as old habits shift
Binkley contemplates purchasing a new pair of shoes as prevailing standards of attire wane. The piece notes shifting fashions and the changing role of women in society, reflecting on what once defined the era’s style.
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Binkley
Forlorn Love Lights a Mother's Quiet Pride
A fragile mother guards hope as she sees in her son the man he might become, choosing to overlook her own failings to nurture his future. Her restrained affection hints at pride stronger than hardship, shaping a quiet, enduring resolve.
Violinist Leon Defies Injury To Play Humoresque
After a dramatic moment Leon regains use of his left arm and, supported by his worried parents, resumes playing. He rediscovers his skill and performs Humoresque with the grace of a seasoned maestro, while Gina lies in the arms of her father and mother.
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Leon
Bis
Gina
Oines
Uncle Joe Cannon at 85 Opens Capitol Visit
I N S staff report Uncle Joe Cannon, ages 85, arrived at the Capitol office briskly greeting staff. He assisted a maimed World War I veteran at Walter Reed Hospital with a disability allowance by drafting a letter to the War Risk Insurance Director and offering help.
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Washington
Joe’ Cannon
The
Capitol
White
L. White Busby
Walter Reid Hospital
Uncle Joe
War Risk Insurance
Sandusky visitors and local social notes in Birmingham
Henry of Sandusky visited Birmingham last week. R Lawrence called on Coultry Saturday afternoon. Charley Blair serves on the Sandusky jury. Several attended a play in Oberlin Saturday. Mrs Ed Volk of Elyria visited her uncle Adam Date the past week. Bible classes met at Elmer Portman home Friday. Mrs Adam Horn, Mrs Mary Cook, Mr and Mrs Charley Bissel attended J J Bittner funeral near Milan Tuesday.
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Y ¥. C. Henry
Sandusky
R. Lawrence
W. S. Coultry
Charley Blair
Oberlin
Ed Volk
Elyria
Adam
Young Ladies Bible
Henrietta German M. E. Church
Elmer Portman
Adam Horn
Mary Cook
Charley Bissel
J. J. Bittner
Milan
Church Activities And Socials Reported For Week
A church schedule lists cleaning duties, a Wednesday prayer meeting and teacher training, followed by Thursday Grange attendance and a Friday ice cream social for pie and cake. Local attendees report a pleasant Thursday Ladies’ Aid gathering. Akron-bound Mrs. Frank Trockley and son depart with Mr. Trockley.
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Thurasay
Frank Trockley
John Boyd
Akron
Trockley
J. Benaley
H. C. Chambers
Frank Rechtruth
Rahmer
Grange
Amherst
Harley Johnson
Logan Gas Works
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Bureau of Advertising
Americal Newspaper Publishers Association
A. E Clayden
Wifes Ave
Chicago
John W Hunter
Maratette Ride
Lorain
Mae
Cosmopolia
Abe Martin
Birmingham
Vincent
Dinah
A.M. Summers
Earl Court
Institute
Washington Avenue
Black River Telephone Co
Winth St. Lorain
Broadway
E. A. Lewis
GEO
Peairs New Meat Mutual Life Insurance Co
Bank
CVU
John — & Bro
Chronicle-Telegram
Imperial Top & Tire CO
East Broad St. Bridge
R. S. Millman
Broadway, Elyria
W. Broad St
Florence
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