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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1922
Page
6
Baseball results and schedules are mixed with boxing cards and trainer notes. The dispatch lists National League scores, college intercollegiates, and various boxing bouts from Denver to New Orleans with fighters such as Fred Fulton and Fran rboar and mentions McGraw’s administrative decisions and roster moves.
Citizens are urged to cover more than 9 percent for new finance extensions and improvements that the public rightly demands. The statement emphasizes the burden of funding needed projects and calls for collaboration between authorities and residents to meet infrastructure goals.
The Elyria Machine Co. secures a contract to manufacture a new light weight gasoline railway passenger car patented by A D Bowen of California. Designed for branch steam roads and interurban electric lines, the car emphasizes simplicity of operation and economy. R A Williamson notes expected high demand, predicting Elgin Machine Co. production will run at wartime levels.
Forty Kiwanis members gathered with the Lorain club for a joint afternoon, enjoying a chicken dinner by Ohio Public Service Co. A tour of the Plan that supplies power to Elyria and Lorain followed. G C Maxwell of Cleveland spoke on a Half Century Miracle, tracing electricity’s rise from Franklin to modern public utilities and their non profit aim of fair rates within annual returns.
Work on the new addition to the technical high school building progresses slowly. The L. A. Burgett Co. contracted for the project reports delays and rushing the bank block, with limited progress evident in midweek.
The bank building shows rapid progress with concrete walls completed and the vault nearing finish while the school project lags. Superintendent explains tight scheduling with daily targets and late shifts to meet completion deadlines.
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