Yellow Pages reflect changing language and times
Chicago AP notes the centennial of classified directories shows a shift from 206 page listings of “Wooden Ware” to 2018 page consumer and 1002 page business books. Grace Langan recalls old terms like Cabins for Motels and a 1920s Flat Tire business, with ads evolving and new items like Fallout Shelters appearing briefly.
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Chicago
Focal
Grace Langan
Fingerstory
Langan
Busi
Nesses
Donnelley
Reuben H. Donnelley
Alexander Graham Bell
Michigan State Telephone Co
Detroit
Police and Fire Log Elyria Lorain County May Entries
Police and fire log items include window damage on Weller Street, a lawnmower theft on Oakwood Drive, an arrest for domestic violence at 416 East Broad Street, a hospital alarm, a menacing report on Toth Street, an arrest in Lorain for court appearance, littering on Orphanage Road, trespassing on Orphanage Road, property damage near Brule Road in Grafton Township, and an assault report on Ridgeview Avenue.
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Aim
Oakwood Dr
A.m
Douglas
A. Gast
E. Broad St
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cowell St
W. Toth Se
Lorain County
Ra Orphanage
Brownhemn
Sickle Cell group sponsors first annual Five Mile Run
The Amer i cania Association will host the first annual Five Mile Run For Life honoring unspecified figures. The readable fragment notes a sickle cell group sponsoring the event and the association involvement.
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Sickle Cell Group
Americania Association
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Champaign
The
Flat Tire
Weller PR
Thomas Dean
St. Lorain
ePa
Wourl
Amana
Stewart
Cleveland
Elpso
Letaim
America
Aufactures
Oberlin RD
Ohio
Qn Hon
peed Queen + Lane
Bliger
17Th and
Broadway
Bicycles Fitness
Schwinn
Panasonic
Schwinn World Sport
Shogun
Jetter
Aglow
Schwinn-AirDyne
Rescor
Center Ridge Road
North Ridgeville
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