Prices And The Local Merchant In Elyria 1920
A 1920 Elyria Chronicle Telegram analysis explains wage cuts and price adjustments amid inflation. It notes labor costs limit price declines for many goods, especially clothing, while raw materials like paper drive costs higher. The piece discusses advertising costs, newspaper mergers, and the impact on merchants and consumers, with emphasis on paper costs and labor.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Ac Lerate County Printing and Publishing Company
Becond &T
Elyria
Oulocon
Migria
Lorain
Ohio
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Bureau of Advertising
The
American Newspaper Publishers Association
New York
Fifth Ave
Chicago
South Wabash Ava
Robert E. Ward
National Advertising
Banditry 100 Years Ago and Today Prices and Labor Pressures
The piece argues that price drops in commodities like wool do not translate directly to cheaper clothing because labor costs remain high. It notes farmers face slower adjustments than consumers, with wheat and wool down while flour and clothes stay costly. It warns against panics and urges buying now before wages and other prices fall together over the next year.
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Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Suitor argues ad savings on special sale days
An observer notes a Chronicle Telegraph suitor urging a farmer to save by buying on special sale days. The farmer retorts that ads on those days fill stores so tall they cannot enter to shop, highlighting a clash over advertising and access.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Chronicle
Abe Martin on an ole union suit as car duster
A humorous Abe Martin sketch notes a worn union suit repurposed as a car duster. Joe Lark and his wife, near poverty, face a restless upbringing with ten children, highlighting comic rural hardships.
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Joe Lark
Elyria Church Lecture and Football Team Critique
The article notes a Methodist brethren lecture program featuring Tha De Mille Quartette praised for Wednesday’s entertainment. It also raises church boosterism in Elyria, urges attendance, and criticizes the high school football team blaming discipline and training breaches by players. It then cites a national rail safety report for 1919, detailing record low rail deaths and injuries, with few passengers among the fatalities and injuries.
Settlement of Adriatic Dispute Between Italy and Jugoslavia
A state department dispatch outlines the Adriatic settlement terms: Dalmatia to Jugoslavia with Sebenico, while Italy gains Istria from the Fiume to Monte Nevoso region and the area around San Pietro. Key frontier lines run through Monte Nevoso toward the Adriatic, with Fiume and Longstica areas allocated to Jugoslavia and Italy respectively, and the rest divided by altitude.
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Italy
Juro-Slavia
Repallo
State Department
Ara
Cherso
Jero- Slavia
Dalmatia
Sebenico
John Adelaberg
San Flotro
Monte Evosa
Adriatic
Volosca
Casxtua
Gien
Fragmented 20th century political notes imply local contest outcomes
Twentieth century OCR fragment references candidates and races with scattered names like Huntington Polyer Cor nell Yong Meng Daucmaz Ciuh and a party parade with bands floats and banners. The legible elements hint at a local election scene with committee figures and court or political figures debating late events amid party activity.
Fragmented memoir notes on family aging and suffrage stance
The passage discusses MOULTON and family routines, with remarks on longevity and endurance linked to parents ages. It mentions a woman suffragist who opposes voting, noting engagement in traditionally male work and a stance that women should not vote.
Banjoist and Juggler to Entertain Y Bonos at YMCA
Sal Grazia world champion banjoist and juggler will perform for the boys at the YWCA Friday evening in the basement Boy room. The event starts at eight o'clock with free admission for all boys to enjoy an unusual entertainment and a good time.
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Pivria
Ywoca
Sal Grazia
Comedia
Fileria
Harding Finds Early Job Ties To Payne on Long Island
Long Island City real estate operator George E Payne received a letter from President-elect Harding confirming Payne once employed Harding as a team to work on railroad grading in 1882 for Farwell Sage & Co. Payne recalls directing his foreman to hire a young Harding for the Marion to Kenton railroad project.
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George E Payne
Long Island City
Harding
Payne
Farwell, Sage & Co
Marion
Kenton
Ohio
Famous Old Cough Syrup Recipe Promises Quick Relief
A printed advertisement touts a simple cheap cough syrup using Pinex and sugar syrup. It claims rapid relief within 24 hours for bronchitis asthma and other throat conditions, with instructions to mix 4% ounces of Pinex into a pint bottle and add syrup or alternatives. It urges buyers to ask for "our Pinex" with full directions.
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Sing Thi
Jst
Ayn
Lad
Oberlin Road community notes and school upgrades
Oberlin residents share a Sunday visit with Mrs Andy Edmonds as Mrs Beam and Miss Bes sie of Oberlin are mentioned. George Baker and daughters Mildred and Jucile travel to Cleveland on business. Florence Dolls visits. William Farris builds a new garage. The school plans new seating to accommodate increased attendance and equips grades six to eight with drawing boards for mechanical drawing. a music teacher is to be hired. Bricks and materials are hauled for a brick road project from atop 91 to stop 58. No major events beyond local visits, building, and school updates are detailed.
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Oberlin Road
Beam
Bessie
Oberlin
Andy Edmonds
Georg Baker
Mildred
Jucile
Cleveland
Florence Dolls
George Baker
William Farris
Maud Eleanor Davies
Elyria
Ganena Edmonds
F Long
A A. Saxton
Hildreth
Great values in boys suits with extra trousers
Robinson Hancock Co offers boys suits at value-heavy prices, including an extra pair of trousers with each suit. Shoppers may find a range of sizes and styles advertised to fit growing children. Regular clientele note durability and affordable options for school and formal wear.
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Robinson- Hancock Co
Ashland Asylant Nox 16-Wote Thich Aaron
Community notes report speculative deaths and a fire incident in Ashland with mentions of engineer William Durof and veteran Michael Ricksecher. Details are fragmentary but indicate a railroad context and a 400 acre lease tied to oil drilling.
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Asylant
Wote Thich
Aaron
Wichael
Munfield
William Durof
Newundon
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Liver Bowel Relief
An ad promotes olive colored Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a calomel substitute. It claims to purify skin, boost appetite, and ease constipation through liver and bowel action. Take one or two nightly. boxes cost 15 or 30 cents.
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Edwards
Rawat Qlive
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Abe Martin
Methodist Brethren
Tha de Mille Quartette
Interstate Commerce Com| Tc
Midon Weenee
Tal Istria
Oelsourg
Lussi
Free State OF Fame
Sampsell
Thomas Polyer
Loranes
North Anterst
Toran
Stamire
Oberlin Cornell
Obers
Cornell
Yong Meng Daucmaz Ciuh
Ld Robson LA Yeu Tai
I T Horan
Tie Republicans
Rad Cire
Moulton
Marcel
Roger Crawford
Madison
Maine
Gertrude
Roger
Marcel Steinbrugge
Cygnus
Lemuel
James Rugactl
Warrestar
Vasa
Sherwin
Otia
van Dorn
Chas. J. Sartor
Ashland
Victrolas
Victor Records
H. G. Roby
W. Broad
J. Elyria
J.C. Crisp & Co
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