Ill Advised Course In Letting Lorain Sanatorium Contract
The Lorain county building commission awarded the Tuberculosis Sanatorium contract to Thomas J. Hume after a prosecutor’s opinion that the bid be judged by lowest price. A Lorain Republican committee letter urging Hume’s bid drew public ire as improper influence. The editors condemn political pressure on contract awards and urge awarding strictly by law to protect taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Hume
Lorain
Don W. Myers
Lorain Republican City Central Committee
Lorain Committee
Building Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Builders Committee
Dominican Disaster and Our Duty
A regional disaster in the Dominican Republic prompts praise for U S government and Red Cross relief efforts. The Red Cross sends emergency funds to Santo Domingo, the Navy orders a supply vessel to Puerto Rico, and Marines assist by air with physicians in relief operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominican Republic
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Goto San Juan
Puerto Rico
Marine Corps
Anniversaries and Today in History Highlights
A dense listing covers 18th and 19th century anniversaries of notable figures such as Carter Braxton and Nicholas Biddle, plus a “Today in History” section noting John Smith’s presidency of Virginia, Perry’s battle at Lake Erie, the Wasp’s disappearance, and the Leopold and Loeb murder verdict. It also lists today's birthdays including Arthur Compton and Poultney Bigelow, with short biographical notes and origins.
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Carter Braxton
Virginia
Newington
Richmond
Nicholas Biddle
Andrea Doria
Philadelphia
Mungo Park
Tathlede
Africa
John J Cattenden
Kentucky
U.S
Versailles
Frankfort
Frank H Hamilton
Wilmington
New York City
Joseph Wheeler
Augusta
Brooklyn
Isvé
John Smith
Vir
Bidia
Lake Erie
Commodore Perry
Wasp
Singapore
Chicago
Nathan E Lepold Jr
Hubchard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Drought relief road program sparks reaction from ex editor
Hon. Ex-Editor Dale Fluhart laments drought relief road buildin g efforts while noting farmers in Indiana and State work ethic. Livery stable lore remains a local favorite, with stories outpacing the real business of the day.
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Indianay
Dale Fluhart
Treasury, Now A Member Of John P Morgan & Compan
Fragmentary text describes a treasury figure born in New York about 52 years ago. It hints at an industrious prudent person, with a future-oriented mindset and life’s end filled with comfort from steady fore sight and earlier care. The piece reads like a biographical sketch with copyright notice.
Independent Banking in Wisconsin Under Kohler
Governor Kohler discusses the role of independent local banks in Wisconsin's economy. He reviews historical chain banking laws from 1925 and 1929, detailing stock-ownership limits, foreign holding prohibitions, double liability for stockholders, and state supervision aims to protect depositors amid evolving safeguards.
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Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Walter Jodok Kohler
Sheboygan
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Hel
Thirdt
Sach
State Banking Department
Stone and Payne Testify in Window-Smashing Case
Stone and Payne, two witnesses, testified in a window smashing case in Oldham England. The proceedings detailed damage to storefronts and the defendants’ alleged roles during the incident.
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Stone
Payne
Oldham
Eng
Elyria Drum Bugle Corps Member George Cornish Soldier Memoir
George Cornish born March 11 1895 in North Eaton Ohio joined the U S Army September 5 1917 at Elyria served in the 329th Infantry 83rd Division then sailed June 11 1918 on the Olympia to France spending months in Verdun and Argonne sectors. He married November 17 1917 and has three children. After the war he ran a general merchandise store and played baseball football and drums as a bugler in the corps.
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George Cornish
North Eaton
Ohio
E. D Mill
Sam
George
Elyma
Camp Sherman
329Th Infantry
Olympia
la Havre
France
Verdun
Mens Argonne
States
Seattle
National Union of Portugal faces uncertain future
In Lisbon debates over a government organized National Union claim it will recruit all capable Portuguese for the country’s salvation and growth. The group, officially civil, accepts members including millanes and sees monarchists joining, while liberals and Republicans doubt the body’s republican character amid the May 1926 military dictatorship backdrop. The Civil Governor’s meeting drew complaints that the Union lacks a republican basis.
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Lisbon
National Union
Portugal
Millanes
Chhef
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the Chronicle
Burese
Sescad Stree, Etyris
Ohic
Lersig
Elyria
Common
Btatea
Seco
W. Cullen Company
Michigan Ave
New York
Detrhoit
General Motors
Pampas
Arthur H Compton
Wooster
Thomas T. Thatcher
United States
Tenafir
Dr. Stratton D. Brooks
University of Wigsours
Everett Mo
Poultney Bigelow
Kaiser
Arthur W Page
Aberdeen, NC
Russell C Leffingwell
Trme
Vuchas Farseigh
Geo. H. Allen
National Union OF Portugal
Problen
NASH
Aed
the Dunn Motors Company, Inc
East Third
Panal Dunn
Elyria, OL
Lorain County
the City Hardware Co
Broad St
Post
Julius S. Hyman
Prop
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