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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
7
The Ohio coal regulation seeks a fuel commissioner to fix prices for coal sold within the state. Yet the measure excludes coal shipped interstate and contracted purchases, likely affecting only a small portion of Ohio's 13 million tons used domestically for at most five months. The $1.047 million allocated funds administration and supplies.
A jumble of historical notes from Ohio and national events. It lists the 1861 Military Department reform, Toledo leaders, Governor William Koslofs, President Harding death anniversary at Canton, Bermuda hurricane, and a parade of birthdays including Charles Dana Gibson Alice Stone Blackwell and Wayne Garretson with dates. It mentions Lawrenceburg Tennessee tribute to Davy Crockett and Will Rickenbacker engagements, plus a Pittshores visit and a memoriam for William Pitt.
The paper notes the twenty first anniversary of Predent V McKinley death and the seventieth of the Duke of Wellington. It also mentions the seventy fifth anniversary of the capture of Mexico City by U S forces, the Interstate Commerce Commission freight rates inquiry resuming in Atlanta, and the Old Time Telegrapher Association thirty ninth annual reunion in Chicago.
The speaker jokes about marrying for money or love, noting failures and the absence of statistics on marrying for a housekeeper. He recalls a time when town leaders did not own a dress suit but warns that borrowing a car is not as simple as it once was.
The notes recount a convention meeting with talk of a tight budget for a parade, treasury concerns, and a subscription shortfall. Anecdotes include Dave Travel’s coin tricks, George Tufford’s Canadian fishing tale, Jimmie Farrell’s minor accident, and playful gossip about Rodolph Valentina and his wife in Cleveland.
In Elyria neck of the woods merchants reported counterfeit silver dollars circulating about town. The incident disrupted local trade as authorities investigate the cryptic scam linked to a wider network. A nine year old, son of George R. Allen, dislocated his elbow at home in Lorain Street. Local business activity on Lodger Street and related properties are noted with no further details available.
A reader condemns state and school board for charging families for school books and supplies. He recalls paying for three children's books, criticizes unused and unrelated items, and urges Ohio to provide free textbooks as in New Jersey, calling for action by state representatives to ease parental costs.
The report notes abundant fruit with hand-picked apples priced from 2 shillings 6d to 3 shillings per bush. Dredges proceed to install a 4 inch intake pipe 1,600 feet out. Memorial services were held at the M E church for President William McKinley. The Great Pyramid’s weight is estimated at 6,000,000 tons.
A fragment notes a monumental Gower in Sumatra described as a yard across and weighing fifteen pounds. The casual historic tone highlights an extraordinary specimen without context or verification.
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