County Fair Exhibits Impress despite Lean Attendance
The Elyria fair last week drew smaller crowds and lower visitor spending yet earned praise for top quality farm exhibits. The baby show drew mothers’ interest while polo matches featured Cleveland business leaders and prominent polo figures including referee R T Lavery and Major I O Gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Cleveland
R. T. Lavery
Cleveland Equestrium
I. O. Gates
U. S. Army
O. Newcomb
Lake Erie Provision Co
William B. Higgins
Arthur B. Philips
William O'Neill
A. Z. Baker
Cleveland Union Stock Yards Co
George Waibel
Elyria
Elyvria
Chas. J. Crehove
Remembering Dr. David Starr Jordan Peace Advocate and Stanford Chancellor Emeritus
Obituary notes the death of Dr. David Starr Jordan at eighty, praising his peace advocacy and wartime support for Wilson, while decrying war’s costs. It credits his writings and ideas with shaping modern calls for international justice and conference settlements over force.
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David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Jordan
Dr. Jordan
United States
Wilson
Did You Know Highlights and Historical Questions
Curio column quizzes readers on who was the oldest U S president to take office and which fleets fought at the Battle of Juliana. It references President Fillmore and a line about Le Moyne Joliet, with a dated anniversary note and a playful prompt about girls and today’s date.
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Mista Leu
Joliet
Cy Torei
Today in history and anniversaries feature Savonarola and MacAdam
Notable birthdays and events span Girolamo Savonarola born in 1452 and John MacAdam born in 1756. The piece lists explorers, jurists, authors, and scientists with dates and brief notes, plus a horoscope predicting a generous, industrious disposition and possible large family.
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Girolamo Savonarola
Treacher
Queher
Franas Hopkinson
Lorgi Pore
America
Philadelphia
John Lo MacAdam
Eduard B. Dalton
New York
Boston
Lowell
Mase
Santa Barbara
Edmund Gosse
Enderie
Fragmented Snippet Presents Vague Social Bits and Ads
A garbled mash of quotes and notes covers happiness advice and social observations, with stray lines about divorce, a horse wreck, furniture, kitchen appliances, advertising tips, and a wedding expense anecdote. It also references cellophane, the Hotel New Yorker, and a dramatic melodrama motif.
Horoscopes and Oddities Highlighting Curious Phrases
A garbled page mixes destiny notes with quirky lines about ships, gold, and a talking bird. It hints at a quirky cultural column with scattered names and phrases, including a joke about a wife as a baseball umpire and a refrain about a sea fleet and a track sequence.
Columbia Seniors Parade Sponsors Local Sewing Club Award
The Columbia 4-H Club notes their entry at the fair with Alf Crocker and Dorothy Crocker driving from Tansburg, Ravenna, Salem, Canton, and Massillon. The Columbia Girly 4-H Sewing Club earned First Premium for quality work, reflecting county recognition of their sewing skills.
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Bair
Crocker
Hs Ceteck
Calumbina
Tau Hed
Lisbon
Alf Crocker
Mass Dorothy Crocker
Tansburg
Ravenna
Silem
Canton
Massillon
Columbia Girly
Community Notes and Club Activities Highlight Local Life
A roundup of social events, meetings, and plans in the Elyria area. Highlights include open social at Acme Grange with moving pictures, Ladies Aid programs, parish activities, and upcoming trips to Cleveland and West Side. Details mention guests from Berea Detroit and community figures attending various gatherings.
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Chas. Mills
Paul Cochran
Elytia
Musa Arts
Herman Paulson
Detroit
Berea
Town Hall
Acme Grange
Frank Mills
Elyria
H. T. Snell
Elyria High School
Milwaukee Relief Jobs Begin With Three Day Week Shifts
In Milwaukee County parks 440 men start three day shifts under a new unemployment relief plan. Each works two shifts weekly for four weeks earning 70 cents an hour, with relief for families deducted from wages. Every man nets at least 1 dollar daily in cash. Over 1,990 men are to be employed before 100000 dollars is exhausted. the county park board has spent 255,000 dollars on relief work.
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Milwalker
Milwalkee Wis
Millwaukee
County Relief Department
County Park Board
Two More Families to Locate in Elyria
Two more families from Cleveland will join Elyria this week, announced by B. M. O Donnell who said he rented houses for them. The Hat at 810 Woolland Avenue is leased to Mr and Mrs W Hunley and 516 Woodland Avenue to Mr and Mrs C W Knapp. Hurley, a Swift Packing Company salesman, is noted.
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Cleveland
Elyria
B. M
Donnell
Woolland Avenue
W. Hunley
Woodland Avenue
C. W. Knapp
Hurley
Swift Packing Company
The Girl Who Wakes The Poet Sighs In Difference
A line from a Sheldon verse contrasts two girls, one awakening a poet’s sigh and the other making soup, highlighting a transformation from ethereal to practical roles.
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Sheldon
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Chronicle-Telegram
Audit Bureau of
Second Street
Eilyria
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
Ee Ee Nya
Hudnutt
J. Clare George
City
Lorain
Ohio
Csst
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
Michigan
Fifth Ave
General Motors
R. J. Scott
Atlantic
AWE
Henry I
England
Central Press Associa
The
Juliana
Amoss
Pennsylvania Packet
Daly Advertiser
France
Henry Tewis Stimson
New York City
Charles Dill
Washington
Fredericktown
Herman Bernstein
Albania
Russia
Frank Parker
Chapeceown Co
David Sra Robinson
Johns Hopkins
Auburn
H. G
Herbert George) Wells
Sallys
Tatagerl
Los Angeles
Vital
Arcon Ff
Meniees
Bureau of Advertising
American Publishers Association
Duces
Pop
Hotel
New Yorker i
Villian
Willam Henrs
Ryoro
Ware
Poe
Sao Lo
Columbia
Jack Persis
Columbie Schnors
Walour Carpenter
Walter Wetatho
Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid Society
Walter
Cutting
Brooklyn
Mission Society
Stella Martin
Stella Walker
Vida Martin
Marion Jasper
Muite-box
Marian Ring
Gertrude Akins
Etella Prindle
Lvangeliwm
M.sa
Alma Martin
Mr Waters
Mabel Churchward
Thea Blackburn
Neva King
Leundyy
Cleve
Beee Tney
Guy Ws
Dorothy Parker
Mshrietts
Steenseviila
Novoki
Visg Ta- Thryn
Wet Park
Sappec
Crochham
Famiv
Voice
Wil Ee Avenue
MFE
Rey Rasler
Howard B. Somers
Elyria Savings and Trust
Knapp
Kroger Grocery Ad Baking Company
Winston Salem
Noe
W. T. Swink
Cities Service Securities
Pierre R. Smith
Ely Blag
Broad Street
Roth
Pindler 500
Elyria Savings Bank Bldg
Middle Ave
Sunbeam
Phoenex
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