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JUST A MOMENT By Charles W. Mears
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The world is beginning to see that to be a successful business man is a decidedly reliable proof of a man's character. A man cannot cheat and survive. He cannot lie and stay in business. He cannot be a drunkard or his business will run away from him. His promises must be kept, else he will find nobody any longer accepting them. He cannot be lazy without finding that competitors hove outdistanced him. He must give value received or lose his cus- tomers.
There was a time when business men thought it smart to trick their customers into transactions unprofit- able to the customers. Nobody but a fool entertains any such thought today. Today every stable business man knows that the one thing that keeps him in business is his ability and his willingness to give the cus- tomer a profit on every purchase.
Among moral training schools there is none more exacting than the grinding mills of business.
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Shore High, E. 200th Street(Bliss Rd. ) Babbitt Road and Lake Shore Boulevard, Euclid, Ohio.
EUCLID PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Of these Euclid-Central and Shore both have first grade High Schools, Junior High Department and all primary and intermediate grades located in the respective buildings. Roosevelt Noble house all grades, including Junior High Schools, which have been established during the last year at each school.
The Euclid schools have semi-annual promotions occuring at the end of each semester. These promotions include the first eight grades, and for the first time this year a group will be promoted from 8-A to the Senior High School. The Junior High Schools consist of the seventh and eighth grades. The Senior High Schools, the ninth to twelfth, inclusive. Both Senior High Schools are members of the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, which means that they must conform to the high scholastic standards of the association.
BUSINESS MAXIMS
Diligence is the Mother of good luck.
God helps those who help them- selves.
Drive your business; don't let it drive you.
Handle your tools without mit- tens; a cat in gloves catches no mice. Three removals is as bad as a fire.
Pride is a loud beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy.
Be strict in your engagements; do nothing carelessly or in a hurry.
Be prompt and decisive with your customers.
Be always at the head of your bus-
iness; if you don't it will leave you.
If you can't get a job. create one.
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FACTORY ADVANTAGES
The advantages of Euclid, Ohio, as desirable for a location of industries is well established and recognized by experts in indus- trial plant locations. J. D. Kunkle of the Kunkle Factory Site Serv- ice, exclusive dealer in factory sites, states that more industries in the past few years have located in this community than in any other similar area in Greater Cleveland.
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All of the area between Euclid Avenue and St. Clair Avenue is available for industrial development and equals in area one-fifth of all industrial sites in Cleveland. Factory sites in Euclid Village can be purchased at a very reasonable figure considering availabil- ity of labor and transportation, and it is reasonable to believe that the next few years will see an even greater development than has occurred recently.
Within the past few months, the National Iron & Wire Com- pany has acquired the former E. W. Bliss plant through the Kunkle Factory Site Service, and the Cleveland Trencher Company has erected a new plant on St. Clair Avenue near Cut Road, and negoti- ations are now progressing whereby a plant employing several hun- dred men is expected to locate in Euclid Village.
M. and G. L. Okross Residence, 774 E. 232nd Street. Contractors and Builders of Homes
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Engineering Department
Read, left to right-Mr. A. T. Stewart, Chief Draftsman; Mr. Paul Topping, Rodman; Mr. S. M. Purvis, Draftsman; Mr. F. A. Thomas, Village Engineer; Mr. V. M. Clark, Deputy Village Engineer; Mr. Arnold Turkel, Assistant Engineer; Mr. E. W. Bailey, Field Engineer; Mr. T. S. Wall, Rodman.
The engineering department of Euclid was established in April, 1926, at which time Frank A. Thomas, formerly paving engineer for Cuyahoga County, was appointed engineer. Assistants were appointed as the increase in the work made necessary, until at the peak of the busy season in 1927 about fourteen men were employed.
The original quarters of the department, a small room on the main floor of the Town Hall, became much too small, and an addition to the building was made ! for the engineers, consisting of a main office and a drawing room.
At the time the accompanying photograph was made, in October, 1927, the force had been decreased to eight men, as their busiest season was about over.
Euclid owns and operates its own Fire Department, located on East 222nd Street (Bliss Road), near the New York Central Rail- road. The fire station is a modern, up-to-date building in every re- spect, and was built under the supervision of Fulton & Taylor, architects. The equipment is of the very latest type obtainable, the engine being an American La France type, and has proven to be a success over a period of three years. During this time the department has been under the management of Chief Chas. Ballou. formerly a fire chief in the City of Cleveland, and a most efficient officer. The American La France engine has performed remark- ably well and given all service required of it under all kinds of tests.
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ROSE-MARY HOME
ROSE-MARY-The Johanna Grasselli Home for Crippled Children, Was Founded for the Care and Education of Mentally Normal Crippled Children 19500 Euclid Avenue, Euclid, Ohio
DONATED BY MR. C. A. GRASSELLI
A Happy, Healthy, Well-Fed Group. May God's Blessing Rest on All Who Have a Share in Making This Home What It Is Today
SEPTEMBER of the year 1922 found the deed of this ideal prop- erty safe in the hands of our Right Reverend Bishop, who in his charac- teristic way quickly arranged prelim- (naries, and October the fifteenth ded- icated the home, in memory of Jo- hanna Grasselli, to our Blessed Lady under the beautifully significant title "Rosa Mystica." The fact of the home being dedicated to Mary under this lovely title induced Mr. Grasselli to style it "Rose-Mary," by which name it is familiarly known.
Many hours of pleasure and amusement have been enjoyed by our little children through the thoughtfulness of The
Knights of
Columbus, The Rotary Club, The Christ Child Society, The Letter Car- riers' Band (under the direction of Mr. Newman), The Cleveland Candy Club, The Newsboys' Band, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Press, The News, The Cleveland Automobile Club, Mr. P. J. Daley, Mr. and Mrs. James Braden, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Randel, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Can- tillon, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoge, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brinsmade, Mr. Al- bert Friedman, Loew's State Theater, and many others who have given the use of their automobiles in transport- ing the children back and forth on these pleasure trips.
To all, the Sisters wish to express their cordial gratitude.
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EUCLID CHURCHES
The churches of Euclid are well located to meet the religious needs of the community, as a glance at the following table will show:
BAPTIST-This church is located on Chardon Road just north of Euclid Avenue, and is diagonally opposite Euclid-Central High School. Established 105 years ago, it is the oldest church of its denomination in the country. It is equipped with a stone church and a parsonage and will erect a Sunday school building in the Spring.
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CATHOLIC-St. Paul's Church is located on Chardon Road and East 200th Street. This church is equipped with a church edifice, a priest's house and a parochial school building. A beauti- ful Catholic cemetery adjoins the church property.
Holy Cross-A very large and beautiful site for this church has been secured on Lake Shore Boulevard. The church will be erected in the near future.
New Catholic Parish in Euclid Named in Honor of St. Christine
A third Catholic parish is being established in Euclid to be known as St. Christine, with its center in the vicinity of St. Clair Avenue and Bliss Road. Regular services are already be- ing held under direction of the new pastor, Rev. Joseph Czirbusz, who comes from Philadelphia, and who has been appointed by Bishop Joseph Schrembs to have charge of the parish.
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A most interesting fact in connection with the new parish is that it has been planned by Bishop Schrembs in honor of St. Chris- tine, whose relics were given to the bishop by Pope Pius and which the bishop brought to Cleveland last August. This is the first parish to be so named in this diocese and one of the St. Christine relics will be kept in the new church permanently when it is biult.
Announcement has been made by the new pastor that a church, a school and a parish house will be erected as soon as pos- sible. As a long step towards permanent buildings, land for the three new buildings has been donated to the parish by the Ed- wards Land Co. of Cleveland, which owns a large allotment at the northeast corner of St. Clair and Bliss Road, formerly the Dr. Arms farm. The tract given to the church has a frontage of 250 feet on the east side of East 222nd Street (Bliss Road) and extends to East 223rd Street. It has the same frontage of 250 feet on the west side of East 223rd Street.
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Bishop Schrembs, through Rev. J. A. McFadden. chancellor. has given out a letter containing this statement: "The Right Reverend Bishop is very grateful for this splendid piece of land 1 that the Edwards Land Co. donated, for it will care for a territory that is rapidly developing." 1
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Euclid Baptist Church in 1927
Euclid Ave. and Chardon Rd., Euclid, Ohio Oldest Baptist Church in the County
Officers of the church at this time are:
Pastor, Rev. William S. Lake.
Clerk, Mrs. E. Q. Eminger.
Treasurer-Roscoe E. Scott.
Financial Secretary-L. C. Shank. Sunday School Superintendent- William White.
Trustees-H. L. Ferrell, G. W. Slusser, H. M. Pempin, A. W. Rayder.
Deacons-William White, F. D. Graves, R. E. Scott, L. C. Shank, Geo. W. Slusser, J. M. Brewer.
HISTORICAL
1820-April-Organization of The Euclid Baptist Church-the first church of its denomination in Cuya- hoga County.
1821-Dedicatory services of the first church building of the denomi- nation in Cuyahoga County-a frame structure. The early minutes of the church-now in the Western Reserve
Historical Museum, Cleveland, show that when the money was raised for this building, 20 per cent of it was "paid in advance in wood-ashes and the balance by the first of January (1822) in grain; wheat at $1.00; rye 75 cents and corn at 50 cents per bushel."
1844-March-Incorporated as a religious body on March 12 under the laws of the State of Ohio.
1861-First parsonage was built. Building still standing. Succeeded as a parsonage about 1910 by the present stucco residence.
1869-June-Death of John Wil- cox, an "early settler", at the age of 82. Mr. Wilcox was the donor of the land (225x175) upon which the present church and parsonage stands. 1879-September - The present church bell-worth about $300, given to the church by Mrs. John Wilcox as a memorial.
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1833 -- February-Moses White, a member, was dismissed in order that he might become one of the found- ers of the First Baptist Church of Cleveland. Deacon White had come to Cleveland in 1817, when it num- bered only about 150 inhabitants; he found only two professing Christians in the "city." Deacon White served the First Baptist Church for
48 years, living to be over 80 years of age. Judge Bishop, Mr. White's son- in-law, bought the property at the corner of Euclid and East 9th Street and held it for the First Baptist Church until the Church was able to pay for it.
1848-April-The members of the Euclid Baptist Church received a let- ter from the brethren in Cleveland to send delegates to recognize the "Second Baptist Church" (now known as the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church).
STATISTICAL
Church Membership 150
Sunday School Membership 220
Ladies' Aid Society 35
Women's Auxiliary 20
Young People's Society 30
Euclid covers 12 square miles of territory and has a population of 10,- 000 people; its boundaries extend from Lake Erie to the top of Char- don Hill and from the Quary railroad tracks (Cleveland) on the west to the village limits of Wickliffe on the east, and has the distinction of being one of the first settlements in the West- ern Reserve territory.
During 100 years the Euclid Baptist Church has passed through its por- tals many great men and women who have been identified with the early life of the city of Cleveland. Its pres- ent and future ministry demands a better equipped church plant to fulfill its province.
The city is now growing as never before and, to use the words of Theodore Burton, "Euclid is growing faster than any other part of Great- er Cleveland and due to the present tendency of people to locate in the environs of a great city, Euclid is destined shortly to have a vast popu- lation mainly of industrial workers."
CONGREGATIONAL-This church is located on Euclid Ave- nue and East 214th Street. It worships in a neat and well equip- ped chapel. The site is beautiful and large enough to meet all future expansion.
LUTHERAN-The Lutheran Church now meets in the Shore High School. It plans to build soon, probably on Bliss Road.
REFORMED-This church is now located on Chardon Road and East 200th Street. It plans to build a new church edifice on Euclid Avenue.
PRESBYTERIAN-Beachland Union Church is located on East 185th Street and Abbey Road. It has a well equipped chape!, recently enlarged.
Noble Union Church-This church is located on the corner of St. Clair Avenue and Babbitt Road and is opposite Noble School. It has a neat church and Sunday school building, which has just been improved and enlarged.
These churches labor to promote the moral and spiritual wel- fare of the Village. An indication of their progressive spirit and flourishing condition is seen in this: That half of the churches have recently improved their church plans and that every one of the others plan to build in the immediate future.
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St. Paul's Church, Chardon Road, Near St. Claire Ave. The Oldest Catholic Church in Ohio. Father Ryan is the Present Pastor
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Residence of Mayor Charles R. Ely, Euclid, Ohio-270 E. 22nd Street
Mr. Henry Guenther Residence, Stop 139, Lake Shore Blvd., Euclid, Ohio.
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C. B. Knuth's Present Greenhouses, 21601 Euclid Ave., Euclid, O.
The following story as given to the editor, of how one man by hard work and patience, won success, starting with one tiny green house. But let him tell his own story.
Just a little history of how I came to be in the florist business:
In Aug., 1900, I rented 2 acres of land and a dwelling for $11.00 per month, from H. P. Winters, who was located on St. Clair Avenue near Eddy Road, better known as Glenville in those days. I bought my first hot bed sash, 1 plow and 1 cultivator for the sum of $12.00. With these sash and a few more I built my first hothouse, which was 11 ft. wide and 30 ft. long, amounting to 330 sq. ft. of glass. I was gardening at that time and grow- ing leaf lettuce in the hothouse.
Someone gave me their bed of geraniums one fall, and from the lot I grew 85 doz., which sold at that time for $1.00 per doz., and I remember well a dollar a doz. for geraniums those days looked as big as a cart wheel to me. Having had no experience in a greenhouse, I did the best I knew, and paid dearly for some of my experiments. In 1911 I bought 4 acres of land from John Davis, where I am located at present.
There was nothing but grapes on the land at that time, and with a lot of hard work I have at the present time 25 houses amounting to about 50,000 sq. ft. of glass, growing a complete line of bedding plants for whole- sale and retail trade, growing annually about a half million plants, mostly all sold at the greenhouses. I consider I have one of the best retail bedding plant businesses near the city of Cleveland, and I am not sorry that I am located in Euclid. Above is a picture of Mr. Knuth's present extensive green- houses.
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Office of Service Department, Euclid, Ohio. John L. Sullivan, Superintendent. Miss Louise Rogers, Stenographer.
Euclid, Ohio, Service, Equipment and Some of the Employes. View Taken Rear of City Hall in Euclid, Ohio
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GROCERIES
Residence and Store of Mr. J. V. Topolovac, 830 Babbitt Rd.
Entrance to Mr. Paul E. Kroehle's Residence 23401 Lake Shore Bldg., Euclid, Ohio.
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AUTOMOBILE MILEAGE CHART Ohio and Adjacent States
Cleveland
Miles
Miles
To Akron
34
Norwalk
59
Alliance
66
Oberlin
35
Ashland
59
Painesville
30
Ashtabula
56
Piqua
191
Barberton
41
Ravenna
44
Bellevue
73
Bucyrus
103
Canton
57
Chagrin Falls
18
Steubenville
118
Chillicothe
206
Tiffin
94
Cincinnati
264
Toledo
122
Columbus
159
Urbana
161
Conneaut
71
Vermillion
40
Coshocton
106
Warren
52
Dayton
184
Defiance
156
E. Liverpool
96
Elyria
26
Findlay 123
Fostoria
108
Fremont
88
Galion
82
Hamilton
230
Erie 103
Lima 155
Ft. Wayne
204
Lorain 29
41
Mansfield 71
New Castle
86
New York
567
Niagara
218
Massillon
62
Philadelphia
431
Medina
28
Pittsburgh
145
Wheeling
143
BIRTHDAYS:
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Wednesday's child is loving and giv- ing;
Thursday's child works hard for a living;
Friday's child is full of woe;
Saturday's child has far to go;
But the child that's born on the
Sabbath day
Is blithe and bonny and good and gay.
Certain flowers symbolize the months of the year.
Snow
drop, January;
Primrose,
February; Violet, March; Daisy,
April; Hawthorn, May; Honeysuckel, June; Water Lily, July; Poppy, Au- gust; Morning Glory, September; Hops, October; Chrysanthemum, De- cember.
Wedding Anniversaries
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Indian Rubber; Ninth, Willow;
Tenth, Tin; Eleventh, Steel; Twelfth
Silk nad Fine Linen; Thirteenth, Lace; Fourteenth, Ivory; Fifteenth, Crystal; twentieth, China; Twenty- fifth, Silver; Thirteith, Pearl; For- tieth, Ruby; Fiftieth, Golden; Sev- enty-fifth, Diamond.
HOLIDAYS
January 1st, New Year's Day in C. all states (including D. and Alaska ) except Kansas and Mass. (In Maine a bank holiday only le- gally.)
May 30th. Decoration Day: In all the state (and D. C. and Alaska) except Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
December 25th. Christmas Day: In all the states (except Kansas) and D. C. and Alaska.
There is no national holiday, not even the 4th of July.
Birth Stone. Garnet. January; Amethest, February; Blood Stone or Jasper, March; Diamond or Sap- phire, April; Emerald, May; Agate, June; Ruby or Onyx. July; Sardonyx August; Chrysolite, September; Opal or Beryl. October; Topas, November, Turquoise or Ruby, December.
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Youngstown 67
Zanesville
125
Adjacent States
Buffalo 196
Chicago
.385
Detroit 183
Indianapolis 282
Madison
Louisville
405
Marion 107
Martins Ferry 146
Wooster
53
Xenia
214
Salem
72
Sandusky
61
Springfield
170
Newark 124
First, Cotton; Second, Paper; Third, Leather; Fourth, Fruit and Flowers; Fifth, Wooden; Sitxh, Sugar; Seventh, Woolen; Eighth,
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Monday's child is fair of face; Tuesday's child is full of grace;
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Manufacturers of
Paint, Varnish, Boiler Treatment, Roof Coating, Waterproofing
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The Continent Freihah
The ContinentalProducts Co.
CABLE ADDRESS "CONCO" EUCLID, O. BENTLEY CODE
The Continental Products Co.
EUCLID, OHIO, U. S. A.
East 222nd St. and Nickel Plate R. R.
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Greasing
Washing Storage
LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD GARAGE GENERAL REPAIRING
East 185th St. and Lake Shore Blvd.
A. S. KALLOZI, Mgr. KENMORE 0474
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YOU CAN'T TELL THE SIZE
You may think a sin is harmless When diminutive in size, But it's big enough to rob you Of a mansion in the skies.
The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. *
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your reputa- tion. It is better to be alone than in bad company.
When America was first discovered, men traveled miles and miles to find a place to settle.
Nowadays men travel miles and miles so they won't have to settle.
"Honor is a strange commodity. It can not be divided and sold in part. All or none is the rule of the market. While it can be sold in a way, it can not be truly bought. It vanishes in the transfer of its title and is no more. Who seeks to buy it gain only loss. It is the one thing which distinguishes manhood from prop- erty. Who sells his honor sells his manhood and becomes simply a thing of meat and blood and bones-a thing to be watched and driven and cudgeled like an ox-for he has sold that he can not buy, not if all the riches in the world were his.
INTIMATE
Prof. (in biology)-What animal makes the nearest approach to man?
Student-The mosquito .- Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
Contentment is merely victory of mind over what's the matter. -Detroit News.
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CHEVROLET
THE
THE LARICK CHEVROLET
The Above Is an Illustration of One of Our Business Branches in Euclid, Ohio
M. L. MATHEWS, Manager
The
LARICK
CHEVROLET COMPANY
DIRECT FACTORY DEALER
"A Place You'll Like to Deal"'
Euclid, Ohio, Branch 21069 Euclid Avenue
KE nmore 0350 ED dy 7760
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Mr. Carmi A. Thompson Residence, Stop 134, Lake Shore Blvd., Euclid, Ohio.
Airplane View Taken at Euclid Ave.
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THE A. TEACHOUT CO.
DOORS TEMELOUT SASH
A well built home
is the best advertisement a contractor can have. This means Building Materials of Teachout Quality.
The above illustration shows our East End Plant at Euclid Avenue and Chardon Road, No. 1420, known as our Chardon Road Plant, Kenmore 1044-5. South East Plant, 8710 Kinsman Road, Cedar 3260, and 791. West End Plant, 14550 Lorain Avenue, Lakewood 8640. Lumber Depart- ment, 9101 Kinsman Road, Cedar 90-91.
TEACHOUT WOODWORK
Some Teachout features for the convenience and com- fort of the home. Breakfast Sets, all styles; Ironing Board Cabinets, Sash, Doors, Glass, etc.
The Teachout Company CLEVELAND, OHIO
General Offices Rockefeller Bidg.
West 6th Street and Superior Avenue
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A BEAUTY SPOT IN EUCLID Utopia Beach
Cleveland's Finest Home Location
Just one of the beautiful spots in Utopia Beach Park.
Private Park - Beach - Clubhouse
Lake Shore Boulevard at East 200 Street
The S. H. Kleinman Realty Company
THIRD FLOOR - NATIONAL CITY BUILDING
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Strumbly Park
1090 East 222nd Street, EUCLID, OHIO
A GOOD place for Societies and Clubs to hold their Picnics and Banquets in.
The Hall has a fine floor for dancing, and a large stage in rear. A good place to hold meet- ings or have lectures.
The Picnic Grounds are spacious and fully equipped with seats, tables, refreshments stands, etc.
Hall and Grounds can be rented by the day or evening to all suitable Societies and Parties.
For further information call Ken. 0638-W and ask for Mr. Strumbly, or call at the Hall, 1090 E. 222nd Street, Euclid, Ohio. Frank Strumbly, Propr.
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Magazines Books Newspapers
School Supplies
ICE CREAM
Soda, Candies, Soft Drinks, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc.
21935 Lake Shore Boulevard EUCLID, OHIO
Above Shows Luikart Drive at 23651 Lake Shore Blvd. A Private Club, in Euclid, Ohio
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SERVING EUCLID SINCE 1916
MEER CO.
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BUILD YOUR HOME IN EUCLID
Euclid is a city of home owners, and it is our desire to help make it a city more beautiful and better homes. To every man and woman the building of a home should be an event of the keenest pleasure. It offers the opportunity to work out expression of your own individuality and taste, and all the while you are planning, you are conscious that you are building for the far future and that the structure you are bringing in to existence is to be your home for many years, perhaps for a life time.
With this end in mind, we invite you to bring your building problems to us, and we shall be pleased to place all facilities at our disposal in assisting you to construct your home along architectural lines of beauty and refinement so that we may have a city of well proportioned homes rather than ones misfit and unat- tractive.
AND BUILD IT TO LAST
We take a natural pride in the quality of our lumber, Long Bell Cypress, Weyerhauser White Pine. Grade Marked Dimension, Premier Standardized Woodwork, Paine Mir- acle Doors, Weatherbest Stained Shingles, Sifo Quad Asphalt Shin- gles, etc. The best is none too good for your home and that's what we sell.
Not only that but in keeping with our policy of BETTER LUMBER, all our lumber is neatly piled under cover until you are ready to use it. Whether you are planning to build this year or not, we invite you to come in and see us. We will be pleased to show you our quality ma- terial and will give you ABSOLUTE- LY FREE a plan book containing pictures and floor plans of over 100 homes and several pages of practical hints for builders and prospective home owners.
It will be interesting for you to see the different grades of lumber and you will appreciate your home more for having personally selected the quality items that were or are to be used in the building of same.
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