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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1927
Page
4
London April 1 The royal command performance seeks laughs from the King and Queen as actors improvise jokes to win the audience prize. A woman impersonator won for imitating a child with a cheeky exchange about a father. King George laughed at a naval officer’s steel joke.
Local residents and families share weekend visits across New London and nearby towns. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley, Campbell family, Houghs, Kotchuns, Sterrons, and many others are listed with weekend hosts from Wellington to Oberlin and Cleveland.
A wartime style notice touts an herbal tonic as a preventive against colds. It claims exposure to sneezes or coughs in offices schools or theaters risks illness if vitality is low and promises two to three days of recovery savings with the tonic.
Noon callers at the home of Mr and Mrs G Parnell Mrs S Triplett called to Solon Michigan on account of a death Aunt and Uncle Witch en tertained Mrs Sewell and her son from Mickersville at Sunday visit Frank Gilbert and family visited Bellville Monday Flower show visited by Cecil Mieret and Mrs Harry Davis and son Richard Golden Rule class to meet at church Friday April 3 Cat returns to Rome after execution unrelated court report notes cat saved nine lives by seaplane line experimental device paid fine for cruelty.
British aviation experts eye a potential advance as French inventor Henry Robart claims to have developed a steam powered aviation suit. A heat weight steam engine is alleged to offer full power for aircraft use, with close experiments in France drawing attention.
April 1 reports reveal volunteer firemen on Kiev island staged arson at the Waterworks clubhouse triggering a three hour blaze that destroyed six buildings. A second fire two months later also failed to spread before regular firefighters intervened. Seven volunteers confessed. two sentenced to death, two to ten years in solitary confinement.
Moscow reports a shift in facial hair trends as many Russians swap long whiskers for a clean look while Uncle Sam style beards gain popularity among some. Barbers note fewer unruly styles and a modern preference emerging in urban areas.
A longtime frog farmer Edward Chambers in Welu La Port Indiana raises eighty thousand frogs each year to be sold for their legs. He started by catching them in streambeds at night but now operates his own preserve due to growing demand. Separate notes mention Rome planning subway surveys to ease traffic.
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