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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1933
Page
8
Cash shortage in the area lowers market prices for staples. Eggs fall to two dozen for cents, butter to 10 cents per pound, Murphy pork? per pound six cents, and moon vine liquor five gallons at 0 cents per gallon.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle liver and bowel tonic to improve appearance and buoyancy. It claims 90 percent illness from inactive bowels and liver and positions the olive colored tablets as a substitute for calomel with prices of 15 30 and 60 cents.
Chronicle Telegram lists office and service contact points including News Correspondent at 615 Cleveland St and delivery or service complaints number 5524 plus a Central Book Store address on Church St. These lines present local newspaper contact details rather than a news item.
Amherst churches announce special Lenten services on Wednesday evening. Rev. Edgar Wierth of Valley City’s Emmanuel Evangelical leads at St. Peter's Evangelical Church, with Rev. C. E. Schmidt speaking at the Valley City church. Rev. F. E B. Eastman conducts a Congregational prayer service, and Rev. Henry Abram leads German services at St. Paul's Lutheran. Rev. R. C. Jensen continues Gospel of St. John studies at the Methodist church. St. Joseph Catholic Church hosts a special Lenten service led by Rev. Fr. James Etschen.
Eleven Junior boys and girls will be presented at St Peters Evangelical Church next Sunday at 10 30 AM with Rev C E Schmidt in charge. Nine boys and girls will be confirmed at St Pauls Lutheran Church at 10 AM with Rev H Abram in charge. There will be no German services.
The annual confirmation reunion service at St Peter's Evangelical Church is set for next Sunday evening at 6 30 with a special program led by the Senior league. Rev and Mrs C E Schmidt and Misses Lydia Herwig Edith Berger and Gladys Hopkins organize talks and music with A W Buck Oberlin as associate pastor as speaker on The Challenge to Youth of Today. Decorations are by Helen Roemer Helen Schiner and Nelson Raesler.
The St Peter s Evangelical Are school girls class led by Florence Deuschle Ce presented a worship period directed by Mrs C C Kern and Rev C E Schmidt. Numbers included Beneath the Cross of Jesus prayer and scripture reading Judas and Peter read by Sylvia Bishop, selections The Old Rugged Cross by a quartet Florence Deuschle Myrtle Berger Oriel Stiwald Alice Schieferstein with Ruth Ehrman at the piano.
Annual federated church services in Amherst gather at St Peter’s Evangelical on Good Friday at 1 30 p m with Dr Nicholas Van der Pyle of Oberlin as speaker.
The April meeting of the Past Chiefs club of the Pythian Sisters will be held at the home of Robert Paton on Church Street this evening with Miss Ella Jaeger as hostess.
The Amherst staff resumes duties as Charlotte Alderman of Geneva Miss Lucille Leach of Akron Miss Beatrice Johnstone of Cleveland Miss Harriet Peck of Oberlin Kathryn Murray of Wellington Miss Eleanor Nidy of Greentown Miss Hazel Bell of Lorain Wilbur Brann of Buffalo N Y Miss Caroline Kothe secretary visited Mr and Mrs Stanley Hart Warren Ohio during the past week.
Miss Lucy Horn and Mrs. Pansy Harris will host the Congregational church Ladies' society meeting in the church parlors on Wednesday afternoon.
The Philathea Bible class of St Peter’s Evangelical church will hold its regular business and social meeting in the church parlors. Refreshments will be served by a committee.
The April gathering of the Mary Martha class of the Congregational church is scheduled at the home of Miss Honor Ruth on Tenney Avenue with Miss Hazel Ruth and Mrs. R L May assisting as hostesses.
A Knights of Pythias smoker at the K of P hall on Saturday evening featured entertainment from a dark base ball and card games. Franklin Moebius served as arrangements chair and later refreshments were served. Mrs Summers and her sons Edward and Robert of Lakewood visit Mrs Kathryn Kolbe in Middle Ridge for several days.
The Misses Dorotha Hearn and Margaret Newsbery and Norwood Hearn were recent Cleveland visitors. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Rice, Quarry street, had Sunday dinner guests, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rice of Lakewood. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Steele and daughters, Shirley and Bettie, and Mrs. Mary Steele of Lorain, were Sunday guests of Mrs. Elen Steele and daughter, Miss Marion. Mrs. Ada Purcell and daughter, Miss Grace, and Mrs. John Murray and daughter, Miss Kathryn, of Wellington, were recent Cleveland visitors.
The Lenten service in the M. E. church will be held Wednesday evening followed by a meeting of the Official Board of the church.
Miss Lula Walker hosts the Queen Esther Class of the M. E. church with assistance from Mrs. P A Becker at her home on Friday evening April 7.
Name Society Club No 4 of St Josephs Catholic church meets tonight at the home of Alex Szaho on Park Avenue Club No 3 hosts Thursday evening at Hugo Trucellos Forest Street home Club No 2 to open its members residence on East Quarry Thursday evening.
The Altar Rosary Society will meet at the School Hall tonight.
St Joseph’s Catholic church will hold a special Meditation and Benediction service Wednesday at 7 30 PM and a Holy Hour Thursday at 7 PM.
Mr. and Mrs. William Dangle hosted dinner Sunday with Mrs. Hazel Bartlome Dale Lee Velma Henes Harold Dangle and the hosts Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schultz of Elyria. The Schultz family were weekend guests of Fred and Mrs. Schultz on Tenney Avenue.
Paul Novak of South Amherst was admitted to the hospital and Edward Oleski of A. D. No. 3 was discharged. Mrs. Steve Kubuski of Tenney Avenue is confined to her home by illness.
The Stone City Chapter of the Eastern Star will hold a regular meeting at Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening. Members are urged to attend as preparations are made for the annual inspection later this month.
A joint all day session of the Ladies' Aid and Woman's Missionary Societies at the First Evangelical church will be held in the church parlors on Thursday. Dinner is at noon and both groups will hold their regular meetings afterward, with officer elections a feature for the Ladies' Aid.
The Pythian Sisters will hold a regular session at the K of P Hall Tuesday evening.
The Brotherhood of St Peters Evangelical church will hold a brief business session at the close of Lenten services Wednesday evening.
The April gathering of the missionary society of the Congregational church will be held at the home of Mrs H W Powers on South Main street Friday afternoon.
The Men's Club of St. Pauls Lutheran church meets at the church parlors at 7:30 Tuesday evening.
The regular meeting of Jessamine Lodge Daughters of Scotland will be held at the J O O F Hall on Wednesday evening.
The teachers of St Pauls Lutheran Sunday School will hold a meeting at the church parlors at 7:30 this evening.
The Women's Union of St. John's Evangelical church will hold its April meeting in the church parlors on Tuesday afternoon.
The choir of St Peter's Evangelical church will hold a special rehearsal at seven o'clock Wednesday evening.
Walter Linehos of Cleveland spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Emily Linehos at Tenney Avenue.
Amherst residents enjoy a busy weekend with guests from Oberlin Cleveland Elyria and Lorain. Families including the Moores Jaegers Rothe Hart Steele Anderson and others hosted relatives and friends visiting from Cleveland Warren Lorain Toledo Berea and beyond.
Mrs. Paul Mori has been discharged from the Elyria Clinic where she was a patient. The notice notes her release after treatment and completion of care at the facility.
The item presents a brisk diary style note from Vera Corbett and mentions Ruth and Reginald Wright Kauffman in Geneva. It records breaks fast chats on actors with Etienne Giradot as a religious crank in the "20th Century" and a social afternoon in Bronxville with Chic Sale Bracher DeMarcus and Alma Claysburghs. It notes visits by Claude Gowers and Theodore Dreisers and a lively musical moment with Downey singing in "Sweet Adeline."
In the long sloom at Grand Central, red caps remain cheerful as they describe a shift in baggage handling. Travelers now carry lighter loads with a single hand grip, replacing the old image of overflowing trunks and many porters.
The tiny brown spire of St. Paul’s rises beside Woolworth Tower in a bold city contrast. The scene evokes Christopher Morley’s question about whether ten cents in a cash register or in a collection plate moves one closer to heaven.
Personal nomination highlights writer Valentine Wuinters as a leading figure in the season’s mystery fiction, praising originality, plotting, and suspense. The nomination signals strong reader and critic support for Wuinters’ latest work.
The Mori home is under quarantine for scarlet fever, so Mrs. Mori is staying with Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Dulmage until the health measure ends.
An experienced waiter praises George Rector as the most efficient orderer in America. The piece notes Rector’s keen dish selection and the staff’s pride in matching his instincts. It also comments on Dutch cheese inAmerica, Edam, and a scene in Sutton Place with conch shells and a cuspidor for mood.
A quirky collection notes routines and curiosities. W4art Lopez dines at 4 PM daily for 20 years while Don Herald hawks asthma cures. Dack Benny, a non smoker, cares daily for his diner. Kitty Catts wins a London prize for the most unusual name. The late John Bowman sat on one foot at his desk. Herbert Swope can don evening dress in five minutes. Walter Connelly never missed a line offstage. Wash Young, a salesman author, is a Brigham Young descendant.
An advertisement touts MELLO-GLO face powder as a French process purer powder that hides tiny lines and wrinkles. It promises a fresh bloom, no shine, long wear, and no irritation, priced at 50 cents plus 21.09 percent tax.
A fragment notes Moffatt Johnson famed for hair in the 20th Century era. Lucius Beebe is described ordering three cocktails at the Adlon in Berlin. Chief Justice Hughes enjoys cake. H. G. Wells privately counsels friends in Europe to reach homes quickly.
A London Scotsman who moved to New York had his name removed from the telephone directory after locals began calling him at odd hours with a playful Germanic phrase about an impending party. The anecdote underscores the playful misuse of names in naming cultures.
In Kelso Washington W H Elwood shot a hibernating bear he believed was dead. He placed the bear in his kitchen and returned to find it moving and sniffing for food prompting a second shot.
Emergency blood drive organized in North Andover with the local post commander and police chief among four charter members of the new squad.
Aberdeen officials report the salmon run underway with notable Chinook catches. By midseason anglers have already landed 68 pounds of fish, marking a strong start to the season.
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