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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1937
Page
18
The Washington postal guide finally corrects Peck Kansas to Sumner County, not Sedgwick. The main street splits the counties causing earlier mislisting and the February guide notes Peck is in Sumner County.
Joe Louis astonishes Harlem with bold colors and flamboyant outfits on 7th and Lenox avenues. The heavyweight champion favors bright ties, blue serges, and extravagant accessories, drawing comparisons to Duke Ellington Cah Calloway and Bill Robinson while setting a new style benchmark.
The text describes shifts moving from one street side to the other, staying within a 300 foot radius of town center. Washington officials must grant permission before shifting, but notification to the ruling authorities appears to have been late.
The article notes Louis as a social leader on Strivers Row and Sugar Hill with fashion influence in Harlem, including a Joe Louis Toggery branding and manager Joe Blackburn's calling him Chappie. It mentions mixed sports writer reactions after his bouts with Bob Pastor and Baer, and references Jack Johnson doubting Louis's boxing prowess.
Spencer NEWS NOTES recounts El Morocco social scene with a table tabloid, mentions Lois Long of The New Yorker, a water wagon pledge event, Arakel the Armenian restaurateur’s obituary, and a K P Hall work day with Sisters serving dinner. Also covers hospital updates, a Cleveland shower, and a Spencer M E Volunteers rummage sale and bazaar upcoming April 21.
The cafe offered a true continental atmosphere with leisurely service and diners lingering all evening. Arakel's soups were praised as more than potages, described as inspiration, and the piece notes such places often die with their owners.
Marie Tempest tore up Wilde letters she despised while jailed. Jimmy Johnston, famed promoter, is a noted tea addict in town. Clare Boothe Luce dedicated The Women to Buff Cobb. A ventriloquist runs a seance parlor and promises a glass of water to a widow in a humorous tale.
The Missionary Society of the Baptist church was postponed until April 22. The meeting will be held with Mrs. Cecil Wolf.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bischoff was christened Gladys Elaine Sunday at St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church in Amherst. Sponsors were Miss Gladys Neuman and Mrs. William Cook. Noon dinner followed at the Bischoff home with guests including Mr. and Mrs. William Cook and families, and several neighbors and relatives.
Anne Coverdale joins Mr and Mrs Bischoff and their family in a brief social notice. The item records a small family gathering or acknowledgment with named individuals.
Mrs. Clotildd Frye returns home to Lorain after visiting her sister Mrs. Mary Flock. Dover residents Mr. and Mrs. William Prescott and son Billy spend Sunday with L. W. Spiegelberg and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Delefield visit Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Ernst Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schubert are noted in local greetings.
The text notes a visit by Phyllis Mae and her daughter to E. C. Schubert at Eaton, indicating a family or social call.
A Vancouver man paid Roocheck $25 and the Clerkenwell county court poor box approved extending the Johnston family of Islington, seven children, their stay in the home for 28 additional days after facing eviction.
The Irish Free State faces a scrap iron shortage impacting industrial activity and metal supply, signaling potential delays in manufacturing and construction as resources tighten.
Malay State Kelantan in the jungle tribesmen organize their own combat corps calling them G men to guard territory and people from incursions. The move signals rising tribal vigilance amid regional tensions and external threats.
A terse note urges arming a four man patrol with blowpipes and darts to guard river banks and jungle trade routes against abductors.
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