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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1937
Page
13
The article traces Want Ads to ancient Pompeii and celebrates a lasting civic service. It notes how classified notices guide daily life from cradle to grave and how a censorship program protects readers from fraud while urging readers to adopt the old Roman custom of using Want Ads.
Barry Dean pursues Martha Halliday in a storm to Oakville after she runs from an arranged wedding to Nick Garnett. He discovers her abandoned roadster with a missing gas gauge and a trooper’s glove, hinting the runner may be linked to a highway killing.
Four Wellington grange members will join Lorain county Pomona Grange for a Brooklyn Heights program. Arthur Mason speaks on Trees, Clarence Barber offers an intro, Russell Jameyson presents The Educated Horse kit. Other notices mention Odd Fellows, Woman's groups, and a Bible conference session with speakers Clauson Craver Eastwood Bates and Beckley.
About 150 attended sessions at a local Baptist church for an association meeting. Reverend Henry Craver, pastor of the First Baptist, led the gathering in organizing discussions and plans.
Mrs Ralph Warren was brought home from Elyria hospital Sunday night after injuries from being thrown partially through a car windshield when the car she rode in collided at Court and Second streets. The car belonged to B E Cooper of Amherst. Mr Warren, a passenger, was uninjured.
Wilma Brewer Anna Buswell Virginia Clodwick and Donald Brenner with Clyde Seidel directed team at Mount Union College Alliance for the Northeastern Ohio solo and ensemble contest. All participants received a Very Good rating on Saturday.
Eben G Fine was the lecturer at the Wellington Kiwanis Club noon Thursday luncheon, delivering remarks to members and guests. The event featured a talk aimed at informing and engaging attendees on local matters.
The traveler will lecture at the school house and again at the luncheon meeting. Sponsored by Cincinnati Burlington and Quincy Railway Company, he will present Rambles Through the Rockies using color stereoscopic slides.
Lake Avenue April 20 with visits from Mr and Mrs Ben Varsey and three daughters of Elyria to A E Washington. Mrs R E Taylor and daughters Helen and Hazel and son Robert Jr dined with Mrs Taylor’s daughter and son in law Willard and Mrs Willard Hunter of Cleveland. North Elyria Grange juveniles held a card party Friday evening realizing a nice sum. Earnest Coultrip and wife of Wakeman visited their daughter and Harvey Green of Adelbert street, with other relatives from Vermilion also joining Sunday.
The 500 Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Jabbush on Saturday evening. Attendees included Mrs. Jabbushs sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs. Charles Butler of Cleveland Mr. and Mrs. R H Collier Mr and Mrs Jake Smith and son [rvin] Mr and Mrs R H Miller Mrs Robert Taxlor and son Bob and Mr and Mrs C Leonard Refreshments were served The club will meet with the C Leonards in two weeks.
Beth Warner and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Noonan of Elyria were calers at the Bislick home on Saturday. Frank Harding and wife of Elyria joined visitors at the same gathering. Delwin Reisinger and son from Ann Arbor were guests of Bert Reisinger’s family. G W Cotton of Lake Avenue with recent Cleveland move hosted visits from Mrs Headley and Cotton kin at Sunday supper. Ernie Elias and Walter Crava, both of Cleveland, also attended. Lake Avenue PTA plans a moving picture show on Friday April 23 at the school house. Miss Ethel Metzger of Lorain and Stanley Miller of Pennfield Junction called on Sy ee vv. N 3 e:s anew afternoon.
A nationwide craze over the death of beloved actress Yuen Ling-Yu ends after her suicide sparked a wave of self harming acts. The star’s romance with a wealthy tea merchant and her husband’s opposition set off a social contagion as friends and fans, including five workers who had saved for her film, took their own lives.
Fragmentary report notes a deadly surge of action in Nanking described as self harming or self destructive, with the river scene cited as a grim setting. The text hints at widespread distress but provides no corroborating names or dates.
Adolphe Menjon began growing the famous Menjou mustache at age 21 and has never shaved it since, preserving a defining facial style for decades.
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