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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1937
Page
11
Bible readings reflect on the gospel and its witness from John Peter and Paul. The apostolic testimony centers on Christ's life death and resurrection as the foundation of the Church and salvation.
Langley Field Va Gen Malin Craig congratulates the 96th Bombardment Squadron on its Langley Field to Panama Canal Zone and return flight. He commended the navigators for the long overwater voyage and noted the flight, using nine bombers and one amphibian, was well planned. The round trip occurred between February 4 and February 11 via Miami.
Square Church in Amherst provided guest singers for the Methodist Sunday school service Sunday morning.
The article urges homeowners to beautify premises with flowers and shrubbery and to dress up yards and exteriors this spring. It notes many are able but few take action, comparing a neglected yard to a shabby person and stressing the season’s impulse to improve appearances.
Reading about the progress from ancient fire use to modern firefighting, the piece stresses preventing fires through public education and careful storage of flammable liquids. It warns that many homes harbor hidden hazards, with frequent fires caused by small, careless actions and smoking materials.
The article notes the railroads’ 1936 spending on materials, locomotives, cars, coal and fuel oil totaling nearly one billion dollars. It highlights 70,000 commodities purchased and their role as a major employer, with broad impact on textiles metals coal and other industries.
The piece links fashionable pains to daily work life, noting Wall Street neck for desk workers, ticker eye and coupon thumb for market activity, clergyman’s sore throat for sports fans, and gardener’s back with spring weather. It laughs at humorous woes while predicting springtime aches among busy professionals.
The home medicine cabinet often becomes a source of illness and death as poisons mix with ordinary remedies. Safeguards exist in production but fail at home, where children or distracted adults may mistake a poisonous tablet for a harmless remedy. The U S public health service warns of this danger and urges segregation and out of reach placement to prevent accidental ingestion.
A list of historical anniversaries noting births and deaths of leaders, artists, and military figures from 1824 to 1936, plus milestones such as the Flying Cloud voyage, a balloon flight by Thaddeus Lane, and miners clashes in Colorado. Also mentions Father Coughlin fundraising and a New Jersey tailor fined under NRA rules. Today’s birthdays include Harold Lloyd.
Cal born in Burchard Nebraska forty five years ago. Ross Larsen founder Time Magazine publisher Life born in Boston thirty eight years ago. Abraham Epstein secretary A A S S New York born in Russia forty five years ago. William H Davies English poet author born sixty six years ago. Adolf Hitler born in Austria forty five years ago.
The passage notes a general trend toward independence and domineering tendencies today. It warns of a habit of digging into mysterious matters and using uncommon means to achieve aims, advising consideration for others to secure deserved rewards.
A reference identifies the Christian Literature Society of Japan by the name Kyro Bun Kwan. The note clarifies an alternate designation used within Japanese Christian literary circles.
South Amherst officials report the annual athletic banquet hosted by the Parent Teachers Association at St John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church parlors tonight. Varsity and reserve basketball squads will be the honored guests.
Mrs. Fred Gauman will open her home to Circle 1 of the Woman's Union of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church Wednesday afternoon at 1 30. A good attendance is desired.
Members and friends of the Methodist Ladies Aid Society will visit the home of Rev. and Mrs. R. H Rgan in Amherst on Thursday for a noon pot luck dinner.
Oscar Klingenmeyer Otto Bach Peter Becker and Elmer Harris form the male quartet of the Four in a period performance.
After World War I nearly all structures in Ypres were destroyed and the city was rebuilt to mirror the originals, preserving the historic street plan while replacing ruins with exact replicas.
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