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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1926
Page
7
Elyria promotes Clean Up Week highlighting removal of refuse to reduce fire hazards and improve garden and home surroundings. City departments visit homes to assist with yard cleanup, encouraging thorough efforts, seeding, and improving property value during the period.
The National Timber Manufacturers Association reports a shift from exploitation to sustainable use, with 80 percent of U S forest land privately owned and potential federal acquisition to expand timber growing. Private forestry expands across California Oregon Washington the South, aided by sustained yield practices and selective cutting. Fire remains the major risk and high local taxes hinder investment.
A reader notes Ford’s theory that higher wages reduce production costs but challenges the claim citing limits. The letter-supporter questions the link between wages and prices and weighs the feasibility of raising labor costs to cut production expenses.
The speaker suggests a prominent figure could donate Fords if wages rise enough, but he has not yet reached that threshold. He believes higher wages would attract willing receivers along the line.
Yesterday and today anniversary notes list Ferdinand Magellan died in the Spice Islands and Louis Kossuth born in Hungary. They recall Sim James Bruce and Queen Victoria’s imperial title debate, with Emerson and several political figures also noted.
National and local events mark anniversaries and openings. Gen A S Grant birthday observances and Morse telegraph inventor anniversary are noted alongside church congresses and a lumber standard conference in Washington. Multistate conventions span Jacksonville Brownes Wells Philadelphia Denver Little Rock Portland and Boston with diverse associations and federations meeting.
Fragmentary text discusses poetry styles and the challenge of reading Shakespearean and Burns era verse. It notes that sonnets can be simple yet lovely and worth effort to reach their beauty across ages and readers.
Fragmentary verse notes a speaker and a rival disputing whether fame survives decay. The speaker argues mortality cannot erase virtue and that fame endures beyond death, hinting at poems or inscriptions to outlast time and become a lasting legacy.
District Commissioner Frederick A. Penning of Washington D C faces impeachment charges brought by Representative Thomas L Blanton of Texas over alleged high crimes and misdemeanors. The article outlines Penning roles, fees disputes, and his career in the Pension Agency and military service with writings on insanity and medical jurisprudence.
Washington reports from Rome show the American delegation seeks to reshape the International Institute in favor of farmer control. The plan aims to remove policy power from resident committees and place it with actual farmers attending the Rome conference. The effort argues profits for New Haven County farmers could rise through alfalfa and dairy-feed value, with added gains from local research substitutions and efficiency.
In a Daily News Letter Palms item, 75 Paris police wear bright arm bands and conduct German language service to aid visitors from Germany. The piece uses satirical notes on language changes and fashion history from Louis XIV to the French Academy, spoofing language purists and fashion trends across centuries.
A county plan cites multiple agrarian gains including horse feeding for a large tier, 143 pure bred bulls in one year, milk yield up by 165 quarts yearly per cow, egg production up to 100 eggs per bird, apple yields rising to 3 bushels per tree, and broader fertilization plus disease control across 6355 acres. Total potential added income cited as 1.366 million, discounted to about two thirds.
AL Mrause of Columbus was elected president of the seventh district federation United Typothetae of America at the Cleveland convention closing session. Officers named include C S Hiberd South Bend Reed Vance Columbus Wilber H Krehbiel Cincinnati H C Wedehemper Louisville AL Ano Detroit and E S Aleshire Huntington. The gathering mourned P N Dad Bland 71 Detroit head of P N Bland Co who died en route to Cleveland after seeming ill near Elyria.
Department of Commerce data show American travelers abroad in 1925 spent an average of 1200 dollars per person. Total tourist outlay reached about 650 million dollars, with 356,253 Americans leaving for business or pleasure outside Canada, reflecting an increase from prior year.
In Cleveland on April 27 1911 jurors and a panel of men heard Jesse R Smith a Canton boiler maker charged with breaking into the Pennsylvania Railroad agency in Canton. The case involves a $2000 bond and indicates a criminal matter against the defendant.
Economists urge replacing embassy staffs with consuls as wires and wireless weaken traditional diplomacy. The proposal argues most diplomatic tasks are unnecessary and would trim expenses, with special missions entrusted to a British prince when required.
Ella Irwin aged 45 was found dead in bed by a neighbor at noon today in Newark Ohio. Officials say the death followed an attack of illness and she had been dead several hours when discovered.
The body of Arthur Slav, who drowned in the Muskingum River at Adam Aus Sunday, was recovered yesterday and is being transported to Newark for burial. His residence was in Columbus.
Louise Griffin sold Griffin’s grocery on East River Street to Barney Dewis along with stock fixtures property and goodwill. Mirl Davis also operates a butchers and meat market at West River Street and plans a first class meat market at the new site with dairy cream and soft drinks. A farewell service will mark the transfer as the building undergoes improvements including a new front steps.
At Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast Ireland a call to Spring fard Road barracks mobilized seven constables who responded immediately to assist with a brood transfusion request.
A 2004 German factory coalition advances mechanical farming aids to boost agricultural output. The alliance seeks to perfect and standardize machinery through joint development and shared expertise among member firms.
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