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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1928
Page
5
Gertrude Burgett of Lorain filed for divorce from Leroy Burgett in common pleas court on Friday citing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The couple married April 20, 1920, and have two children.
Elyria Ohio campaign reports 1748 stickers placed on cars with 439 defective brakes found. Secretary Henry Miller urges regular checks and repairs, noting 25 to 35 percent of brakes nationwide are inefficient. Governor Donahey proclaims Brake Test Week, urging daily service tests and proper braking adjustments.
Edward Johnsick of Lorain was fined 100 dollars and costs by Justice 5 J. George late Friday for driving while intoxicated. Johnsick was picked up by sheriff's deputies near Amherst on Friday.
Louise Denzen brings divorce suit against August Denzen in common pleas court alleging gross neglect and willful absence since 1921. He left and has not been heard from, with three children born of the 1916 marriage.
S Ulmer and Son Inc of Cleveland filed suit in common pleas court for foreclosure on property owned by Irene and John P Kilbane of Cleveland due to failure to keep up payments on a vote for 7090.07 dollars.
Erle Neiding charges Elmer Neiding with gross neglect and extreme cruelty in common pleas court yesterday. They married November 25, 1922 and share two children.
Cairo reports strong protectionist trends may include direct taxation of non nationals. Analysts anticipate far reaching economic policy shifts in Egypt after 1950 as officials weigh tariffs and foreigner charges.
The article states that all women’s wear is now designed in meade and gold using artificial silk. It notes a nationwide shift in fabric choices and color schemes, reflecting changing fashion trends and production methods.
Patsy Critalli, indicted by the April Grand Jury on desertion, is defendant in a divorce suit filed by his wife Maude Critalli of Ridgeville. He was captured in Charleston West Virginia and brought back to Elyria where the Grand Jury returned the indictment after the divorce petition was filed. The couple married November 1917 and have four children. the petition cites gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
The Laundon block at 11 Aiiddle avenue has closed escrow with deed papers filed at the County Recorders Office by Elyria Lorain Abstract Co. The property was bought from Arthur J. and Lottie Laundon heirs of William W. Laundon in 1874 by Victor F. Breitenstein as an investment.
Frank Skwara indicted by the January grand jury on a charge of non support. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to sixty days in the Toledo work house by Judge W. B. Thompson this morning.
Funeral services for Henry Davie will be held Monday afternoon at 2 00 from the Zilch funeral parlors in Amherst. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery with Rev. Daniels of Oberlin officiating.
John Weitzel died at Columbia hospital Berea Friday April 27 after an injury two weeks earlier. He would have been 67 in June born in Middleburg township lived here most of life. Survived by wife Addie died 1926, children George Spencer Otis North Olmsted Walter Cleveland Nellie Osborne Medina Lioxyd Verne Cleveland Orra at home and thirteen grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 9 at Columbia Baptist church with burial at Riverview Cemetery.
The pending shift to daylight saving time will take effect at 2 a.m. in many eastern and midwestern cities, costing residents one hour of sleep and offering extended evening daylight for work and recreation. Supporters praise extra daylight. opponents see little benefit. Major cities listed include New York, Buffalo, Albany, Hartford, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Chicago area suburbs.
Fraternal Order of Eagles hosts a city alligator naming contest with a $5 gold prize. residents submit lively options including Rip, Elyria, Felix, Cal, Toby, Bozo, Skippy, Barney, and Judy, among numerous others for the city reptile.
Potatoes in 150 pound sacks from Ohio Wisconsin Michigan quoted 3.35 to 3.50 for round whites with Minnesota at 3.10. Idaho russet and Bur banks 2.50 to 2.60. Hast ines Florida 8.50 to 8.75 per barrel. Poultry rates show heavy broilers 45 to 30 cents, Leghorns 37 2 cents, heavy fowls 28 to 30, medium stock 28 to 30, old roosters 17 to 19. Butter and eggs prices listed across grades. eggs extras 33, firsts 29 to 31, ordinary 27.
Demand remains active across fruits and vegetables with wide price ranges noted. Beef cattle receipts include 200 stockers and 100 calves, with steers at 11.50 to 12.50 and low grade cows 5.50 to 6.50, while sheep and lambs show fat lambs at 16.50 and fat ewes 7.00 to 9.00.
Toledo receipts include 200 hogs with prices down 10 to 15 cents. Heavies 9.59 to 10.90, mediums 10 av 10.73, Yorkers 10.40 to 10.60, good pigs 9.00 to 10.00. Cattle receipts light, market steady. Calves light, market steady. Sheep and lambs light, market steady.
Commodity quotes from Chicago include butter and eggs with price ranges for creamery extras and firsts, live poultry and fowls, turkeys, ducks, and geese. Potatoes show on track and United States shipments, with regional price variations. wheat, corn, rye, barley, timothy and clover seeds listed with current bid ranges and market notes.
Toledo market notes grain prices for wheat corn oats rye and seeds with bid asks and cash quoters. Highlights include cash red wheat at 2.18 2.19, corn no 3 yellow around 1.15 to 1.14, oats white 74 1 2 to 76 1 2, various seed values for clover timothy and rye, and May and December bid dates.
Grain market report from Minneapolis shows No. 1 northern wheat quoted around 1.50 to 1.55 for futures with months January through September detailed. No. 1 red durum and corn prices listed alongside oats and flax and flaxseed figures.
Revival services led by Rev Calaway of Union Pentecostal Church Cleveland and Mrs M Young of Cleveland start Sunday at three pm at the Full Gospel Mission colored 49 West Avenue. Services continue until further notice with jubilee singing and instrumental music. Mrs Fr S Spence is missionary in charge.
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri spoke to the Cleveland City Club after visiting Mansfield, Ohio. He attacked Mellon and Hoover, criticized Coolidge, denounced Daugherty as a political leper, and urged action against Teapot Dome figures while praising Borah La Follette and Weeks.
Elyria residents watched a new light on the eastern horizon last night. Officials said six shafts were emitted by a high powered beacon installed yesterday in the Cleveland Terminal tower and lit for the first time. The light is claimed to reach about 60 miles in clear weather.
Ohio farm reports from Putnam County to the Rural Economics division of Ohio State University indicate fewer pigs on farms this summer. Fewer sows farrowing and a smaller percentage of pigs saved reduce total output. By April 1, farrowed pigs saved were over 18 percent less than the same period last year, due partly to fewer sows and a 13 percent drop in sows farrowing versus spring 1927.
Wellington Ohio April 28 two hundred eighty five visitors and 130 local Eastern Stars attended a Congregational church inspection led by Worthy Grand Patron Victor Salkell of Carey Ohio. He called the ceremony the prettiest he had witnessed and later grand officers joined in light refreshments in the church dining room.
The church auditorium is turned over to Frank Zimpher the local decorator to refinishes floors seats and woodwork along with other improvements Regular services will be held elsewhere Sunday May 7 with work expected to finish by then After refinishing the Ladies Aid society plans to add new equipment to beautify the building Mrs Ulrich Heee is ill at her Bennett street home Esther Hege of Mt Sinai hospital will arrive Saturday May 7 for ten days vacation then return to hospital for May 24 graduation as a registered nurse Heze has accepted a hospital job in charge of the emergency ward Mr and Mrs Paul R Muller will spend Sunday in Dayton Ohio and will be joined home by his mother who wintered there Byron Dagzue was a business caller in Elyria yesterday
A Baptist church delegation will attend the regular bi monthly meeting of the Baptist Bible Union of Lorain county in Medina on Friday afternoon and evening May 4. Rev Ralph Stoll of Sandusky will be the principal speaker. The union, a national network of Fundamental Baptists, recently undertook large projects including the purchase of Des Moines University in Iowa. The Ohio chapter, led by secretary Rev R T Ketcham of Elyria, plans a monthly state paper titled Bible Union Believer edited by Rev C F Garvin of LaGrange. Automobiles will leave Wellington church next Friday evening at about 644. Participants should report to Col C E Baylor.
Marcy Powell of Ohio State will be home this evening to spend the weekend with her parents. Twenty Boy Scouts and Scout Masters Fiverett Barrick and Franklin Jones attended the Men’s club meeting at the Methodist church on Wednesday evening. Letitia Burnside entertained twenty friends at her South Main Street home for her birthday. Walter Cole heard from daughter Adelaide, a University of Washington student, that she would sing at a try-out. The winner would sing before Madame Schumann-Heink.
Miss Frances Sabiers was named valedictorian with 95.7 percent and Dorothy Werbecker earned 95.5 percent as saluterian in the Amherst High School senior class. Freda Allen was third with 93.83 and Ida Mori fourth with 92.8. The National Soner Society honors went to Dorothy Wesbecher Frances Sabiers Mildred Zilch and Charles Strauss the first male member from Amherst High. The fifth member will be announced later.
Worship services led by Rev Tarbert and Rev Escott outline the day. Christian Endeavor discusses attitudes toward other faiths. Decoration Day planning begins with a program on May 30 and a follow up May 10 meeting. Brotherhood of the Methodist church to host evening services with multiple speakers and music. Rebekah lodge initiates three candidates with refreshments as Lorain visitors attend.
In Moor Park England Archie Compston, British pro, beat Walter Hagen 18 up 17 to play to win a 3750 dollar match. Hagen endured his worst career loss in the two day event billed as the world match play championship. An exhibition followed for paying spectators.
Roosevelt School girls opened their baseball season with a 36 to 7 victory over Gates School. Close through the game, Roosevelt pulled away late behind solid hitting and defense. Roosevelt lineup: E Papc, V Salata, L Neist, M Nagy, E Fidel, E Naey, M DGOMalik, E Moseny, Pandy, with Lb duties mixed among fielders. Gates lineup included I Polgar, H Lenpel, E King, E Mike, H Lopes, V Salata, E Figula, A Janazig, and more. umpire W George.
The Red Cross continually administers relief to disasters across the United States and abroad. Since the start of the year it has aided eight domestic and one international incidents, part of a pattern of extensive disaster relief highlighted by major events like the Mississippi Valley floods.
County farm extension agent C. L. Rowland urged farmers to apply lime and sulphur to apple trees if not already done to control apple scab. He recommends one gallon of liquid lime and sulphur per 40 gallons of water. The weather bureau reports no storm is imminent and spores will be ready when a storm arrives.
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Police detained a drunken out of town man identified as James Woods at the New York Central express office. After smashing a bottle on the pavement he was driven to police headquarters by Police Chief E J Stankard and Mayor Hewitt, then struggled while being searched and dragged to jail.
A bobbed-haired woman judge in Moscow sentenced a wagon-driver to twelve months hard labor for cruelty to a horse. The ruling reflects strict enforcement of animal welfare laws and highlights the judge's distinctive appearance amid the court proceedings.
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