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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
5
A fragmented reader text shows social notices and theater references. Names such as Dwight Wilson. Mrs Wellington. Alexandria. Ober. Canton. Willard. and J Barber appear amid scattered dates and events. The passage reads as a list of visits, parties, and writing projects with limited coherent context.
Mrs Smith Wilkinson describes herself as the most embarrassed woman and the most richly dressed in the world. Cabled stories praise her immense wealth and lavish wardrobe, with letters from rulers worldwide. A photograph features the talked-about woman linked to a fortune from well conducted summer boarding establishments and expensive furs.
Walking home Mr Smiths father was a comrade of Mr Watkins in the Civil War. Mrs S Cowie of Elita spent Wednesday with her daughter Mrs Vernona Pitts. Miss Katharine Ward was home over Sunday from Bowling Green Normal School. Elma Echier of Bowling Green accompanied her. Mr and Mrs Philp Norton of Cleveland were visiting their parents. George Hecock suffered broken ribs and other injuries in a high school event. Fred Temm and family attended the Searles reunion. Pitts appeared in Philathea class program with Mrs Bresley reading and Miss Pitts singing.
Mr and Mrs Tar Gontata hosted a social gathering with Lell Farland and child from Titaiia, and Chas Fusselman family at a fourteen cover event. Woodchuck hunts at Almherst farm yielded five woodchucks for C L Hewitt. Various neighbors visited, hosted dinners, and trips to New London Ashland and Lorain occurred. The community mourns the sudden death of Leo Rickle, three years old, after a brief illness. family and neighbors express sympathy.
The column lists residents visiting friends at Linwood Park and Crystal Beach. It notes many elderly locals by name and age, with ages ranging from 73 to 86, and mentions births including a son born to Charles Weeks’ family. Several visitors from Oberlin Wellington Elyria and New Jersey are recorded alongside ongoing family gatherings.
State brief notes Buckskin township seen as potential Eldorado after 30 years of rumors. A landowner and an old prospector form a geld triumvirate and plan digging operations while officials reshuffle state accounting posts in Columbus. Ohio wheat lands show only one third pass field tests, signaling tighter seed certification and limited certified seed wheat for fall planting.
The Wendell Pills Ambition Brand are advertised as a great nerve tonic to restore vigor and vitality. The maker authorizes C W Phillips to refund the purchase price if unsatisfied, with a 60 cent price at Phillips and dealers. The ad cites benefits for central debility nervous disorders mental low mood and the aftereffects of alcohol and tobacco.
About one hundred people attended the Brighton Farm Machine club picnic at Ruggles Beach on Saturday and all reported a fine time. Guests included Mrs. Frank Yeager and daughter Thelma of Kent and other local families. Brighton board of education hired teachers for the coming year with Principal Gordon DeWitt and others listed. County Agent Rogers led poultry culling demonstrations at several farms. Visitors included Charles Dawson and family of New London and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon DeWitt and daughter Virginia of North Lima. A Sunday-school picnic is planned for Bugsies Beach on August 6.
Elyria supporters urge George Rhoads for council president with a focus on public goods over personal gain. They praise his construction industry knowledge as a working contractor and prior deliberative experience, calling him decisive and practical.
The blacksmith shop will change ownership and the new owners plan to take possession this week, with the family moving into the Burge tenant house accompanying the transfer.
An advertisement touts Dr. Leonhardt’s Hemroid Formula as a cure for piles. It claims internal testing and a remedy that removes the cause, with druggists offering money back if not as stated.
Elizabeth Freedman, Mrs Jease and family, Cipher experts, reside on East street. Everett Papworth and wife depart for Lockport New York to visit Dr Charles Dixon. Mrs T E Royal of Urbanna Indiana arrives to spend summer with Fred Hall family. Prof and Mrs D R Moore visit Cleveland today.
Excavation started on the planned 1 000 000 stadium at Ohio State University in Columbus. Governor Davis dug the first spadeful at 8 30 pm yesterday in a ceremony attended by about 3 000 people including Dr. W O Thompson and university officials. The Fourth Regiment Band played.
In Richland county near Loudon convict trust ies fled with three others.Jon Smith and Charles Stanfield were noted as colored. A Butler county prisoner left Priece. Physician Kramer's home was involved. Summit county saw a man disappear from a stone quarry while Thomas Spencer from Allen county left after more than two years at the state school for the blind.
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