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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1926
Page
7
Cincinnati August 7 voters planning to be out of Hamilton County cast early ballots in record numbers as officials forecast the primary election vote will surpass all previous polls.
Swind and rain with vivid lightning hit the region as southern Ohio and Kentucky cleared away the aftermath. Lee Eubanks, 27, was killed in Newport Ky when a live wire fell on him. a child he carried was unharmed.
Henry Rowland died early today in a grim accident when his clothes caught fire from a blow torch explosion. He jumped into an alkali tank thinking it was water and was scalded. the nearby lye tank contrasts the dangerous scene.
Coroner Murphy ends probe into the death of 10 year old Joseph Melf found in a railroad yard. He ruled the cause as a fall from a moving train and closed the investigation.
Harry Gruber seeks 1595 damages from Raymond Drayer in Columbus Ohio after a police dog leaped at him and struck his leg causing nervous shock. The suit was filed here on Friday and names Drayer as defendant.
Charles L. Young aged 76 former police commissioner of Columbus and longtime resident of Springfield Mass died at his home there. He served as past grand master of Ohio Odd Fellows and was a prominent figure in fraternal circles. The obituary notes his long tenure in public service and his leadership within the Odd Fellows.
Columbus Ohio August 7 1923 William Pryor and his divorced wife were hospitalized with severe burns from lye after an apparent quarrel. Police say the wife threw the lye at her husband before injuring herself.
Robert McLaughlin presents Seventh Heaven in the final week with Anne Fortress and Douglas MacPherson in the leads Diane and Chico. The production, once a New York success at John Golden, has sold out near every performance at reduced summer prices, reflecting strong local appreciation.
The Rivoli offers a two day run of Brown of Harvard, a fantasy built around Yale and Harvard campus life. William Haines leads as Tom Brown with solid support from Jack Pickford Francis X. Bushman Jr. and Mary Brian as the film blends romance, football victory, and a prelude to the Yale boat race.
A fanfare note shows Mannequin, Fannie Hurst’s Liberty prize story, ends its Capitol Theatre run today. Directed by James Cruze, the film follows a girl raised by a servant, who becomes a department store mannequin and faces a courtroom murder accusation. Starring Alice Joyce, Nalores Costello, and Warner Baxter.
The Isaac Walton League planted 45000 forest tree seedlings on Ohio farms and municipal parks this year. Edmund Secrest state forester outlined a plan. each chapter should work with farmers to plant at least one acre annually. The state provides trees, league members plant, farmers protect seedlings. This aids game conservation and reclamation of waste land.
The piece notes the national organization of professional and business men who are sportsmen and outdoors enthusiasts. It states that 26 of 126 Ohio chapters planted forest trees this year, including Tas New Philadelphia four acres at Shotpbrunn Park, the Springfield chapter fourteen acres in a new municipal forest, and mentions the wife of Ohio's first white settler in connection with a local effort. A separate item describes 16 and 14 year olds defying their father Edward M. Kehnast to show farming tricks in Noble township on August 7.
Buick announces a 1927 engine aimed at vibration and noise reduction featuring counter balanced crankshaft torsion balancer lighter piston weight and rubber mounted engine suspension. Improvements include a new muffler redesigned cams and springs and enclosed balancer for protection. The Cairo Karaschi air bus service will soon enable a week end trip from Egypt or Palestine to India.
The youths raised 1118 bushels of wheat on 36 acres of their father J and did all the labor themselves with only seven acres plowed and a bit of shocking remaining.
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