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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1932
Page
7
The piece notes medical advances reduce early age diseases but degenerative illnesses like heart disease kidney ailments and cancer increasingly affect middle to late life. It questions whether old age is a health state or a time-based phase and debates whether extended life results from saving more lives or an inherent aging cycle.
A magazine style flourish argues that 34 million women over 21 produced new brooms last year with 3 million spares, illustrating American housewives’ ongoing vigor in cleanliness amid emancipation and modern life. The piece asserts the broom keeps home respectability and domestic influence secure despite social changes.
A editorial urges harsher penalties and faster police work to deter hit-and-run drivers who abandon injured victims. It argues panic and cowardice drive escapes, and that public vigilance will deter wrongdoers by increasing consequences and reducing the perceived advantage of fleeing.
Along the Copper River Railway in Alaska two Cordova prospectors after surveying a glacial lake washout claim the discovery of the biggest ledge of gold in the world. They describe 300,000,000 tons of ore at $3 a ton, a figure hard to fully credit but stirring. The note ends with a call to curb war as a retired officer urges urgent disarmament.
July era clipping lists anniversaries from 1779 to 1863 with notable figures like Benjamin Silliman and Charles A. Dana, plus today in history items from 1829 steam locomotive to 1928 Florida storm. It also notes today's birthdays including Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn and Sara Teasdale and ends with a horoscope about a gifted child and potential fame.
Members of the Girls 4-H Club The Sewing Lallies attended a demonstration meeting and grading of their work at Lake Avenue Schoolhouse Tuesday forenoon. Guests included Mr and Mrs T M Baldwin and son Claude and the father Thomas Stimebring and Mrs C McCarty. They also called on Mr and Mrs John Cook and son. Kathryn McMillan of Lorain visited Friday night with Mrs Frankie Beese. McMillan and Beese joined Mrs F H Lewis for dinner and quilting. Grant Glason and Mrs Theodore Langton traveled to Detroit to visit relatives. Kathryn McIntire Ares Cobb and Florence McCarty attended a Y M C A demonstration and style review in Elyria. LADEES AID PICNIC The annual MOE Church Ladies Aid picnic was held on the lawn at Mr and Mrs Frank Eschtrath’s home. Illness reduced attendance. Reverend and Mrs Ashburn and son Alwin of Avon attended along with Kathryn McMullan of Lorain and Mrs F H Lewis with three children.
Aug 8 Amherst reports Royal Neighbors gathering at Mrs. Andrew Gamok home with eight social hours and several hostesses. September meeting set for Mrs. A. F. Nally. Local church notes include St John Evangelical Methodists and Congregational services. Residents visiters listed, Willing Workers dinner, Bunco results, and gifts to newlyweds Olson.
Lack of funds ends term and cancels juror calls at the federal court in Deadwood S.D. The two week backlog remains, remaining cases will be carried over. In Custer, Sheriff Petty reports the county jail is vacant for the first time in months due to good citizen behavior.
Miss Beatrice Wensink hosted the final meeting of the Sr. Sewing 4-H Clubs Jolly Hustlers on Thursday afternoon at West Ridge. Members praised for top points were Janet Baus Marguerite Streicher and Mildred Pallas who will join the Style Revue at the Y M C A in Elyria.
Pennsylvania reports a state asylum per capita weekly cost of 6.08 dollars. A welfare department survey compares costs in nearby states with Massachusetts at 692 dollars, New York at 7.81 dollars, and New Jersey at 9.51 dollars.
South Amherst church members and relatives attended the Union Sunday School picnic at Ruggles Beach on Wednesday. A series of social visits followed including Evergreen Club hosting on August 20 and Carlile Grange meetings. Relatives from Erie, Cleveland, and Elyria were noted visiting or staying with local families, with several small gatherings reported across the week.
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