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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1925
Page
9
A noted preacher argues that human brotherhood and social justice are today’s decisive issues shaping right versus wrong beyond liquor debates. He warns religion must champion peace, oppose war, and pursue just labor and reward while urging humility to grasp industrialism’s realities.
The British House of Commons approves a naval building program totaling £290,000,600, with ministers insisting it replaces old ships. Lloyd George and Ramsay MacDonald argue the plan undercuts disarmament efforts and risks provoking other nations to match Britain.
The will of William Jennings Bryan challenges rumors of vast wealth. It shows Bryan’s income from books, articles, lectures, and real estate, but his net estate is, in fact, $860,000, far below claims of millionaire status by critics.
In New York City the garment trade workers and employers agreed to fund an insurance pool. Employers contribute two percent of wages and workers one percent. Over a million dollars has been raised. If a worker is idle nine weeks in six months, they receive ten dollars weekly. The plan offers a modest but meaningful safety net.
A collage of dates and verses lists anniversaries births and events across decades including 1833 Cincinnati orphan asylum 1884 Boise overland stage 1901 Francesco Crispi death and 1921 marriage in Monrovia. It references diplomats farmers and poets and notes Today’s birthdays and events such as Leonard Swett centennial and Dorothy Ellingson case.
Fifteen years ago the Liquid Force Co. of this city faced receiver appointment for troubles. A large Elyria Catholic group traveled to Carey Ohio. The Lorain County Volunteer Firemen's Association met in Wellington with a large Elyria delegation. Elyria Newsboys held a lawn fete at the courthouse, netting 75 to outfit a reading room. The Elyria Savings Banking Co opened a new bank building to a crowd about 3,000.
An Indian worker named Brown on a Kansas road breaks records by laying three carloads daily. The piece notes Carlisle education and a shift from traditional jobs to white collar work while Aberdeeen Washington high school students form the Associated Student Body to fund a new gymnasium.
In a folksy reminiscence, Rev. Culp and five children are noted as examples of the earth being round. A farmer observer, Jake Bentley, recalls his ledger review and jokes that without rescuing tourists from a ditch he might have lost money last year.
Little Alice Terry, ten, was killed by an automobile near her home on the river's east side. Gloria Gould daughter of George J and granddaughter of Jay Gould has become managing directress of a New York motion picture theater, the first woman in full charge of Broadway theater operations. She reportedly plans to run the theater as an all women enterprise from top to bottom including orchestra.
Readers are invited to view the numerous attractive houses currently under construction at Eastern Heights and consider potential purchases.
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