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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1931
Page
4
In Dayton the grief stricken mother sobbed as the bodies arrived at Union Station. No Herrtaon family member was present. Neither casket will be opened before burial.
A 1920s style column notes varied responses to economic downturn. Bathing suit makers thrived as people vacationed locally, tourists stayed home boosting gear sales, fishing and hunting equipment surges reflect idle time. Gold mining improves with rising gold value and cheaper labor, while soap demand grows unexpectedly.
Readers note a record of catastrophes over the past year with winds floods mine disasters and fires increasing hazards to life and property. The article argues that more people and activity explain higher risk while society remains calm and hopeful amid frequent calamities.
A New York magistrate cites two causes for rising crime. First, laws from remote times protect the guilty by hindering prosecutions. Second, juries often fail to convict even with strong evidence. He warns public reform must balance protecting the innocent with enforcing justice.
Readers skim a jumble of anniversary notes, birthdays, and historical highlights. The page catalogs Napoleon Bonaparte, Theda Bara, Theodos De Qué mous, and others, interspersed with quotes, horoscopes, history events like the Panama Canal opening, and light jokes about fathers paying curfew fines.
A fragment reports Mrs Wesley Plum fell in a trap while tunneling for a doctor and injured her arm. The line notes an aviator’s wife would feel such temporary discomfort. Copyright 1931 John I. Dille Co.
Orin C Knoble outlines his 33 acre fruit farm near Henrietta Hall detailing 24 varieties across peaches pears plums cherries and apples. He describes a rectangular planting grid with 40 by 40 feet for apples and peaches, pruning to avoid suckers, fertilizing with lime-sulphur sprays, six apple sprays per season, and a labor force peaking at 40 during cherry picking. He notes rabbits cause little damage while field mice girdle young trees. cinders deter nests. He mentions borrowing bees each spring and employing one year-round worker.
Roy Johnson brings slams after the honey flow and hosts the bees to fertilize fruit. The Knobles sell apples wholesale to Cleveland area retailers from their farm near Amherst while growing rare flowers and roses. They have no farm name or stationery but raise what they sell and keep busy with a Pleasant way of life.
Police guarded the casket of Anna May Harrison after intruders entered a funeral chapel in Cleveland and fled when heard by a bystander. A double funeral was planned for Harrison and Vivian Geld, both Cleveland victims of the Michigan auto-prra killing, with Bertha Geld and Rudolph Geld present in support.
Havana Aug 16 reports say Cuba's week of revolt nears end with loyal troops victorious and most rebel ring leaders captured. Gen Maria Menocal, former president and revolt head, en route to prison awaiting action. Government issues orders for dead or alive captures as reinforcements flood Pinar Del Rio and Santa Clara.
In a dramatic government operation near Port Del Rio, General Menocal and troops captured Col. Carion Mendieta and representative Miguel Angel Aglar among others. The capture is hailed as a severe blow to the revolution, with army headquarters boosting campaign speed.
Salem Ore. S Douglas curates a modern collection adding several hundred air mail letters. First dispatches to airports across the United States arrive with most letters signed by state governors.
From the cyclone wreckage several weeks ago Sedan New Mexico, 37 miles west of Dalhart, is rebuilding. A new merchandise store opened this week and construction continues on an $18,000 school plant. Several residences were demolished.
The Days News notes campers enjoy radios for entertainment and dancing to records as a popular pastime. Bargains shine on combination instruments with a Victor cabinet at 98 dollars, another big cabinet Victor at 275 dollars, and an Atwater Kent console at 164 dollars.
The store notes earlier darkness prompting checks on empty light sockets and invites customers to browse a new batch of items. It promotes lawn seed suitable for rainy conditions, new shade tolerant mixtures, white clover, and other grasses. Aquariums and fish globes priced from 10 cents, plus ready made wagons with rubber tires and varnished boxes.
A new radio set uses a dynamic speaker and Eyereads A air cell battery rated around 1690 hours. It enables good reception in rural areas or cottages without electricity, offered at a price similar to a comparable electric set.
A new tube tester provides an exact picture of interior tube condition, detects shorts, and estimates remaining service hours for operating tubes. No charge to test. bring in your old tubes for evaluation.
A newly available cracker finish ukulele arrives with notable attractiveness and strong value at a price of two dollars. The instrument is praised for its craftsmanship and affordable cost, appealing to budget buyers seeking quality.
In damp weather a cockie jar keeps contents crisp and makes a handy gift. Assorted shapes and decorations offered at 98 cents each.
Local firm touts low prices on electrical fixtures and three completed jobs this week. It offers installation of base plugs and lighting in closets and tile projects requiring a skilled electrician.
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