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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1923
Page
7
A fragment from a Lorain area survey reports about 3700 homes in the Ohio utility grid using electricity at a price near 90 dollars. The text is incomplete but indicates widespread power use and cost concerns in an industrial region.
The Obie Committee notes only 57.2 percent of homes, 56.8 percent of stores and totals, and 46.4 percent of factories in the state are electrified. It warns the electric light and power industry must attract vast new capital to serve over half a million potential electricity users. High tension transmission lines connect central generators to extend power into rural areas.
Columbus, Aug 16. State welfare director Tarper urged all seven county homes and 53 children’s homes in Ohio to cooperate with the welfare department by purchasing prison made goods for use in their institutions. He asked county auditors to enforce the law requiring state made goods. He noted county infirmaries spend about 40 percent of their needs on clothing and dry goods, while children’s homes buy only about 16 percent of other requirements.
Henrietta Aug 16 Mr and Mrs Don Watson celebrate a new Ford roadster. A birthday party was held Sunday for Mrs Albert Swiears.
News notes from Elyria radio club describe neutrodyning to neutralize grid capacitance for clearer reception. The article lists home built wave traps and loop antennas, plus social items from Elyria area including visits, gatherings, and church missions over recent days.
Washington reports a final step in international negotiations toward recognizing the Obregon government as a treaty of amity and commerce with Mexico is concluded. A separate dispatch notes Mrs. Calvin Coolidge avoids morning bed routines and personal attire details. London officials say reparation talks appear easier, citing semi official tips from Berlin and Paris.
Harry Donavan a minor of Sullivan was brought before Judge Wilcox and fined ten dollars plus costs for speeding through Wellington at not less than forty miles per hour. His father appeared and settled.
Miss Millicent Girling, an Irish art student turned technical instructor in the Department of Agriculture, inspired the first series of postage stamps for the new Irish Free State. Her design features shamrock background and a shield bearing the provincial arms with Ireland in Gaelic above and the value below.
Director Vernon Riegel urges school authorities to prove adequate returns on education spending before seeking more funds through higher taxes. He warns against rush to raise funds without scientific study and emphasizes evaluating results, better pupil classification, flexible promotions, and efficient use of space in recently built Ohio schools. He advocates county and state units for educational equalization funding.
In Bellaire Mrs. Mary Zenta aged 69 mother of 14 children died leaving eleven living children thirty six grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren as surviving relatives. In Glouster a first time accident of its kind in the state occurred at a grade crossing where an automobile and a motor railroad bicycle collided and both were wrecked with the drivers seriously injured. In Cincinnati two freight cars labeled Direct from Hamburg Germany to Cincinnati attracted attention as they contained furniture belonging to Dr J Mali nek the Frenchman who studied in Hamburg. In Kenton Mrs Susanne Kené Hardin county pioneer attended a camp meeting accompanied by the matron of Hardin county home where she had been an inmate for three years. In Defiance Ronald Craig Weller a month old baby accidentally wedged himself between bed and wall while mother washed and the child died before discovery.
Medina Aug 16 Following the fatal injuries to Frank Heffmen a Cleveland policeman at Brunswick circle someone erected a black board on the curve with the inscription Go like hell There is plenty of room in the cemetery Three women will serve on the grand jury and five women on the petit jury when they convene September 10 and October 1 A P Sandies of Ottawa ex State secretary of agriculture will aid the local Kinst's Club to y Feed D Foster rural mail carrier received a temporary appointment as
New York Aug 16 Detectives investigated George Stewart brother of Anita Stewart after an early dawn attack near an Albany Post Road roadhouse. Motion picture director Ralph Ince and others allegedly chained a car theft and beat Stewart while three unidentified women watched. Stewart was left unconscious. Ince reportedly prepared his Lambe Club apartment for the victim’s stay.
A misspelled OCR fragment reports a skull injury and a fracture at a bed scene. Detectives indicate authorities are pursuing an investigation into the incident.
Columbus officials announced that Governor Donahey and State Highway Director Boulay will inspect several gravel roads in Champaign County built in the last two years. Champaign County has rejected hard surfaced high priced roads, with the governor favoring cheaper madro construction where suitable for local needs.
On Saturday night the local order of the F O E will serve ice cream and cake at the town hall park with the auxiliary of the American Legion waiting on tables. Proceeds fund a monument in the park for World War soldiers who passed away from the Eagles. The Band will play selections and a large turnout is desired. Eberbach Germany Aug 16 Baden government asked Bertin to protest to Washington over the attempted kidnapping of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, an American raft dodger.
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