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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1932
Page
6
In a 1932 McNaught Syndicate column the writer skewers shady nightlife and culture that thrives in seedy clubs. The piece references dodgy promoters, fake protection, and street phenomena from dance halls to mice shows. It blends satirical anecdotes with literary names and media lore.
Valley City residents hosted a large weekend of friends and relatives from Medina Cleveland Elyria Parma and Warren Ohio with dozens of drop ins and visits. Families including Weidner Mack Spieth and Hasel joined gatherings at homes across Valley City Lakewood Park and Ridgeville reflecting a busy social season.
Frankfort Ky. 2 Berry Turner, age 80, a tall Crockett County mountaineer and recent visitor, asserts the state’s outstanding family record. His claim lists twenty children, sixty seven grandchildren, and fifty seven great grandchildren as the basis for the record.
Pittsfield Aug 17 Waite reunion drew 67 at Wagner's Grove near Wellington with a noon picnic and afternoon sports. Officers elected for next year were Joe Wait president Vern Norton treasurer and Ruth Wait Darling secretary. John Davis of California travelled farthest to attend. Bursley reunion also drew a large crowd at Center Park with relatives from Cleveland Wellington Huntington Elyria Brighton and Kipton. Various local families and guests were noted at numerous gatherings and visits across the area.
Dr Garry C Myers and colleagues report reconstructive recall experiments with four young women, tracing how memory of verses and prose fades and resurges. They note average recall gains around sixty percent with practice, and one participant fully recovered Woodman Spare That Tree. The piece invites reader questions to the editor and lists pamphlets for 10 cents each.
Mrs. Madeline Smith of Richmond reports a hen laid an egg more than twice the size of a normal egg. The giant egg is attributed to a small speckled hen in her yard, marking an unusual poultry record for the area.
The Congressional Library receives over sixty volumes by living bibliophile A Edward Newton of Philadelphia. The gift, led by Atlantic City collector B George Ulisso, honors Newton for writing engaging essays on books that converted readers into discerning collectors. Books held in a special steel room will later move to a climate controlled wing. The library also features a complete list of dime novels from American childhood.
Chicago report notes hardship drives people to pawnbrokers as they sell dental gold and bridgework to eat. Values shown: pennyweight about 58 cents. a tooth roughly 2 pennyweights. bridgework three to four pennyweights. Even with many pieces, earnings prove limited. platinum and filled gold worth less. many items yield little pure gold.
A policy requires resale of purchases to the government or wholesale houses. A ten day wait is imposed to verify no theft, with reports to detective headquarters for every purchase, a rule seen as harsh when a man must sell his teeth to eat.
Avon Lake residents and visitors are listed at length with assorted weekend and weekday travels. Names include Carl Weber, Peter Weber, Pat Paterson, Doris Jean Hamm, Dolores Schneider, Thelma Burkhardt, Rogamary Kihm, Tina Brown, Roberta Bachtel, June Snyder, Louise Warner, Jack Anderson, Viole Schilling, LeRoy Neath, Ruth Mitchell, Nina Dunning, and others. Activities range from dinners, visits in Cleveland and Vermilion to moving to a cottage at Stop 64 and attending a funeral in Avon.
London. King George and Queen visited the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables at Putney. They saw two lovebirds in a cage belonging to a patient and stated they own love birds themselves. The royal party met the hospital’s oldest patient, Mrs Elvey, aged 93, who asked for another handshake.
A new parasite, likely to halt tip moth damage to yellow pine, was found at the Nebraska National Forest in Halsey. The USDA and Nebraska College of Agriculture extension service released parasites three years ago to attack larvae, aiming to halt growth of damaged tips. Parasites are being moved from the forest to other Nebraska timber areas for experiments.
St Paul inventor J Archie Borland forecasts a new hermetically sealed super train with speed up to 180 mph on current track, delivering an 11 hour run from St Paul to New York for exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair. Project costs around 1 million dollars, with four years of research and immediate pattern construction. He claims lower fuel use and a lighter Pullman car at 44 tons versus 110 tons.
Firemen in Somerville faced an unusual call when they were asked to pull a goat from a tree about 50 feet high. Maas reported the feat as a local oddity highlighting their rescues beyond cars and poles.
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