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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1929
Page
3
Bulletin from Mouroran Japan reports the motor fishing boat Yushin ru swamped on the run over Hokkaido after weathering a zeppelin alert. Eleven men drowned, with five wreckage pieces found today. Fresno County notes follow about local jail occupancy amid a fluctuating population estimate of about 280000 in Fresno and surrounding areas.
Edwell Nash promised in Lindsay Cal to attend church each Sunday for two years. The pledge followed a courtroom action after Nash and friends were found boisterous from consuming beer in Lindsay.
Mrs Ball of 2973 Spring Grove Avenue Cincinnati suffered years of stomach kidney troubles and neuritis. After taking Konjola she rapidly gained weight and relief from her ailments, claiming it restored her old health. The advertisement notes Konjola is sold locally and by major druggists in the region.
Eastern time listing of programs across WTAM WEAR WH WJAY NBC WEAF WGY WWJ WTAW and others. Includes ball scores weather orchestras dances and hour long variety segments with names like Hotel Statler Orchestra Singers and Neapolitan Nights.
Madame Rubinstein outlines three guiding skin care principles and stresses that aging slows circulation, so regular brisk exercise and a targeted topical regimen can restore health and beauty. She details upward outward patting, use of a stimulant, a muscle tightener at night, and applying cream after a 15 20 minute wait, with remaining product under the eyes overnight.
A dense, decimal separated list outlines radio and hotel orchestrations across multiple stations. It lists times and program titles including Longines time announcements Isa bella Addis contralto and various band and orchestra performances, weather and aviation forecasts, and local hotel ensembles. Stations referenced include KDKA WIR WLW WADC WHK WHR WADC WHK, plus Akron WFJC and Cincinnati WLW.
Memphis boy Rob ert Stuss, aged 14, claims diving 43 feet into the Tennessee river at Gontersville Alabama to save 15 year old Harry Smith after a baseball game showed more nerve than striking out with bases loaded and no outs. Stuss was injured by a log on the dive and 20 minutes passed before Smith reached shore.
The third annual Lapp reunion gathered about 55 people Sunday at Charles Hasenpflug’s Oberlin home. Officers elected: President John Henry Lapp Lorain. Vice President Frank Heisner Amherst. Secretary Winifred Decker Elyria. Treasurer Robert Hasenpflug Amherst. A picnic dinner and games followed with prizes. Next reunion at Mrs. Frank Lapp’s Leavitt Road.
Community notices list multiple families spending time at Linwood Park and Vermilion River picnics. Visitors include Mori, Hysell, Reese, Broadwell, and Lesnick families from Elyria and Lorain. A 15 day vacation for mail carrier Herman Beesing, Methodist picnic at Crystal Beach, and Lakewood trip to hear Billy Sunday are noted. C O Masters bought Russia Township School District No 5 and plans a new sunroom dwelling. Ladies Aid of So Amherst Methodist Church to meet at church parlors.
Sunday reunion at Crystal Beach drew 70 guests from Elyria Lorain Vermilion Amherst and Brownhelm for a chicken dinner at noon. Afternoon contests honored Bal loon Contest Jacob Rosencranz Potato pooling Clarence Goodwin Elrmia drawing contest Mrs M Wohlever balloon race Betty Ehlert and others. Mr and Mrs Wm Hamann newly married Thursday at Elkhardt Ind were guests with Amherst relatives and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hammon hosted a noon dinner in their honor.
Henry Bell Simpson, 78, of Clarendon Virginia, was awarded his Massachusetts Agricultural College varsity letter for the 1871 Brown Harvard Massachusetts race on the Connecticut River. He and George Leonard of Springfield are the only surviving crew members. Simpson preserves a boathouse along the Potomac River and rows with ease, noting old days had lighter crews and six man shells. The faculty granted him the letter recently, aligning with traditions for varsity athletes.
Oil City reports a water flood method boosting Pennsylvanian grade crude output across the historic field covering northwestern Pennsylvania, southwestern New York, and parts of West Virginia and Ohio. Production, long dwindling, surges as wells yield five to ten or more barrels daily, with experts estimating only 20 to 25 percent of oil pumped so far and potential to recover another 25 to 30 percent of the field’s oil.
Analysts estimate a field of over a million acres could sustain heavy oil output for decades. They claim half to all cars could be fueled for 50 years with half the oil remaining unrecovered. Peak daily production once reached 4.5 million gallons, with a new peak possible in 2-3 years and another 15 years hence.
German authorities install warning signs at Rhine River drowning sites to reduce fatalities. The effort targets frequent danger points by marking exact locations where drownings have occurred, guiding river users and prompting greater caution.
London reports Dr. Howard Somervell predicts millennia hence humans may have short frail legs and four-toed tiny feet as automobiles and air travel reduce leg use. F C Jones of the Surrey Walking Club counters, noting more Britons walk today than ever and walking as sport grows.
Radcliffe married alumnae survey of 1561 graduates shows 78 percent of husbands are college men. The data reflects a tendency for women to marry academically accomplished peers in the Cambridge area.
Walter Morris graduates from the Normal Training School in Westfield Mass marking the 11th family member to earn a diploma from the institution. Ten of his brothers and sisters had previously graduated, highlighting a strong family tradition of schooling.
London reports Flying Officer R. L. R. Atcherley as a Schneider Trophy training pilot who looped the loop at 200 miles an hour in a racing seaplane. He faced the challenge of high speed handling in level flight as such stunts were not thought possible and warns of dangers at 300 miles an hour where centrifugal force can cause fainting from blood flow to the head.
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