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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1932
Page
7
John W. Cullen Company shows as advertising agent with offices in Chicago New York and Detroit. General Motors Bldg is listed among agencies, indicating a regional sales or representation network.
E A Seabold commends Voice of the People letters by Jane Bradshaw Paul Earnest and Howard Conger published July 28 and August 19. He supports public debate on civic and economic issues and urges real names for contributors, expressing gratitude for the thoughtful contributions.
Ezra Phipps advertises a wide stock of goods and services including farm equipment harnesses groceries and household items. He offers livestock trading coffin supplies tools and a general merchandise catalog with low prices and delivery. The notice closes with a boast of character and prospects and a copyright notice.
Lorain hosts two significant gatherings this week. The Ninetieth session of the Ohio Conference of Evangelical Churches will draw about 250 pastors, while the Lorain District Baptist Association annual meeting will bring together members from 16 churches across Lorain and Medina Counties.
Credit men praise American honesty based on statistics from cities nationwide. They report only one bad charge account per 6,800 and 98 percent of people are honest, enabling about 70 percent of large city retail to be done on credit with safety. Credit associations defend the honest majority by limiting the dishonest minority.
The statement lists gains in savings deposits, stock ownership, gold reserves, currency in circulation, insurance, national wealth, employment, car ownership, home ownership, foreign travel, theater attendance, and electrified farms. It argues America is ready to resume an epochal forward march with robust, diversified wealth and activity indicators.
A campus anecdote contrasts a student’s rage at himself for not studying with a professor’s inquiry. The piece critiques modern efficiency worship and five year plans, noting many neglect simple duties and healthy routines, while a few, like Mr Smith, claim rigid schedules. The joke ends with a quip about rising early until tomorrow morning.
A clippings page lists historical anniversaries and today’s birthdays including Baron de Cuvier Oliver Hazard Perry Francis Wayland David Swing William Henley and others. It also marks today in history events such as the State of Franklin formation General Kearney’s New Mexico possession Valentino Sacco and Vanzetti. It then lists birthdays of Ogden Mills Edgar Lee Masters Sophie Kerr Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy and others followed by a horoscope cue about success peak.
A collage of quirky quotes and jokes from a North Carolina road sign spoof to light readings. Items include a shy salesman pitch by J. A. Taylor, wry reflections on detour signs, comments on law and boots, regional humor about health and travel, and a nostalgic verse thanking readers amid cloudy skies.
The verses speak of enduring continual tribulation and choosing to live in the present. The speaker contrasts past sorrows with today, noting life involves giving and taking as times demand. A cloud of sorrow yesterday suggests possible rain tomorrow, yet the mood remains focused on current living.
In 1912 Elyria Telegram notes Oberlin College faced a move to tax $1,000,000 in stocks and bonds with petitioners asking Auditor Haser to decide if securities should appear on the tax duplicate. Pittsfield Gas Co. told Elyria council it can supply gas, setting up a potential two-company settling of rates next year. 15 years ago in 1917 South Amherst village incorporation nears approval with 450 acres and 900 population and a saloon permit expected soon as draft board certifies 124 men as physically fit for service.
A note states that cleaning duty remains unfinished until upholstered furniture has been thoroughly vacuumed. The reminder emphasizes completing dusting and furniture cleaning with a vacuuming pass.
W A Milne resigns as Elyria Chamber secretary after 15 months and C H Bleidin of Alliance Chamber named successor. Ground broken for a $12000 Hungarian Reformed Church in Western Heights with cornerstone planned around Labor Day. Draft board reports names of a hundred plus men who failed to report for physicals with several unreachable or deceased. Amherst plant of Hoynsite Powder Co. destroyed by explosion causing $100000 loss and widespread collateral damage. Service Director reports coal stock to last six weeks amid high prices. Elyria fire and police per capita costs tabulated by State Auditor withwide local comparisons. Lorain area sees over 560 minis-
Paris reported 11 052 fire alarms in 1931 with 4 928 chimney calls and 3 004 actual fires. False alarms reached 1 895, and 1 057 people were rescued while the French Colonial Exhibition ran, and only 57 fires occurred within the grounds.
In Greybull Wyoming the Crow Indians propose a buffalo preserve east of the Big Horn River within their reservation. They offer to surrender part of their land if allowed to kill surplus bison for food, with slaughter limited to excess beyond the range's capacity to support.
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