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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1925
Page
7
In Defiance Ohio a sunflower rises thirty two feet above the sidewalk at First and Perry Streets, taller than Canton’s previous champion. The bloom sprouts from a maple tree crotch after a storm split a limb, likely carried by a bird seed from last summer.
An old advert claims strong red blood cells build nerve endurance and vitality. It promotes S.S.S. as a vegetable blood purifier and builder, arguing it strengthens nerves, clears impurities, and may improve energy and appearance. Available in larger, economy sizes at druggists.
In a Chicago parlor Amoura Ainsworth rejects Philip Weinrich’s plea to marry him and work together. She chooses independence, planning to operate a factory machine while adjusting to a life far from her aristocratic upbringing. Paula visits to offer help and hints at social outings as Amoura inventories her new surroundings.
State Insurance Superintendent Harry L. Conn attends as officers are elected and candidates initiated. notable members from New York, Chicago, Detroit and Ohio announce attendance.
Copy mentions a cheap P D Q product claiming to kill bed bugs roaches fleas and moths with liquid heat. It notes a box makes a quart roach eggs and future generations, with patent spout and sealed bottle options.
A miniature cyclone swept Manitoba with torrential rain flooding fields. Winnipeg escaped with only a few showers while Emerson District reported downed telephone poles and disrupted power. Darlineford area near seventy miles southwest of Winnipeg endured heavy hail and wind damage with substantial crop losses and damaged buildings.
Dayton reports a deadly and costly weekend with one confirmed fatality, another dying, and thirteen injured in various crashes around the city. A water party incident left three unconscious victims at the hospital, including F C Ritts and his young son Jack.
Multiple brief items describe a fatal car crash near Coleworth Ohio killing 12 year old John Parick as he rode with parents. another note mentions four masted schooner Victoria breaking apart near Ocracoke Island with crew members missing and first crew victim. other garbled lines touch on crop and crime updates without clear details.
In Worcester on August 25 John Troy known as a bandit chieftain entered a restaurant. He lit a cigarette in the face of a recognizer, calmly drank water, then left with a gang member in a sedan and sped away.
Dr. Frank A. Stubblefield, superintendent of the State asylum for the criminal insane, emphatically denied that he had ruled Russell Scott sane or moved to return him to Cook County for execution. The statement clears questions about Scott's mental state and scheduled transfer.
A village church posts a notice to keep the door shut to prevent swallows from building inside. Medical scientists say that the caution reflects concerns about nesting birds and potential health or hygiene implications.
Fire damaged the warehouses of the Ohio Wool Growers Co operative Association in Columbus on Monday. Loss is estimated at 75000 dollars, most damage caused by water. The blaze started from burning rubbish.
Fragmentary notes describe travel endurance and climate comparisons. The text references a long wait and fatigue and suggests climate similarity between South areas and California.
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