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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1926
Page
7
In New York on a quiet noon in Wall Street money governs the scene. Brokers and clerks pause from hustle to stroll Nassau Street and New Street as hawkers ply nickels and dimes. The day’s leisure reveals sociability amid wealth, yet serious money lords keep the real game in view.
W K Hooper is jailed in St Clairsville Ohio after a forged check bearing a deputy sheriff s name came back unpaid at Mount Pleasant s People's National Bank. The cashier E B Jones investigated and Hooper was arrested.
Reports from Chillicothe describe a "vanishing burglar" terrorizing the Wharton home with threats of death as an intruder crawled through a furnace shaft to reach the second floor. Mrs. Wharton was later knocked down. police say the burglar escaped via a window to a porch roof. residents remain frightened.
Aug 27. Curtis Finney of near here identified feathered fowls stolen from his yard as those sold in Circleville. Ernest Fisher and Herbert McElvain, both jailed here, are linked to the theft.
After nearly two years of operation the Waddell Farm oil well near South Charleston is abandoned due to excessive water intrusion and pumping failure. The 4450 foot well could not be kept pumped, ending a project that yielded higher grade oil than Pennsylvania crude. The report notes local resident visits and several community members visiting relatives in nearby towns. Further details list area residents and their travels, with mentions of Cleveland Oberlin and other towns.
In a August 27 report from Birmingham County line a family group including Mr and Mrs Sheels and three children Ralpha and George of Sheffield Iowa Arthur Wilson of Grundy Iowa and Miss Aldrich of Coldwater Iowa traveled from Siri Inyoountit Tuesday and returned likely after a brief trip as noted in local dispatch.
Sunday saw Edwin Howe enjoy an airplane ride over Birmingham. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bachs joined Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bauman and mother Mrs Anna Bauman with others at Grenstier union in Cascade Park. Several Oberlin friends and families, plus locals from Lorain and Collins, were noted at various visits and outings.
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