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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1929
Page
2
Provincetown historian Mrs. Nancy W. Paine Smith believes Leif Ericson lies beneath her home in Provincetown after studying a tale that he and his crew were attacked in Boston Harbor in 1004 and he died from a poisoned arrow, with his dying wish to be buried where his boat was repaired near Provincetown.
An unnamed drunken inmate jailed in Amarillo woke to find his 17 jewel watch missing. He asked Chief W. R. McDowell for protection. Detectives later found the watch on another prisoner in the jail, making the incident a locker room style twist of crime news.
Camden J. J. T defends retreats and fasting as wise discipline amid bustling daily life. The piece contrasts holy quiet and deliberate contemplation with modern hurry, noting the danger of superficial knowledge and urging a renewed link between faith and reason. It cites Thoreau, Einstein, and the Church Universal as enduring sources of moral strength and wisdom.
The 16th annual Cole descendants reunion met at Columbia Center town hall on Aug 24 with 47 members present. A 101 year link to Jonathan and Bethany Cole’s origin in Columbia Connecticut to Columbia Ohio was noted, followed by a program, a letter from Charles Cole, and family games. Officers named for next year: President Lydia Kelner, Vice President T D Goodwin, Secretary Treasurer Mae Frick.
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