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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1928
Page
7
A 1928 analysis notes that only about half of eligible voters cast ballots in 1920 and 1924, with 29 million of 56.9 million legal voters voting in 1924. It links low turnout to indifference, cites decline since 1896, and urges efforts to boost participation for better governance.
The article recalls teachers as earnest, hardworking figures facing long hours, constant preparation, and ongoing discipline challenges. It emphasizes the need for personal magnetism to inspire dull or indifferent pupils and the strain of maintaining enthusiasm amid constant effort and high expectations.
Credit statistics show only about one bad charge account per 6800 in the United States with 98 percent of people reportedly honest. The text argues that trust enables 6 percent of larger city retail business to be conducted on credit and installment plans, while dishonest minority harms the honest majority by shouldering losses as part of overhead.
Indiana farm leaders debate whether agriculture can push a McNary-Haugen era agenda, amid split reactions to Al Smith. Voters weigh wet laws, party loyalty, and endorsements as Settle and Taylor note Smith’s Indiana appeal and the program’s farm relief backing.
A reader column warns that diet and health drinking salt water may be harmful. It notes possible effects from bowel tension, toxin absorption, headaches, and disquieting symptoms if the rectum is overfilled. The piece references experiments, editor’s notes, and asks readers to send questions with self addressed stamped envelopes for Dr Peters to address in future columns.
In a sharp wit piece ABE MARTIN derides party platforms as riddled with schemes. He recalls Stew Nugent staging a ruse involving Lon Moon and two cases of lemon extract to lure the King’s Daughters into a grand banquet.
INDIANAPOLIS Ind Aug 29 Here in the political storm center of the Midwest one gains a better view of farm influence on policy Farm leaders say national Republican leaders have avoided farmer demands for years even in presidential election years and have seen little progress beyond the Jardine bill which farmers have repeatedly rejected They insist organized farmers must press their case or fade from national politics
A farm bureau leader explains the group will not endorse candidates, aiming to keep members free to vote as they choose. A Indianapolis paper ran the headline claiming the State Farm Bureau endorsed someone, highlighting tension over misread policy and public perception amid party battles.
Rabbi Abba Hillel Sther, born 1883, studied at Hebrew Union College Cincinnati and led liberal congregations in Wheelersburg West Virginia and Cleveland. He served as a war era lecturer and writer and was decorated by the French government for his services in France during the war.
The author questions the failure to enforce the prohibition law and argues that crime trends predate the amendment. He asserts only a firm enforcement can test prohibition, cites lax courts and corrupt politicians as factors, and warns that ignoring the eighteenth amendment corrupts America's political structure.
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