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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
6
A boy named Billy, tied to a carriage, is taken to a Swiss inn where he gnaws a strap and upends a waiter with a large food tray. The dramatic village scene ends with the teasing note that the next part will reveal what happened to the waiter.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered market references including New Haven and Western rail lines, chemical and tobacco mentions, and futures pricing around 202 to 117.58. The passage lacks coherent narrative but signals price moves and sector speculation amid broad commodity and rail concerns.
In Chicago on Aur 31 cattle and calves show steadiness with best yearlings steady, primes 1917 read and furly choice. Hogs steady to mixed, prices around 1500 to 1660, feeders strong, steers and cows varied with graders from good to fair. Lambs and sheep bounce modestly, sheep at 50 to 100 per head, hogs and stags also listed with price ranges across suppliers.
A letter from Virg Thompson of Elyria credits Doan's Kidney Pills with quick relief from back pain headaches and kidney discomfort following disordered kidneys. She says the medicine restored strength and eased suffering after two years of illness and urges others to use it, noting prior ineffectiveness of remedies.
In Chicago on August 31 prices for cattle and sheep drifted as buyers showed mixed demand. Steady to higher lambs and natives traded firm with Montana wethers around 550 dollars, while top native ewes held near 50. Feeder activity slowed, but butchers offered mid 40s to 50s for creamers and eggs rose with receipts up to 31,991 cases. Poultry and fowls sold at 26 to 35 cents per pound with steady to higher demand.
Bandits held up and bound the Fairmount garage keeper early today then looted the garage safe and drove away with an automobile. The crime remained undiscovered for hours until Sidney Longshore, the keeper, was released by fellow workers.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Harry G Rumgardner died from injuries after an automobile accident a week earlier. He had been hospitalized since the crash and succumbed early today.
Mrs. Oberndorfer of Chicago has been appointed national music chairman of the General Federation of Women's Clubs to plan and direct musical activities in more than 10,000 clubs across America. She is author of several books on music and has composed orchestral pieces and lectures on music.
Attendance at the Lorain County Teachers Institute increased today as officers report growing interest. Prof Alfred L Hall-Quest lectured on Lesson in Appreciation and The Dawn of a New Education this morning, with Prof W P Shaney addressing The Use of Suggestion in Teaching. The regular printed program will be followed this afternoon.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and striking employees widen a long dispute as subway elevated and trolley service remains nearly unchanged. Police surge planned as 4500 officers stand by and strike breakers to bolster trains amid the unrest. In Michigan, a statewide primary chose candidates for governor lieutenant governor Congress state legislature and county offices.
Sun Shine special derailed near Poplar Bluff Missouri 140 miles south of St Louis. At least three people died and four more were injured, three seriously, as the Missouri Pacific passenger train from San Antonio to St Louis went off the track at 745 am today. Telegram to railroad offices confirms fatalities and injuries.
Police, aided by a ladder, climbed to a Newport second story today at 2 am and found about 410 060 worth of woolen cloth and 1000 dollars worth of shoes stolen from Hugo Stolen Lee CINCINNATIug. A $900 automobile was also recovered and attributed to the crime.
An ad promotes Wendell Ambition Brand pills from C We Philips, claiming to banish nervousness and fatigue. It promises noticeable improvement within three days and urges purchasing a 60 cent box at Phillips stores.
The Lorain County Gun Club will host a Labor Day prize shoot on the club grounds at Stop 66 on the Green Line starting at 320 am. Three events are listed, with Finley and Shaw tied for first place at 24 birds out of 25 in the regular Saturday shoot. Disposition of federal troops sent into the coal district of Mingo county last Sunday wag completed.
Detachments from a camp establish a field near the Sycamore Hollow site beside the Norfolk and Western Railroad. Last night observers noted the position held along the rail line near town.
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